Like Jehovah's Witnesses, Adventists use key phrases from the Bible, such as " For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten " ( Eccl.

Jehovah ’ s Witnesses believe that individuals do not have the power to be born again, because it is God who calls and selects his followers.

The Jehovah's Witnesses view marriage to be a permanent arrangement with the only possible exception being adultery.

As Martin's definition suggests, the countercult ministries concentrate on non-traditional groups that claim to be Christian, so chief targets have been The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science and the Unification Church, but also smaller groups like the Swedenborgian Church

The celebration of the Memorial of Christ's Death proceeds as follows: In advance of the Memorial, Jehovah's Witnesses, in addition to their regular offer of in-home Bible studies also invite anyone that may be interested to attend this special night.

Witnesses may be compelled to testify subject to the privilege against self-incrimination.

It also concerns me that once the pork barrel is filled, suddenly the Church of Scientology, the Jehovah Witnesses, the various and many denominations and religious groups — and I don't say those words in a pejorative way — begin applying for money — and I don't see how any can be turned down because of their radical and unpopular views.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not consider any single person in their modern-day organization to be a prophet.

Members of labor organizations and those perceived to be affiliated with groups ( religious, political, social and otherwise ) that opposed the regime, or were seen to have views contradictory to the goals of the Nazi government, were rounded up in large numbers ; these included clergy of all faiths, Jehovah's Witnesses, Freemasons, Communists, and Rotary Club members.

* Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses, based on the group's chronology, believed that Armageddon would occur in 1975 and a few of them sold their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believed would be created when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom on Earth.

For example, Jehovah's Witnesses require that organs be drained of any blood due to their interpretation of the Hebrew Bible / Christian Old Testament as prohibiting blood transfusion, and Muslims require that the donor have provided written consent in advance.

In 1940 the Supreme Court, in Minersville School District v. Gobitis, ruled that students in public schools, including the respondents in that case, Jehovah's Witnesses who considered the flag salute to be idolatry, could be compelled to swear the Pledge.

If, however, a convert comes from a Christian confession that baptizes in the name of Jesus ( such as Oneness Pentecostals ), from one which practices an invalid, non-Trinitarian baptism ( such as Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses ) or from one that does not practice baptism at all ( such as Quakers or The Salvation Army ), baptism is a prerequisite for chrismation-an initiate must always be validly baptized into the death of Jesus in the name of the Holy Trinity before any further holy mysteries or sacraments of initiation can be administered.

Jehovah's Witnesses only record the number of " partakers " at this public event, no list is published of the number of baptized Witnesses who are actually considered to be authentic members of this " remnant.

Some Witnesses volunteer for missionary service, and may be invited to receive specialized training at the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead.

Baptized members who spread teachings contrary to the doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses can be disfellowshipped for apostasy.

In the Zoroastrian Avesta, the " Best Existence " Witnesses believe scriptures such as Matthew 12: 40 and 27: 63 and Mark 8: 31 and 9: 31 show that Jesus himself expected an interval of three days between his own death and resurrection, making impossible a reunion in Paradise on the same day as Jesus ' " you will be with me in Paradise " statement.

The United Kingdom / Carl Zeiss / Bausch & Lomb Optical Works was established at Mill Hill East in 1912 and demolished in about 1990, to be replaced by a large building owned by the Jehovah Witnesses, to complement their nearby Watchtower House built on the site of the former Bittacy House.

While Jehovah's Witnesses do not consider members of their religious orders to be a clergy separate from other Witnesses, who are also ordained ministers, but they recognize that a government may consider them such for administrative purposes.

In 1939, it was renamed Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., and in 1956 the name was changed to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. Until 2000, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses was president of both the Watch Tower ( Pennsylvania ) and Watchtower ( New York ) corporations, as well as Britain's International Bible Students Association corporation ; in 2001, it was decided that the corporations ' directors need not be members of the Governing Body.

In 1993, the Supreme Court of the Philippines held that exemption may be accorded to Jehovah's Witnesses with regard to the observance of the flag ceremony out of respect for their religious beliefs.

