why do jehovah witnesses believe that only 144,000 ppl will go to heaven, but yet they knock on everyones door
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They must still be lookig for 144,000 who aren't kooks
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for one 144,000 will go to heaven because they are annoited and the rest of the world will stay on earth in paradise after amageddon and he resurrected lazarus because he was his friend.
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The preaching work is performed because Jesus commanded it, not because it benefits Jehovah's Witnesses personally or as a religion. As a side point, the vast majority of Witnesses hope to enjoy life ON EARTH forever, rather than in heaven.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses understand heaven to refer to the dwelling place of spirit creatures such as Jesus and the angels. They understand the Scriptures to teach that exactly 144,000 humans will join Christ Jesus as kings and priests to administer God's Kingdom (which will soon replace all earthly governments).\n(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\n(Revelation 14:1) Lamb [Jesus] standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand\n(Revelation 20:6) they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him\n\nOver whom will they rule? Over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.\n(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.”\n\nHell is NOT someplace/something mankind needs to fear; there is no suffering in the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.\n(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all\n(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]\n(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire\n\n\nAlmighty Jehovah God selects those few who have the heavenly calling. Each person "feels" his own hope and each person's hope remains unquestioned by his fellow Christians. Still the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.\n(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]\n(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]\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_02.htm\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm
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Revelation 14 talks about the 144,000 being bought FROM the earth, so yes, that is the number of those being given the gift of heavenly life. What most people fail to realize, and this is because the wrong idea that "if you're good you go to heaven" has been drilled into their heads, is that God created man and had him living ON EARTH. God never purposed for all of mankind that's obedient to him to live in heaven. If Adam and Eve hadn't sinned, we'd all be enjoying perfect health and living in a paradise. THAT is what God's purpose was and that is what will be happening in the future. Revelation talks about the 144,000 and then talks about a "great crowd that no man was able to number" who survived the great tribulation and Armageddon and make up the new earthly society of which the 144,000 and Christ Jesus will be rulers over.
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Well, no, because they arent in heaven. They are sleeping in death and aren't conscious (Ecclesiates 9:5,10). However, Jehovah God promises that there will be a resurection of both the righteous and the unrighteous (John 5:28,29, Acts 24:15). They will be resurrected to a paradise earth, where there be niether mourning, or outcry, or pain (Luke 23:43, Revelation 21:3,4).
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Because they have been taught by people they trust (the Watchtower organization) that Jesus is not God.\n\nFor more discussion of the Jehovah's Witnesses, see\nhttp://www.godsci.org/gs/sect/jw/jw.html\n\nand\n\nhttp://www.godsci.org/gs/sect/jw/jw00.html\n\nCordially,\nJohn
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I am also a Christian and the reason they do is because they're scared. To believe in god is to much for them. And that would mean not going to heaven they would want that. So for them it's easier to just believe that there is no god just a heaven. And that they are going there. E-mail me it would be cool to finally have another believer to talk to. Oh yeah don't listen to this "Skeptic Man".
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There are not enough real Jehovah's Witnesses here on Yahoo Answers.
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You're exactly right, too many people believe in that. Many believe going to heaven is something easy, it's actually hard. You need to fight evil spirits until the end.
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Jehovah's witnesses. Mormons tend to challenge you on your beliefs. In my past experiences, when a Jehovah's witness came to my door, if I told them I was catholic (which I'm not) they would just say "ok" and leave. Mormons, on the other hand, wanted to "compare notes!!" I actually made friends with 4 mormon missionaries, and they really could have gotten into trouble if their superiors knew what they were doing! See, when mormons are going door to door, they aren't allowed to have radios, t.v.'s, or anything else that distracts them from their studies. (this was told to me by these guys.) Well, to make a long story short, they used to come to my house so they could sing karaoke with my girls and me. I have a system set up for home use as well as 2 others that I use for business. We had a good time. :)
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Since I am a Jehovah's Witness, could not very well convert a Witness to main stream christianity.   BUT have brought others with Jehovah's help out of christianity.\n\nIn 2005 there were from   "Christianity"   247,631, that became Jehovah's Witnesses and everyone of these had to change their minds pertaining to the false teachings that they had been taught, these were people that used their own Bible, King James, etc., 28,384 were from the United States.
