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

The Jehovah's Witnesses had their beginnings in the late 1870's when a small group under the leadership of [[Charles T. Russell]] began to question a number of orthodox accepted Christian doctrines including the [[Trinity]] and [[Hell]].

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]]:3-4 , where God commanded Noah and his family to not eat blood. Again This command is re-iterated in [[Leviticus 7:26]] and , [[Deuteronomy 12:16]] this command and again in re-iteratedthe [[New Testament]]. Mainstream In a list of things that Christians argue however were forbidden to do, since there was confusion because the Law had been abolished, the disciples said that the Christians were supposed to abstain from blood ([[Acts 15:28]]-29). Jehovah's Witnesses are mistaken believe that this declaration applies to all forms of taking blood into the body because the specifics of the Mosaic Law do Scripture in Acts does not say that you cannot eat blood but that you must completely abstain from blood. They claim that taking a blood transfusion would not apply to Christians, having been abolished by Christ's deathbe abstaining from blood.

There are around 7 millions ,000,000 Jehovah's Witnesses today. The religion is well known for its public evangelism campaignsThey 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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