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An analysis of the Jehovah's witness's religion

When the name of Jehovah's witness arises, most of the public of differing religions, a picture of an overly nice person or group of people all dressedin suits and nice clothes, arrive at your door and offer a sampling of pamphlets, (large or small). To most of the general public, the religion is a far cry from Christianity, but this is untrue, as a visit to one of the services that the congregation provides.

Upon arriving at the building Kingdom hall of Jehova's Witnesses, there was nothing especially different about it except there was no cross on the outside nor a steeple. Arriving about a half an hour early we were greeted witha handsha

e and a almost too friendly smile from a member of the congregation.As we waited for the service to begin, more and more people started to pile intothe building. Slowly conversations between members and nonmembers, including myself. After about twenty minutes, the tal

ing reseeded and people started to seat themselves. The inside of the room was well lit up with no pews, but therewere many chairs connected by metal bolts on the bottom of each chair. Amazingl

y though there was no cross and no altar. First the service started with singing, as any ordinary church would. We sung out of a boo

of songs that they provided for us.

After the singing there was a guest spea er from Bagley, Minnesota. The spea

er spo

e to the congregation about topics in the bible, his speech lastedabout three fourths of an hour. Afterwards the priest came to the podium andthan

ed the guest for coming. Then the priest leaded another song, sung from the song boo . Next the congregation headed a bible discussion from an articlefrom a Jehovah's Witness wee

ly magazine The Watch Tower.The article had to deal with what is paramount in our lives. The discus

sion lasted for another hour and a fifteen minutes, with questions at the end ofeach paragraph. The different thing about the questions was that people in thecongregation actually answered some of the questions with the help of two men t

hat stood in the bac

and held microphones on stic

s so that they could be heard. After the bible discussion was over with, the service was ended in another song from the song boo

.The priest supplied me with the Watch Tower magazine that was discussed

over during the service, and some further information on the church itself. Some of the beliefs of the church are most li

e that of most Christian religions with the exceptions that they do not regard the cross as highly as most Christiansdo. The Jehovah's Witness religion believes more in the guidelines of the Bible.

One of the elder members of the Church was happy to answer some questions that I had. He was an elderly man with a full head of white hair, and a wideunreal smile. The members of the church were extremely friendly. However, as Ital

ed with him, I realized that they were not entirely tolerant to the beliefs

of others.On the standards of beliefs on the controversial subjects today such as

abortion, same sex marriages, doctor assisted suicides, and Gay rights, they stand on similar ground along with other Christian religions. They do not believein marriages of the same sex, not in abortions, nor doctor assisted suicides, and the concept of being gay is considered blasphemous in many parts of the bibleas in Corinthians 1:8 and 1:9 so gay rights seems a moc

ery to the church.Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Christ/Jesus was the first divine creat

ion of Jehovah/God and that he died on a torcher sta

e as ransom for the human race. Similar to the Christian faith, except that the emphasis on torcher sta

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was unnerving.The church views on other religions outside itself are as the an elder m

ember said are li

e misguided sheep. I was slightly disturbed by this slightlyrude and intolerant statement, but i had to respect their beliefs, so I said nothing.

Kingdom Hall's members are concerned about the youth of today. The youth of today as they see it are relentlessly tempted on a regular basis by societyand the press and fellow teens. Now more than ever, teens have more pressure on their beliefs than adults.

Jehovah's Witnesses believe in most all of the bibles of today, but stic

to the traditional versions such as the King James or the King George versions. But as for the newer bibles such as the new testament, or the man's Bible, or the woman's bible, they consider these versions a misguided representation ofthe bible.

As I see the Jehovah's witnesses religion, as friendly as they were, wasas closed minded as most other Christian religions. It had the same feel and atmosphere of A Christian religion, but it did not have the same beauty of a church, more li

e a seminar. As I went through the service, I learned that a Jehovah's Witness is not that different in their lives or in their beliefs. I find ithard to see why other faiths see the religion as straying from the Christian faith, when they follow the guidelines of the Bible itself. The reason for misunderstanding is ignorance and with

nowledge that gape can be bridged, but even with

nowledge gained, sometimes acceptance of that

nowledge does not, as is allto true in religious society. Sadly there are to few religions that accept othe

r faiths, religions that teach tolerance, maybe the religion is not at fault, maybe it is the people's basic stubbornness. From what I have seen religion todayis li

e a cola you drin

, a type of pizza you eat, a certain style of clothes you wear, rather than a way of life. From what I have seen, a small percentage of a religions people do not follow it's way outside of their place of worship, and outside of their homes.