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subtopics = [[Beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses|Beliefs]] - [[Jehovah's Witnesses: Jesus]], [[JehohavJehovah's Witnesses: Blood|Blood]] |

The Jehovah's Witnesses teach the following as core doctrine, basing them on certain passages. Some of these interpretations, in particular, Jesus as a created being, are in direct conflict with orthodox Christianity.* There is only one true God ([[Isaiah 43:10]]; [[Isaiah 44:6]]; [[John 17:3]]; [[1 Corinthians 8:5]]-6)* God is named Jehovah (or Yahweh) ([[Exodus 3:15]]-16; [[Exodus 6:3]]; [[Psalm 83:18]])* Jesus is God's son ([[John 10:36]]; [[John 20:17]])* Jesus was created by God ([[Colossians 1:15]]; [[Revelation 3:14]])* Bible is God's Word and true ([[2 Timothy 3:16]]; [[John 17:17]])* Christ lived a perfect life ([[1 Peter 2:22]])* Christ died for all mankind ([[Matthew 20:28]]; [[1 Timothy 2:5, ]]-6; [[1 Peter 2:24]])* Christ only had to die once for all mankind ([[Hebrews 9:25]]-28)* Only 144,000 will make it to heaven. {{b|Revelation 7:4}}** This is contradicted in {{b|Revelation 14}}, as it says the 144,000 are celibate Jewish males.

The Jehovah's Witnesses are well known for their refusal to receive blood transfusions. This is based on their interpretation on a number of passages in the Bible. These include [[Genesis 9:3]]-4, where God told commanded Noah and his family that "...blood, you shall to not eatblood." (Genesis 9:3This command is re-4) He then reiterated this iterated in the Law of Moses, or the Mosaic Law. ([[Leviticus 7:26; 17:10; ]], [[Deuteronomy 12:16) Many believe that after ]] and again in the Mosiac Law was abolished by Christ's death that the Law against blood does not apply[[New Testament]]. However, in In a list of things that Christians were forbidden to do, since there was confusion because the Law had been abolished, the disciples said that Christians were supposed to abstain completely from blood. ([[Acts 15:28, ]]-29) To illustrate: If a doctor told a man . Jehovah's Witnesses believe that he was this declaration applies to drink no more alcohol, would it be okay for all forms of taking blood into the man to insert body because the alcohol into his veins? Hardly. Since God told man to Scripture in Acts does not say that you cannot eat blood but that you must completely abstain from blood, inserting it into your veins . They claim that taking a blood transfusion would not be abstaining from blood.

There are around 7,000,000 Jehovah's Witnesses on Earth today. They spend billions of hours preaching every year and hold millions of Bible studies in an effort to teach people what they believe the Bible really says. They have the most extensive publishing operations in an effort to print Bibles and Bible aids in every language to reach all people with the Gospel. Many find their international operations to be surprisingly impressive.

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