![]() If any Jehovah’s Witness is deemed to be an apostate, she or he will be disfellowshipped. However, to deviate from the beliefs would be to position oneself in a light of apostasy. Know this: The beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses must be accepted and followed by each and every member. And then some rules seem a little bit ludicrous. Other rules are specific to the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Some of the rules are typical morality rules. These rules govern each and every member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They have rules for all types of human activities. Worth spending time on this site.The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ rules are many. Watchtower information service A well presented site which collects news articles regarding the Jehovah’s Witnesses and presents them under important topics like “Psychological Issues”, “Blood”, “Watchtower Doctrine”, “Book Reviews” and so on. They are not allowed to celebrate Christmas – the date we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ.Īll this they will not tell you, and yet they still claim that “Before a person becomes one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Bible standards are clearly explained.”ĬULTWATCH recommends the following Web Sites for research regarding this group… They are not allowed to celebrate birthdays. They are not allowed to be in the army or wear crosses. They are well known to disown, shun, and ignore any friends and family leaving the cult. They use their own special translation of the Bible which mistranslates the original texts. They are encouraged to visit homes for at least 10 hours per month distributing Watchtower materials. If one refuses such assistance and refuses to uphold Bible standards, including Bible standards regarding the misuse of blood, then this may at times lead to the Scriptural action of disfellowshipping.-1 Corinthians 5:11-13.” Of course, if someone as a baptized member of Jehovah’s Witnesses engages in conduct that falls outside of those Bible standards, efforts are made in a kindly manner to help the erring one recover spiritually. “Before a person becomes one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Bible standards are clearly explained. “The phrasing that is to be incorporated into the statutes of the Christian Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulgaria describes the manner in which Jehovah’s Witnesses have traditionally handled these matters.” – European Commission of Human Rights, March 1998. “The applicant undertook with regard to its stance on blood transfusions to draft a statement for inclusion in its statute providing that members should have free choice in the matter for themselves and their children, without any control or sanction on the part of the association.” In practice (as outlined in a letter which can be read at Comments from the Friends), the Jehovah’s Witnesses do not acknowledge that they need to change their control methods. Note that at the meeting of the European Commission of Human Rights (Strasbourg, Monday 2 March – Friday 13 March 1998) under “II.Reports adopted” the Jehovah’s Witnesses agreed to radically alter this position. ![]() They are not allowed to have blood transfusions, even to save a child’s life. They used to forbid any vaccinations or organ transplants, even to save lives. “This cartoon is from the Watchtower publication Golden Age of March 30, 1932, page 409, and is typical of similar pictures or Watchtower cartoons of the era.” They have just changed a major Watchtower prediction that the end of the world would come before the generation of Witnesses born before 1914 died. They have falsely predicted the end of the world five times. ![]() If you don’t read the Watchtower’s books, you will “fall into darkness” – what they call reverting to normal Christianity. They claim you need to read the Watchtower’s magazines and other material in order to understand the Bible correctly. They are not allowed to question the Watchtower leadership or teaching. They believe that salvation is impossible outside of the Watchtower. The rest will live forever in a paradise on Earth, never meeting the person who died for them – Jesus Christ. They believe that ony 144,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses will go to heaven. They deny that Jesus rose bodily from the dead. They believe Jesus died on a stake, rather than a cross. ![]() They believe Jesus is not God, but is the Archangel Michael – the first being created by God. They believe that all true Christian churches are of the devil. ![]() Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians (although this varies – some JWs will not say this). Jehovah’s witnesses are very strongly cultic in both doctrine and behaviour, thus fitting both categories of false doctrine and mind control. ![]()
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