How do jehovah witnesses live

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Each congregation is led by a body of ministerial servants and appointed, unpaid male elders. The Watchtower Society teaches that, in the beginning, death was not inevitable. Man was created by God with the capacity to live forever. The dead know, feel, and experience absolutely nothing. They do believe in a heaven and the hope of going there. The belief that humans become angels following death is not a part of Witness theology. They avoid such customs as wakes, funeral celebrations and anniversaries, and sacrifices for the dead.

There is no celebration or rejoicing following a funeral. Jehovah's Witnesses are expected to accept the movement's core beliefs and practices. If they act in a way that is incompatible with such beliefs and practices, they may be disciplined.

But for an allegation to be proved against someone, that person must confess or, in line with the Bible's teaching, there must be two witnesses:. No single witness should rise up against a man respecting any error or any sin At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses the matter should stand good.

Serious transgressions are dealt with by quasi-judicial local hearings. When someone either confesses to or is accused of a sin or spiritual transgression, he or she is questioned by elders. If they are found guilty they can be punished by spiritual restrictions, public reproofs or expulsion from the congregation, which is called 'disfellowshipping'.

Disfellowshipping is the Witnesses' highest form of discipline. It is reserved for deliberate apostasy or unrepentantly practising serious sins such as drunkenness, stealing or adultery.

The punishment is based on 1 Corinthians 5, which directs believers to "remove the wicked from among yourselves". Witnesses believe it is necessary to take this action to preserve the moral integrity and cleanliness of their faith. But Witnesses also see disfellowshipping as a loving act that may cause offenders to repent so that they can eventually be readmitted to the faith.

Disfellowshipped persons can be reinstated into the congregation after demonstrating that they are repentant. Elders disfellowship 50, to 60, Witnesses around the world every year. Each year, however, 30, to 40, are reinstated having "come back to their spiritual senses". The consequences of being disfellowshipped are that the person concerned is 'shunned'. Witnesses will not have spiritual fellowship with anyone who has been expelled from a congregation.

They also avoid social fellowship with an expelled person. This rules out going shopping or to a theatre with disfellowshipped persons, or even having a meal with them. However, normal, day-to-day household dealings and activities within the family are permitted other than religious activities.

Members of the movement were originally called Bible Students.