Jehovah Witnesses Research Paper

When comparing Wicca to Christianity there can be found a few similarities and many differences. To give a better understanding into the comparison of Wicca and Christianity this paper will focus on how the practitioners of each religion create order and meaning within their belief systems; their central beliefs and deities; their ritual practices and ethical views; and other differences and/or similarities between the two.

It was in the year 1969 when David had his “revelation” from God that an earthquake was going to occur, so he led the group to wander throughout the southwest for eight months even though the earthquake never happened, and this is when their name was changed to the Children of God. Berg became a polygamist this same year, marrying his second wife, and based his actions on passages from the Old Testament which allowed multiple wives. He also said that he received more revelations from God that he was the “End Prophet”, and would be a major key in the Second Coming. Many young adults known as flower children, or hippies left behind their normal lifestyles, and went to live a simpler lifestyle in the form of communal life in southern California. Members of this cult were encouraged to get rid of all contact with their biological family members, donate the majority of their possessions to the group, and also become full time evangelists. This was part of the conformity that was enforced. The biological family members, especially the parents were extremely worried about the future well-being of their

Many studies about Jehovah Witnesses state that they are the strictest religion out there. They have rules that should be followed or the person ends up condemned. They do not believe in other religions whatsoever, in any shape or form. Jehovah Witnesses God’s name to them is Jehovah. The sociological concepts discussed will be social class and norms, a function and a dysfunction of Jehovah Witness religion, a symbolic ritual, and an aspect of this religion that entails conflict.

1) In the time this book was written (and I am pretty sure it still holds up today), the Jehovah's Witness would be considered a mintority-practiced religion in every country in the world. On Clara Jone's side, her mother Hortense and her care-taker Ryan Topps are proud members of the organization. Their sometimes zany and unsound logic behind everyday things (like how miracles occur and the New Years apacolyse), alientates them from the rest of society. Marcus and Joyce practice their own "religion" of sorts since they are a very unsocial family. Because of outlandish beliefs and comments (like when Joyce outlandishely asks Neena and Maxine if they use eachothers breast as pillows to sleep on). These kind of comments, normal to the Chalfen family, are frowned upon by most people. I talk about Islam's relationship in this matter in the last question.

Many know them as people who go knocking from door to door wanting to Evangelize, to talk to you about Jesus. Sound familiar? I didn’t know what they actually believed until I did my research. The Jehovah’s Witnesses were actually founded in Pennsylvania in the late 1800s, during a dispute taken place during a Bible study. The dispute was over some of the views within Christianity. The founder is a man named Charles Taze Russell. Thus, the Jehovah’s Witnesses were born. Their name stood out because they considered themselves as “a group of Christians who proclaim the truth about Jehovah”. Jehovah’s Witnesses main focus in on God the Father. There are over 8.3 million Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world.

the Bible does it give a date as to the birth of Jesus Christ. How did

Jehovah’s Witnesses sit in their congregation meeting, while a brother gets up on the stage with a long face, announcing that their literature has been banned in Russia, the brother mentions that this is only the beginning. Indeed for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia it was only the beginning. Jehovah’s Witnesses now face a ban in Russia. But it’s important to know the who, what, when, where, how and why. We will explore who Jehovah’s Witnesses are, What has happened in the past to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, also What their response has been worldwide, how it has affected their everyday lives, and why they are being labeled extremist in Russia.

Founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870’s, he named the group “Millennial Dawn Bible Study”, years after he died; they rename their organization “Jehovah’s Witness”. In 1945 the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society find out that blood transfusion is against the divine law. This prohibition is inspired from the bible passage “Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat” (Genesis 9, 3–4).However, Jehovah’s Witness accept medical and surgical treatments, but they absolutely refuse any type of blood transfusion including whole blood, plasma, platelets, red and white blood cells. Indeed, when they receive blood, this is constituted a grave sin

The Jehovah’s Witnesses were rooted as a religion in the era of 1879 in the United States. It was established by Charles Taze Russell, he was a business man from Pennsylvania. Followers are widely acknowledged for going door to door and distributing out articles that analyze their viewpoint or encouraging people to forthcoming events at their gathering place which is termed as the Kingdom Hall. Religious interpretation is significant to the Jehovah’s Witnesses. It is a means through which they consider their faith and values. There are several main beliefs, rituals and practices of Jehovah’s witnesses, like Baptism, Assemblies and Conventions, and lastly Kingdom Hall Services.

