How do Jehovah's Witnesses view creation?

Answer 1

Ask one when you see them knocking on your door, they have a 2 page brochure that explains it. Everything is free of charge.

**Jehovah's Witnesses believe The Bible is God's Word and that all doctrines should be based solely on scripture(2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21; John 17:17).

*they believe there to be only One True God and Creator (Deut 6:4); They believe that God's name is JEHOVAH (Psalms 83:18; Math 6:9)

*Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus to be God's only begotten son that died to save mankind. They hold that Jesus inferior to his Father. (Luke 3:21-22; Matt. 3:17; John 8:42; 14:28; 20:17; 1 Cor. 11:3; 15:28; Col. 1:15; Rev. 3:14.

*Jehovah's Witnessed do not believe God to be "three Gods in one" and reject the teaching of the Trinity as unscriptural.

*Jehovah's Witnesses consider all their members "ministers" and believe preaching the gospel is part of the Christian calling. (Math 28:19:20 Matthew 23:9)

Jehovah's Witnesses believe God's Kingdom is actually a Government under Christ. They believe this Government will rule earth in righteousness and peace Isa. 9:6, 7; 11:1-5; Dan. 7:13, 14; Matt. 6:10 Ps. 72:1-4; Rev. 7:9, 10, 13-17; 21:3, 4

*Jehovah's Witensses believe "the meek shall inherit the earth" and that soon this will be a peaceful place for millions to live in paradise under God's rule (Matthew 6: 10). They believe the earth will NEVER be destroyed or depopulated. Mat 5: 5 Eccl. 1:4; Isa. 45:18; Ps. 78:69

*Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in the "immortality of the soul"

The believe the word "soul" is just another word for "person" or "life"; They believe that the human soul (the person) ceases to exist at death Ezek. 18:4; Eccl. 9:10; Ps. 6:5; 146:4; John 11:11-14 Matthew 10:28. )

*JW believe God is love and that eternal torture in hell is not a biblical teaching (Jer 7:21); they understand that "Hell" as mentioned in The Bible is simply mankind's common grave Job 14:13, Dy; Rev. 20:13, 14, AV (margin))

*Jehovah's Witnesses insist on remaining politically neurtral and do not participlate in Wars of any kind. (John 15:19; Mat 5:44; Jas. 4:4; 1 John 2:15)

*Jehovah's Witnesess reject all celebrations and ceremonies with pagain origins (2 Cor 6:15)

*They reject the use of idols (1 Cor 1:14)

*Jehovah's Witnesses apply the bible principle of removing unrependent members that insist on living contrary to scriptural norms (1 Cor 6: 9, 10)

*Jehovah's Witnesses believe the bibles command to "abstain from blood", covers refusing to take blood into body through any means. Acts 15:28,29 ; Gen. 9:3, 4; Lev. 17:14

*Jehovah's Witnesses believe all Christians should maintain high moral standards; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Heb. 13:4; 1 Tim. 3:2; Prov. 5:1-23

*Jehvah's Witnesses do not believe in modern day miraculous gifts such as "speaking in tongues" and "faith healing"; they believe love is the identifying mark of true Christians (John 13:35 Exodus 20:13)

*All Jehovah's Witnesses are considered "Ministers"; they do not have a clergy class that is forbidden to marry. They have no clergy class and believe special titles which would be improper for true christians. Matt. 23:8-12; 20:25-27; Job 32:21, 221 Tim 4:1-3

*Jehovah's Witnesses believe that true Christianity should have no part in interfaith movements 2 Cor. 6:14-17; 11:13-15; Gal. 5:9; Deut. 7:1-5

Further beliefs:

--We are now in the 'time of the end' Matt. 24:3-14; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Luke 17:26-30

--God will eliminate present system of things in the battle at Har Magedon Rev. 16:14, 16; Zeph. 3:8; Dan. 2:44; Isa. 34:2; 55:10, 11

--Wicked will be eternally destroyed Matt. 25:41-46; 2 Thess. 1:6-9

--People God approves will receive everlasting life John 3:16; 10:27, 28; 17:3; Mark 10:29, 30

--Human death is due to Adam's sin Rom. 5:12; 6:23

--Hope for dead is resurrection 1 Cor. 15:20-22; John 5:28, 29; 11:25, 26

--Adamic death will cease 1 Cor. 15:26, 54; Rev. 21:4; Isa. 25:8

--Only a little flock of 144,000 go to heaven and rule with Christ Luke 12:32; Rev. 14:1, 3; 1 Cor. 15:40-53; Rev. 5:9, 10

