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The entire Protestant canon of scripture is considered the inspired, inerrant word of God. Jehovah's Witnesses consider the Bible to be scientifically and historically accurate and reliable and interpret much of it literally, but accept parts of it as symbolic. They consider the Bible to be the final authority for all their beliefs, although sociologist Andrew Holden's ethnographic study of the religion concluded that pronouncements of the Governing Body, through Watch Tower Society publications, carry almost as much weight as the Bible. Regular personal Bible reading is frequently recommended; Witnesses are discouraged from formulating doctrines and "private ideas" reached through Bible research independent of Watch Tower Society publications, and are cautioned against reading other religious literature. Adherents are told to have "complete confidence" in the leadership, avoid skepticism about what is taught in the Watch Tower Society's literature, and "not advocate or insist on personal opinions or harbor private ideas when it comes to Bible understanding." The religion makes no provision for members to criticize or contribute to official teachings and all Witnesses must abide by its doctrines and organizational requirements.

Question: What is considered the inspired, inerrant word of God?
Answer: The entire Protestant canon

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses consider the science and history within the Bible to be?
Answer: accurate

Question: Whose pronouncements within Jehovah Witnesses group are considered to carry almost as much weight as the Bible?
Answer: the Governing Body

Question: What are members of Jehovah Witnesses cautioned against reading?
Answer: other religious literature

Question: What is there no provision for members of the Jehovah Witnesses to do in relation to the official teachings?
Answer: criticize or contribute
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is God's only direct creation, that everything else was created by means of Christ, and that the initial unassisted act of creation uniquely identifies Jesus as God's "only-begotten Son". Jesus served as a redeemer and a ransom sacrifice to pay for the sins of humanity. They believe Jesus died on a single upright post rather than the traditional cross. They believe that references in the Bible to the Archangel Michael, Abaddon (Apollyon), and the Word all refer to Jesus. Jesus is considered to be the only intercessor and high priest between God and humanity, and appointed by God as the king and judge of his kingdom. His role as a mediator (referred to in 1 Timothy 2:5) is applied to the 'anointed' class, though the 'other sheep' are said to also benefit from the arrangement.

Question: Who do Jehovah Witnesses believe is God's only direct creation?
Answer: Jesus

Question: What was Jesus a ransom sacrifice to pay for?
Answer: the sins of humanity

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses believe Jesus died on rather than a traditional cross?
Answer: a single upright post

Question: Jesus is considered to be the only what between God and humanity?
Answer: intercessor and high priest

Question: What biblical passage outlines Jesus' role as a mediator?
Answer: 1 Timothy 2:5
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Witnesses believe that a "little flock" go to heaven, but that the hope for life after death for the majority of "other sheep" involves being resurrected by God to a cleansed earth after Armageddon. They interpret Revelation 14:1–5 to mean that the number of Christians going to heaven is limited to exactly 144,000, who will rule with Jesus as kings and priests over earth. Jehovah's Witnesses teach that only they meet scriptural requirements for surviving Armageddon, but that God is the final judge. During Christ's millennial reign, most people who died prior to Armageddon will be resurrected with the prospect of living forever; they will be taught the proper way to worship God to prepare them for their final test at the end of the millennium.

Question: Jehovah Witnesses believe who will go to heaven?
Answer: a "little flock"

Question: Where will God resurrected the "other sheep" after Armageddon?
Answer: a cleansed earth

Question: Jehovah Witnesses interrupted Revelation 14:1-5 to limit heaven goers to exactly what number?
Answer: 144,000

Question: Who is the final Judge of whether Jehovah Witnesses get to survive Armageddon?
Answer: God

Question: What will people need to study for during Christ's millennial reign?
Answer: their final test at the end of the millennium
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that God's kingdom is a literal government in heaven, ruled by Jesus Christ and 144,000 "spirit-anointed" Christians drawn from the earth, which they associate with Jesus' reference to a "new covenant". The kingdom is viewed as the means by which God will accomplish his original purpose for the earth, transforming it into a paradise without sickness or death. It is said to have been the focal point of Jesus' ministry on earth. They believe the kingdom was established in heaven in 1914, and that Jehovah's Witnesses serve as representatives of the kingdom on earth.

