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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
2007-10-14 13:22:23
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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I know they are not wrong. They believe the Bible and live by the words and principles found in the Bible. Just because a few do not live their lives the way they should, doesn't mean they are all like that. They are imperfect just like everyone else. Don't you have to wonder why it is there are so many people picking on the Jehovah's Witnesses, more so than any other religion? Maybe it's because what they believe IS the truth, and Satan is having his people attack them as much as possible.
2007-10-14 15:42:53
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answered by SisterCF 4
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It depends on what they are preaching...
According to Matt 10:7 it says "And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Are Jehovah's Witnesses preaching that "The kingdom of heaven is at hand?"
I would say so.
2007-10-15 04:23:07
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answered by keiichi 6
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Yes they are very wrong in their beliefs.
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe Jesus is Michael the archangel, the highest created being. This contradicts many Scriptures which clearly declare Jesus to be God (John 1:1,14; 8:58; 10:30).
2007-10-14 08:10:37
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answered by Freedom 7
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Do they preach about God's Kingdom? (Matthew 24:14)
Do they use the Bible as their authority?
Do you see these kinds of conditions** happening in the world right now?
** 2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NIV) "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. "
Jesus gave us signs to look for that we were living in the last days. ( Matthew 24 ) Are we seeing any of the following things fullfilled?
Earthquakes in one place after another http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Pestilence
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/
Food Shortages
http://secint24.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?Cr=food&Cr1=&NewsID=23273
Wars and reports of wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars
Ruining of the earth.—Revelation 11:18.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
Have all of these things happened before in history? Yes, but never to the magnitude we are seeing today.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20060915/article_02.htm
2007-10-15 04:58:15
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answered by izofblue37 5
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I personally don't. I am a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and actually know our beliefs, which seems to be a rarity on Y!A.
2007-10-14 10:11:40
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answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7
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Yes, I believe what they preach is wrong, but I do not deny them their right to preach or believe in whatever they want.
2007-10-14 07:29:45
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answered by Anonymous
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yes, I do. I have known some wonderful Jehovah Witnesses but, they have some very strange ideas.
2007-10-14 08:25:29
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answered by Midge 7
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My mother is a JW. She preaches it. She just don't practice it. She also preaches that the Bible says, "You'll know a tree by its fruits." I have to say, I'm not REAL impressed with the fruits the JW's are putting out right now....
2007-10-14 14:07:29
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answered by ABC123 4
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I haven't been paying a great deal of attention to them, actually. I generally don't pay attention to people who preach.
2007-10-14 07:27:21
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answered by Anonymous
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