Jehovah's+Witnesses2

Jehovah's Witness 1. Charles Taze Russell started Jehovah's Witness in 1872 //2. Fundamental Beliefs:// 3. Religious Practices: 4.Sacred Texts: 5. Interesting Notes: 6. Famous people who are Jehovah's Witness: media type="youtube" key="WZHz-f2dym0" height="315" width="420"
 * Russell struggled with some of the christian beliefs and believed that the Bible could be explained only by what he thought the meaning should be
 * His ideologies were published in the magazine, //The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom//
 * //He also founded the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society//
 * //This society later became known as Jehovah's Witness//
 * //Belief in one God and stress a personal relationship with him//
 * //reject the idea of a holy trinity and holy spirit//
 * //Belief in the Bible is very similar with that of most christians//
 * //Believe that the Bible is a gift from God so we can learn more about him and that the Bible gives us useful advice to help us get through problems that life throws at us//
 * //they have their own translation called "New World Translation"//
 * Believe that Jesus was God's first creation, and existed in a pre-human form before he came into the world
 * his purpose in coming into the world was 1. reveal the truth about God, 2. provide a role model for people to live by, 3. and to sacrifice himself for the sin of man
 * Believe in the fall of man, but do not believe the free will was damaged
 * Different view of afterlife:
 * 1. There is no Hell; wicked souls will be eradicated
 * 2. Earth will become a paradise with no violence, disease, or death[[image:ksmn1201l.jpg width="255" height="360" align="right"]]
 * 3. Only a select 144,000 will actually go to heaven with God
 * Believe that we are living in the end times since 1914
 * share their belief with others (the door to door thing that everyone hates)
 * their translation of the Bible: New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
 * Send out a magazine to all followers known as "The Watchtower"
 * Do not do blood transfusions (although some people do anyway)
 * Cannot join military, salute the flag, say the pledge of allegiance
 * Cannot vote in elections
 * Do not celebrate holidays like Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc.
 * Venus and Serena Williams
 * Prince
 * Janet Jackson
 * Evil Monkey: