people keep coming for my brother and sending him leaflets called' the jehovah's witnesses and i would like to know what they believe and practice as my brother is only little and may have answered the door and signed up for something.
2007-09-30 05:22:18 · 11 answers · asked by jerome 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
What better way to learn about Jehovah's Witnesses than to find out about them FROM THEMSELVES?
The following is a link is to an online brochure published by Jehovah's Witnesses ABOUT Jehovah's Witnesses:
Jehovah's Witnesses—Who Are They? What Do They Believe?
http://www.watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm
For more about Holidays, See:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JWquestions-and_answers/message/109
And:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20001215/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_01.htm
2007-09-30 10:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by tik_of_totg 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Yes we do! We love Jesus and the example he set for all true Christians! (2 Peter 2:21) We're thankful for his Love of his God and Father. (John 14:31; 20:17) We're thankful for his love for us too! (Proverbs 8:31) We feel as fellow Christians in the Bible did, "there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven that has BEEN GIVEN among men by which we must get saved." We are thankful for God giving us Jesus to buy us out of what Adam sold us into--condemned to sin and death. Our ministry is based on Jesus ministry and his commission to true Christians at Matthew 28:19,20. We honor Jehovah God as Jesus did! Yes! We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Jehovah God! (Proverbs 30:4) Visit JW.ORG to learn more about Jehovah's Witnesses (Isaiah 43:10-12)
2016-04-06 08:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My aunt was a Jehovah's Witness. They do believe in God and Jesus Christ contrary to the other comment.
What they don't believe in is any holiday including birthdays. They don't believe we go to heaven or hell after we die but belive there will be an ending to the world and a heaven on earth for all the "good people" and a total elimination of the "bad".
As for me, I believe in all holidays, birthdays and NO set religion whatsoever.
2007-09-30 05:30:41 · answer #3 · answered by *I'm the Best...I Deed It!* 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Someone recently asked this, almost word for word. In general we don't talk with "only little" ones, at least not without the agreement of the parents/gaurdians.
We believe in striving to follow the Bible. We as Christians feel it is his word, and that it is best to live according to it. We believe that his son came and died for all mankind.
If you have any more specific questions, I suggest you talk with the ones coming at leaving things with your brother, presumably since he is so young you or a parent are with him when people come to the house, and ask them questions, Bible in hand. If that isn't acceptible you can go to http://www.watchtower.org
2007-09-30 10:02:06 · answer #4 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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.co.uk/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_10.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
http://jw-media.org/beliefs/trueworship.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/jt/
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/dg/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
2007-10-01 06:42:16 · answer #5 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the best thing to do would be to ask the witnesses next time they come to your door.
don't worry, your brother didn't "sign up" for anything.
you'll hear a mass of confusing (and hateful things) by asking on this site. check out this link:
http://watchtower.org/
2007-09-30 05:26:24 · answer #6 · answered by soren 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The bible.
Which says to follow Christ and worship Jehovah.
2007-10-03 07:32:19 · answer #7 · answered by keiichi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
thier believes is not the same as mine.but each is own.but i do not think they would make people,sign for something.
2007-09-30 05:27:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Johvi's are like these wierd people who like don't celebrate any holiday's including birthdays
2007-09-30 05:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by Livy 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
they do not beelive in jesus gods son and they do not beleive in celebrating Christamas
2007-09-30 05:26:14 · answer #10 · answered by :) Miss Hockey Lover :) 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