what do ppl really think about jehovahs whitnesses???

Question

i think they are really nice ppl & i think its wrong wen ppl make jokes about them and say mean things. what do others think about JW'S???

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses are not forbidden to read other books from people of other religions. You will find in many of our libraries the works of Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, John Wesley, Spurgeon, Thayer, Strong, Liddell and Scott, Wescott and Hort, and the list goes on and on.

The New World Translation bible is recognized on a worldwide scale by secular scholars in the field of ancient hebrew and koine greek as an exceptially accurate rendition into english and other modern languages.

We do not "shove our beliefs down [anybody's] throat". Jesus himself mandated that his disciples preach house to house. Jesus also said to kindly move on to the next house if someone showed no interest in the Kingdom message.

Non-practicing JW's have no fear of being shunned by their families.

For ACCURATE information on what could be the most sincere group of Christians on the planet, visit http://www.watchtower.org/

Answer 2

The complete opposite. I also had a really good friend who was a jw. She was the sweetest and funnest friend. But, because she wasn't a 'practicing' jw she was fearful of losing her family. If another member found out the elders would ban her family from having contact with her.

Even though her family lived in WV and she was living in OH she couldn't get over that fear. Her dad had black lung and she badly wanted to be there for him. Her life became a lie and she couldn't function. She ended up filing bankruptcy and living a life in debt. I think she was trying to make herself feel better.

Answer 3

Well.......lemme tell you something kiddo. Some of it's fun and games. We all get picked on sooner or later. Some of it's serious. To answer your question, I think most of us think they're brainwashed fools, although harmless brainwashed fools. But I don't think they're any more of a brainwashed fool than a muslim or a Catholic or a Baptist. It's just which version of brainwashing you prefer. I poke fun at them a little but I'm not harsh to them when they come over and I don't think we should be. That's not the way to deal with people.
The only ones I feel sorry for are the kids born into it. They don't have a choice. But......when they join up, they KNOW in advance that it means they'll be out doing the witnessing, etc., and they're jumping into that fire on their own. So.....don't expect me to feel any sympathy for them when they made that choice any more than I'm supposed to feel sympathy for someone that chooses to be a prostitute and then gets AIDS.

Answer 4

I guess I haven't really looked into it, so I stereotype them. I have heard that they shove their beliefs down your throat, and come door to door like a salesman with their religion. I am already a Christian, but Catholic. I don't think we'd mix, but I don't know what their faith exactly consists of, or how it's different from mine. I have also heard that it is categorized under "cult." I've never looked into it, but I think I will, now, because it's past time that I stopped stereotyping -- I need to look for facts instead of generalizations.

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Ok, I just looked them up. And from what little I read, I am already put off by them. I am a science-believing individual, so to see that they reject modern medicine in the form of blood transfusions is a little more than strange to me. Also, I do not like the idea of the soul not surviving death.

But these are all very new concepts to me in the form of a religion, and I would like to sit down with one someday for a chat. I don't know what type of personality to expect -- brainwashed and closeminded, or just as varied as in mainstream Christianity with some closeminded and others open to different concepts. *shrug* From what I have heard so far, I am not particularly disposed to like them right off the bat, but I will withhold final judgment of character for the day that I meet one -- I will remain open, as I have with all other faiths. If I can accept atheism, Christianity, and paganism alike, why not JWs?

Answer 5

a long time ago, I was going through a struggle. None of my so called Baptitst members were there for me, I had a visit one day from someone I use to work with, A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, he and his entire staff offered me comfort and invited me to their church. I don't make fun of them at all, and in fact, I've looked up some of their beliefs and found them to be "on the money" .
Enough said!!!

www.kcm.org

Answer 6

It's interesting that they forbid their members to look at or read any information from other religions. They also rewrite the Bible (have a committee set up for it) when it suits them. They were the ones who kept predicting the end of the world and kept having to revise it when it didn't happen.

Answer 7

Jehovah's Witnesses have the true religion.

From the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm

Answer 8

I would just like them to stop knocking on my door. If I wanted to join their religion I would as with any other religion. I hate the way they bring small children with them and then the kids have to face the abuse that people give them. Each to their own so stop knocking on peoples door.

Answer 9

WACKOS I belive that one word pretty much sums it up. Oh and keep away from my door, I have a hose and I am not afraid to use it.

Answer 10

everyone is traveling their own road to figure out what life means to them.........leave them alone and let them do it because all of creation teaches us the truth