Are the Jehovah Witness people real Christans or a cult?

Question

is their bible the kjv

Answer 1

Yes they are a cult. A board of men in NY control the lives of millions of JWs with their version of God and the Bible. The cult has a say in all areas of their lives.

They cannot vote, run for office, attend university, serve in the armed forces, they will allow their children to die instead of giving them a life saving blood transfusion. They can't date and marry anyone that is not a JW. If a family member leaves, the rest of the family will have nothing to do with them including not attending their funeral. If they do anything the JWs disapprove of they have to go before a board and beg not to be kicked out. They cannot read the Bible on it's own, it must be read with the watchtower for guidence.

Answer 2

To everyone that keeps saying we are a cult...We are Not a cult! We don't have individual groups that break off into smaller groups like Christendom's churches do.

Real People
are Christian
I Used the KJV but rather use the NWT
Reasoning from the Scriptures

Are Jehovah's Witnesses a sect or a cult?
Some define SECT to mean a group that has broken away from an established religion. Others apply the term to a group that follows a particular human leader or teacher. The term is usually used in a derogatory way. Jehovah's Witnesses are not an offshoot of some church but include persons of all walks of life and from many religious backgrounds. They do not look to any humans, but ratherto Jesus Christ, as their leader.

A CULT is a religion that is said to be unorthodox or that emphasizes devotion according to prescribed ritual. Many cults follow a living human leader, and often their adherents live in groups apart from the rest of society. The standard for whats orthodox, however, should be God's Word, and Jehovah's Witnesses strictly adhere to the Bible. Their worship is a way of life, not ritual devotion. They neither follow a human nor isolate themselves from the rest of society. They live and work in the midst of other people.

Do Jehovah's Witnesses believe that their religion is the only right one?

The Bible does not agree with the modern view that there are many acceptable ways to worship God. Ephesians 4:5 says there is "one Lord, one faith." Jesus stated: "Narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it...Not everyone saying to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will."
-----Matt. 7:13, 14, 21; see also 1 Corinthians 1:10.

Repeatedly the Scriptures refer to the body of true Christian teachings as "the truth," and Christianity is spoken of as "the way of the truth." (1 Tim. 3:15; 2 John 1; 2 Peter 2:2) Because Jehovah's Witnesses base all of their beliefs, their standard conduct, and organizational procedures on the Bible, their faith in the Bible itself as God's Word gives them the conviction that what they have is indeed the truth. So their position is not egotistical but demonstrates their confidence that the Bible is the right standard against which to measure one's religion. They are not self-centered but are eager to share their beliefs with others.

also check out http://www.watchtower.org

Yeah there sure are a lot of Hypocrites out there!

Answer 3

Hi, I'm one of Jehovah's people...I'll use the KJV, it's the only bible I used to come to an accurate knowledge of the truth...check your KJV at John 20:17...it's the same in every bible written, so far. There's truth, right there. Right from the resurrected Christ's mouth.
Most witnesses I know own a KJV. Check out our web site, at watchtower.org
You'll see how many bible's we are responsible for getting published, from NEV's to KJV's to NWT's. We distribute them without obligation, or charge. No tithing, either. Wow, eh?
Please don't be brainwashed by fearmongers who tell you lies to get you trapped in to one way of thinking without ever exploring with your own free will...oh, hang on, isn't that what a cult does?

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses are indeed true/real Christians. Our Bible is the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

Answer 5

Real people.
True Christians.
Not a cult.
We use any* Bible,
to get a deeper understanding.
All Bibles have the same message,
regardless of whom translated it,
or how many x's it has been translated.
Although we prefer to use
The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures,
bc ....
1- Jehovah's name is put BACK in,
where it BELONGS.
2- It's written in modern English,
which is easily understandable.

*Most any Bible, I have seen some that r very odd.
Strange indeed.

Answer 6

They maybe considered a cult because they teach the bible truths and not man made doctrines. I guess that's rare these days and makes them stand out.

Answer 7

Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians. They use the King James Version quite regularly, but tend to prefer more modern translations of the bible which do not remove the divine name.

Sadly, the disappointing convention of the "King James Version" is that "LORD" (in all capitals) replaces nearly every one of the almost SEVEN THOUSAND occurrences of the Divine Name; the name "Jehovah" is only used in KJV a mere four times.

"The Tetragrammaton" is the term used to describe the four Hebrew characters (" הוהי ") of the Divine Name. The four characters are generally transliterated (that is, a Roman character familiar to readers of English is shown for the sound of each Hebrew character) as "YHWH" and pronounced something similar to "Yahweh" or "Yehowah". It is relatively straightforward to guess how the Hebrew pronunciation "Yehowah" became translated into the English pronunciation "Jehovah" more than 400 years ago.


