Christianity is the world 's largest religion with over 1.7 billion members and approximately 41,000 different denominations. Jehovah 's Witnesses boast a membership of 8 million worldwide. Although Jehovah Witnesses have different traditional practices, that can be perceived as cultish, their origin is the same, and beliefs similar, which make their followers Christians.
1Religion can be defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. Communities bind together through their religious beliefs and practices. Sometimes religion is a topic that can arouse strong feelings and even can lead to war, as seen in the Middle East with the Christians and Muslims in their fight over a
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Russell named his group the "Millennial Dawn Bible Study". The group began a systematic study of the bible. They compared doctrines taught by different churches and compared this to the bible. The published what they learned in books and newspapers. In 1886, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society was founded and quickly became the vehicle through which the "Millennial Dawn" movement began distributing their views to others. The goal of the group was to promote the teachings of Jesus Christ and to follow the practices of the first century Christian congregation. The group was known as the Russellites until 1931 when due to a split in the organization, it was renamed the "Jehovah 's Witnesses."
Linda Moore, a Jehovah 's Witness from the Kingdom Hall located on Plank Rd in Baker, LA agreed to let me interview her about her religion and church community. Linda said she converted from Baptist to Jehovah 's Witness in 1989. She speaks with fever, excitement and enthusiasm when talking about her community. She says she loves spreading the word and does that full time now. Jehovah 's Witnesses know their bible and can quote scripture, or does it feel that we because so many Christians lack the knowledge of their