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A common misconception is that Jehovah's Witnesses go from door-to-door because they feel it is their duty to get a householder to "convert". In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses would go from door-to-door even if there were no hope that anyone would change their religion, or even if no one would listen to them!\n\nThat is because Jesus Christ specifically assigned the house-to-house ministry to the Christian congregation, with no regard for specific results.\n\n(Luke 10:1,2) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are trained to direct attention to the bible, and move on when their message is unwanted. Since each congregation in the United States tries to call at every home in its territory at least twice each year, there is strong motivation for them to move on where little interest is shown. Also, the Scriptures help the Witnesses to expect little interest from most:\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching ...and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/
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These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.\n\n1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion). Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.\n\n2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.\n\n3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.\n\n4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'.\n\n5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.\n\n6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.\n\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/article_07.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20040601/article_02.htm\nhttp://jw-media.org/people/who.htm\nhttp://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm
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To answer your question.I cannot be as brief as you probably are wanting.But if you are sincerly asking I will tell you what sets Jehovah's Witnesses apart as different from other religions-\n1.Jehovahs' Witnesses believe that the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God.They hold to the Bible as thr standard for all their beliefs.\n2.They worship Jehovah as the only true God and freely speak to others about him and his loving purposes toward mankind.\n3.They believe,not that Jesus Christ is part of a Trinity, but that, as the Bible says, he is the Son of God,the first of God's creations;that his life was transferred from heaven to the womb of a virgin,Mary;that his perfect human\nlife laid down in sacrifice makes possible salvation to eternal life for those who exercise faith;that Christ is actively ruling as King,with God given authority over all the earth since 1914.\n4. They believe that God's Kingdom is the only hope for mankind;that it is a real government;that it will soon destroy the present wicked system of things,including all human governments, and that it will produce a new system in which righteousness will prevail.\n5.They believe that 144,000 spirit anointed Christians will share with Christ in his heavenly Kingdom,ruling as kings with him.They do not believe that heaven is the reward for everyone who is "good".\n6.They believe that God's original purpose for the earth will be fulfilled;that the earth will be completely populated by worshipers of Jehovah and these will be able to enjoy eternal life in human perfection;that even the dead will be raised to an opportunity to share in these blessings.\n7.They believe that the dead are conscious of absolutely nothing;that they are experienceing neither pain nor pleasure in some spirit realm;that they do not exist except in God's memory,so hope for their future life lies in a resurrection from the dead.\n8.They believe that we are living now,since 1914,in the last days of this wicked system of things.\n9.They earnestly endeavor to be no part of the world,as Jesus said would be true of his followers.They show genuine Christian love for their neighbors, but they do not share in the politics or the wars of any nation.They provide for the material needs of their families but shun the world's avid pursuit of material things and personal fame and its excessive indulgence in pleasure.\n10.They believe that it is important to apply the counsel of God's Word in everday life.Regardless of a person's past way of life,he may become one of Jehovah's Witnesses if he abandons practices condemned by God's Word and applies its godly counsel.But if anyone therafter makes a practice of adultery,fornication,homosexuality,drug abuse,drunkenness, lying or stealing, he will be disfellowshipped from the organization.\nI have listed some of the outstanding beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.I however could not be thorough if I were any briefer.\nIf you seek further information,why don't you pop into your local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.They would be only too happy to answer any questions.They would even conduct a free home bible study with you,if you so desired.\n\nby the way fbgav is WAY OFF
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I am going to say, Catholics, in Mexico last year, 21,879 became "JW's" and there was  586,501 active Witnesses in 2005 in Mexico,   Cannot give you & accurate answer, because so many come out of other Religions.\n\nLast year 2005,  247,631  switched from other Religions and  became Jehovah's Witnesses and everyone of these had to change their minds pertaining to the false teachings that they had been taught, these were people that used their own Bible, King James, etc., 28,384 were from the United States. \n\nDuring the  service year, 2,340 Kingdom Halls were completed around the world. This represents an average of 195 halls per month, or just over 6 per day! Since November 1999 when the construction program in lands with limited resources began, 7,730 Kingdom Halls have been built. In many areas, once a hall is finished, meeting attendance soars and halls are soon filled to capacity.
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Jesus said to love one another, but I have yet to meet a JW who has not criticized my own beliefs when coming to my door. Its not a case of not liking JW's but when they have come to my door, instead of accepted my own beliefs and wishing me well they decide to attack. They instigate this attack not me. I accept the views of others who knock on my door and respect that they are doing work according to their beliefs but I won't accept behaviour in this way. Maybe I have been unfortunate with the JW's who have come to my door in that they may have be over zealous in their approach but I have never had a problem with the Mormons. They knock. We chat and we wish each other well on our respective journeys. That is how it should be with two people who feel equally proud of their own beliefs.\n\nI hope this is respectful enough without declaring myself as a true Christian above all other denominations etc etc.
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Doctrinal details aside, the main difference between the proselytism of LDS and Jehovah's Witnesses is that LDS considers proselytism mostly in the framework of "missions" with a set beginning and end. The majority of Mormons do not preach door-to-door in a typical year, much less monthly or weekly.\n\nBy contrast, EVERY Witness is expected to participate in public preaching EVERY month, preferably every week. Missing just a single month of ministry makes one "irregular" and after only six months without ministry that person is no longer considered to be an "active Jehovah's Witness" even if he still attends and participates in meetings at their Kingdom Halls.\n\nThus there are nearly seven million active Witnesses knocking on doors every month; secular polls and censuses generally find the number of self-described "Jehovah's Witnesses" to be more than twice the number which the Witnesses themselves publish as "active".\n\nThere is NO restriction preventing or suggesting that Witnesses not enter homes displaying the flag of the United States, or of any other nation (they are quite international, you know). In fact, many JW assemblies and conventions are held at municipal stadiums which display the flag of that nation. Jehovah's Witnesses respect secular governments and their flags, although they do not "worship" or pledge allegiance to them. Their worship and allegiance is toward God alone.\n\nBack to their ministry: A Witness would be careful to avoid the appearance of impropriety when deciding whether to enter a home with a lone woman or a person too young to reasonably extend an invitation, but there are no hard-and-fast rules that apply globally.\n\nWitnesses generally respect "No Trespassing" signs, but ignore "No Soliciting" signs. Witnesses understand 'conversion' to require more education than could possibly be afforded in only two visits.\n\nIn most lands, Jehovah's Witnesses try to visit every home at least twice each year. Congregations that cannot visit each home in their territory at least once each year get help from those who spend their vacations visiting these "seldom worked" territories. More than 99% of the homes in the United States and other developed countries are visited at least once each year by Jehovah's Witnesses. That even includes rectories, since Christendom's clergy need to hear bible truth occasionally too!