Some of Duke Ellington's hobbies were studying The Bible and reading philosophy.
Any individual can become one of Jehovah's Witnesses if they have personally dedicated their lives to God through Jesus and demonstrated that dedication publically through full body immersion baptism. This is only undertaken by individuals that have sufficent knowlege of the bible and what becoming one of Jehovah's Witnesses involves and have manifested their love, faith and desire to follow Jesus.
Jehovah's Witnesses indeed claim that they are Christians. Jehovah's Witnesses are "followers of Christ", implying that even if they don't claim to be Christians (which they/we do), they would be anyway. Jehovah's Witnesses indeed claim to be Christian. They accept Jesus as the son of God, being of divine nature. They believe he had a prehuman existence and came to earth to die for mankind's sins. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that there can be no salvation without accepting Jesus sacrifice and honour Jesus as their King and Leader. Since to be a 'christian' means to follow Jesus' example and obey him, they preach the bible in imitation of their leader Jesus, and try to be like him in word and deed. So, yes, Jehovah's Witnesses feel they have the right to be called Christian. Any 'confusion' that has arisen in this regard may be from the fact that Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus to be God's Son and not Almighty God himself. They reject the teaching of the trinity as unscriptural. == ==
Michael was raised a JW but in the late80's early 90's he started celebrating birthday and christmas,in '03 he had a catholic baptism for his 3children....either way Michael was a christian and was raising his children christian
Yes they could if they wanted to. Each one is left do decide what their Bible trained conscience is comfortable with doing. If there are lyrics with obscenities or immoral activity, a JW would not have much of a desire to listen to such music. However, if you enjoy the music genre you can look for songs that are not so controversial.
Many will argue but it is Jehovahs Witnesses. Ps 83:18
No. Jehovah's Witnesses adopt God's view of marriage as found in the Bible that marriage is sacred.
Why Not ? JW arent like Greek Orthodox who stick to bible names...
jehovahs witnesses have been going fron the beginning of time they were called bible students in early days they changed there name to jehovahs witnesses because they are doing the witness work the was done by jesus when he was on earth and also because jehovah is the almightys personal name hence jehovahs witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses worship the God of the bible; they identify him as Jehovah the Almighty Creator of the Universe.
If a person wants to find this out he has to study the Bible and compare what Jehovah's Witnesses believe and do, and he can see for himself if they are the only religion approved by God.
How many Jehovah's Witnesses are there in Botswana: There are an average 2,121 and a total of 46 kingdom Halls, also an average number of bible studies conducted 3,878 for the year of 2012
Jehovah's Witnesses (I am one) study the Bible. In all reality, if when the Bible is followed, women have many more rights than today's society gives them.
No, the Jehovahs Witnesses were started by Joseph Rutherford. Rutherford created the Jehovah's Witnesses organization by rejecting the core teachings of Russell and the Bible Students. https://rlctr.blogspot.com/p/jws.html
People hate the Jehovah's Witnesses because they were "destined" to, should we say. In the Bible it says that the people of the true religion would be hated and discriminated against. It's fulfilling Bible prophecy. And by the way, the New World Translation of the Bible is not altered to fit Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs. There are many credible resources that aren't even part of their religion that studied the translation and agree that it is the most UN-ALTERED form of the original manuscripts. Hope this helps. :) Jehovahs' witnesess encourage people to study using their own bible if they are more confortable
Jehovah's Witnesses grew from a small group of bible students in America that were seeking answers from scripture free from the dogma of church tradition.
Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses consider the Bible to be the central part of their religious practice and place a strong emphasis on studying and applying its teachings in their daily lives.