Jehovah's+Witnesses1

= Jehovah's Witnesses = Orgin:
 * Founded in 1879 by Charles Taze Russell, a Pennsylvania buisnessman
 * Today: 6.4 million followers

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 * One God [[image:http://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-godhood.gif width="218" height="180" align="right"]]
 * Jesus is not God, rather God's first creation
 * Reject the Trinity
 * Deny existance of Hell - those not saved will be annihilated
 * Only 144,000 people will go to Heaven with God and Jesus
 * Other saved people will live in paradise on earth - no sickness, death, unhappiness, etc
 * Believe they are the only "true" Christians
 * Believe events in Revelation began in 1914 and have been getting worse ever since
 * New World Tanslation of the Scriptures [[image:http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt132/connectwithnancy/signs/signbig.jpg width="286" height="202" align="right"]]
 * Baptism at a responsible age
 * Witnessing and Evangelism - door to door. This is central to religious life
 * Do not celebrate holidays or birthdays
 * Meet three times a week for services at Kingdom Hall
 * No blood tranfusions
 * Send out a magazine called //The Watchtower//
 * Do not participate in politics
 * Do not salute flag or enlist in military
 * Use stake instead of cross as symbol