The King James Version uses the name "Jehovah" four times (Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4). A few place-names which include "Jehovah" are also left intact (see Genesis 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24).

The shortened form of "Jehovah" is "Jah". KJV uses "Jah" at Psalm 68:4, and within the exclamation "Hallelu-jah" (or "Alleluia"), which literally means "praise Jah" (see Revelation 19:1-6).

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=diagram_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=article_05.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122/article_02.htm

Answer 8

The merit of a true Christian is not whether he uses the KJV of the Bible!
Jehovah's Witnesses are the only Christian religion that hold to the Bible as the standard for all their beliefs.
Jesus himself said at John 13:35: "By this, all will know that you are my disciples,if you have love among yourselves."
how many so called Christian religions can truely say they have honest heartfelt love for each other. They cant! They kill each other in wars.
A Cult is a religion that is said to be unorthodox or that emphasizes devotion according to prescribed ritual. Many cults follow a living human leader,and often their adherents live in groups apart from the rest of society.The standard for what is orthodox,however, should be God's Word, and Jehovah's Witnesses strictly adhere to the Bible.Their worship is a way of life,not a ritual devotion.They neither follow a human nor isolate themselves from the rest of society.They live and work in the midst of other people.

Answer 9

The Jehovah's Witnesses use a version of the bible called; "The New World Translation".

You may find out about this version from them or you can go here: http://www.bible-researcher.com/new-world.html

What is a cult?

Almost all cults have certain things in common.

1. Behaviour modification/control
2. Information Control
3. Thought Control
4. Emotional Control

Behaviour modification/control -

A. Do the JWs try to control or modify where, how and with whom the member lives and associates with?

B Do the JWs try to control or modify what clothes, colors, hairstyles the person wears?

C. Do the JWs try to control or modify time spent on leisure, entertainment, vacations?

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society publishes the doctrinal material followed by Jehovah's Witnesses. Within these you will find the answers to each of the above Questions.

Information Control - (NEXT in line for breakdown) I will state this; JWs will tell you to ask them and not a non JW about the JWs. Is this is the first move toward info control?

I am pretty sure that from among nonJWS, exJWs, and antiJWS they can paste an article or a paragraph from Watchtower Bible and Tract Society publication that verifies "yes" or "no" to the above Questions.

The info above is based on: http://www.ex-cult.org/bite.html#one

Answer 10

Yes we are Christians.

As for "our Bible". We use any/all, well most, I have seen some odd versions of the Bible on sale at Wal Mart:D. We often use the New World Translation. Honestly, my father often enjoyed using the KJV.

Answer 11

Oh Lillie, Lillie, do you not think that the teachings of the Watchtower society are unorthodox compared with traditional Christianity. Do you not also think that the rigid schedule of study and meetings, for which the only acceptable reason for non attendance is illness, is prescribed ritual? Do you truly beleive that you are the only group who have love amongst yourselves,if so, I suggest you get involved with some real Christians for a change who not only love each other dearly, also love those not of their group and give up their time to help others regardless of their beliefs. Whilst you may not follow one leader do you not follow the sayings and edicts of a group of men; and was the society not founded by a very charismatic individual called Charles Taze Russell who was idolised by his followers? The societies book Revelation. It's Grand Climax at Hand uses these words "They resisted those who tried to introduce sectarianism through practically idolising the first president of the Watch Tower Society, Charles Taze Russell, following his death in 1916". (p35-36). Is it not true that he was followed by another leader Judge Rutherford, who was equally idolised? Is it also not true that followers of these men have believed every word issued from the mouths of these men, no matter how ridiculous? Ridiculous statements such as 'The small nose man cannot have a judicial mind' or 'orientals are coolies...cutthroats and murderers,' quotes taken I might add from early society literature.(Tjere are many more equally ridiculous teachings and some downright dangerous ones). The organisation teaches falsehoods, another mark of a cult. Its members do isolate themsleves from society in that, other than essential contact such as secular work and the ministry they do not socialise with those 'of the world' They cut themselves off from family and friends who do not believe as they do; they use scare tactics on those who dare to question (you will be disfellowshipped, you are displeasing Jehovah, you will be destroyed at Armaggedon) and, if these don't work they completely shun you until 'you come to your senses and rejoin them. The Watchtower is most definately a cult, an evil one at that and I pray daily for my brothers and sisters who are held captive. I ask all real Christians to join pray also for these indoctrinated ones. Cultism has nothing to do with belief in Christ and people trapped in these cults are not monsters but often very nice, well meaning people. Monsters are not so gullible to believe, gentle, meek people, sadly often are.