Frequently Asked Questions About Jehovah’s Witnesses DATESUBJECT BELIEFS What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe in Jesus? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe That They Have the One True Religion? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Feel That They Are the Only People Who Will Be Saved? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Tolerant of Other Religions? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Accept Blood Transfusions? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Opposed to Vaccination? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe in Creationism? How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses View Science? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe in the Old Testament? Have Jehovah’s Witnesses Changed the Bible to Fit Their Beliefs? Why Have Jehovah’s Witnesses Changed Some of Their Beliefs? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Use the Cross in Their Worship? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Practice Interfaith? ORGANIZATION How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Donations? How Did Jehovah’s Witnesses Get Their Name? Who Was the Founder of Jehovah’s Witnesses? How Is the Work of Jehovah’s Witnesses Financed? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Practice Tithing? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Have a Paid Clergy? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Women Preachers? How Are Congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses Organized? What Is the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses? What Is the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Respond to All Accusations Made Against Them? PREACHING How Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Trained for Their Personal Ministry? Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Go From Door to Door? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Trying to Earn Salvation by Their Door-to-Door Ministry? Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Call On People Who Already Have a Religion? Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Speak With People Who Have Previously Said “I’m Not Interested”? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Pressure People to Change Religions? What Is the Bible Study Course Offered by Jehovah’s Witnesses? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Missionary Work? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Women Preachers? MEETINGS AND WORSHIP Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Call Their Meeting Place a Church? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Use the Cross in Their Worship? Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Observe the Lord’s Supper Differently From the Way Other Religions Do? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Practice Interfaith? VIEW OF THE BIBLE Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Their Own Bible? Is the New World Translation Accurate? Have Jehovah’s Witnesses Changed the Bible to Fit Their Beliefs? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe in the Old Testament? COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Maintain Political Neutrality? Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Respectfully Abstain From Participating in Nationalistic Ceremonies? What Happened to Jehovah’s Witnesses During the Time of the Holocaust? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Go to War? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Assist With Disaster Relief? PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Accept Medical Treatment? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Opposed to Vaccination? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Accept Blood Transfusions? How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses View Education? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Force Their Children to Adopt Their Faith? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Break Up Families or Build Them Up? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Rules About Dating? How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses View Divorce? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban Certain Movies, Books, or Songs? CUSTOMS AND CELEBRATIONS Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Celebrate Certain Holidays? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Celebrate Christmas? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Celebrate Easter? Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Celebrate Birthdays? What Happens at a Wedding of Jehovah’s Witnesses? Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Observe the Lord’s Supper Differently From the Way Other Religions Do? How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses View Funerals? WHO ARE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Christians? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Protestants? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses an American Sect? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Zionists? Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult? BECOMING A WITNESS How Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Trained for Their Personal Ministry? How Do I Become One of Jehovah’s Witnesses? Can a Person Resign From Being One of Jehovah’s Witnesses? Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Shun Those Who Used to Belong to Their Religion?