What do you know about Jehovah's witnesses???

Answer 1

not much other than they approach you with a wide smile and a sweet voice!

Answer 2

A little. They are generally nice people. I met with them for a while before. They believe that had Adam and Eve not eaten of the fruit they would have remained in paradise and we all would have been born into paradise. They believe Jesus is the God of the Old Testament. They will not join the armed forces, pledge allegiance to the flag, accept blood transfusions and they don't celebrate their birthdays or Christmas (because it's a pagan holiday). Addtionally, they believe Christ was crucified on a post rather than a cross. Ummm...oh yeah, they believe that there will only be 144,000 individuals actually saved in heaven (based on Revelations Chapter 7), the others will remain on the earth, which will be returned to its paradisical glory found in the Garden of Eden. They believe the second coming of Christ has already occurred, I believe in 1874 and was taken back up in 1914. Sorry, that's all I remember.

Answer 3

Try www.jwfacts.com for a summation of the Watchtower Society.

Basically they sprang out of the 19th century Adventist movement. Like many American religions of that time period, they made a lot of false predictions about the end of the world.

The second leader, Rutherford changed much of the first leaders teaching. The most damaging teachings being that Jesus is mediator for just the 144,000 leaders, and that only JWs will be saved.

The techniques they use to convince people that they alone have the truth follow standard mind control methodology, as used by groups such as Scientologists and Mormons. Steve Hassans books at very good at summarising what mind control is, and worth reading as there are over 3000 mind control groups in the US alone.

The people are well meaning, and it is a shame that they have been manipulated. There is high turnover, with over 1 million leaving over the last 10 years.

Answer 4

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/e/jt/

Answer 5

I had a friend who was a Jehovah's Witness in college. She was very nice and very committed to her faith, but she did not condemn me for mine or anything. The only thing I learned from her about her faith that I can remember is that she did not believe in blood transfusions. And she did not believe that the Pledge of Allegiance should be said.

In my dorm, we were allowed to paint the outside of our walls and me and my roommate were French majors. So we painted the Eiffel Tower, and we were going to put a French flag on one side and an American flag on the other. But I found out that my friend would have been offended by that, so we changed it to kites instead, which looked cuter anyway.

Apparently, to support a government to that degree was considered idolatry to her. I can sort of understand. Because they were simply not willing to pledge themselves to obey a government unconditionally. They would only pledge themselves unconditionally to God.

There is a very nice elderly Jehovah's Witness man who stops by my family business to drop off his magazines. They have "The Watchtower" and "Awake." He doesn't push it on us, but is very kind about it and just says, "I thought you might like to read this, it has some good articles."

I'd like to learn more about them myself. Sorry that's all I know about them right now!

Answer 6

I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. What do you want to know about us?

There is a brochure at the link below called "Jehovah's Witnesses—Who Are They? What Do They Believe?" that can answer many questions people have about us and our beliefs.

Additional: Despite claims to the contrary, we do believe in Jesus Christ; he is the Son of God.

The reason we do not celebrate either Christmas or Easter is the fact neither one has anything to do with Jesus, and customs associated with these holidays are pre-Christian and Pagan in origin.

Answer 7

My grandparents are Jehovah's witnesses what would you like to know?

Answer 8

Dave Mustain, the guitarist in the Thrash-Metal band Megadeth is a Jejovah's witnesses. Pretty cool dude, so i guess the religion is cool too :)

Answer 9

Since I have been one for 48 years, believe I might be able to help you out on this question.

Looking at the answers you have received, most of these people know very little about "JW"s" and a lot of it is simply not true. You also have answers from "JW's" that are telling you the truth.

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 10

we are just like anyone else. we laugh,cry and go shopping. we also pay bills. we have problems just like anyone else. visit our website to learn what Jehovah Witnesses are all about. www.watchtower.org. we do not change anyone. we live in 235 lands.

Answer 11

I dated a thing whose parents had converted to JW after being catholic.

They don't celebrate birthdays or holidays. They believe they are the only "true" christians. They don't do blood transfusions. They (obviously) believe in spreading their word. They have a newsletter called the Watchtower. They believe that something is going to happen to abolish false religions. (Or did that date come and go with nothing happening?) Their churches appear to be called Kingdom Hall. It doesn't appear that they go to church per se.

And that appears to be about the extent of my actual knowledge.

EDIT: lol @ "gang save."