The Witnesses, who had initially tried to reach an accommodation with the German Government to keep the freedom to do their missionary work, were intransigent. They refused to give the Nazi salute, and refused to salute the swastika regarding that as idolatry. Overall, one in four German Witnesses died during the Nazi period. In America they refused at that time to accept any alternatives on the grounds that enforced civilian work was also conscription.
Witnesses suffered badly for taking this stand. Some were beaten up, others tarred and feathered, while yet others lost their jobs. Knorr was an organisation man, a natural backroom boy who worked hard to make the movement a more efficient missionary machine. The movement grew greatly in numbers during his leadership. Knorr strengthened the educational work of the Witnesses by setting up the Theocratic Ministry School in each congregation and introducing a range of textbooks and educational products to help members carry out doorstep ministry more effectively.
Knorr advanced the movement's work outside the USA by opening the Watch Tower Bible School of Gilead, a training college for missionaries planning to work overseas. A translation of the New Testament had appeared in In the Witnesses revised their attitude to secular authority and re-adopted an earlier interpretation of Romans 13 that allowed them to obey all civil laws that did not directly clash with God's laws. This had limited practical effect in comparison with the previous understanding, as most secular laws were already viewed as in accordance with God's laws.
In , the Governing Body began meeting weekly to enable it to more effectively supervise the work of Jehovah's Witnesses. An annual rotation of the chairmanship of the Governing Body began. Previously, the president of the legal corporation served as the regular chairman. In the Witnesses advanced the date of as marked in Bible chronology and many extrapolated this as meaning that the end of the current system of things or some other event that would change the course of history would probably come in Exodus , 10 A craftsman's hands cannot function independent of his mind and body; likewise, God's holy spirit operates only as he directs it.
Luke The Bible also compares God's spirit to water and associates it with such things as faith and knowledge. These comparisons all point to the impersonal nature of the holy spirit. Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate Christmas or Easter, which makes sense when you remember that they don't believe Jesus is equal to God.
They also don't celebrate other national holidays or birthdays in an attempt to remain separate from the world. Jehovah's Witnesses try to remain politically neutral. They don't believe in serving in politics or in the military, mainly as another way for them to distance themselves from the culture. Instead, they emphasize citizenship in God's heavenly kingdom. We do not lobby, vote for political parties or candidates, run for government office, or participate in any action to change governments.
We believe that the Bible gives solid reasons for following this course," states JW. Jehovah's Witnesses hold the controversial view of rejecting blood transfusions, even in life or death situations.
Recently, Russia banned Jehovah's Witnesses and this issue was one of the reasons stated for their doing so. For example, we don't accept blood transfusions because the Bible forbids taking in blood to sustain the body. Acts Likewise, the Bible prohibits health treatments or procedures that include occult practices.
There are reportedly 8. They are also known for their evangelical work going door-to-door attempting to make converts. Other faithful Christians would be reunited with dead loved ones and live on a renewed Earth.
But they still look forward to the Golden Age that Russell and his Bible students expected. Inside are rows of chairs and a podium for speakers, but little special adornment. Their biblical interpretations and missionary work certainly have critics. He displayed a marked hatred for Catholicism on his radio program and in the pamphlets he wrote. Rutherford said that in Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets would return to Earth, and for them he prepared a mansion named Beth Sarim in San Diego, California.
He moved into this mansion where he died in The Watchtower Society quietly sold Beth Sarim years later to cover up an embarrassing moment in their history, namely another failed prophecy.
Rutherford was succeeded by Nathan Homer Knorr, who was born in and died in Knorr got rid of the phonographs and insisted that the missionaries be trained in door-to-door evangelism techniques. Since the Bible, as preserved through the centuries, did not support the peculiar doctrines of the Witnesses, Knorr chose an anonymous committee to produce the New World Translation. By means of former Witnesses, the names of the five members of the translation committee eventually came to light.
Four of the five members completely lacked credentials as Bible translators, and the fifth studied non-biblical Greek for only about two years. Witnesses believe that Adam was created in B.
Simple arithmetic gives as the year Armageddon would arrive. Franz said that it was months—even years. But, following a literal interpretation of the number mentioned in Revelation, chapters 7 and 14, only , are among the elect. They will go to heaven as spirit persons without resurrected bodies. The unsaved will cease to exist at all, having been annihilated by Jehovah.
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