Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jehovah's Witnesses view of Jesus' death

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 12:12, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jehovah's Witnesses view of Jesus' death

Jehovah's Witnesses view of Jesus' death (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

It is unnecessary to have an entire article to make one point, which is already made in other JW pages BenC7 11:59, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, well that is, unless there's more (sourced!) to say on this subject. I'm contrasting this article, with say Islamic view of Jesus' death which has Qur'an quotes, Muslim scholarship, etc. The JW view seems to rest (from this article, I have no outside knowledge) on the translation of one word, and while I understand that it may have doctrinal implications, its a rather small point. Should be merged into Death of Jesus. Also, all the references are to one article in the Watchtower, which to me isn't really good sourcing. If there's only one article about it in their major publication, it's either a minor issue, or a minority view, don't you think? Dina 13:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep I have talked to many JW in my days, and this is a part were they strongly diverge from other Chrsitian views - there is a lot to add by people with knowledge about the subject, we just need to wake up their interest. The point is so diverging that it has even attracted critics of their view (see talk page). proving its notability. Just look at this to understand that there is a lot to add to this article. --Striver 15:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. There's a danger of this becoming a POV fork or a debate page teetering on the edge of original research, but this is a prominent doctrine in that organization. -- Alan McBeth 16:03, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This arctle can be expanded from other sections of JW, it is an important issue in this faith and is notable enough for a wikipedia inclusion RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or lets have banter} 17:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, as I said before, we either delete all religious doctrine or we keep all Alf photoman 13:54, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep While the article is brief, I think it is a correct statement of long held views of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Certainly the view differs from the conventional one, and deserves to appear. However it would be useful if some justification for the conventional Christian view was included, together with any justification for that of the Witnesses. Peterkingiron 23:58, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I will normally support Keep for a religious viewpoint on the basis that who are we to judge, but in this case it is merely one of their many doctrines, and undoubtedly is, or should be, covered in the appropriate articles. Perhaps : J W view of Jesus? DGG 00:40, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.