Do you believe in dinosaurs and such like? Why dont you celebrate birthdays, christmas, easter? I know it has something to do with pagan rituals but surely celebrating the day you were born is something important? I am not a believer in God but I am very interested in your beliefs.
2006-12-04 07:00:06 · 27 answers · asked by Dingle-Dongle 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Setting aside any Bible issues, they believe in obeying the law, even the inconvenient ones, such as speed limits when late for work.
They believe in paying taxes, even though there are many ways they could avoid them, as many religions do.
They believe in keeping their word, such as to the IRS that they will not promote politics in the church, and they actually mean it.
They teach their youth that waiting until marriage is preferable to using protection, and for the most part, the youths actually believe it. As a result, they have the lowest rates of out-of-wedlock births and STDs. Yes, there is the occasional ones who would rather have their fun now than wait, but there are far more who choose to wait.
They treat their youth with respect, not just "do what you're told!"
Youths are taught side by side with the adults, the Bible as a whole, and not just Bible stories. The very young may not understand what they are being taught, but by the time you reach the age of understanding, they have a good basic knowledge of the scriptures.
The congregations never get so large that the individual gets lost in the crowd. Since everyone is taught the same, it is easy to start a new congregation, with a set of elders.
Everyone knows everyone, whether in their congregation, or in their circuit. When Katrina happened, every Jehovah’s Witnesses living in New Orleans could be found in Texas, with every individual accounted for. How many other religions could say for certain they knew that none of those left behind belong to one of their churches?
They believe their Kingdom Halls should compliment a neighborhood, and not overwhelm it, so they are small and don’t include a lot of expensive decorative features. Each KH can hold up to four congregations.
The greatest difference between JWs and the rest of Christendom can be answered with just one question.
WHAT DAY DO YOU OBSERVE THE MEMORIAL ON?
Everyone else will falter around and perhaps come up with a day in May, but all JWs will say at sunset on Niacin 14, which falls on the first full moon after the vernal equinox, the Memorial of the Last Supper. This is the only day, aside from wedding anniversaries, that Christ said to continue keeping, yet Jehovah's Witnesses are the only Christian organization that does.
Whatever you may say about whether it is right or wrong to observe the man-made holidays created since the first congregations, the fact remains that Christendom does not observe the one day Christ said to keep. What does that say for the leaders of Christendom, that they ignore that one important day of the year, and don't even know what day it falls on?
The question of holidays gets asked a lot, yet the facts of why are clearly evident. Even the Churches of Christendom recognize that the holidays and observances are not in keeping with Bible teachings, yet they fear that doing anything about it will jeopardize their positions and power. Check any religious encyclopedia about the holidays and their history.
So the question is not why don't witnesses celebrate the holidays, but why does Christendom celebrate something not taught in the Bible? Further, why don't they know what day Christ said to observe and why don't you observe it on that day?
Whatever you may think of any of the other beliefs of JWs, you have to ask yourself is the need to observe these holidays more important than observing the day Christ said to keep?
2006-12-04 13:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I noticed there were several good comments on what Jehovah's Witnesses believe. I just wanted to add that we do believe in dinosaurs, after all, there is a lot of fossil evidence to prove they existed. We believe in the Creation account recorded in the Bible book of Genesis, however we are not creationists, (those who believe the Earth was created in 6 literal 24 hour days). We believe that each "day" or the creative period lasted a considerable length of time.
2006-12-04 08:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by izofblue37 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I studied with the Witnesses for 2 years, so I realized somewhat about them. the biggest distinction is they don't count on a trinity. God is the daddy, Jesus is God's first creation (son) and the Holy Spirit is God's energetic stress. Jehovah does no longer in my opinion direct the Witnesses. they have the Watch Tower Society in vast apple, the overseers for each district, and the bodies of elders at each congregation. They take the Bible actually, "flow out and make disciples of anybody". you do not must believe, they basically ought to grant you the threat to hearken to and reject in case you want. I left because i ended believing in a theist faith, yet they were lots of the nicest, kindest human beings i have ever met.
2016-10-16 11:46:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jehovah's Witnesses are the most widely known group of people who do not celebrate Halloween. There have been many public criticisms about the religion not celebrating any holiday with attacks being made on their beliefs and practices of "depriving children of their youth."
In response to the criticism, Jehovah's Witnesses stick to their belief that "holidays are false and unnecessary, or their backgrounds are noted or pertain to another religion."
In an issue of the Watchtower, the Jehovah's Witnesses magazine, an article simplified their beliefs and stated the reason they do not celebrate holidays is because they are of "Pagan origin" or "worldly people" celebrate them.
2006-12-04 07:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that dinosaurs existed in the past, but are currently limited to museums and imagination. It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses believe the pagan origins of birthdays and most so-called "holidays" offends the true God, and so they do not celebrate them.
Although such beliefs are hardly a secret, Jehovah's Witnesses do *NOT* go from door to door to discuss that. Instead, they hope to direct attention to the exciting times in which mankind finds itself. 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
Learn more:
http://jw-media.org/beliefs/trueworship.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
2006-12-04 16:25:50 · answer #5 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2014-09-14 20:53:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we believe dinosaurs existed, and they were created. Day in the bible, can mean as little as 12 hours (day light), 24 hours, even 1000 years. or even a life time.
Creation days are an extended period of time.
At Hebrews chapter 4, Paul said the 7th day of creation was still going in his day.
The bible says the day of one's death is more important than the day of birth. (Eccl 7:1)
If I was important to Christians, then Jesus or the apostles would have mentioned it. The only two birthdays actually mentioned are by non worshippers of God, and someone dies in each occurance. So birthdays were known in Jesus' day.
Jehovah said to stop touching unclean religious celebrations and he would adopt us as children.
If we continue to practice unclean religious celebrations, then we show ourselves to be children of Satan. (John chapter 8)
2006-12-04 09:15:18 · answer #7 · answered by TeeM 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am 100% behined RESOLVER , absolutely behind you on that . Thank you. you hit the nail on the head.
can i just leave you with a scripture,
in psalm 91:2 You are my refuge and my stronghold, my God, in whom i trust". Jehovah God can be our protective refuge.
please visit www.watchtower.org.
and enjoy visiting some of the topics.
2006-12-04 08:09:04 · answer #8 · answered by no 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pagan rituals is right, they do not celebrate the day of birth b/c like Jesus said to remember his death... not his birth, witnesses feel if they are not to celebrate Christ birth then why should they celebrate their own. All of their principles are bible based.
2006-12-04 07:04:07 · answer #9 · answered by Arual 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If you click on the links below, the first one will take you to "Jehovah's Witnesses: Who are They? What do They Believe?"
The second one will take you to our official web site.
2006-12-04 07:07:17 · answer #10 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