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The group known as the Jehovah's Witnesses was founded in the 1870s. They originally called themselves Bible Students, but they changed to their current name in 1931.
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Can a non-baptized Jehovah's Witness publisher date a non-believer?
Can a non-baptized publisher date or marry a person who is not a Jehovah's Witness?
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What is meant by the Jehovah's Witness statement "Jesus was dead, forever dead."?
The following is pulled from an answer to this question: According to Jehovah's Witnesses, In What Way is Jesus Human.
It would appear, then, that the Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus had his ...
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According to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, if Jesus Christ is not God why is He presented as the agent of creation?
John 1:3, "All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him (or without Him) NOTHING came into being that has come into being." Also Colossians 1:16-17, "For by Him all things were created, in ...
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This question is for the Jehovah's Witnesses? They teach Jesus Christ is "a god," so how is it that all the fullness of deity dwells in Him?
The NWT explicitly states in John 1:1 that Jesus Christ is "a god," yet Colossians 2:9 states, "For (or because) in Him all the fulness of Deity/Godhead dwells in bodily form."
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Evangelical Christians claim Jerusalem was destroyed in either 587 or 586 BCE. What is the evidence?
Whereas Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BC, many evangelical Christians who write on such things believe it was destroyed in either 587 or 586 BCE.
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Jehovah's Witnesses claim Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 BCE. What is the evidence?
The usual date given for the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in academic and Christian publications is either 587 BCE or 586 BCE. The Watchtower claims it was destroyed in 607 BCE.
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Is it accurate to say Jehovah's Witnesses view Jesus as divine?
I am fully aware that Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jehovah and Jesus are separate beings.
However their translation of John 1:1 says that "the word (logos) was a god.
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What do Jehovah's Witnesses teach about resurrection, marriage and reproducing on the paradise earth?
I realise that Jehovah's Witnesses believe there will be survivors from Armageddon who do not die and who will enter into the earthly kingdom. Then billions of dead people will be resurrected with ...
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How do Jehovah's Witnesses reconcile John 1:3 with Colossians 1:15-16?
This question asks and answers the addition of the word "other" in the NWT of Colossians 1:15-16:
15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn of all creation;16 because by means ...
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To what extent are Jehovah’s Witnesses to exercise political neutrality in matters of employment?
Jehovah’s Witnesses take a neutral stance in politics and in the military. Participating in politics or becoming a member of the armed forces is a serious offence that can result in a baptised ...
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Can believers of Jehovah work for the navy?
So my husband asked me how I would feel about him joining the navy, granted he wouldn’t actually be going on a ship to fight he would be working in construction for the navy but not harming anyone, I ...
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Would a JW be disfellowshipped if they join a military (and are unrepentant about it)?
On my reading of a Anton Gill's 1989 book "The journey back from hell", he speaks briefly about JWs in the concentration camps. According to Gill, one of the issues the Nazis had with this group was ...
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How do Jehovah’s Witnesses explain the unique wording of Colossians 1:15-17 in the NWT?
Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17
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15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are ...
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How do the Jehovah's witnesses reconcile Isaiah 44:24 with their belief that Jesus is the only direct creation of God?
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is God's only direct creation, and that it was Jesus who created all other things:
Since all created things had a beginning, there was a time when God was ...
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The issue in the prophecy of 1914
I was reading this Wikipedia article and I reached this part:
Jehovah's Witnesses assert that Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 607 BC and completely uninhabited for exactly seventy years....
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If according to the Jehovah Witnesses that "there was a time when God was alone," who was with God at John 1:1?
The source for my question is found at the Jehovah Witnesses own web site: The Watchtower :
His Origin Was From Early Times: "Since all created things had a beginning, there was a time when God was ...
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The Jehovah's Witnesses deny that Jesus Christ existed eternally or everlastingly, how do they reconcile this with Micah 5:2?
Micah 5:2, "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you one will go forth for Me to be the ruler of Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From ...
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, why does the word Jehovah not get inserted into the Bible until Genesis 2:4?
