Can somebody tell me anything about Jehovah's Witnesses?

Question

My boyfriend just told me he was one after I said yes. But I think I'll let it go this time. But I have to have an idea how Jehovah's Witnesses are. Can't ask him, I know what he'll say.

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses understand the Scriptures to teach that God's Kingdom will soon replace all earthly governments.
(Daniel 2:44) God of heaven will set up a kingdom... It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite

That Kingdom will rule over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.
(John 11:23,24) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”
(Acts 24:15) There is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

Until that resurrection, there is no suffering in "hell", or the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]
(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire

While a limitted number of humans will be resurrected to heaven to share in ruling over mankind, the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.
(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]
(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]

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

Jehovah's Witnesses' official website:
http://watchtower.org
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm

Answer 2

after you said yes to what? the religion was founded by a man that was declared legally insane after his prediction of Christ returning to earth did not come true. the church and the lives of the congregation are controlled by the elders of the church. they take every verse of the Bible literally. somewhat like the catholics if you commit a "sin" you can be kicked out of the church. they call it being disfellowshipped. if you are a sinner (the Bible says we are all sinners) members of the church are not supposed to have any interaction with you. not even your family. some religious leaders have called the witnesses a cult. when my wife and i first met we were both married. she was separated from her husband and my marriage had died several years before. we rented an apartment and moved in. when the elders of the church she attended 600 miles away heard about it they were going to come to our home and take her back to her parents. i sent them a message that discouraged that. her brother was a ministerial servant. because she was living with a married man and she was married to another he would not talk to her or look at her. this is a church where there is no free will. everything from how you dress to how you live your life is dictated by the elders of the church. walt88 is about 90% wrong with his information. Jesus told his deciples to be the fishermen of men. to witness to others so that they might believe. that is why they go from door to door. they believe that only 144K will go to heaven when Jesus comes back to rule over the earth. they believe that witnessing for Christ is one way to get to be in that number.

Answer 3

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses

Answer 4

there basically christians exept for a few things (i wondered for a while too but my dad is a preacher so i asked him)

1 no holidays
2 god is called jehova
3 belive limited # go to heaven (funny part is that # is smaller than the # of jehova witnesses by like 1.5 million or more)
4 dont belive in goin to any other kind of church
thats about it

Answer 5

hi! I will try to give you a general view on some of the things that i know for facts.
1. they dont believe in the Holy Trinity of God (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit).
2. the consider jesus a prophet not son of God.
3. their funder was this guy name something Rutherford who predicted the second coming of Christ for the 1800s and it didnt happen.
4. Many of their beliefs are opposite of the christianity
5. they dedicated themselves to evangelism. they go from house to house preaching their beliefs.

hope that this helps. you can email me if you want to know more.

Answer 6

All I know about them is that they don't celebrate Christmas, at least the ones I used to work with didn't.

http://www.biblehistory.com/Jehovah's%20Witnesses.html

Answer 7

They are f*cking annoying... that's what they are.

And they should stop going door to door, no one cares.

Oh yes, they 'witness' things. Basically, they are dumb like most other religions.

Answer 8

christian but not catholic...some people says...JW goes wrong way...but u decide bout it ;)...beside...nver tlk bad bout other religion...we should respect them..m i right jasonjas?u probably should learned to respect other..

by the way...they dont celebrate their birthday and Christmas beside they dont accept blood from other...

Answer 9

it says it all in the name lol