Jehovah's Witness'

[Inanna]

You are very thoughtful Lilas...

I believe (as Nelle said there are some JW's in our community no doubt who will correct me)
that
* it is important to name God as Jehovah
* to "witness" (by going door to door & speaking about Jehovah to those that you come in contact with)
* the literal interpretation of both the old testament & the new testament are taken. Though I am not clear on why that means that JW's eat pork etc. No doubt someone will help me with that too.
* only Jehovah should be celebrated & thus birthdays should not be celebrated.
* as it is believed by some that the time of the year that Christmas is celebrated was adopted from the old religion and the Sabat of Yule - Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Christmas as it is seen as a pagan festival...
* AI also beleive that there is quite a large amount of study on the last book of the bible and thus the apocolyptic side of this. I actually find that fascinating...
* That Jesus will come again & there will be paradise on Earth
* The passover though is celebrated as in keeping with the following of the old testament