The theocratic practices and procedures of Jehovah's Witnesses: A narrative literature and documentary review
Keywords:
Religious knowledge, Scientific knowledge, Religious fanaticism, Laicisism, Atheism.Abstract
According to James 2:17,18, "faith without works is dead"; that is, biblical theory without practice consistent with it is useless to God. For this reason, a religious organization that calls itself Christian, but does not practice its own teachings in full, is not truly Christian. This does not mean being perfect, 100% correct in everything, because all Christians are imperfect and sinners, which is why we all make mistakes, we sin, whether in word or in deed. But the continual effort to maintain an unblemished conduct inside and outside religion, honest, ethical, morally, and spiritually approved by God, is a fundamental Christian duty. That said, the general purpose of this work is to present the theocratic practices and procedures of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world. To this end, a bibliographic and narrative documentary review is carried out, under the Giftedean neoperspectivist paradigm, reasoning according to the hypothetical-deductive method. It concludes that in order for Christian religious teachings and practices to become an acceptable way of life, approved by the Creator God Jehovah, and healthy psychically, spiritually and socially speaking, it is necessary to learn to live at the intersection between biblical knowledge and scientific knowledge. For to fail to follow the former for the sake of the latter leads to lasisism or atheism, and to fail to follow the latter for the sake of the former leads to religious fanaticism, such as is present in Jehovah's Witnesses today.
