The Church of Jehovah's witnesses has some similarities to Christianity, but also some vast differences. Jehovah's Witnesses believe in a god called Jehovah. Like Christianity Jehovah's witnesses believe that Jehovah had a son named Jesus Christ, but unlike Christian denominations they do not believe that Jesus is god. They believe that Jesus was sent to earth as Jehovah's only son and Jehovah's only direct creation. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus Christ acting on behalf of Jehovah created everything. Jesus, as in Christian denominations was a sacrifice for the sins of all man kind. They do not believe that Jesus died on a cross, but rather a single torture stake. Jesus is considered as a liaison between humans and Jehovah. Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in hell, but that humans are tempted to sin by the Satan and Jehovah allows this to test humans faith and will towards him. In the end they believe that there will be a final Armageddon battle between God and Satan and god will take all the souls that have done good and allow them to exist forever on a paradise earth, and those who have done wrong will just cease to exist.
General attitude towards homosexuality, and same sex marriage:
The Church of Jehovah's Witness hold similar views on homosexuality as other Christian denominations. They believe that the God explicitly created man and woman to procreate and the bible condemns homosexuality because it goes against Gods wishes. Jehovah's Witness do not agree with religious institutions that take the matter of homosexuality lightly. The Jehovah Church strongly believes that if you have homosexual feelings does not mean that your gay, but just experiencing involuntary sexual arousal. The Church does not go into detail about why homosexuals exist and that they do not want to debate the reason, because the reason does not matter, homosexuality is still condemned by the bible. The Church believes that those who are having homosexual tendencies can simply work to ignore and pray against tendencies and all other gay propaganda.
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