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses believe of God's kingdom?
Answer: a literal government in heaven

Question: Who rules with Jesus Christ in heaven according to Jehovah Witnesses?
Answer: 144,000 "spirit-anointed" Christians

Question: What do the Jehovah Witnesses believe God will use the kingdom in heaven for?
Answer: accomplish his original purpose for the earth

Question: What will the Earth be transformed into?
Answer: a paradise without sickness or death

Question: When do Jehovah Witnesses believe the kingdom of heaven was established?
Answer: 1914
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A central teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses is that the current world era, or "system of things", entered the "last days" in 1914 and faces imminent destruction through intervention by God and Jesus Christ, leading to deliverance for those who worship God acceptably. They consider all other present-day religions to be false, identifying them with "Babylon the Great", or the "harlot", of Revelation 17, and believe that they will soon be destroyed by the United Nations, which they believe is represented in scripture by the scarlet-colored wild beast of Revelation chapter 17. This development will mark the beginning of the "great tribulation". Satan will subsequently attack Jehovah's Witnesses, an action that will prompt God to begin the war of Armageddon, during which all forms of government and all people not counted as Christ's "sheep", or true followers, will be destroyed. After Armageddon, God will extend his heavenly kingdom to include earth, which will be transformed into a paradise similar to the Garden of Eden. After Armageddon, most of those who had died before God's intervention will gradually be resurrected during "judgment day" lasting for one thousand years. This judgment will be based on their actions after resurrection rather than past deeds. At the end of the thousand years, Christ will hand all authority back to God. Then a final test will take place when Satan is released to mislead perfect mankind. Those who fail will be destroyed, along with Satan and his demons. The end result will be a fully tested, glorified human race.

Question: One of Jehovah Witnesses' central teachings is that the world entered into its last days at what year?
Answer: 1914

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses consider all other present day religions to be?
Answer: false

Question: Who do Jehovah Witnesses think is out to destroy them?
Answer: the United Nations

Question: Who needs to attack Jehovah Witnesses for God to begin the war of Armageddon?
Answer: Satan

Question: What will be the end result of God's kingdom?
Answer: a fully tested, glorified human race
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus Christ began to rule in heaven as king of God's kingdom in October 1914, and that Satan was subsequently ousted from heaven to the earth, resulting in "woe" to humanity. They believe that Jesus rules invisibly, from heaven, perceived only as a series of "signs". They base this belief on a rendering of the Greek word parousia—usually translated as "coming" when referring to Christ—as "presence". They believe Jesus' presence includes an unknown period beginning with his inauguration as king in heaven in 1914, and ending when he comes to bring a final judgment against humans on earth. They thus depart from the mainstream Christian belief that the "second coming" of Matthew 24 refers to a single moment of arrival on earth to judge humans.

Question: When will Jesus' presence end?
Answer: when he comes to bring a final judgment

Question: What happened to Satan when Jesus started his rule?
Answer: ousted from heaven

Question: How do Jehovah Witnesses believe that Jesus rules?
Answer: invisibly

Question: How is the Greek word parousia translated when referring to Christ?
Answer: "coming"

Question: On what date do Jehovah Witnesses believe Jesus Christ began his rule as a king in God's kingdom?
Answer: October 1914
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Meetings for worship and study are held at Kingdom Halls, which are typically functional in character, and do not contain religious symbols. Witnesses are assigned to a congregation in whose "territory" they usually reside and attend weekly services they refer to as "meetings" as scheduled by congregation elders. The meetings are largely devoted to study of Watch Tower Society literature and the Bible. The format of the meetings is established by the religion's headquarters, and the subject matter for most meetings is the same worldwide. Congregations meet for two sessions each week comprising five distinct meetings that total about three-and-a-half hours, typically gathering mid-week (three meetings) and on the weekend (two meetings). Prior to 2009, congregations met three times each week; these meetings were condensed, with the intention that members dedicate an evening for "family worship". Gatherings are opened and closed with kingdom songs (hymns) and brief prayers. Twice each year, Witnesses from a number of congregations that form a "circuit" gather for a one-day assembly. Larger groups of congregations meet once a year for a three-day "regional convention", usually at rented stadiums or auditoriums. Their most important and solemn event is the commemoration of the "Lord's Evening Meal", or "Memorial of Christ's Death" on the date of the Jewish Passover.

Question: How often did Jehovah Witnesses congregations meet prior to 2009?
Answer: three times each week

Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses' gatherings opened and closed with?
Answer: songs (hymns) and brief prayers

Question: How are Jehovah Witnesses assigned to congregations?
Answer: "territory" they usually reside

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses refer to their weekly services as?
Answer: meetings

Question: Where do Jehovah Witnesses meet for worship and study?
Answer: Kingdom Halls
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Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps best known for their efforts to spread their beliefs, most notably by visiting people from house to house, distributing literature published by the Watch Tower Society in 700 languages. The objective is to start a regular "Bible study" with any person who is not already a member, with the intention that the student be baptized as a member of the group; Witnesses are advised to consider discontinuing Bible studies with students who show no interest in becoming members. Witnesses are taught they are under a biblical command to engage in public preaching. They are instructed to devote as much time as possible to their ministry and are required to submit an individual monthly "Field Service Report". Baptized members who fail to report a month of preaching are termed "irregular" and may be counseled by elders; those who do not submit reports for six consecutive months are termed "inactive".

Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses probably best known for by outsiders?
Answer: their efforts to spread their beliefs

Question: How many languages is the Watch Tower Society literature published in?
Answer: 700

Question: What is the objective of Jehovah Witnesses' door to door ministry?
Answer: start a regular "Bible study"

Question: When are Jehovah Witnesses advised to discontinue Bibles studies with students?
Answer: show no interest in becoming members

Question: What are baptized members who fail to report a month of preaching termed as?
Answer: irregular
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Divorce is discouraged, and remarriage is forbidden unless a divorce is obtained on the grounds of adultery, which they refer to as "a scriptural divorce". If a divorce is obtained for any other reason, remarriage is considered adulterous unless the prior spouse has died or is since considered to have committed sexual immorality. Extreme physical abuse, willful non-support of one's family, and what the religion terms "absolute endangerment of spirituality" are considered grounds for legal separation.

Question: What is Jehovah Witnesses' view of divorce?
Answer: discouraged

Question: What is an acceptable grounds for divorce for a Jehovah Witness?
Answer: adultery

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses considered remarriage when the reason for divorce wasn't adultery?
Answer: adulterous

Question: Jehovah Witnesses will allow what in the event of extreme physical abuse or absolute endangerment of spirituality?
Answer: legal separation
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Formal discipline is administered by congregation elders. When a baptized member is accused of committing a serious sin—usually cases of sexual misconduct or charges of apostasy for disputing Jehovah's Witness doctrines—a judicial committee is formed to determine guilt, provide help and possibly administer discipline. Disfellowshipping, a form of shunning, is the strongest form of discipline, administered to an offender deemed unrepentant. Contact with disfellowshipped individuals is limited to direct family members living in the same home, and with congregation elders who may invite disfellowshipped persons to apply for reinstatement; formal business dealings may continue if contractually or financially obliged. Witnesses are taught that avoiding social and spiritual interaction with disfellowshipped individuals keeps the congregation free from immoral influence and that "losing precious fellowship with loved ones may help [the shunned individual] to come 'to his senses,' see the seriousness of his wrong, and take steps to return to Jehovah." The practice of shunning may also serve to deter other members from dissident behavior. Members who disassociate (formally resign) are described in Watch Tower Society literature as wicked and are also shunned. Expelled individuals may eventually be reinstated to the congregation if deemed repentant by elders in the congregation in which the disfellowshipping was enforced. Reproof is a lesser form of discipline given formally by a judicial committee to a baptized Witness who is considered repentant of serious sin; the reproved person temporarily loses conspicuous privileges of service, but suffers no restriction of social or spiritual fellowship. Marking, a curtailing of social but not spiritual fellowship, is practiced if a baptized member persists in a course of action regarded as a violation of Bible principles but not a serious sin.[note 4]

Question: Who administers formal discipline?
Answer: congregation elders

Question: What is formed when a baptized member is accused of doing something serious enough for Jehovah Witnesses to take notice?
Answer: a judicial committee

Question: What is the strongest form of discipline the Jehovah Witnesses' judicial committee can render?
Answer: Disfellowshipping

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses describe anyone who formally resign from the church as?
Answer: wicked

Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses taught that avoiding social and spiritual interaction with disfellowshipped individuals does?
Answer: keeps the congregation free from immoral influence
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible condemns the mixing of religions, on the basis that there can only be one truth from God, and therefore reject interfaith and ecumenical movements. They believe that only their religion represents true Christianity, and that other religions fail to meet all the requirements set by God and will soon be destroyed. Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that it is vital to remain "separate from the world." The Witnesses' literature defines the "world" as "the mass of mankind apart from Jehovah's approved servants" and teach that it is morally contaminated and ruled by Satan. Witnesses are taught that association with "worldly" people presents a "danger" to their faith, and are instructed to minimize social contact with non-members to better maintain their own standards of morality.

Question: Why do Jehovah Witnesses believe the Bible condemns mixing of religions?
Answer: can only be one truth from God

Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses taught it's vital to remain?
Answer: "separate from the world."

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses believe is true of their religion and their religion alone?
Answer: represents true Christianity

Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses taught association with worldly people presents to their faith?
Answer: danger

Question: What does Jehovah Witnesses define the "world" to mean?
Answer: "the mass of mankind apart from Jehovah's approved servants"
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe their highest allegiance belongs to God's kingdom, which is viewed as an actual government in heaven, with Christ as king. They remain politically neutral, do not seek public office, and are discouraged from voting, though individual members may participate in uncontroversial community improvement issues. Although they do not take part in politics, they respect the authority of the governments under which they live. They do not celebrate religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter, nor do they observe birthdays, nationalistic holidays, or other celebrations they consider to honor people other than Jesus. They feel that these and many other customs have pagan origins or reflect a nationalistic or political spirit. Their position is that these traditional holidays reflect Satan's control over the world. Witnesses are told that spontaneous giving at other times can help their children to not feel deprived of birthdays or other celebrations.

