Jehova's Witnesses?

Question

I'm just confused as to what they believe...the extent of my knowledge of their religion goes about as far as knowing they dont celebrate birthdays, so what exactly do Jehova's Witnesses believe?

Answer 1

In most ways Jehovah’s Witnesses are like everyone else. They have normal problems, economic, physical, emotional. They make mistakes at times, for they are not perfect, inspired, or infallible. But they try to learn from their experiences and diligently study the Bible to make needed corrections. They have made a dedication to God to do his will, and they apply themselves to fulfill this dedication. In all their activities they seek guidance from God’s Word and his holy spirit.

It is of vital importance to them that their beliefs be based on the Bible and not on mere human speculations or religious creeds. They feel as did the apostle Paul when he expressed himself under inspiration: “Let God be found true, though every man be found a liar.” (Romans 3:4, New World Translation) When it comes to teachings offered as Biblical truth, the Witnesses strongly endorse the course followed by the Beroeans when they heard the apostle Paul preach: “They received the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so.” (Acts 17:11) Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that all religious teachings should be subjected to this test of agreement with the inspired Scriptures, whether the teaching is offered by them or by someone else.

Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in the Bible as the Word of God. They consider its 66 books to be inspired and historically accurate. What is commonly called the New Testament they refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures, and the Old Testament they call the Hebrew Scriptures. They rely on both of these, the Greek and the Hebrew Scriptures, and take them literally except where the expressions or settings obviously indicate that they are figurative or symbolic. They understand that many of the prophecies of the Bible have been fulfilled, others are in the course of fulfillment, and still others await fulfillment.

Jehovah’s Witnesses? The way they refer to themselves. It is a descriptive name, indicating that they bear witness concerning Jehovah, his Godship, and his purposes. “God,” “Lord,” and “Creator”, like “President,” “King,” and “General”, are titles and may be applied to several different personages. But “Jehovah” is a personal name and refers to the almighty God and Creator of the universe. This is shown at Psalm 83:18, according to the King James version of the Bible: “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.”

The Scriptural account that Jehovah’s Witnesses draw on for their name is in the 43rd chapter of Isaiah. There the world scene is viewed as a courtroom drama: The gods of the nations are invited to bring forth their witnesses to prove their claimed cases of righteousness or to hear the witnesses for Jehovah’s side and acknowledge the truth. Jehovah there declares to his people: “Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, 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 Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.” Isaiah 43:10, 11, American Standard Version.

Some 6,000,000 persons today who are telling the good news of Jehovah’s Kingdom by Christ Jesus in over 235 lands feel that they properly refer to themselves as Jehovah’s Witnesses.

With Bible Studies, we will use any Bible that the person may have, King James, America Standard, Catholic, etc, etc, you may have heard that we have our own Bible, and that it is the only one we will use, that is not true, the TRUTH can be found in any Bible, I personally have a King James Bible with me at all times in the Ministry because many people prefer that version of the Bible.

Answer 2

I was disfellowshipped in 1982 by the Corning, CA Congregation, for cause (someone other than my wife in bed with me), so what I will say will less be related to the scriptures, as the people.

They believe in the family, and that children should learn the Bible right along side their parents.

They believe in honesty in all things. Many movie stars only hire witnesses as maids, gardeners, drivers, etc. because they can't be bought. In this, refer to comment made by Jane Fonda to Charlton Heston on the Tonight Show. When he asked her why she wasn't one, since she liked them so much, she said because she could not see herself being as dedicated to the teachings of Christ as witnesses are, and neither could he (Heston).

Research any study on the Internet and you find they have the lowest rates of divorces, illegitimate births, STDs, and sex outside marriage, of any religion.

Research the religions of those left behind in New Orleans during Katrina, and you don't find any JWs among them. They were all in Texas.

A Kingdom Hall gets destroyed by fire and it is rebuilt a week or two later.

Brooklyn is angry with their headquarters because they refuse to rent space to retail businesses in the first floor of residential buildings, for Bethel volunteers, bordering busy streets. That was in the news.

Have you been in a hospital for an operation and had to sign a permission slip. When I was young, they didn't have to get those, not even from parents of children being treated. Court rulings for JWs is why you know have that right.

In decades past, many a southern sheriff would not allow a black church to operate in their jurisdiction. It was a ruling regarding a JW congregation that changed that.

It was JWs who witnessed the atrocities against Jews in WWII Germany, as they were also in the same camps.

You may not agree with their religious beliefs, but at a personal level, they live their lives closer to Christ than any large or small religious organization.

Tourism groups compete for the conventions of other religious groups, because of the money they spend going out shopping, to the bars, and restaurants.

Convention facilities compete for the JWs because they want for nothing. They come in and scrub the place, completely, before and after a conference. Maintenance workers get paid to just be there to open doors as needed. Police are not needed for crowd or traffic control, despite attended of 25,000+. Police are need for traffic control when one of the local large churches let out just a couple of thousand.

Answer 3

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 4

equip.org
search Jehovah's witnesses

Answer 5

We have had this question many a time.
Check out the serch area: Jehovah's Witnesses...
peace....

Answer 6

www.watchtower.org
They are not a cult and are not out to harm anyone. They do believe there is Jehovah God and he has a son, Jesus.

Answer 7

JWs in a nutshell
http://www.carm.org/jw/nutshell.htm

Answer 8

As far as i know is that they make a nuisance of them selves when it's not wanted

Answer 9

in the bible they don't celebrate christmas and when u die ur history so on