Jehovah's Witnesses

Question 1

Define Millenarian like I’m 5

Answer 1

Believes a special, perfect time is coming in the future

Question 2

Restorationist Christian

Answer 2

Wants to practice Christianity like the very first Christians did

Question 3

What one word describes the JW view of the trinity?

Answer 3

Nontrinitarian

Question 4

What resulted in several groups breaking away from the Bible student movement?

Answer 4

A leadership dispute after Charles Taze Russell’s death

Question 5

What happened to the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and its properties after Charles Taze Russell’s death?

Answer 5

Joseph Franklin Rutherford retained control of them

Question 6

What is the Memorial of Christ’s death and when is it held?

Answer 6

A special event called the Memorial, held on Nisan 14, where they read Bible passages about Jesus’ last days and view this as the only celebration the Bible commands.

Question 7

Which event do Jehovah’s Witnesses believe is imminent?

Answer 7

The destruction of the present world system at Armageddon

Question 8

What do Jehovah’s Witnesses believe is the only solution to all of humanity’s problems?

Answer 8

The establishment of God’s kingdom over earth

Question 9

Which movement did the Jehovah’s Witnesses emerge from?

Answer 9

The Bible Student movement

Question 10

Who founded the Bible Student movement and when?

Answer 10

Charles Taze Russell in the late 1870s

Question 11

What did Charles Taze Russell also co-found and why?

Answer 11

Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881 to organize and print the Bible Student movement’s publications

Question 12

Explain what Joseph Franklin Rutherford did in 1931.

Answer 12

He made major changes, including renaming the group Jehovah’s Witnesses to set it apart from other Bible Student groups and move away from Russell’s traditions.

Question 13

What three things are Jehovah’s Witnesses known for?

Answer 13

1. Door-to-door preaching
2. Distributing literature such as The Watchtower and Awake!
3. Refusing military service and blood transfusions

Question 14

What do Jehovah’s Witnesses consider vital for proper worship?

Answer 14

The use of God’s name

Question 15

Other than trinitarianism, what two things do Jehovah’s Witnesses reject?

Answer 15

Inherent immortality of the soul and hellfire

Question 16

Which translation of the Bible do Jehovah’s Witnesses prefer to use?

Answer 16

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

Question 17

What do Jehovah’s Witnesses commonly call their body of beliefs?

Answer 17

“The Truth”

Question 18

How would Jehovah’s Witnesses describe human society?

Answer 18

Morally corrupt and under the influence of Satan

Question 19

What do most Jehovah’s Witnesses do with non-Witnesses?

Answer 19

Limit their social interactions with them

Question 20

Who are Jehovah’s Witnesses directed by and what do they do?

Answer 20

A group of elders known as the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses - they establish all doctrines

Question 21

What if a Jehovah’s Witness does something really wrong?

Answer 21

They might be officially kicked out and avoided by others

Question 22

What happens to people who are baptized as Jehovah’s Witnesses but choose to leave?

Answer 22

They are seen as disassociated and are also avoided by others

Question 23

What is the significance of the year 1914 for Jehovah’s Witnesses?

Answer 23

That’s when they believe Jesus began to rule as King in Heaven