Jehovah Witnesses. What is it you believe in that causes so many "uneducated" comments?

Question

I am not asking this to stir up trouble. I am sincerely asking this out of curiousty to better understand this faith. Thank you!

Jasmine...you comment is ridiculous. Is that not what Yahoo Q/A is for, to gain knowledge on something you know nothing about? Thanks for the waste of 3 seconds of my life for reading your comment....did you do it to get your worthless Yahoo points? Probably.

LOL Buggy.

Answer 1

The single largest anti-Witness constituency seems to be trinitarianism, the belief that Jehovah God the Father cannot be a separate person from Jesus Christ the Son. Trinitarians tend to find that name-calling and intentional obfuscation is their only real answer to the plain biblical evidence offered by Jehovah's Witnesses on the matter.
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_05.htm

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

Answer 2

The name "Jehovah’s Witnesses" is based on Isaiah 43:10
Witness teachings include the use of a personal name for God, Jehovah, and the belief that making this personal name known to others is an important part of worship. They believe that Jesus' death was necessary to atone for the sin brought into the world by the first man, Adam, thus opening the way for the hope of everlasting life for mankind.

Jehovah's Witnesses are politically neutral.[101] They feel that their allegiance belongs to God's Kingdom, which is viewed as an actual government. Thus they refrain from saluting the flag of any country or singing nationalistic songs.[102] They believe that such an act would be tantamount to worshipping an idol. Members are expected to obey all laws, including the paying of taxes, of the country in which they reside, so long as these do not violate what they view as God's law.

Answer 3

Um, I really don't know what you are referring to. If you could give an example that might help.

As for answers on here in general, I often find that what is typed probably sounded better/made more sense spoken then typed. Some people aren't good at clearly expressing themselves in writing. Also quite a few on here seem to enjoy acting "uneducated" or rude. Sometimes these ones claim affiliation with one group or another, sometimes to besmirch the group, at other times I am guessing to simply add credence to their comments.

Answer 4

JW have made end of the world prophecies throughout thier existence. When they didn't come true, they actually change the date! True story. JW usually don't even know this diocumented fact. They are not ALLOWED to know. They say 1914 marked the beginning of the "last generation." Well, that generation is almost all dead. Watch for a new prophecy. Seriously.

Answer 5

I am not sure what exactly your question? I am not jehovah witness, but i think the only thing uneducated is your comment. Go read a book and get a clue!

Answer 6

O man. You're email is open. You'll soon be hit with so much email from JWs your server will crash. Good luck with THAT

Answer 7

Instead of letting popular opinion, or popular beliefs shape our lives, We let Jehovah thru his Son guide us in all matters.

(Matthew 10:16-22) 16 “Look! I am sending YOU forth as sheep amidst wolves; therefore prove yourselves cautious as serpents and yet innocent as doves. 17 Be on YOUR guard against men; for they will deliver YOU up to local courts, and they will scourge YOU in their synagogues. 18 Why, YOU will be haled before governors and kings for my sake, for a witness to them and the nations. 19 However, when they deliver YOU up, do not become anxious about how or what YOU are to speak; for what YOU are to speak will be given YOU in that hour; 20 for the ones speaking are not just YOU, but it is the spirit of YOUR Father that speaks by YOU. 21 Further, brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against parents and will have them put to death. 22 And YOU will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.

(Matthew 24:9) 9 “Then people will deliver YOU up to tribulation and will kill YOU, and YOU will be objects of hatred by all the nations on account of my name.



(Mark 13:12-13) 12 Furthermore, brother will deliver brother over to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death; 13 and YOU will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.



(1 Peter 4:3-4) 3 For the time that has passed by is sufficient for YOU to have worked out the will of the nations when YOU proceeded in deeds of loose conduct, lusts, excesses with wine, revelries, drinking matches, and illegal idolatries. 4 Because YOU do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of YOU.

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