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Who do Jehovah's Witnesses believe?

What* How does their religion differ from Christianity?
Cruel-hearted set
  01/12/21
They actually follow the Bible
Crusty up-to-no-good kitty cat
  01/12/21
Why don't they celebrate Christmas?
Cruel-hearted set
  01/12/21
Bc its totally bullshit and not Bible based
Crusty up-to-no-good kitty cat
  01/12/21
Really? Not a religionmo so I don't know. I thought Christia...
Cruel-hearted set
  01/12/21
JWs recognize that Xmas came from the Roman saturnalia (wint...
Histrionic rigor
  01/12/21
So they don't have an issue with JC's actual birth then, jus...
Cruel-hearted set
  01/12/21
They don’t celebrate birthdays at all because they bel...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21
seems like some 110 iq hot take bullshit. lets just do chris...
primrose crackhouse useless brakes
  01/13/21
Compared to regular 85 IQ Christianity this is probably righ...
olive kitchen
  01/13/21
Do they believe in the Resurrection?
Cruel-hearted set
  01/13/21
Yes. They believe 144,000 will rule as “kings and prie...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21
Wtf? Who are these 144,000 people? Aren't the JWs constantly...
Cruel-hearted set
  01/13/21
The big pitch is living forever in eternal youth on a paradi...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21
I see. So when people die, JWs say "Rest in Paradise&qu...
Cruel-hearted set
  01/13/21
I’m not familiar with JWs using that phrase, but if th...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21
They certainly try. Their main issue (IMO) is the whole &ldq...
Histrionic rigor
  01/12/21
more or less true...they believe in heaven on earth, not hea...
Translucent parlor athletic conference
  01/13/21
one of their long-running beliefs is that modern america rep...
tan harsh death wish
  01/12/21
Whoa
Crusty up-to-no-good kitty cat
  01/12/21
Yeah, they were jailed in WWI and WW2 for refusing to go to ...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21
Jesus is coming asap and btw Jesus wasn’t god, trinity...
diverse sable den round eye
  01/12/21
BTW on the subject of crazy 19th century US restorationist m...
diverse sable den round eye
  01/12/21
lol was the founder a disgraced IFNB member
flesh institution
  01/13/21
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diverse sable den round eye
  01/13/21
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Metal Nofapping Coffee Pot
  01/13/21
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flesh institution
  01/13/21
big kiddy diddler scam in the ranks of these folks as well
Titillating dysfunction
  01/12/21
a joke. A general heuristic for people: If no early churc...
Irate big menage
  01/12/21
And what interpretation is that exactly?
Cruel-hearted set
  01/12/21
The non-existence of hell, for example. Another would be the...
Irate big menage
  01/12/21
So when you die, what happens to your soul according to JW?
Cruel-hearted set
  01/12/21
Sometimes it dies along with the person. I'm hardly a JW exp...
Irate big menage
  01/12/21
There is no separate soul according to JWs. You *are* a soul...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21
10k get saved. They've already been chosen. You can apply ...
Pontificating boyish box office wrinkle
  01/12/21
It's a joke Religion that was created to avoid the Vietnam d...
amber hunting ground
  01/13/21
...
flesh institution
  01/13/21
Vegetarianism and not receiving blood transfusions.
exciting turquoise trailer park
  01/13/21
This is definitely not true. The JWs i know eat a lot of mea...
Cruel-hearted set
  01/13/21
Maybe it’s more like little to no meat. Or maybe I&rsq...
exciting turquoise trailer park
  01/13/21
Blood thing is true.
olive kitchen
  01/13/21
I'm friends with one who left it in his teens but then redis...
Topaz Cruise Ship
  01/13/21
The limited space available to get into their version of &qu...
Cruel-hearted set
  01/13/21
Is there a waiting list?
Infuriating fear-inspiring generalized bond bawdyhouse
  01/13/21
Limited admission to heaven seems like a smart strategy to k...
Topaz Cruise Ship
  01/13/21
Actually it’s one of the selling points. The VAST majo...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21
Yep this is generally correct except it’s 144k who go ...
Histrionic rigor
  01/13/21


