Born again Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Jehovah's Witnesses=== [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe that individuals do not have the power to choose to be born again, but that God calls and selects his followers "from above".<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 April 2009 |title=The New Birth β A Personal Decision? |url=http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2009242 |journal=The Watchtower |pages=5–6}}</ref> Only those belonging to the "[[144,000#Religion|144,000]]" are considered to be born again.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Reasoning From the Scriptures |date=1985 |chapter=Born Again |chapter-url=http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1101989216}}</ref><ref>[https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-does-it-mean-to-be-born-again jw.org]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page