I was reading the NWT translation just a few moments ago and I notice that throughout all of Genesis chapter 1, God is specifically used 32 times (there are 31 verses in Genesis 1).
We do not see the ...
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How do Jehovah's Witnesses and Latter Day Saints view the seven churches in Revelation and interpret the ten days of tribulation in Revelation 2:10?
Recently the church I attend has been studying the Apostle Peter’s first letter to various churches in Asia (what is now Turkey). Peter warns the elect of God that they will face trials and ...
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Distinction between Created Son and Begotten Son for Jehovah's Witnesses
In the New Testament, the Greek word monogenēs (μονογενής) appears 9 times and is translated as only or only begotten every time. 4 times it is used to describe the solitary physical descendant of ...
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What is the basis that many mainstream Christian groups justify labeling groups like the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses as Non-Christians?
If there is no clear definition stemming from the Bible of what makes one a Christian, how does mainstream Christianity justify labeling groups like the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses as Non Christians?...
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How do Jehovah’s Witness support their belief that Jesus started ruling (invisibly) from heaven in 1914? What has been happening in those 107 years?
I have been asked to write an article on what Jehovah’s Witnesses believe with regard to Jesus’ return or presence in 1914. Here are some quotes from official J.W. sources that I know about:
The 2,...
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses what does the Bible say about Easter?
Jehovah's Witnesses are well known for avoiding most if not all religious holiday celebrations. Most reasons center on the apparent linkage of these celebrations with various pagan celebrations and ...
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How do the Jehovah's Witnesses, and other people who believe in resurrection, respond to the cannibalism argument?
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that there will come a day when we will all get resurrected in our bodies. Critics say that the fact that cannibalism exists makes that logically impossible. If one person ...
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Why do Jehovah's Witnesses make the Old Testament forms of address to God ("Jehovah" and "Father") more important than "Abba?"
Jehovah's Witnesses believe God is the Father whose name is the Hebrew YHVH, the Tetragrammaton, which was the name the Apostles called on to be saved.
However, after calling on the name to be saved, ...
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If Jesus is "a god" would not Jehovah’s Witnesses be polytheists?
Isaiah 44:6, Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel And His Redeemer, the Lord of host; I am the first and I am the last, AND THERE IS NO GOD BESIDES ME.
Isaiah 44:24, Thus says the Lord your Redeemer,...
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If Jesus is not God according to Jehovah’s Witnesses, why was He accused of blasphemy?
Denying the deity of Jesus Christ is one of the core beliefs of the Jehovah Witnesses: Jehovah’s Witnesses View of Christ.
John 5:18 states,
For this cause therefore the Jews were seeking all the ...
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Are there published testimonies from Jehovah's Witnesses about their experiences with the presence of the Holy Spirit?
Have any Jehovah's Witnesses experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit, possibly in a dramatic, life-changing way, and published a testimony in which they recount their experiences?
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses allow remarriage after a divorce? Are there any consequences for the congregation member?
I have 3 questions to Jehovah's Witnesses about how they view marriage/divorce:
Do Jehovah's Witnesses allow a person to divorce and marry someone
else?
If it is allowed only in some cases, what ...
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Whom do Jehovah's Witnesses serve?
In a statement urging Israel to abandon idolatry and return to the Lord (Jehovah) Samuel says:
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return
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Why were Jehovah's Witnesses holding a Memorial Service for Jesus on Tuesday, March 26 2013?
I was approached by two Jehovah's Witnesses who invited me to a memorial service for Jesus to be held on Tuesday, March 26th. The flier they gave me said that this is the anniversary of Jesus' death. ...
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, what is "these seventy years" refering to in Zechariah 1:12 and Zechariah 7:1-5?
So the angel of Jehovah said: “O Jehovah of armies, how long will you withhold your mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with whom you have been indignant these 70 years?” (Zechariah 1:12, ...
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What support is there for the Jehovah’s Witness translation of John 1:1?
Rather than the more traditional “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” Jehovah’s Witnesses use the New World Translation, which gives John 1:1 as “In the ...
