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'''Jehovah's Witnesses''', are a religious organization that is headquartered in the [[United States]] and legally known as the ''Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.''  They use the [[Bible]] as their holy book, including the [[New Testament]], but draw conclusions that do not match mainstream [[Christian]] thought, including denying [[the Trinity]] and denying the divinity of [[Christ]].  
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'''Jehovah's Witnesses''', are a religious organization that is headquartered in the [[United States]] and legally known as the ''Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.''  They use the ''[[New world translation]] of the Holy Scriptures'', their version of the [[Bible]], to draw conclusions that do not match mainstream [[Christian]] thought, including denying [[the Trinity]] and denying the divinity of [[Christ]].  
    
The group originated in the 1870s with a movement called the Bible Students, founded by [[Charles Taze Russell]].  Beginning in 1870, C.T. Russell organized a Bible class to study the scriptures from the ground up.  The study process involved raising a question, discussing the topic and reviewing all known related scriptures that the participants could find on the point.  The results were recorded whether or not they matched long-standing thelogical viewpoints.
 
The group originated in the 1870s with a movement called the Bible Students, founded by [[Charles Taze Russell]].  Beginning in 1870, C.T. Russell organized a Bible class to study the scriptures from the ground up.  The study process involved raising a question, discussing the topic and reviewing all known related scriptures that the participants could find on the point.  The results were recorded whether or not they matched long-standing thelogical viewpoints.
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