I know that Mormons have an explanation of why Mormonism is new (that it isn't really new but was just hidden for a long time, and that there used to be Mormons back in the day).
What about JWs? Do they have a similar explanation? If so, describe it for me please. :) I mean I guess what I'm asking is, according to JW theology, were there any JWs 1000 years ago? If not, why not? Did they believe as they do now?
Thanks! :)
2007-12-06 05:19:02 · 9 answers · asked by KL 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not trying to be insulting, so I hope this comes across in the way it was meant --- just a question that I'm genuinely curious to know the answer to. :)
2007-12-06 05:22:39 · update #1
Good question.
1000 years ago we were still in the Gentile times. During this time there would be no organized truth. No true Christian congregation. There would be believers... but not a congregation. Individuals or small groups who would hold to the form of Christianity that was started by Christ and upheld by the apostles.
After the death of the apostles and thru the end of the Gentile times the "Apostasy" would infiltrate the congregations and prevail largely.
At the foretold end of the Gentile times, the Messianic Kingdom would turn it's attention again to the Earth and true Christians would begin to emerge from the woodwork again (so to speak).
We believe that the small group of Bible Students in Pennsylvania, USA were the ones who emerged as those who were correctly adhering to God's word. This group eventually became Jehovah's Witnesses.
2007-12-06 05:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by eliz_esc 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
i'm open to human beings having their faiths yet while there are a handful of communities I today do no longer believe, Jehovah's Witness is one in all them, surely. no longer celebrating birthdays with the aid of fact it takes interest off God? No blood transfusions? what's this, the midsection a while? next time a Jehovah's Witness comes up on your door, grill them on those questions. Why ought to I be the only one to squirm while having faith shoved down my throat? a minimum of Catholics admit that there is extreme **** occurring with the molestation cases and that it is ridiculous.
2016-10-10 09:55:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear "kl":
Sure -
According to the Bible, the line of witnesses of Jehovah reaches back to faithful Abel. Hebrews 11:4–12:1 says: “By faith Abel offered God a sacrifice of greater worth than Cain . . . By faith Noah, after being given divine warning of things not yet beheld, showed godly fear . . . By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed in going out into a place he was destined to receive as an inheritance . . . By faith Moses, when grown up, refused to be called the son of the daughter of Pharaoh, choosing to be ill-treated with the people of God rather than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin . . . So, then, because we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
With reference to Jesus Christ, the Bible states: “These are the things that the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God.” Of whom was he a witness? He himself said that he made his Father’s name manifest. He was the foremost witness of Jehovah.—Revelation 3:14; John 17:6.
Interestingly, some of the Jews asked whether the activity of Jesus Christ represented “a new teaching.” (Mark 1:27) Later, some Greeks thought the apostle Paul was introducing a “new teaching.” (Acts 17:19, 20) It was new to the ears of those who were hearing it, but the important thing was that it was the truth, in full harmony with God’s Word.
The modern-day history of Jehovah’s Witnesses began with the forming of a group for Bible study in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in the early 1870’s. At first they were known only as Bible Students, but in 1931 they adopted the Scriptural name Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Isaiah 43:10-12) Their beliefs and practices are not new but are a restoration of first-century Christianity.
But the Witnesses do not favor one nation over another; they are found in almost every nation, and they have offices in many parts of the earth to supervise their activity in those regions.
Consider: Jesus as a Jew was born in Palestine, but Christianity is not a Palestinian religion, is it? The place of Jesus’ human birth is not the most important factor to consider. What Jesus taught originated with his Father, Jehovah God, who deals impartially with people of all nations.—John 14:10; Acts 10:34, 35.\
If you would like further information & learn more - please contact Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit
Bible -
2007-12-06 06:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Cal 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Did you know Revelation 1:5 calls Jesus "the Faithful Witness?" I thought that was pretty interesting. Jesus established the preaching work we carry out today. How can it be new?
2007-12-06 06:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by aseptic technique 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesus and his disciples started the first Christian congregations . But Jehovah's people have been worshiping him since the days of Abel. All throughout time Jehovah has been our God.
2007-12-06 05:57:45 · answer #5 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
they claim that they are going back to traditional beliefs before all the schisms that the church has had over the centuries
2007-12-06 05:22:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
my rebel, such hard hitting religious q for the peanut gallery. Are you sure you are not Ted Koppel.
2007-12-06 05:30:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
My initials are J.W.! So, you're saying people are worshipping me now?
About time, I say!
2007-12-06 05:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
all christians swear their religion dates back to the dawn of time--in spite of the fact that even their bible disagrees with it
2007-12-06 05:23:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