Jehovah's Witnesses are members of a Christian-based religious movement. The church came out of the 19th-century American Adventist tradition. It was founded in the USA towards the end of the 19th century, under the leadership of Charles Taze Russell. Jehovah's Witnesses base their beliefs only on the text of the Bible which is the Word of God. They believes that the traditional Christian Churches have deviated from the true teachings of the Bible, and do not work in full harmony with God. Jehovah's Witnesses have no professional clergy. All baptized members are considered ordained ministers. All members take on the missionary work of telling outsiders about the Witness beliefs. Witnesses are trained from their youth to work as part-time missionaries for their whole lives.

The religious convictions of Jehovah's Witnesses are in various methods comparable to those typical Christians (George 2008). For example, Witnesses rely on the power of the Bible, adore only one God, and believe in Jesus' death and resurrection for salvation. A few added beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses vary from typical Christianity, particularly their rebuff of the canon of the Trinity and the veracity of Hell (Franz 2007). Jehovah's Witnesses also have stronger apocalyptic anticipations than most Christians - since the origin of the group, Witnesses have been anticipating the coming of Armageddon and the end period.

You are then shunned by any family or friends you had in the congregation, you cannot talk to them, unless you come back to the religion. It was strange; suddenly this person who you use to talk to all the time can now never talk to you again and still don’t to this day. You know what was great though? My first Christmas, Halloween, Birthday, and just about anything I celebrated that I wasn’t allowed to celebrate before. The feeling that it gave me is indescribable. It was like I was a starving child looking into a window of a house that had a family eating a beautiful meal inside, only this time I was actually invited into the house to come and eat with them. It has now been about 6 years since my family and I had left. In those 6 years I figured out that I am agnostic, all thanks to my friend who revealed them to me. Sometimes Jehovah’s Witnesses will come to our door (quite ironic isn’t it?) and they’ll ask us to come back but we politely decline every time. Thinking about returning to that life makes me shiver with disgust. Nonetheless, I do not regret my time of service. Those 10 years were an enormous learning experience. I’m , for lack of a better word, glad that I had the chance to be a part of

Jehovah Witnesses are well known for going around knocking on people’s doors and trying to get people to come to their church, but many people do not know what their belief on the study of Christ truly is. Many people do not recognize the flaws on the character of who Jesus Christ is. I will be using the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible to compare and contrast with the Jehovah Witnesses New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 2013 Revision (NWT) in order to compare the Jehovah Witnesses view to the orthodox, Bible Christology. Jehovah Witnesses position on Christology is inaccurate on many of the big questions of who Jesus Christ truly is and their position on Christology will be compared to orthodox Biblical Christology to

     Russell had no formal Bible training, but borrowed and built upon various teachings that were popular at the time. In 1879 Russell started his own magazine (now known as the Watchtower) to promote his doctrines. Russell’s sensational end of time predictions drew many people and the organization grew. An example of this would be Russell’s prediction that in 1874 the second coming of Christ would come. This prediction he borrowed from N. H. Barbour who believed that Christ would return invisibly to the work in 1874 and that 1914 was the year the world would be destroyed and the Millennium would begin. The Millennium is a 1,000-year period, beginning after Armageddon, when Christ will rule over the earth. During this time, the dead will be resurrected, humankind will attain perfection and paradise will be restored. Russell wrote a new Bible for the followers of his day, which he claimed came to him directly from God. Russell claimed that to read and understand the Bible you needed an interpreter. He claimed to be the only one with the truth and outwardly condemned all other Christian religions. This caused other ministers to work at exposing Russell’s

When you considered that Jehovah might not be serious, it can lead to peculiar conclusions. In the relation to the Jehovah Laws of the Old Testament and the Grace of Jesus (Jehovah Incarnate) the problem that arises, from looking too little into the relation, you get strange idea in the relation to the old covenant. Which is to say about sixty some percent of the bible, does not apply to you.despite the fact is does, still apply but in different and a far deeper