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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:39 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

What*

How does their religion differ from Christianity?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741362)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:41 PM
Author: Crusty up-to-no-good kitty cat

They actually follow the Bible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741392)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:42 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

Why don't they celebrate Christmas?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741396)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:47 PM
Author: Crusty up-to-no-good kitty cat

Bc its totally bullshit and not Bible based

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741465)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:49 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

Really? Not a religionmo so I don't know. I thought Christians believe Jesus was born on Christmas, thus worth celebrating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741479)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:05 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

JWs recognize that Xmas came from the Roman saturnalia (winter solstice more or less) and thus has pagan roots. Nothing in scripture indicates JC was born in December, in fact to the contrary the fact that shepherds were sleeping outside with their flocks when the angel appeared announcing JC’s birth indicates it wasn’t winter bc it’s cold in Israel in December.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741600)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:19 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

So they don't have an issue with JC's actual birth then, just an issue with the date. Seems like an arbitrary thing to fuss about.

Do they believe JC is the son of God (Jehovah)?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741679)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:12 AM
Author: Histrionic rigor

They don’t celebrate birthdays at all because they believe such celebrations are of pagan origin. That’s a recurring theme for JWs. Mixing Christianity and paganism is a big no-no.

They do believe JC is son of God, but not part of a trinity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743851)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:14 AM
Author: primrose crackhouse useless brakes

seems like some 110 iq hot take bullshit. lets just do christianity minus JC's birthday and call him the son of god but not god himself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743858)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:12 PM
Author: olive kitchen

Compared to regular 85 IQ Christianity this is probably right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748459)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 12:29 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

Do they believe in the Resurrection?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41745185)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 1:00 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

Yes. They believe 144,000 will rule as “kings and priests” in heaven with JC, and there will be a resurrection to earth of “the righteous and unrighteous” where they’ll be ruled by JC and the 144k and the earth will be a paradise like the garden of Eden. There’s obv more detail, but that’s the high level.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41745426)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 1:17 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

Wtf? Who are these 144,000 people? Aren't the JWs constantly trying to recruit more people?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41745566)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 2:11 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

The big pitch is living forever in eternal youth on a paradise earth. Very few modern day JWs consider themselves part of the 144k. Maybe like 1 out of 1,000 current JWs. The rest have the “earthly hope.”

So I guess that’s a key difference between JW-ism and mainstream Christianity. Mainstream Christians want to go to heaven. Most JWs want to live forever on paradise earth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41745987)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 5:14 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

I see. So when people die, JWs say "Rest in Paradise" meaning rest in paradise earth, not heaven

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41747344)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 6:59 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

I’m not familiar with JWs using that phrase, but if they do, yes whenever they refer to “paradise” they are referring to earth. And more precisely, post-Armageddon earth which is restored to edenic perfection, lions laying down with lambs (literally), and righteous humans living forever in eternal youth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748028)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:08 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

They certainly try. Their main issue (IMO) is the whole “end times” schtick they’ve been running for over 100 years. But otherwise gotta give the JWs credit for trying to follow actual scripture and rejecting sketchy doctrines like trinity, hellfire, and the like.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741614)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 1:06 PM
Author: Translucent parlor athletic conference

more or less true...they believe in heaven on earth, not heaven in the sky...the bible specifically says that the faithful will live forever ON EARTH...all the rest of mainstream christianity is buying into this heaven in the sky bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41745491)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:47 PM
Author: tan harsh death wish

one of their long-running beliefs is that modern america represents Babylon the Great from the book of revelation. that didn't make them very popular with US authorities for a long while, but now it seems kind of prescient.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741460)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:48 PM
Author: Crusty up-to-no-good kitty cat

Whoa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741468)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:13 AM
Author: Histrionic rigor

Yeah, they were jailed in WWI and WW2 for refusing to go to war for USA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743854)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:56 PM
Author: diverse sable den round eye

