What if Jehovah's Witnesses ARE the True Religion?
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They are the only religion from my standpoint where if you go to the magazine study in one country on a sunday and go to another country on the same day, it's in sync. That has to be divine intervention. \nSome of my friends are. They always give me good advice and care about all races.\n\nThey  put up a kingdom hall in my town in like 2 months flat. Why cant the government help new orleans like this?\nIn my eyes they seem to strive for the good of mankind. And it seems like whenever someone does convert, they clean up their lives, seem happier. That proves to me it cant be all that bad.
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Would you like to know my God Jehovah?\nIf so, visit http://watchtower.org\n\nWith all due respect, how do you know that he is the one to be worshiped? Have you studied other faiths to see for yourself if it is true? I have. \n\nI am not trying to be rude or mean, I know that it seems that way, but that is far from the truth.\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nI am so sorry for the so called Christians in here that have said the things that they say, true Christians are not that way!
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There are not enough real Jehovah's Witnesses here on Yahoo Answers.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians; they teach that Christ was and is divine and of the same nature as God.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe!\n\nJehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ.\n\nBut Christmas does not celebrate Christ; it celebrates the pagan Saturnalia. Jesus was not even born in December. Nearly all so-called Christmas customs dishonor Christ.\n\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20001215/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19981215/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm\n\n\nBy contrast, it's tragic that the one holiday Christ actually *DID* ask Christians to commemorate is entirely ignored by almost all of Christendom. It is, of course, the Memorial of Christ's death, sometimes called "the Last Supper" or "the Lord's Evening Meal".\n\n(1 Corinthians 11:23-25, NWT) The Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup.. Keep doing this... in remembrance of me.” \n\n(1 Cor 11:24, 25, NEB) "Do this as a memorial of me.” \n\n\nChrist Jesus himself personally celebrated and explained the significance of that Last Supper to his followers (see Matthew 26:26-29). Christians who commemorate the Last Supper have done so on the same Jewish calendar date as Jesus did, Nisan 14, which generally falls between late March and mid-April. Interestingly, Christians in the centuries immediately after Christ's impalement were sometimes called "Quartodecimans" which literally mean "Fourteen-ers", because the early Christians were well-known for this true holy day.\n\nHow would Jesus feel to learn that the holiday he commanded was widely ignored, while his so-called followers chose to celebrate a pagan false god and their own traditions of men? We don't need to wonder.\n\n(Matthew 15:6-9) You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/lmn/article_08.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20011115/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/
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It depends if you are refering to or contrasting the two: "false" to "true" religion. (See Matt. 7:13, 14, 21-23) Is belonging to an organized religion necessary? \nMost religious organizations have produced bad fruitage. It is not the fact that groups are organized that is bad. But many have promoted forms of worship that are based on false teachings and are largely ritualistic instead of providing genuine spiritual guidance; they have been misused to control the lives of people for selfish objectives; they have been overly concerned with money collections and ornate houses of worship instead of spiritual values; their members are often hypocritical. Obviously no one who loves righteousness would want to belong to such an organization. But TRUE religion is a refreshing contrast to all of that. Nevertheless, to fulfill the Bible’s requirements, it must be organized. \n\nHow did God convey instructions to his servants on earth in times past?\nWhen worshipers of Jehovah were few in number, he gave directions to family heads such as Noah and Abraham, and they then acted as Jehovah’s spokesmen to their families. (Gen. 7:1, 7; 12:1-5) When Jehovah delivered the Israelites from Egypt, he gave them directions through Moses. (Ex. 3:10) At Mount Sinai, God organized the people into a nation, providing laws and regulations to govern their worship and their relations with one another. (Ex. 24:12) \nHe established a priesthood to take the lead in matters of worship and to instruct the people in Jehovah’s requirements; at times he also raised up prophets to deliver needed exhortation and warning to the people. (Deut. 33:8, 10; Jer. 7:24, 25) Thus, although Jehovah listened to the prayers of individual worshipers, he provided instruction for them through an organizational arrangement.\n\nAs the time neared for God-JHVH to begin to unify true worshipers with himself by means of Jesus Christ, God sent him to earth to act as His spokesman. (Heb. 1:1, 2) Then with the outpouring of holy spirit at Pentecost of 33 C.E., the Christian congregation was brought into existence. After Jesus had returned to heaven, this congregation became Jehovah’s arrangement for instructing and for coordinating the efforts of individual Christians. There were overseers to take the lead in local congregations, and a central governing body made necessary decisions and helped to coordinate activity. Clearly, Jehovah had brought into existence an organization on earth made up of true Christians.—Acts 14:23; 16:4, 5; Gal. 2:7-10.\n\nDoes the Bible show that true Christians would be an organized people?\nMatt. 24:14; 28:19, 20: “This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” “Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them . . . teaching them.” (How would this be accomplished without organization? When Jesus trained his early disciples for this work, He did not simply tell each one to go wherever he desired and to share his faith in whatever way he chose. He trained them, gave them instructions and sent them out in an organized manner. See Luke 8:1; 9:1-6; 10:1-16.)\n\nHeb. 10:24, 25: “Let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as you behold the day drawing near.” (But to where would a person direct interested ones so they could obey this command if there were no organization with regular meetings where they could gather?)\n\n1 Cor. 14:33, 40: “God is a God, not of disorder, but of peace. . . . Let all things take place decently and by arrangement.” (The apostle Paul is here discussing orderly procedure at congregation meetings. Applying this inspired counsel requires respect for organization.)\n\nAccording to 1Pet. 2:9, 17, an association of people whose e
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No, but Pastor Russel who "founded" the Jehovah's Wittiness movement was a student (maybe a member) of the Seventh Day Adventist faith prior to his starting the Watch Tower Bible Society and writing his books. Its always been a curiosity to me in reading the materials developed by the two that in many instances the J.W. version of the truth is a mirror image of the Adventist one. Just one example ... Adventists believe that Jesus was God and that prior to his incarnation he was known as Michael the Arch Angel. J.W.s on the other hand believe that Jesus was NOT God but that he was Michael incarnated.
