Jehovahs Witnesses?

Question

Hey all you JW's your not suppsed to be online but since you are I just have to ask... What is your Membership Number? I mean since you believe only 144,000 people go to heaven and there's several million members worldwide of your religion, I have to know what your number is and where the rest of them are going?

Answer 1

FINALLY...SOMEONE WHO SHARES MY VEIWS!

Answer 2

Well first, there is no rule against being online, sorry if someone missinformed you.

In answer to the question, the are around 6 million + of us. While we do believe that 144,000 have a bit of a different job, and are in/will be going to, heaven, we feel it only makes sense based on the Bible that most people who Jehovah chooses will reside on Earth, forever. Consider, if you read Genesis then you know that His original intent was for Adam and Eve to live forever, as perfect humans. It doesn't make sense to me that he would scrap the grand design simply because they didn't follow the rules.

Answer 3

The vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses expect to live forever on the earth. Interestingly, the Scriptures are full of references to this earthly hope.
http://watchtower.org/e/20001001/article_02.htm
(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


Regarding the ugly preface to this "question", it seems that anti-Witnesses tend to discourage anyone who might refute anti-Witness propaganda by implying that the publications of Jehovah's Witnesses say things that they do not actually say.

Is it fair to imply that a Jehovah's Witness who participates in Yahoo Answers is unfaithful or disobedient? Do Jehovah's Witnesses really discourage the use of the internet by adherents?

No and no.

Firstly, Yahoo Answers does not require or even encourage socializing between participants. The bible does not authorize a true Christian (such as a Jehovah's Witness) to ignore a question of faith unless it is posed by a "good associate".

(1 Peter 3:15) Sanctify the Christ as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone that demands of you a reason for the hope in you, but doing so together with a mild temper and deep respect.


Secondly, a Christian whose conscience permits him to share the "good news" exclusively in person certainly does not displease God and Christ, for such personal ministry is required of true Christian ministers. But he must recognize that there is no rational reason to suppose that corresponding via the internet must be viewed differently than corresponding by post or on the telephone.


Jehovah's Witnesses have always taken advantage of the latest technology to further their ministry, including pioneering efforts with personal record-album players, "talking" motion pictures, wide-area-networks of telephone tie-ins, and nationwide radio broadcasts nearly a century ago. It should be unsurprising that Jehovah's Witnesses have enabled more and more internet-based tools every year.

None of this should blind Christians to the fact that the internet can be used to waste time and view unwholesome material. As with television, Christians are encouraged to be selective in their choice of virtual association. There is no need to watch an entire program, or read an entire website/"question" to recognize its unwholesomeness.

(1 Corinthians 15:33) Do not be misled. Bad associations spoil useful habits.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm

Answer 4

Oh, so they're the group who's been telling that to everyone....

Let me write it down. Thanks for posting this question, I was hoping for someone to bring this up.

Answer 5

I agree with you. It is a stupid evil cult.