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Who are the leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses church?
I assume the Jehovah's Witnesses church has structure and organization for its membership.
Who are the leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and what is their role? From whom do members receive ...
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How do JW reconcile that their foundational belief about Worship of Christ made them idolatrous? [closed]
Russel wrote...
"It seems clear that His Divinity was retained in humanity because He
repeatedly spoke of Himself as having come down from heaven, and
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Jehovah's Witnesses teach Jesus was created and he's "a god" according to John 1:1 in their NWT. Yet the Bible teaches all men are sinners?
Since all men are sinners according to some of the following verses, why do other verses teach that Jesus Christ was sinless?
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived ...
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If Jehovah's Witnesses believe they should use Jehovah to be accurate why don't they use Jesus' real Hebrew name?
I think everyone knows that the name Jesus is Greek, but why don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses use his Hebrew name, which is closer to Joshua than to Jesus?
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What is the Jehovah's Witness official viewpoint of 12-step programs like AA?
I've been meeting with a Jehovah's Witness lately for some study. I've asked questions similar to this and not received a clear/official answer - just an opinion. I've searched Google and only found ...
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Do JWs have books besides the Bible that they view as "sacred" or "inspired"?
I see that the JW website contains the text of a few different Bible translations: KJV, ASV, Byington, New World Translation and The Kingdom Interlinear Translation.
From articles such as "The Bible ...
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, are there Spirit-filled Christians in non-JW denominations?
Can Spirit-filled Christians be found in non-JW denominations, according to Jehovah's Witnesses?
Related:
According to Unitarians, are there Spirit-filled Christians in non-Unitarian denominations?
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses believe only they will be saved after their organization came into existence?
Are there any statements in JW literature that indicate that they do not dogmatically believe that they are the only channel of God's truth and direction today, or that today, one does not have to be ...
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Jehovah's Witnesses - What is the reasoning that led to 1914 being considered a significant year? [duplicate]
Looks like there are a few questions here about Jehovah's Witnesses viewing 1914 as a significant year in the history of mankind, but not much about what their reasoning has been for that.
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Is the Russian Orthodox Church pressing the government of Russia to ban Jehovah's Witnesses?
As early as today (April 7 2017) the Supreme Court of Russia may ban the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses.
This would make it a criminal offense for Jehovah's Witnesses even to meet together to pray.
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Jesus is Michael?
Congregations such as the Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists believe that Jesus is Michael. What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Jesus is Michael?
Jehovah's Witnesses
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Don't the questions of Hebrews 1:5 and 1:13 demand an answer of 'None'? So how can Jehovah's Witnesses say that Jesus is the archangel Michael?
There's a suggested duplicate to this question but that question deals with how the Jehovah's Witnesses explain the begotten divinity of Jesus while still maintaining that He is unequal to God. This ...
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Crucifixion -- torture stake or cross?
The Jehovah's Witnesses state that Jesus was not nailed on a cross, but on a torture stake. The New World Translation of the Bible is phrased accordingly. For example:
Matthew 10:38 (NWT)
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Did the early church believe that Jesus was crucified on a cross or on a stake?
Jehovah's Witnesses unlike any other Christian sects believe that Jesus Christ was not crucified on a cross but was instead crucified on a torture stake, did the Early Church Fathers believe that ...
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How do those who believe the Son is not Almighty God interpret Revelation 2:23?
To me, the deity of Christ is seen all throughout Revelation, and for that matter, the Gospels (e.g. John 1:1) and Epistles, and all of Scripture, but for the purposes of the question, how do those ...
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses expected to follow their church's doctrines?
There are a lot of publications of JW interpreting the Bible and our lives. Are members of this church requested to agree to all or a certain canon of teachings or are they supposed to draw their own ...
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When Jehovah's Witnesses resume door-to-door work 1 September 2022, will their message be any different in view of world events?
This seems to be breaking news on their official web-site, here:
https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/#newsAlerts
It simply says
"BREAKING NEWS - House-to-House Preaching will resume on September 1st ...
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