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Jehovah is another name for GOD.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are a cult.\n\nThey are told to avoid contact with non believers (even family)\n\nRe-wrote the Bible to reflect their teachings\n\nConstantly re-write their teachings and beliefs in their own publications.  Some of their old publications TOTALLY contradict what they teach now !  \n\nThey have predicted (wrongly) the end of the world on several dates.  (1914, 1975, etc.)\n\nThey forbid their members from reading, watching, listening to anything that may contradict their current beliefs and even tell them not to speak to former friends and relative who have left the church, even if they have not been accused of any wrongdoing...they just left the JW's thats it.\n\nThey believe that they are the only true religion and that their loving god will kill everyone who is not a JW at some point in the near future.  Women, children, even those that never heard of the JW's...dead.\n\nThey also fail to properly report accused pedophiles within their organization to Law Enforcement authorities because it may "bring reproach on jehovah's name".\n\nI was a JW for 20+ years and even though I was never accused of wrongdoing and never disfellowshipped by the organization...I am shunned simply because I left the church.  As a former member....they are a cult and I am happy to have escaped.
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I am certain that I have found the truth.\nGod didn't create a religon.\nHe gave laws to live by.\nHe even gave us a way to find the truth in all the lies, opinions, and changes of his original words.\nSeveral examples: In Isaiah 43:10--12 He said "You are my witnesses, and thousands of years later we found it and claimed his name for our own.\nNow find Jehovah in the english names of many of the profets.\nNow realise that Jesus said to go and make deciples, and we are the only ones doing just that. And I could go on from here...........
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Ok... so... is this the REALLY true religion?\n\nor is this the really, really true religion... or maybe this is the really true/truest religion.  Oh well... welcome to your new religion... I'm laying odds you'll recruit many new members.\n\nPersonally, I'd join, too... but you'd have to take the god part out of it.
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There is no one true religion.  I'm sure because there are so many religions that teach the same principles.  I'm right because I'm open minded, and think other people have the right to believe what they want to believe.
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Jehovah's Witnesses, contrary to what some ignorant individuals will undoubtedly come along and say, are NOT a cult. Their way of worship is modeled after that of the established first century Christian congregation. Their teachings, beliefs, practices, etc...are based entirely on the scriptures. They recognize the important of using God's personal name, Jehovah, in worship today and yearly spend over ONE BILLION hours in their global Bible educational work. \n\nThey currently number over 6.5 million active members worldwide and are active in preaching in over 235 lands. They do NOT teach or believe in unscriptural doctrines of man such as the trinity, hellfire, the immortality of the soul, and so forth. \n\nJehovah's Witnesses recognize that Jehovah God alone is the Universal Sovereign and Almighty God. They recognize that Jesus Christ is the first of God's creations, and the second-most powerful being in the universe next to God himself. They recognize from the scriptures that the holy spirit is not a being in itself, but God's active force, or his means of accomplishing his will. \n\nThey recognize from the scriptures that God's original purpose for humanity was to enjoy eternal life here on earth in perfection and in a paradise setting. They know that God's purpose has not changed and that in the very near future, God will be intervening in mankind's affairs to the point of destroying all earthly governments and using his Kingdom (currently presided over by his Son, Jesus) to usher in the world that humans were meant to have. \n\nJehovah's Witnesses, again, are NOT a cult, they do not brainwash its members, they simply explain Bible teachings to people in a way that is easy to understand and will help them to appreciate that living by Jehovah God's standards as set forth in the Bible is the only way to have a truly happy and successful life. To find out more about them, please check their official website below, which has a large number of answers to your questions.
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that would be false religion, And it is still going on today! But soon God will put an end to it! http://watchtower.org
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You would have to find out if they are Real Christians or Fakers.  Here is the test: Do they live as Christ commanded them to (obeying his Commandments), or are they false converts.\n\nTrue Christians: http://www.NeedGod.com \nFalse Converts: http://www.NeedGod.com\n\nPS> You will have to define Christian also. there are many religions out there that arent Christians. IE. Catholic, Mormon, Jehovah Witness, Scientology, etc...
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe the doctrine of the trinity of God is Biblical.  We believe that Jehovah God is the Supreme Being, that Jesus Christ is His only begotten son who had a heavenly existance before his human one, and that the Holy Spirit is the active force that Jehovah uses.
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Frank, if you can believe the Bible literally when it says that Jesus walked on water, raised people from the dead, and spoke the very universe into existence (John 1), then you should be able to believe that he literally stuck a grown man and a woman on planet earth to start the human species. \n\nThat's not to say I want you to become a Jehovah's Witness. You would do well to examine the Watch Tower organization thoroughly, including its history of failed prophecies. No man-made organization can pay the price you owe for your sin—only Jesus can. He alone is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).\n\nIf you are open to examining the creation vs. evolution debate from a non-Jehovah's Witness perspective, I would recommend checking out Answers in Genesis—an excellent ministry that combines the facts of observable science (not to be confused with unproven theories) with the facts of the Bible.
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Jehovah's Witnesses\nThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)