What is the Jehovah witness doctrine?

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses:

Claim the same God Jesus Christ claimed as his God: "Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." - John 20:17 (KJV)

Give witness, in imitation of Jesus, that his Father, Jehovah, is God Almighty, and give witness that Jesus glorified God, unlike the Jews, who accused Jesus of usurping God's authority.

1. Believe the serpent in the Garden of Eden was lying, (Genesis 3:1-5), when he said that people who were already created in God's image need to decide for themselves what is good and evil or go to Heaven, to be like God, instead of receiving the wage sin pays, or that we can do so once we are saved, by simply deciding for ourselves all our lives, what is good and evil. - Romans 6:23
2. When reading Luke 17:20,21, identify with Jesus, instead of the Pharisees, who Jesus described as serpents, (Matthew 23:33), so they believe that the Kingdom of God is surrounded by false worshipers, instead of within them.
3. Know that they are not God, so when they read John 17:11,20-23, they don't pretend that Jesus is one with God in such a way that it would make them God too:

   "11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are."

   "21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." - John 17:11,21 (KJV)

To be more precise we believe that Jesus is the Mediator only for the 144,000 spiritual Israelites of which there are reportedly 10,857 currently on earth today.

Watchtower 1/4/1979 asks ''Is Jesus the 'mediator only for anointed Christians? [and answers] in this strict Biblical sense Jesus is the 'mediator' only for anointed Christians''

Also our publication Worldwide Security under the 'Prince of Peace' states ''….Jesus Christ is not the Mediator between Jehovah God and all mankind. He is the Mediator between his heavenly Father, Jehovah God, and the nation of spiritual Israel, which is limited to 144,000.''

The article goes on to explain that

''the 'great crowd' of 'other sheep' [non anointed Christians] that is forming today is not in that covenant. However, by their associating with the 'little flock' [the 10,857 Memorial partakers]... they come under benefits that flow from that new covenant''

However, contrary to commonly repeated propaganda and hate speech:

1. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that there is no one else through whom they can be saved, and no mediator between man and Almighty God other than Jesus; and that being the case, Jesus cannot be Almighty God.
2. Jesus is their Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, and Prince of Peace, (Isaiah 9:6), and the only begotten God, (John 1:18) but not the Almighty.
3. They recognize that God does not change. - Malachi 3:6 Therefore, His purpose of creating man - on Earth - in His image, (Genesis 1:26,27), does not change. They will be happy to see His purpose for the Earth fulfilled, and humble enough to be a part of it.
4. They do not participate in holidays that originated from pagan customs, regardless how Christendom dresses them up to look Christian.
5. They believe that God deserves to have His name in His book, and that no one else had the right to remove it, regardless of the superstitions that caused Judaism and Christendom to do so. These religions weren't about to put His name back in, where they took it out, so it was necessary to consult the oldest manuscripts available, and put it back where they originally showed it, in a new translation of the Bible.
6. Recognizing that we cannot be certain how God's name was originally pronounced, they accept the pronunciation already used by our languages than to deny God His name, just like the Bible's Aramaic-speaking Bible writers used the Aramaic pronunciation, instead of Hebrew. In English, it's Jehovah, pronounced with English phonetics, but it was originally a Germanic transliteration, dating from medieval times, in which the J indicated the Y sound, and the V indicated the W sound. They don't make the pitiful excuse for themselves that Jehovah is not the original pronunciation of God's name, and then call him Jesus instead, when that likewise isn't the original pronunciation of Yehoshua.
7. They recognize that conditions Jesus described in Matthew 24 and many other prophecies, exist now, and conclude that Jesus is already present, and has been since the world around us changed so much, in 1914.
8. They celebrate Jesus' last Evening Meal in remembrance of him, as he commanded. This is just as solemn a celebration as the Passover that Jesus observed. - Luke 22:19
9. They owe their allegiance to God's Kingdom, which Jesus taught us to pray for, so that God's will may be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. - Matthew 6:9,10
10. They believe it is a literal government, because regardless how anyone interprets Jesus' reply to the hypocritical Pharisees, God's Kingdom was NOT within them, or within their hypocritical hearts! Rather, it's appointed King was standing among them. - Luke 17:20-21
11. They teach people of all nations to obey all that Jesus commanded, as he commanded, including his command to teach people of all nations to obey all that he commanded. - Matthew 28:18-20
12. As a result, Jesus blesses their efforts to obey him and we are the fastest-growing religion in the United States of America. (See http://faith.tuscaloosanews.com/default.asp?item=784637 ) [Link not working and therefore not sure if it is true that we are the fastest growing religion in USA. Growth in itself is not proof of God's blessing anyway otherwise other religions could claim the same blessings due to their vastly superior numbers]
13. Resulting from that, many other religions of the world hate us, just like Jesus said they would in John 15:18-21. Jesus explained that this is because they do not know Him that sent Jesus, and as they wish, they don't know Jehovah!
14. Jesus prayed about them to his Father: "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:" - John 17:21,22
15. Therefore, for Jesus to be one with his Father in the same way that Jesus prayed that Christians be one with him and his Father, would require them to be as much God as Jesus is, and Jehovah's Witnesses are not God!

Answer 2

I don't think we have an actual 'doctrine'. We don't hardly even use the word 'doctrine'. It's a wierd word for us.

We teach people - - what The Bible really teaches. So we would use the term 'Bible teaching' instead of 'doctrine'. Doctrine sounds too 'mainstream'.

There are way tooooo many Bible teachings to list here; so I will only list a few:

• Jehovah's Witnesess freely use God's personal name (Jehovah) when speaking 'to God' and 'of God.'
• Jehovah's Witnesses teach people that God's very original purpose in creating mankind, is for us to inhabit the earth, not heaven; therefore we have no desire to enter heaven. God has not ditched his original purpose, but it is still 'on-course'. Our desire therefore is to be among the ones counted as 'meek' who will 'inherit the earth.'
• Jehovah's Witnesses teach that God's Kingdom is an actual 'government'. That's what the word 'Kingdom' means -- kings dome, or kings realm. God's government has laws (recorded in the Bible). God's government has a King, Christ Jesus. God's government has a 'domain' -- it rules the earth from heaven, with earthly representatives, namely 'Jehovah's Witnesses'. We represent God's Kingdom government.
• Jehovah's Witnesses teach that according to Bible chronology, God's Kingdom was finally established in heaven in 1914. Our door-step ministry is our work as Kingdom ambassadors and envoys; we are trying to 'reconcile people to Jehovah God.'
• Jehovah's Witnesses teach that God's Kingdom Government will soon interfere in earths affairs, since the governments on earth have not acknowledged God's Kingdom as having been established. They have not adoped his laws, but carry on with their own laws.