Jehova Witness?

Question

Is this the same as christianity? what is the difference? Thank you!

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that their form of worship is true Christianity.

Jehovah's Witnesses are relatively unique among self-described Christians in that they understand the Scriptures to teach that God's Kingdom by Christ Jesus is a real government which 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://watchtower.org/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_10.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
http://jw-media.org/beliefs/trueworship.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/

http://watchtower.org/e/dg/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_07.htm

Answer 2

Not only do Jehovah's Witnesses claim to be Christian, they also claim that they are the only true Christians, and that every other denomination of Christianity is false. What are the differences? Well, the main differences are:

They deny the divinity of Jesus and do not worship him.
They deny the divinity of the Holy Spirit.
They deny we have an immortal soul.
They say hell is simply the grave.
They say only 144,000 will go to heaven.
They say the rest of saved humanity (JW's) will live forever on a paradise earth.
They say you have to earn salvation by works.
They say Christ's second coming already happened, invisibly, in 1914.
They have been saying that Armageddon (which will precede the 1,000 year reign of Christ) is imminent - they have been saying that for over 100 years.

They are false prophets. They do not preach the gospel message as taught by the apostle Paul and the early Christian church. They are also guilty of mis-translating the Bible in order to support their doctrines.

So, whilst claiming to be Christian, their version of Christianity is unrecognisable from main-stream Christianity.

Answer 3

I know little about the Jehovah witnesses. But when "line dancer" said Jesus was king of the earth starting in 1914 and we are living in the last days since 1914 I thought , ok stay away from this "ecclesical community".

They are probably Christian but out there in the far, far left field with the Mormons. Ok maybe mormons and JW's are not Christian.

Protestants are known as ecclesical communites to the Catholic Church now.

Answer 4

no, they don't believe in Jesus is God, they believe he is inferior to Him and that Christ was one of God's first creations and not co-existing with him. Jehova's Witness say Christ died on a stake instead of a cross as well and that he died only for those obedient and not all sinners. They think earth will never be destroyed. God approves those who make it to heaven and only a certain amount do (144,000 i believe). The human soul dies when the man dies They only worship Jehova, where christians worship God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit. a much more, my opinion of reference to Jehova's Witness is "false prophets"

Answer 5

No, they are not Christian. Jehovah’s Witnesses deny the divinity of Christ as well as forgiveness of sins through baptism. Their religion is a cult based on control and policing its members. They’ve even gone as far as producing their own version of the bible called the New World Translation, which is a gross mistranslation of scripture, which they did on purpose to make scripture fit their false doctrines.

For more information, check out this link: http://catholic.com/library/noncatholic_groups.asp

Answer 6

They are not the same. They differ from mainstream Christian churches in most ways.
They don't believe Jesus is God, but that he is the archangel Michael. They don't believe in an immortal soul. They believe only 144,000 go to heaven, and the rest will live on a paradise earth. As a result of that, most Witnesses do not partake of communion. They think the cross is a pagan symbol, and that Jesus actually died on a stake. They do believe he died for their sins, and was resurrected. They don't believe you can be assured of your salvation. They believe you need to belong to their organization to be saved.
They think the holidays are all of pagan origin and do not celebrate them, or birthdays. They do not accept blood transfusions, believing it is against God's law.

Answer 7

Not Christian...You can e mail me if you want more details...I was one for 22 years and I left...Now I am a practicing Christian and live under the Grace of Christ.

Answer 8

Maybe they are classified as a Christian religion but i they dont have too much in common with the Christianity.
Like mormons, is just another "revelation" made to someone( a man, usually) who thought that came from God.
I hate that they ( Jehova witness ) "throw" at you their publications, just to recruit new pawns.

Answer 9

It is not the same as orthodox Christianity. The main differences are:

1. JWs do not believe that Christ was God incarnate

2. JWs do not believe in the Reformation doctrine of justification by faith alone (sola fide) as shown below (They believe that they are saved by faith AND good deeds):

A Protestant distinctive

Sola fide asserts that, although all people have disobeyed God's commands, God declares those people obedient who place their confidence, their faith, in what God has done through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. They account Christ's obedience as their own, and the only meritorious, obedience. Their assurance is that God's work in Christ is their commendation for acceptance by God. Conversely, the doctrine says that those who trust God in this way do not trust what they themselves have done (which has no worth, because of sin).

The doctrine, though never defined explicitly in the scriptural texts, holds that it is not through personal goodness that sinners are reconciled to God. Reconciliation is only through the mercy of God himself, made effectual for forgiveness through the sacrifice of his son; thus it is only through the obedience of Christ given as a substitute for the disobedience of believers, who for their sake was raised from the dead, that they have confidence that they are in fact heirs of eternal life.

Protestants have historically summarized their view with the formula: "Justification is by faith alone, but not by the faith that is alone [that is, not by a supposed faith that has no accompanying works]."[1]

The doctrine of sola fide, as formulated by Martin Luther, is accepted by most Protestants, including Lutherans, Reformed and Baptists; and as ordinarily articulated by Protestants.

Answer 10

They are non-Trinitarian Christians with various doctrines that differ from mainstream Christianity.