What are the differences between Pentecostals and Jehovah's Witnesses?

My understanding of the Pentecostals/Charismatics having been amongst them for many, many years is that they tend to go for the Gifts of The Holy Spirit...i.e. Miracles, healing, tongues, prophecy etc (they tend to in Australia). They are Bible-based and don't go into "added doctrines" as the JW's do.

The JW's are known as a cult. Their bible is the New World Translations and it is the original Bible plus whatever they have thrown into it. Some of its early leaders got involved in criminal activities and adultery.

One of their edicts some years ago was not to have children because when the children grow up they will leave JW and cause family hardships (circa late 1980's was this edict). Here in Australia it's not too long having joined with the Jehovah's Witnesses that they will try and get you to sign over all of your wealth to the church; leaving your children with no inheritance. The Pentecostals are a happy people and look forward to Jesus Christ coming back soon whereas the JW's have a strong dark, end of time vision Here is more from WikiAnswers contributors: Theologically speaking: The major difference between the Pentecostal movement and the Watch Tower Bible and tract society are as follows The Pentecostals are a liberal Christian movement that puts emphasis on "signs and wonders" with the belief that all true Christians should speak in tongues to prove themselves.

They do believe that Jesus was the son of God and was simultaneously God (ie traditional trinitarian belief) JW's believe that Jesus was the archangel Michael thereby denying the deity of Christ (Ref John 10:30). They believe that one must work to earn salvation by gathering more converts before the end of time (which they seem to predict every other year or so) They are two totally different beliefs. Jehovah's Witnesses are the people who come knocking at your doors in groups and don't believe that you can celebrate birthdays, and don't celebrate holidays.

They focus on rules and are trying to become part of the select group of 144.000. To achieve this, there's little change, since from 33 after Christ, they believe that there had been already true JW! Jesus is the only total perfect and blameless person because he is the Son of God, according to the Pentecostals.As a pentecostal, I would like to tell you lovingly that there are many differences in these two beliefs.

It will feel like the difference between day and night, especially since great parts of the Pentecostals believe they have eternal security, while the Jehovah's Witnesses try to achieve a state where they have something like that. We are not a liberal Christian movement. The Bible talks about the day of Pentecost and how people were baptized in the Holy Spirit.

We believe that God intended for us to have gifts of the Holy Spirit Jehovah's Witnesses believes there is one God Almighty - a Spirit Being with a body, but not a human body. They believe there is no Trinity, ( Father, Son, Holy Spirit) because they believe that Jesus Christ is a god, but not the God of the Bible, and that the Holy Spirit is an active force (rather than a real Person). They believe that you have to do good works and strive to do active things to be good enough.

You live your life trying to measure up and make God happy because you can't make God happy through your good works. You only have to believe that he is the only way, the truth, and light. That he is the one and only God and that he was born of a virgin, died on a cross, and rose again three days later.

They believe that no soul remains after death. They also believe that at some point in the future, Jesus Christ will return to resurrect the dead, restoring soul and body. There will then be a judgment day, and those judged righteous will be given everlasting life on a paradise earth (not in heaven).

Those judged unrighteous will not be tormented, but will die and cease to exist (i.e. Annihilated). Pentecostals believe that when you die, if you believe and have given your heart to the Lord you will live for eternity in Heaven with the Lord.

Let's just say, these two religions have absolutely nothing in common Pentecostals believe in the present day manifestations of the Holy Spirit which may include ecstatic displays and 'speaking in tongues'. These are their interpretations of 'the sound of a rushing, stiff breeze' that alerted the people. Pentecostals focus on the New Testament and works of the Holy Spirit Jehovah's Witnesses believe they live by the entire Bible, 'Old' and 'New Testaments'.

Witnesses have a strong focus on preaching door-to-door as a means of making disciples of all who will listen, preaching about God's will and purpose, s Kingdom and the coming Paradise on the Earth, with Jesus Christ as King. Acts 2:1-12. Witnesses believe that the 'tongues' spoken to the foreign worshippers in Jerusalem were merely the foreign languages spoken by the crowds.

(verses 6-12) and that the 120 disciples spoke to them of the Good News of Jesus Christ, who had fulfilled the Law of Moses and all of the prophecies leading to the promised Messiah. Until Pentecost 33 C.E., persons only had the 'Old Testament' to worship God. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that verses 2-6 mean no loud prayers, shouting or dancing were necessary for them to receive the Holy Spirit and that no-one spoke in unknown or mystical languages that needed interpreters.

They believe no-one was 'overcome' by the Holy Spirit and driven into an ecstatic state. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that if they want to preach in foreign languages, they need to learn them. This is being done by many Witnesses around the world, in fulfillment of Matthew 28:19, 20.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.