The most important U. S. Supreme Court legal victory won by the Witnesses was in the case West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette ( 1943 ), in which the court ruled that school children could not be forced to pledge allegiance to or salute the U. S. flag.

Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that the Bible prohibits the consumption, storage and transfusion of blood, based on their understanding of scriptures such as Leviticus 17: 10, 11: " I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood ," and Acts 15: 29: " abstain from ...

Witnesses to the execution reported the dying words that gained him immortality ( a paraphrase of a line from Joseph Addison's play Cato ): " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Please announce in next No. of the ‘ Herald ’ the dissolution and withdraw my name assistant editor on the masthead .” Beginning in July 1879, Russell began publishing the magazine now known as The Watchtower, the principal journal for the initial Bible Student movement and eventually for Jehovah's Witnesses.

Witnesses at the Azusa Street Revival wrote of seeing fire resting on the heads of participants, miraculous healings in the meetings, and incidents of speaking in tongues being understood by native speakers of the language.

The Númenóreans called them " the Witnesses of Manwë " and believed that these eagles had been " sent by him from Aman to keep watch upon the Holy Mountain and upon all the land ".

When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, without the base alloy of hypocrisy '' ( His emphasis )

In method as well as in theme this little anecdote with its details selected as much for expressiveness and allegory as for `` realism '', anticipates a kind of musical composition, as well as a kind of fictional composition, in which, as Leverkuhn says, `` there shall be nothing unthematic ''.

Accordingly, it is the aim of this essay to advance a new theory of imitation ( which I shall call mimesis in order to distinguish it from earlier theories of imitation ) and a new theory of invention ( which I shall call symbol for reasons to be stated hereafter ).

I shall continue to urge the American people, in the interests of their own security, prosperity and peace, to make sure that their own part of this great project be amply and cheerfully supported.

The only rules which I think we shall follow will be those of common sense, justice, and fairness ''.

What shall these effects be??

Seeing their hesitation, I said, `` Well, until I have permission to enter Germany, or a visa to re-enter France, I shall be obliged to remain here on the line between two countries '', whereupon I moved to the side of the road, parked my backpack against the small guardhouse on the sidewalk, sat down, took out my typewriter, and began typing the above conversation.

But if you are able & care to come, you know how glad I shall be.

My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;

for if this can be proved we shall surely be the gainers -- I mean, if there is a use in poetry as well as a delight ''.

In his study Samuel Johnson, Joseph Wood Krutch takes this line when he says that what Aristotle really means by his theory of catharsis is that our evil passions may be so purged by the dramatic ritual that it is `` less likely that we shall indulge them through our own acts ''.

Although this kind of wholesale objection came at first from some men who were not technically Puritans, still, once the Puritans gained power, they climaxed the affair by passing the infamous ordinance of 1642 which decreed that all `` public stage-plays shall cease and be forborne ''.

Sturley wrote to Quiney that Sir Edward `` gave his allowance and liking thereof, and affied unto us his best endeavour, so that his rights be preserved '', and that `` Sir Edward saith we shall not be at any fault for money for prosecuting the cause, for himself will procure it and lay it down for us for the time ''.

Those famous lines of the Greek Anthology with which a fading beauty dedicates her mirror at the shrine of a goddess reveal a wise attitude: `` Venus, take my votive glass, Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see ''.

Since 1953 California has led the nation in enacting guarantees that public business shall be publicly conducted, but not until this year did the lawmakers in Sacramento plug the remaining loopholes in the Brown Act.

The integrity of the office not merely requires that the Secretary General shall be, as the Charter puts it, `` the chief administrative officer of the Organization '', but that neither he nor his staff shall seek or receive instructions from any government or any other authority `` external to the Organization ''.

The Charter does stipulate that `` due regard '' shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on `` as wide a geographical basis as possible ''.

Although the United States and the U.S.S.R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work.

The concern they felt for me was such as I shall never forget and for which I will always be grateful.

It will determine the amount of money to be spent by the college and will certify this amount to the board of freeholders, which `` shall appropriate in the same manner as other appropriations are made by it the amount so certified and the amount shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as moneys appropriated for other purposes ''.