Jehovah's Witnesses developed feelings of self-importance and craved worship. Satan influenced Adam and Eve to disobey God, and humanity subsequently became participants in a challenge involving the competing claims of Jehovah and Satan to universal sovereignty. Other angels who sided with Satan became demons. Jehovah's Witnesses teach that Satan and his demons were cast down to earth from heaven after October 1, 1914, at which point the end times began. They believe that Satan is the ruler of the current world order, that human society is influenced and misled by Satan and his demons, and that they are a cause of human
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures released online starting with the books of the New Testament, based on the 2013 revision with additional reference material.. In its review of Bible translations released from 1955 to 1985, "The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary" listed the "New World Translation" as one of the major modern translations. The "New Catholic Encyclopedia" says of the "New World Translation" reference edition: "[Jehovah's Witnesses]' translation of the Bible [has] an impressive critical apparatus. The work is excellent except when scientific knowledge comes into conflict with the accepted doctrines of the movement." It criticizes the NWT's rendering of "Kyrios" as "Jehovah" in 237 instances in