--The 144,000 are born again as spiritual sons of God 1 Pet. 1:23; John 3:3; Rev. 7:3, 4

--New covenant is made with spiritual Israel Jer. 31:31; Heb. 8:10-13

--Christ's congregation is built upon himself Eph. 2:20; Isa. 28:16; Matt. 21:42

--Prayers are to be directed only to Jehovah through Christ John 14:6, 13, 14; 1 Tim. 2:5

--Baptism by complete immersion symbolizes dedication Mark 1:9, 10; John 3:23; Acts 19:4, 5

Answer 2

Jehovah's Witnesses have always accepted the bible's account of creation as true. They thus believe the world (planet) came into existence as a direct result of God's will and purpose and all life was desgned and created by him.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not consider themselves "creationists" however, since they do not believe in a 'young earth' theory or that the world was created in 7 literal 24/hour days.

Answer 3

That is a lot of information, so I will just post a link called "Basic Bible Based Beliefs," which gives a good general overview of our beliefs. I will also post one to a brochure (from which the one above is taken) called Jehovah'sWitnesses-Who Are They? What Do They Believe?

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According to Wikipedia:

• Jehovah's Witnesses believe in a single god, the same one that Jews, other Christians and Muslims believe in (God or Allah). They believe that God's name is Jehovah. Jehovah is the English translation of the Hebrew word "YHWH", which is known as the Tetragramaton.
• They believe Jehovah is the most powerful being in existence and that he created the heavens and the Earth as written in Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" and in Psalms 83:18 "that people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth".
• They believe that Jehovah is God the Father, Jesus is God's son, and the Holy Spirit is God's power that he uses. They do not believe in the Trinity.
• Jehovah's Witnesses believe that only a small number of people (144,000, called the "little flock" taken from Revelation chapters 7 and 14) will go to heaven to be kings and priests with Jesus Christ. They believe that after Armageddon (the final battle of Jehovah against his enemies), God will give the Earth to the rest of the people who did what God wanted (the "great crowd"). They believe that God will make the Earth a paradise for them, and also bring back to life those who died in the past into that paradise.

See Watchtower.org

Answer 4

Along with Creationists within the Christian Church, Jehovah's Witnesses accept the literal translation of Genesis as the unerring Word of God and therefore something that has to be taken absolutely literally, without question, and without examination - eg the belief in a six day [Jehovah's Witnesses regard each day = 7000 years, see below*, whereas Creationists regard the six days as six literal periods of 24 hours] Creation, and the rejection of the Theory of evolution as they regard it as false.

However, most other Christians, like the ancient Jews themselves did, and as both Jesus and Paul did, regard Genesis as allegorical and uphold that reading Genesis as a literal 'history' means that much of the symbolism and subtleties of the scripture are lost. Therefore many Christians accept evolution over millions of years as the work of God and regard Genesis, as did its writers, as an allegorical Hebrew poem - not literally true but containing much profound truth in its story and its symbolism.

*Jehovah's Witnesses believe that each of the 6 days of creation is 7000 solar years long. The Watchtower 1st Jan 1987 page 30 says ''Second, a study of the fulfillment of Bible prophecy and of our location in the stream of time strongly indicate that each of the creative days (Genesis, chapter 1) is 7,000 years long. It is understood that Christ's reign of a thousand years will bring to a close God's 7,000-year 'rest day,' the last 'day' of the creative week. (Revelation 20:6; Genesis 2:2, 3) Based on this reasoning, the entire creative week would be 49,000 years long.''

Answer 5

Jehovah's Witnesses believe in the Bible that there is a God - named Jehovah, his name can be found in Psalms 83:18 (That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.) - but he is the only true God. Jehovah's Witnesses also believe in Jesus who is the son of Jehovah - proof that Jehovah and Jesus are not one can be found in Philippians 2:11 (and every tongue should openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.). The official website of Jehovah's Witnesses further explains the beliefs: see below.

Answer 6

They believe in the Bible's account at Genesis about creation. The Bible simply says in the beginning God creative the heavens and the Earth, and doesn't say how much time passed between that beginning and the first creative day. So they concede to the scientific evidence that the Earth is probably billions of years old. In the most recent publications, they also teach that the creative days were an unspecified period of time, and probably many thousands of years each, but simply referred to as a days work from God's point of view.

Answer 7

The core belief of Jehovah's Witnesses is that Armageddon is imminent, and that God's kingdom will take its place. For more details about this religious group, Wikipedia is a good resource.