How did Jehovah's Witness religion start?

Answer by  aecarpenter (516)

The Jehovah's Witnesses was started by Charles Taze Russel in 1872. During his teen years he had trouble coming to terms with the idea of hell, the trinity, the deity of Christ, among other ideas. He started a Bible class in Philadelphia. In 1884 the Watchtower Society was founded.

Answer by  c2a4r8l2 (42)

It began roughly 130 years ago by a gentleman named Charles Taze Russell. He didn't believe in Hell or the Trinity. In 1884 he started an organization in Brooklyn NY called Rusellites, almost 50 years later they became Jehovah's Witness' based on Isaiah 43:10. Jehovah's take away the divinity of Jesus Christ, and as God in the flesh.

Answer by  slkunz2003yahoocom (836)

Charles T. Russell was part of a Bible study in the late 19th century. He wrote a journal and later seven books, including ZION'S WATCHTOWER, which started a religious movement with doctrine that is very different from the traditional Bible. When he died in 1916, the movement split and they became the Jehovah's Witness group.

Answer by  caramelle0385 (84)

The organization was started by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870's. In 1874 he began publishing "bible truths", and in 1879 the first issue of the Watchtower was printed.

Answer by  Tracipoo (1329)

It started from the Bible Student moving in the late 19th century. It was founded by Charles Taze Russell. After he died in 1916, the relgion split and became what we know today as the Jehovah Witness Church. Instead of using the bible like in the christian religion, they use their own translation called the New World Translation.

Answer by  nairjula (559)

Jehowa's witness emerged as protestant group of catholic christianity. The hardcore protestants wated to question the very principles of Christianity and open a separate path.

Answer by  Anonymous

I beg to differ with the comment by Nairjula. The Jehovah's Witnesses had and have no connection to Catholicism. Their beliefs are VERY different from those of Catholics and other mainstream Christian groups. In fact, they are not Christian, because they do not believe Jesus is God.