Jehovah's Witnesses
From RationalWiki
The Jehovah's Witnesses also known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society are a Christian religious sect who send their converts out to peddle copies of "The Watchtower" and "Awake!" magazines and leave them in laundromats and phone booths. Neatniks, they wear snappy white shirts and ties (with the now common sports backpack ruining up the smarts) and annoy people by getting them out of the bed to answer the door at ungodly hours of the day. They insist the one true name of God is Jehovah and publish their own Bible translation with all references to the LORD translated as "Jehovah" to prove it. Their teachings also include rejection of the celebration most holidays such as Christmas and Easter due to their pagan roots, "nationalist" holidays such as independence days, and birthdays. They also believe that only 144,000 believers will go to Heaven, and the rest will live eternally on a new Earth. They're also opposed to blood transfussions and sometimes die because of this. Former Jehovah's Witnesses are considered apostates and risk being shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses including close family and former friends.
The Jehovah's Witnesses and its predecessor groups have predicted the Second Coming of Christ and/or the start of the battle of Armageddon would be in 1873, 1874, 1914, 1925, and 1975. They now seem to have settled on merely proclaiming Jesus' return is "imminent".
