![]() ![]() In an early discussion on Armageddon during the special, one man noted that his beliefs stopped him from being friends with “worldly” children, as he believed that those could imminently die once Armageddon came. The church has recently weathered accusations that it helped cover up accusations of child sexual abuse and other misconduct worldwide. They do not celebrate holidays or birthdays and also famously oppose blood transfusions on grounds of faith. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Armageddon is coming, and when it does, non-Witnesses (or “worldly” people) won’t survive and God’s Kingdom will be established on earth with only Jehovah’s Witnesses populating it. Believers differ from other types of Christians in denying the Trinitarian belief that Jesus is divine, instead acknowledging him only as the son of God. Jehovah’s Witnesses emerged from the International Bible Students Association in the 19th century but was officially given its current name in 1931. ![]() “Take Scientology, add eight million members, and you’ve got Jehovah’s Witnesses,” Lloyd Evans, a former member of the church and author of a book called The Reluctant Apostate, told her. ![]()
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