ANCESTOR WORSHIP

(See also Creature Worship; Religion; Worship)

Africa:

black independent churches: g81 1/22 12-14

Bible view: g85 7/22 23-24; gh 49-50; w60 42; ms53 9; rm 133

Christendom: g71 9/22 30-31; g58 9/8 7; w56 11; g56 5/8 25-26; g41 4/30 17-19; w40 158-159; w38 318-319; v-1 158-159

teachings favor ancestor worship: g85 7/22 22

Confucianism: rm 220-221; g50 3/22 23

discussion: gh 49-50; ts 60-64; g72 3/22 17-19; w70 419-422; g67 4/8 5-7; g67 12/22 12-15; w59 556; g58 9/8 5-7; w54 361-363

examples: gh 50; w75 54-55; g67 3/8 24; g67 4/8 5; g67 12/8 18-19; g67 12/22 13; g65 6/22 20-21; mg63 129; w55 525-526; dh 6; g50 6/22 9-10; g38 5/4 5

experiences: gh 50; yb75 12-13; yb73 240-241; yb71 230-231; w70 421, 521-522; yb70 212-213; w69 454; yb68 176-177; yb67 187, 194

abandoned for truth: yb66 258-259; yb64 265

family opposition overcome: g85 7/22 24

freed from demon attack: g85 7/22 24-25

life story “I Worshiped My Ancestors”: g80 8/8 20-22

resisting: yb62 260; yb61 161-162

Lesotho: yb76 193

Madagascar: w78 11/1 27

Okinawa: w77 210

overcoming objections: g67 4/8 6; mg63 126

Rome (ancient): w47 93

Swaziland: w83 2/1 27-28

why it persists: g85 7/22 22-24

witnessing to believers: g60 7/8 24-26; g58 6/22 28