Question: Who is king of God's kingdom in heaven?
Answer: Christ

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses remain politically?
Answer: neutral

Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses discouraged from doing?
Answer: voting

Question: Why do Jehovah Witnesses forego religious holidays and birthdays or other celebrations?
Answer: they consider to honor people other than Jesus

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses feel all the traditional holidays reflect?
Answer: Satan's control over the world
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They do not work in industries associated with the military, do not serve in the armed services, and refuse national military service, which in some countries may result in their arrest and imprisonment. They do not salute or pledge allegiance to flags or sing national anthems or patriotic songs. Jehovah's Witnesses see themselves as a worldwide brotherhood that transcends national boundaries and ethnic loyalties. Sociologist Ronald Lawson has suggested the religion's intellectual and organizational isolation, coupled with the intense indoctrination of adherents, rigid internal discipline and considerable persecution, has contributed to the consistency of its sense of urgency in its apocalyptic message.

Question: What industries do Jehovah Witnesses avoid working in?
Answer: associated with the military

Question: What may a Jehovah Witnesses' refusal to serve in the natural military service result in, in some countries?
Answer: their arrest and imprisonment

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses see themselves as, which transcends national boundaries and ethnic loyalties?
Answer: a worldwide brotherhood

Question: What profession is Ronald Lawson?
Answer: Sociologist

Question: What does Lawson suggest has contributed to the consistency of the sense of urgency in Jehovah Witnesses' apocalyptic message?
Answer: intellectual and organizational isolation
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Jehovah's Witnesses refuse blood transfusions, which they consider a violation of God's law based on their interpretation of Acts 15:28, 29 and other scriptures. Since 1961 the willing acceptance of a blood transfusion by an unrepentant member has been grounds for expulsion from the religion. Members are directed to refuse blood transfusions, even in "a life-or-death situation". Jehovah's Witnesses accept non-blood alternatives and other medical procedures in lieu of blood transfusions, and their literature provides information about non-blood medical procedures.

Question: What biblical passage informs Jehovah Witnesses' refusal of blood transfusions?
Answer: Acts 15:28, 29

Question: What is grounds for expulsion from Jehovah Witnesses, since 1961?
Answer: willing acceptance of a blood transfusion

Question: What do Jehovah Witnesses accept in lieu of blood transfusions?
Answer: non-blood alternatives

Question: What does Jehovah Witnesses' literature provide about non-blood medical procedures?
Answer: information
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Though Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept blood transfusions of whole blood, they may accept some blood plasma fractions at their own discretion. The Watch Tower Society provides pre-formatted durable power of attorney documents prohibiting major blood components, in which members can specify which allowable fractions and treatments they will personally accept. Jehovah's Witnesses have established Hospital Liaison Committees as a cooperative arrangement between individual Jehovah's Witnesses and medical professionals and hospitals.

Question: What are Jehovah Witnesses allowed to accept at their discretion? 
Answer: blood plasma fractions

Question: What pre-formatted durable power of attorney documents are provided by the Watch Tower Society to prohibit?
Answer: major blood components

Question: What can Jehovah's Witnesses' members specify on the canned legal forms from the WTS?
Answer: allowable fractions and treatments they will personally accept

Question: What cooperative arrangement did Jehovah's Witnesses establish?
Answer: Hospital Liaison Committees

Question: The Hospital Liaison Committees serve to bridge between hospitals, medical professionals and who?
Answer: individual Jehovah's Witnesses
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As of August 2015, Jehovah's Witnesses report an average of 8.2 million publishers—the term they use for members actively involved in preaching—in 118,016 congregations. In 2015, these reports indicated over 1.93 billion hours spent in preaching and "Bible study" activity. Since the mid-1990s, the number of peak publishers has increased from 4.5 million to 8.2 million. In the same year, they conducted "Bible studies" with over 9.7 million individuals, including those conducted by Witness parents with their children. Jehovah's Witnesses estimate their current worldwide growth rate to be 1.5% per year.

Question: What term do Jehovah's Witnesses use for members actively involved in preaching?
Answer: publishers

Question: How many publishers did the Jehovah's Witnesses have as of August 2015?
Answer: 8.2 million

Question: How many congregations did the Jehovah's Witnesses have in 2015?
Answer: 118,016

Question: Over how many hours had Jehovah's Witnesses spent preaching and in "Bible study" activity in 2015?
Answer: 1.93 billion

Question: What do Jehovah's Witnesses their worldwide growth rate to be?
Answer: 1.5% per year