Jehovah’s Witnesses—Who Are We?

Hello, and welcome back, my beautiful readers. 

Here in my neck of the woods, we are doing our best to stay cool. My garden is showing me some fruitage of my labor, and we have already taken the pontoon out 3 times, verses once last year! (I don't care who you are, that's just wrong. :-) )

So the other day, I got this Tweet: Sender - sound like the watchtower, they shun you if you question the cult teaching, and research what they talk about. Then a follow-up tweet: do your selfe a favor, and understand instead of accepting stupid lies from a cult like http://JW.org So I asked: Hi, why do you call it a cult? The response to my question: Becourse it is defined as a cult, try to look it up, and see what a cult is ;)

So, I did, I looked it up, and I have something to say about that, but I am gunna really do some research and really make my blog on this subject of a 'cult' a matter of prayer. IN THE MEANTIME ---

Jehovah’s Witnesses—Who Are We?

We come from hundreds of ethnic and language backgrounds, yet we are united by common goals. Above all, we want to honor Jehovah, the God of the Bible and the Creator of all things. We do our best to imitate Jesus Christ and are proud to be called Christians. Each of us regularly spends time helping people learn about the Bible and God’s Kingdom. Because we witness, or talk, about Jehovah God and his Kingdom, we are known as Jehovah’s Witnesses.

If you have ever gone to the jw.org site, (which, by the way, is a beautiful website designed to help you find answers to life's big questions, using the Bible,) the above statement is found on the home page. I know that many people have questions about Jehovah's Witnesses. They have these questions primarily because what they do know of them comes from sources that are unreliable, having had gotten their information mostly by word of mouth. Take me for instance, I know nothing of the Amish, except what I've heard, and really, how accurate is it? I guess that if I want to know more about the Amish, I should ask them. I have a reader who concluded that I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and want to know more. So I was asked. I even love the questions. Excellent questions that show forethought and a genuineness to get the facts. 

1) What is the difference between Jehovah Witness and the mainstream Christian Churches.  

2) What is it that they believe differently?  

Let us focus on the questions:

Q 1). What is the difference between Jehovah's Witnesses and the mainstream Christian Churches?

A: I took the liberty of doing a little research from the jw.org website of our Bible Based publications to help me answer that question. AWAKE! AUGUST 2010 Under the subheading Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Protestants, Fundamentalists, or a sect? there was an excellent explanation that I thought fitting for the first question. The opening paragraph reads: Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians, but they are not Protestants for the same reason that they are not Catholics—they recognize certain teachings of those religions as unscriptural. For example, the Bible does not teach that God—the very personification of love—tortures people forever in a fiery hell. Ezekiel 18:4. Nor does it teach that humans have an immortal soul, (Romans 6:23,) or that Christians should meddle in politics. —(John 15:19; John 17:14) —

After reading this, one might conclude that it answers both questions 1 and 2. And you would be correct. The second paragraph in the above mentioned article is equally informative: “Fundamentalism is a broad movement within Protestantism in the United States,” says The World Book Encyclopedia. Some Fundamentalist organizations “have adopted social and political positions based on a literal use of Biblical texts.” That definition does not fit Jehovah’s Witnesses. As mentioned, they abstain from politics and do not impose their views on others by political or any other means. Rather, they converse with people, usually one-on-one, using reason and convincing evidence, in imitation of the early Christians.—Acts 19:8. However, with there being 19,000 major religions out there, I defiantly do not know how they all believe. 

Jehovah's Witnesses are different from other religions in that, our beliefs are based on the teachings found in the Bible, not the teachings of man that are traditions and have no Bible Backing. If it is not in the Bible, it is not something to be preached. Another difference is that we remain separate from the world, so we do not get involved in politics, participate in wars, which is something I have seen a lot of Mainstream Religions do. And just so you know, I have only scratched the surface on the difference.

 This, I have found, is equally informative. Who Are Doing Jehovah’s Will Today?

I have enjoyed this opportunity to answer questions about my Faith, and the God that I love, Jehovah. I welcome your continued questions.

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