Jesus is coming asap and btw Jesus wasn’t god, trinity is a sham

only the uber special (them) are saved

Christianity lost its way until the 19th century (them), don’t think they believe in any kind of continuity with church through time

yhwh is literally pronounced “Jehovah” (misunderstanding the vowel markers the masoretic text added to remind the reader to say “adonai”/lord when reading the divine name) and for some reason we have to say Jehovah a lot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741546)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 8:59 PM
Author: diverse sable den round eye

BTW on the subject of crazy 19th century US restorationist movements (there were several), look up the Oneida community of you’re not familiar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Community

(yes, the silverware people, one and the same)

the dudes had to keep the women “pure” by banging them but not cumming. high intensity sport

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741566)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:15 AM
Author: flesh institution

lol was the founder a disgraced IFNB member

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743863)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:26 AM
Author: diverse sable den round eye



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743905)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:28 AM
Author: Metal Nofapping Coffee Pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743912)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 12:32 PM
Author: flesh institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41745214)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:01 PM
Author: Titillating dysfunction

big kiddy diddler scam in the ranks of these folks as well

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741573)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:20 PM
Author: Irate big menage

a joke.

A general heuristic for people: If no early church fathers wrote or support key tenets of your beliefs, and in fact often say things completely to the contrary, your interpretation is likely horseshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741680)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:21 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

And what interpretation is that exactly?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741690)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:24 PM
Author: Irate big menage

The non-existence of hell, for example. Another would be the denial of an immortal soul. Those core JW beliefs run completely contrary to the corpus of early church documents, letters and pronouncements.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741703)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:25 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

So when you die, what happens to your soul according to JW?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741711)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:29 PM
Author: Irate big menage

Sometimes it dies along with the person. I'm hardly a JW expert so the nuances about when they think it does die and when it does not is something i am ignorant about. What I do know is that they believe in some instances that the soul dies with the person which is simply wrong.

I would add something else to that heuristic: If you have to start changing words and shit in the bible to match you beliefs in contrast to what has been circulating for over a thousand years. This would apply to Luther as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741731)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 2:12 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

There is no separate soul according to JWs. You *are* a soul, you don’t *have* a soul. When you die, you are dead. But God (Jehovah) can resurrect you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41746006)



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Date: January 12th, 2021 9:26 PM
Author: Pontificating boyish box office wrinkle

10k get saved. They've already been chosen.

You can apply for waitlist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41741715)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:13 AM
Author: amber hunting ground

It's a joke Religion that was created to avoid the Vietnam draft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743853)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:27 AM
Author: flesh institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41743910)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 7:56 PM
Author: exciting turquoise trailer park

Vegetarianism and not receiving blood transfusions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748350)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:03 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

This is definitely not true. The JWs i know eat a lot of meat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748402)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:11 PM
Author: exciting turquoise trailer park

Maybe it’s more like little to no meat. Or maybe I’m thinking of Seventh Day Adventists. I don’t really know any JWs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748456)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:13 PM
Author: olive kitchen

Blood thing is true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748468)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:17 PM
Author: Topaz Cruise Ship

I'm friends with one who left it in his teens but then rediscovered in mid 20s

Basically it's all about the Bible.

The belief that we are in "end times"

The only way to be one of the 126,000 who get to heaven is to live a "good" life, do regular bible-study, and go door-to-door once a week. They don't really speak about the 126,000 thing openly, though.

There are no special days (birthdays, holidays, etc)

Some will drink in moderation, dance, party and have fun. But there is no pre-martial sex. Swear words kept to a minimum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748495)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:19 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted set

The limited space available to get into their version of "heaven" (Paradise) is really a shitty tenet of their religion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748508)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:43 PM
Author: Infuriating fear-inspiring generalized bond bawdyhouse

Is there a waiting list?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748665)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 8:47 PM
Author: Topaz Cruise Ship

Limited admission to heaven seems like a smart strategy to keep people committed and adhering to the rules.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748693)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:38 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

Actually it’s one of the selling points. The VAST majority of JWs have no desire to go to heaven. They have the “earthly hope”: living forever in a bucolic paradise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41749009)



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Date: January 13th, 2021 9:33 PM
Author: Histrionic rigor

Yep this is generally correct except it’s 144k who go to heaven.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4737945&forum_id=2#41748980)