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Jehovah’s Witnesses—Who Are They ?

Is what you heard accurate ?

Update:

Hanlay Lacramoss

Nice try , Jehovah's Witnesses do not have priests .

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  • edoedo
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    I can say many good things about them.

    Jehovah's Witnesses spread truth words from Jehovah.

    So , many people lie about Jehovah's Witnesses -- How did I know? I spend a lot time with them and I know they lied so much about Jehovah's Witnesses.

    Really , Jehovah's Witnesses don't lie about God and his words.

    Jehovah wants you all to come to him.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    For an honest answer: Pickup your phone directory and look for the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. They are Jehovah's Christian Witnesses. Or you could plug in a search of Jehovah's Witness and go to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society website and ask there.

    They never charge a thing for anything so it will cost you nothing. They will be more than happy to answer any questions you have about them or their organization.

    Source(s): them
  • 10 years ago

    Most of my time on this site shows me most people are misinformed or deliberately lie about Jehovah's Witnesses

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    The worldwide Christian society of people who actively bear witness regarding Jehovah God and his purposes affecting mankind. They base their beliefs solely on the Bible.

    What beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses set them apart as different from other religions?

    (1) Bible: Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God, and instead of adhering to a creed based on human tradition, they hold to the Bible as the standard for all their beliefs.

    (2) God: They worship Jehovah as the only true God and freely speak to others about him and his loving purposes toward mankind. Anyone who publicly witnesses about Jehovah is usually identified as belonging to the one group—“Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

    (3) Jesus Christ: They believe, not that Jesus Christ is part of a Trinity, but that, as the Bible says, he is the Son of God, the first of God’s creations; that he had a prehuman existence and that his life was transferred from heaven to the womb of a virgin, Mary; that his perfect human life laid down in sacrifice makes possible salvation to eternal life for those who exercise faith; that Christ is actively ruling as King, with God-given authority over all the earth since 1914.

    (4) God’s Kingdom: They believe that God’s Kingdom is the only hope for mankind; that it is a real government; that it will soon destroy the present wicked system of things, including all human governments, and that it will produce a new system in which righteousness will prevail.

    (5) Heavenly life: They believe that 144,000 spirit-anointed Christians will share with Christ in his heavenly Kingdom, ruling as kings with him. They do not believe that heaven is the reward for everyone who is “good.”

    (6) The earth: They believe that God’s original purpose for the earth will be fulfilled; that the earth will be completely populated by worshipers of Jehovah and that these will be able to enjoy eternal life in human perfection; that even the dead will be raised to an opportunity to share in these blessings.

    (7) Death: They believe that the dead are conscious of absolutely nothing; that they are experiencing neither pain nor pleasure in some spirit realm; that they do not exist except in God’s memory, so hope for their future life lies in a resurrection from the dead.

    (8) Last days: They believe that we are living now, since 1914, in the last days of this wicked system of things; that some who saw the events of 1914 will also see the complete destruction of the present wicked world; that lovers of righteousness will survive into a cleansed earth.

    (9) Separate from the world: They earnestly endeavor to be no part of the world, as Jesus said would be true of his followers. They show genuine Christian love for their neighbors, but they do not share in the politics or the wars of any nation. They provide for the material needs of their families but shun the world’s avid pursuit of material things and personal fame and its excessive indulgence in pleasure.

    (10) Apply Bible counsel: They believe that it is important to apply the counsel of God’s Word in everyday life now—at home, in school, in business, in their congregation. Regardless of a person’s past way of life, he may become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses if he abandons practices condemned by God’s Word and applies its godly counsel. But if anyone thereafter makes a practice of adultery, fornication, homosexuality, drug abuse, drunkenness, lying, or stealing, he will be disfellowshipped from the organization.

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  • 10 years ago

    The answer to the question is, "JWs are not Christian." Like all non-Christian cults, the Jehovah's Witness organization distorts the essential doctrines of Christianity. It denies the deity of Christ, His physical resurrection, and salvation by grace. This alone makes it non-Christian. If you miss this, nothing else matters!!!

    To support its erring doctrines, the Watchtower organization (which is the author and teacher of all official Jehovah's Witness theology), has even altered the Bible to make it agree with its changing and non-Christian teachings.

    Typical with cults that use the Bible to support its position is a host of interpretive errors:

    • Taking verses out of their immediate context.

    • Refusing to read verses in the entire biblical context.

    • Inserting their theological presuppositions into the text.

    • Altering the Biblical text to suit their needs.

    • Latching onto one verse to interpret a host of others.

    • Changing the meanings of words.

    • Proclaiming some passages to be figurative when they contradict their doctrines.

    • Adding to the Word of God.

    Additionally, the Jehovah's Witness organization requires of its members regular weekly attendance at their "Bible Study" meetings where they are repeatedly indoctrinated with anti-Christian teachings. This is done by reading the Watchtower magazine, following along with what it says, reading the questions it asks, and reciting the answers it gives. In other words, the Watchtower Organization carefully trains its members to let the Organization do their thinking for them.

    I love the JW people, but really dislike their teachings!

    Source(s): over 40 years experience with this organization.
  • 10 years ago

    Oh, if only you would ask yourself, "Is what I heard from them accurate?" because you ARE a JW, are you not? So why are you asking this?

    What you have heard and experienced as a JW isn't the half of what you need to hear and experience. I recommend the book below so that you might discover all the things about JW beliefs that you will never have heard before, with myriad quotations made from JW literature. Then, and only then, will you be in a position to decide if what you have heard to date is accurate or not.

    Source(s): Counting the Days To Armageddon - Jehovah's Witnesses and the Second Presence of Christ by Robert Crompton (James Clarke & Co) http://www.snigsfoot.blogspot.com/ http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/...
  • agape
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    Most of what people hear is inaccurate, you have to go to the source or ask a JW what they really believe

    Source(s): www.watchtower.org
  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    better it examines your religion perhaps is mistaken :

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/santosypecadores/mes...

    Are you looking for the WT, watch this : http://watchtower.org/

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    JWs have offended my Jesus:

    Now a little poem to our Watchtower "faithful and discreet slaves" at Brooklyn Headquarters,

    THE JESUS OF THE WATCHTOWER

    The Watchtower Archangel Michael shows an alarming trend to recycle, in the heavens a god, then Jesus the man, dissolved and recreated as Michael.

    J.W.'s tell you today that they are the truth, and the way, but their Christ is an angel, their dates are a tangle, they are told what to do and to say.

    My JESUS no Angel is He, shed His blood on Calvary for me.

    He is GOD, He is MAN, I with Him take my stand,

    no need to RECYCLE --- MICHAEL! ! !

  • 10 years ago

    They are aliens that I'm pretty sure what to steal your soul and bring it back to their planet in an empty peanut butter jar.

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