As a Buddhist raised in a Hindu community I would like to know are Jehovah's Witnesses Jews or Christians or Muslims and who do they praise?

Answer 1

We are Christians. We praise Jehovah, the God of the universe. We follow the example of Jesus, who left a model for us to follow. As such, we do not engage in warfare, and we are politically neutral. We try to maintain a simple life, putting spiritual pursuits ahead of material gain. We can be found all over the world and we have no divisions or sects. All of Jehovah's Witnesses consider each other to be brothers and sisters, no matter where we live, what language we speak, or what our social status may be.
We are not a sect of Christendom, but we believe that we are a restoration of the first century christian congregation.

Christian response

Almost the whole of the Christian Church worldwide do not accept Jehovah's Witnesses as Christians as they refuse to accept Jesus Christ as Lord. Instead, they regard Jesus as a subservient 'demigod' (whatever that means) contrary to the teachings of Christ himself, Paul in his letters, and the early Church Fathers who could trace their ancestry and teaching back just a couple of generations to the apostles themselves. The only true link that the JW organisation has with the first century Christian congregation is their identity with the Arian heresies of the first century - beliefs, as postulated by Arius that claimed that Jesus was not divine, and which were totally discredited by the early Church - especially those of whom could remember, or whose teachers could remember, the actual doctrine passed down from the apostles themselves. The JW founder, Charles Taize Russell, a self-confessed charlatan and womaniser re-invented these heretical beliefs, and began the JW movement as the Watchtower Bible and Tract society with the sole aim of making a fortune selling magazines and tracts. Contrary to the above, the JW movement was fraught with infighting and irregularities throughout its history. Though Russell was no Bible scholar - he could not even recite the Greek alphabet - nor was he trained in any theology, nor ordained, nor regarded as having any real knowledge of scripture, he still called himself 'pastor' and, being a charismatic person, persuaded others to follow his cultic, heretical and sectarian views.

Therefore, in answer to the question, Jehovah's Witnesses are neither Christian nor Muslim nor Jew or Hindu. Instead they are regarded by the Christian Church worldwide (of all denominations that can trace its ancestry and heritage back 2000 years) as a Victorian cult that preaches a bastardisation of the Word of God.