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A Jehovah's Witnesses Convention in Kraków, Poland. Each year, Jehovah's Witnesses hold two one-day "Circuit Assemblies", held in each circuit worldwide. Each circuit comprises several congregations in a geographical area. These are held either in Assembly Halls owned by Jehovah's Witnesses, or in rented facilities, such as public auditoriums.
As a result, Jehovah's Witnesses now have the right to make a personal decision regarding the use of all blood fractions including the "mother of all fractions" hemoglobin, the single largest blood component after water." Reference: article, "Watchtower Blood Policy Changes Again." by AJWRB (Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood)
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the present world order, which they believe to be under the control of Satan, will be ended by a direct intervention of Jehovah (God), who will use Jesus to fully establish his heavenly government over earth, destroying existing human governments and non-Witnesses, [5] and creating a cleansed society of true ...
Aug. 20—Jehovah's Witnesses are a people of faith that many of us likely don't know that much about. We may remember them as the people who often come to our homes in order to evangelize, but do ...
During Dionysian festivals and rituals, wine was drunk as way to reach ecstatic states along with music and dance. Intoxication from alcohol was seen as a state of possession by spirit of the god of wine Dionysus. Religious drinking festivals called Bacchanalia were popular in Italy and associated with the gods Bacchus and Liber.
If you do make the choice to drink, he suggested lessening alcohol’s impact by alternating each alcoholic drink with a glass of water. “This will help with pacing as well as rehydrating,” he ...
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the entire Bible, including both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is inspired of God and important for the Christian faith.(2 Timothy 3:16,17) Witnesses generally use a translation of the Bible that they developed in the mid-twentieth century, known as the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT).
Jehovah's Witnesses do not currently suggest any specific date for the end of the world, [183] but Watch Tower Society literature has previously made such statements about 1914, 1925 and 1975. [183] These failed predictions were presented as "beyond doubt" and "approved by God". [ 184 ]