They would confess Jesus as Lord, but not as God.
As far as salvation goes in scripture, the case that if someone doesn't believe in the deity of Christ prevents him from believing the Gospel and mean he's going to Hell seems a bit thin. Why didn't the apostles hammer on this point in their evangelistic preaching or why doesn't Paul mention it in summaries of the Gospel, like in I Corinthians 14.
Also, some of the 'Arian' groups in history accepted the deity of the Son, but were not convinced of the personhood of the Spirit. I read the confession Wulfius adhered to. I heard the Vandals and I think it was Visigoths were Arians, but I wonder if these eastern Germanic tribes adhered to the same creed as Wulfius who had won eastern Germanic tribes.
Those who confess the Athanasian creed, which we might call the pseudo-Athanasian creed, and isn't really an ecumenical creed, deny salvation to Arians.
I also wonder, a bit whimsically, whether JWs are so against Santa Claus because of the slap-- you know, St. Nicholas giving Arius a Nice slap.
Anyway, the Watchtower also denies the bodily resurrection of Christ which is a big issue related to salvation.
“They would confess Jesus as Lord, but not as God.”
yep and it just doesn’t make sense because they claim to be so scripturally sound
“Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.”
Isaiah 43:10-12 KJV
“I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.”
Isaiah 43:15 KJV
“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.”
Leviticus 18:2 KJV
“I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.”
Numbers 15:41
“And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.”
Exodus 29:46
“and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Philippians 2:11 KJV
“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Ephesians 4:4-6 KJV
A
The lord is God