Why do Jehovah's Witnesses believe they are the only ones who will go to heaven?

Answer 1

The premise of this so-called "question" is patently false.

Jehovah's Witnesses understand that God resurrects to heavenly life many humans who have never set foot in a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. Addtionally, the vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses (literally more than 99.9%) expect to be resurrected to eternal life ON EARTH rather than in heaven.

Interestingly, the Scriptures are full of references to this earthly hope.
(Psalms 37:11) 'the meek will possess the earth'
(Proverbs 2:21) 'upright will reside in the earth'
(Isaiah 45:18) 'God formed the earth to be inhabited'
(Matthew 5:5) 'the mild will inherit the earth'
(Revelation 21:3) The tent of God is with mankind

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_02.htm

Answer 2

For the most part, Jehovah's Witnesses DO NOT BELIEVE that they are going to heaven. The Bible specifies that a "remnant" or small amount,the 144 000, will go to heaven to rule. The remainder have "an earthly hope" that will will live forever on paradise earth. That is why we go door to door, in imitation of Christ, informing people of our beliefs and our hope.
Rev 7:4-8, Rev 14:1-3 Rev. 7:9

Answer 3

No, they believe a chosen number 144,000 out of all of the Jehovah's Witnesses will get to go to heaven and become angels. All of the other JWs will remain on the earth that will be a paradise. I believe that the original number of JW's in the early 1900's were figured to be 144,000, and they made a prophecy that at that point the system of things would end and Jesus would create the paradise. When that didn't happen they were screwed.

People nowadays that are supposed to be part of those to go to heaven drink wine and eat leven bread during the passover, Jesuses death. I always asked my mom how these people knew they were choses. She just said, 'They just know'.

I call myself an agnostic-atheist thesedays, but I educated myself on all of the mistakes in the JW religion. I forgot a lot by my mom has all of the old books and literature from them.

Answer 4

They don't even believe they'll go to heaven.

I was raised as a JW, somewhat, and they believe there is something called "the great crowd" who will be resurrected or preserved to live forever on earth, and a literal 144,000 "perfect" people will get to go to heaven. Everyone else gets to die. There's no hell either.

I wish I understood this stuff, but that's why I'm not a JW. I don't understand it. BUT...just wanted to clarify that point about heaven for ya.

Answer 5

First it is Jehovah and Jesus who determine who goes to heaven and who doesn't.

Having said that, The bible tells us that the heavenly kingdom is not open to everyone.

1 Cor. 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

11Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were (justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Rev 14: 1-4 says that 144,000 are purchase from the earth.

Rev 1:5 says that Jesus is the faithful witness.

Who did he witness for?

John 17:6 Jehovah name.

So all true worshippers of Jehovah have witnesses about Jehovah from Abel to John.

Answer 6

Witnesses are not cults. I don't know how many you have come across but they do not brainwash people. They explain their religion to anyone who wants to hear it just like various other religions do. Most religions believe that their way of belief is the true way. Do we want to say the same thing about Jews who believe they're the chosen ones? Or that the Catholic religion scares its members into believing that when they sin they are to burn in hell for all enternity or that some of these priests that are "so called" religious leaders just love little boys. No of course not so don't go on about Witnesses being a cult when we can pretty much say that about all organized religion.

Answer 7

Before anyone starts attacking Jehovah's Witnesses take a look at the faults of your own religion (if you have one).

Jehovah's Witnesses are generally humble people with strong faith and a heart that is dedicated to God. I have alot of respect for them.

Evangelicals think they are the only ones going to heaven.
Catholics think they are the only ones.
Muslims think they are the only ones.

This belief is not unique to Jehovah's Witnesses.

I have dififculty with any religion that draws a circle around themselves and denies all other honest, loving, kind, happy, good people the right to get into Heaven.

Answer 8

Please get the facts straight. NOT all religions believe that anyone of another religion is doomed to hell. It simply does not work that way. Relatively few are so hardcore as to tell everyone around them - family and friends included - that they're not going to heaven unless they follow the way of 'put-name-here.'

Don't you see how perverse that is. It takes our all-powerful God and puts limits on the power of that God. Man is a lousy judge of man because man knows solely what is in his or her OWN heart. God knows the heart of all mankind. How can anyone imagine that God condemns anyone. The plan is much simpler. Human beings have free will and each chooses whether to spend eternity in heaven or hell according to the way he or she lives this life. A true atheist has no belief in God, and so uses his/her free will living a life that includes no God. It doesn't matter what anyone believes about where an atheist will spend eternity because the atheist has no concept of eternity. Does that mean the atheist is condemned? Only God can say - for us all.

Answer 9

Because they think everyone else who isn't a Witness is "worldly" or "of the world" and that because they serve Jehovah and not just any God, they are exempt from destruction. They only feel, however, that 144,000 people will go to heaven, all of whom are Witnesses. They call them the "anointed class". Don't ask me where they come up with this s h i t from, its ridiculous.

Answer 10

Because Isaiah 43: 10-12 includes , "------------You are my

WITNESSES and I am Yahweh (Jehovah)God."

Those 144,000 that make up the full number of The Kingdom of God are bought from the earth through Christ's sacrifice, come from Jehovah's Anointed Witnesses. As a crowd, they will survive Armageddon to live on earth which is even now being restored back to paradise conditions--e.g.--greenhouse effect...