do jehovah witnesses believe in going to the doctor?
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Jehovah's Witnesses accept medial and surgical treatment. They do not adhere to so-called “faith healing” and are not opposed to the practice of medicine.
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Jehovah's Witnesses, regardless of their divergence from more mainstream doctrines, are a Christian faith. They believe in God, the creator, and that Jesus Christ is His son. However, they do not believe in the Trinity, the doctrine that God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit are all aspects of one God.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe God is the Creator and Supreme Being. Witnesses reject the Trinity doctrine, which they consider unscriptural. They view God as the Father, an invisible spirit "person" separate from the Son, Jesus Christ.
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Death, Heaven and Hell Jehovah's Witnesses believe that when a person dies, their existence completely stops. This is because the Bible makes it clear that human beings do not have an immortal soul that survives when the body dies.
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Roughly three-quarters of Jehovah's Witnesses (74%) also reject evolution, saying humans have always existed in their present form since the beginning of time. But Jehovah's Witnesses do not commonly advocate for these beliefs in the political sphere.
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They also do not celebrate traditional Christian holy days, such as Christmas, or birthdays. Jehovah's Witnesses accept medial and surgical treatment. They do not adhere to so-called “faith healing” and are not opposed to the practice of medicine.
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Jehovah's Witnesses follow the same educational programme other younglings do, some are homeschooled and others attend public education. However, Jehovah's Witnesses have also established a system in which they provide specific Bible related education: Theocratic Ministry School: ... (Ps.
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept preoperative autologous blood donation. Autotransfusion techniques such as hemodilution and cell salvage are a matter for personal decision. Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs are as follows: ... Circumcision: For an infant, this is a personal matter for the parents to decide.
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The standard treatment is high dose chemotherapy to kill the cancerous blood cells. A crucial part of this involves replenishing the blood system, which is destroyed as a side effect of the chemotherapy. But Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept blood products and are prepared to die rather than compromise their belief.
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The function of religion in human society is complex. The part played by religion in psychiatric disorders is even more obscure. ... These findings suggest that being a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith may be a risk factor predisposing to a schizophrenic illness.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are members of a millenial cult which believed that the second coming of Jesus would happen in 1914. When Jesus didn't come, but WWI started instead, they changed their teaching to say that God's Kingdom has come, and Jesus will arrive "in the lifetime" of those who were alive then.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible, including all 66 books of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures (the Old and New Testaments), is the inspired, infallible word of God. ... Because they do not believe that Jesus is God, some theologians do not consider the Witnesses to be Christians.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible prohibits Christians from accepting blood transfusions. ... blood' means not accepting blood transfusions and not donating or storing their own blood for transfusion." The belief is based on an interpretation of scripture that differs from other Christian denominations.
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"Scientologists seek conventional medical treatment for medical conditions," the church said in a statement. "Scientologists use prescription drugs when physically ill and also rely on the advice and treatment of medical doctors.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe the Bible was inspired by God and is historically accurate. ... The Witnesses have their own translation of the Bible - the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. They refer to the 'New Testament' as the Christian Greek Scriptures, and they call the 'Old Testament' the Hebrew Scriptures.
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— Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in purgatory, and also believe that after one dies, one's existence completely stops, with the possibility of being resurrected by God.
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe that Satan lives in Hell or that he has been given responsibility to punish the wicked. Satan and his demons are said to have been cast down from heaven to the earth in 1914, marking the beginning of the "last days".