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  2. History of Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia

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    Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada: Champions of freedom of speech and worship by M. James Penton. Penton, who is a professor emeritus of history at University of Lethbridge (a former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses), examines the history of legal activities that led to expansion of religious freedoms in Canada.

  3. Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia

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    Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Satan was originally a perfect angel who developed feelings of self-importance and craved worship. Satan influenced Adam and Eve to disobey God, and humanity subsequently became participants in a challenge involving the competing claims of Jehovah and Satan to universal sovereignty. [ 178 ]

  4. Joseph Franklin Rutherford - Wikipedia

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    He introduced the name "Jehovah's witnesses" in 1931 and the term "Kingdom Hall" for houses of worship in 1935. [ 17 ] He wrote twenty-one Watch Tower Society books and was credited by the Society in 1942 with the distribution of almost 400 million books and booklets. [ 18 ]

  5. Jehovah's Witnesses: What do they believe? - AOL

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    A look at the history, beliefs and worldwide reach of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Who are they? What do they believe?

  6. Jehovah's Witnesses practices - Wikipedia

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    Jehovah's Witnesses' practices are based on the biblical interpretations of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), founder (c. 1881) of the Bible Student movement, and of successive presidents of the Watch Tower Society, Joseph Franklin Rutherford (from 1917 to 1942) and Nathan Homer Knorr (from 1942 to 1977).

  7. Nathan Knorr - Wikipedia

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    Nathan Knorr was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.At age 16, he began to show interest in the International Bible Students at age 16. He left the Reformed Church in 1922. He was baptized on July 4, 1923, as a Bible Student following a baptism talk by Frederick W. Franz, with whom Knorr became close friends.

  8. Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs - Wikipedia

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    Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Satan was originally a perfect angel who developed feelings of self-importance and craved worship that belonged to God. Satan persuaded Adam and Eve to obey him rather than God, raising the issue—often referred to as a "controversy"—of whether people, having been granted free will , would obey God under both ...

  9. Timekeepers no more, rank-and-file Jehovah's Witnesses say ...

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    Jehovah's Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature on city streets. For the first time since 1920, leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses have removed ...