Jehovah’s Witnesses: True Religion or Cult

Jehovah’s Witnesses: True Religion or Cult

Jehovah's Witnesses is a set of beliefs and traditions, that it should be considered a religion. If the human populations were to analyze which religions were actual world religions from an unbiased point of view, this would be the case. Sometimes the answers Witnesses find put them dramatically at odds with mainstream society. While millions around the world practice the religion of being a Jehovah's Witness, is this a true religion or a cult.
A religion is a set of stories, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to an ultimate power or reality. In this sense, Jehovah's Witnesses are indeed a part of a particular religion, and from an objective and understanding standpoint, it should be considered as is. They have their own beliefs and traditions, rituals and prayers that really distinguish them from other religions, hence making them their own religion. Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) officially founded Jehovah’s Witnesses, also known as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in 1884. Jehovah Witness leadership claims its members by asserting itself to be the sole Christian religion and authority on the earth today, as well as God's mouthpiece or prophet. They are encouraged to go door to door sharing their beliefs of the religion and inviting potential new members to come and fellowship with them.
Jehovah’s Witnesses has a set of different beliefs and traditions than what is normally taught in other Christian religions. For example, since Jehovah’s Witnesses do not believe in the Trinity, they also do not believe that Jesus is God in the flesh. They add the word "other" four times to Colossians 1:16, 17, teaching that Christ was God's first creation, i.e., the reincarnation of Michael the archangel created by Jehovah, rather than the Creator. (Aid to Bible Understanding, p. 920). Jehovah’s Witnesses...