How many people who bash Jehovah's Witnesses...?

Question

have actually gotten their information FROM one of Jehovah's Witnesses? So many people bash JWs and I've found that those who do so either have no idea what they're talking about or have heard half of a story from someone who has "heard" things from their preachers or have "heard" things from someone who USED TO BE a Witness but who is now not associated with Witnesses because of their own bad conduct. I have yet to meet someone who has had something negative to say about my faith who has actually taken the time to find out WHY we believe what we do. Most "Christians" blindly follow the teachings of their preachers, but you never see them crack a Bible open in church (before becoming a Witness I attended quite a few different churches to find out for myself what their beliefs were and what the taught). We are all responsible for searching out the truth for ourselves, so if you're going to believe in something at least research fully to make an EDUCATED decision.

Answer 1

Boy you said it all!!! I agree with you 100% They do bash JW's a lot And they do not eve know what they believe in. Most think they do not believe in Jesus. Where do they get their info from? I read what they do believe in they have a magazine and it tells what they believe in. And it is all found in the bible. They show you from the bible where they base their belief from. People should read that before they say something about something they no nothing about. It shut my mouth!!!

Answer 2

I'm not a JW but have talked to many and they make alot of sense in a Christian-like format.
I first started studying early Christianity after a discussion with a friend who is a JW.
I was appalled at how flexible Christianity has become over the years.
I think I'll wait a couple more years before returning to church, maybe by then they will have TV's, MP3 player jacks and some updated reading materials in the Pews.
Jehovah's Wittnesses are good solid people.

Answer 3

It is not my intention to ever bash Jehovah's ...

I have been through Bible studies with JW missionaries twice and have spent many many hours reading and studing with the JWs and reading and studying JW materials on my own, and comparing their teachings with the Bible.

I found that ...

The Jehovah's Witnesses are a sect that believes that

(a) Jesus Christ is a created being;
(b) Jesus was and is Michael the Archangel;
(c) Jesus is not God;
(d) Jesus was created by God;

(e) We do not have an immortal soul;

(f) when we die, we cease to exist, until we are re-created by God at the Resurrection, in time for the Judgment;

(g) only 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses will make it to heaven;

(h) the rest of the Jehovah's Witnesses who were faithful to the Jehovah's Witness gospel and leaders will live for ever on earth (not in heaven).

These teachings (particularly the ones about Jesus) do not match what the Bible teaches...

For articles that evaluate the teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses, see http://www.godsci.org/gs/sect/jw/jw00.html

Cordially,
John

Answer 4

I personally don't care what religion anyone is the only problem I have with Jehovah's Witnesses is that they solicit their religion. I don't need anyone coming to my house telling me about it or any other for that matter, if I am interested I will talk to someone or go to the church, chapel, mosque, kingdom hall, whatever the place to find out. I know that they are just trying to spread the word as it has been given to them but I am not into it. I have spoken to JWs personally and they were nice enough people until they kept coming back again and again until I had to tell them to stop because I wasn't going to join and didn't want them coming to my house. Everyone has the right to believe what they want which is one of the greatest things about this country but anymore you can't even sit in your house without it being pushed in your face.

Answer 5

Yeah, but with the witnesses using their own perversion of the scriptures it is very easy to find where they twist scripture to mean things the writers never intended. The perversion slaughters John's gospel by denying its basic premise.

Read the new world mistranslation and a good translation of John and compare the two. If you can't find a good translation, I'm in the process of translating it from Greek myself and will be glad to send it to you.

As for talking to them about it, since I prefer to use my Greek New Testament rather than any translation, they seem to remember some place they have to be about a minute after I open it.

Translation and notes on John 1:1-
Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the word. The word was with God. God and the word were one.
[In this last phrase John reversed the word order, using a Greek construction called a predicate nominative. In this construction, the predicate (word) clarifies or says something more about the subject (God). John is saying that 'word' and 'God' are essentially interchangeable, describing the same ‘person.’ Most translations say something like, "...and the word was God." Such a translation actually dilutes the statement which John was trying to emphasize in this text. This text should be translated in a way that relates this emphasis of the original in some way. From the first words, John wanted his readers to understand the divine nature of Jesus. This was not a claim couched in mysticism, but is a repeated theme of this gospel. Jewish readers would get this message in an even stronger way through the “I am…” passages (remember the “covenant name” of God cf. Exodus 3:14) though the gentile reader might miss that significance.]

Answer 6

My cousin is one, and none of us can stand it. She goes door to door asking people if they want to join the religion, she cannot have a blood transfusion, she does not go to any parties (this too is stupid, what is life without celebartion of it), she wears dresses all the time (this is outrageous), she cannot be patriotic, she never has much of a smile on her face, and she sat at the back of the Catholic Church at her own mother's funeral, her own mother. Is this a cult? Were we angry for her doing all of that? You bet we were. She was raised a Catholic and she knows that we do not approve. We are people who believe that life is valuable and should be celebrated and Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in celebration of anything. How can anyone live like this?

Answer 7

I don't bash Jehovah's Witnesses...just not too fond of the way JW's show up at my door every weekend trying to *bash* me with their beliefs. And, yes, it is like a bashing because they ring the doorbell at least 5 times or stand behind my SUV when I'm trying to back out of the driveway. They don't give up, they scare my kids sometimes, and you'd think I was Satan myself the way a couple of 'em act sometimes.

If "we are all responsible for searching out the truth for ourselves..." as you say, then the JW's need to quit trying to "save" us all and get off my property!

Answer 8

I've spoken with the Jehova's Witnesses who come to my door and read their literature a couple of times. I also spent quite a bit of time researching their beliefs on various websites, including watchtower.org . I will not bash them, but I will not agree with them. I have a major problem with a religion that would have condemned my grandfather to death by denying him a blood transfusion. I also cannot bring myself to believe that God cares what I call Him or that He cares whether I worship on a Saturday or a Sunday. I feel that I've made an educated decision. No, thanks.

Answer 9

So you will belong to a group that leaves all its decisions in the hands of a self-appointed smaller group to which women are deemed unfit to belong?
To a group that won't even vote in elections to clean up the mess in this country?
Fundamentalists of any religion are only hurting themselves. The Bible certainly has opinions and mistakes in it, just like any other 2000-year-old book that has been edited by many would have.
And correct me if I'm wrong, please, but any member of your organization who publicly deviates from the decisions made by people who run the show is expelled and becomes persona non grata, even with his or her blood family members, right?

Answer 10

Oh boy, you've really opened this one up....why take it so personally? We know the Bible says Satan has blinded the minds of the unbelievers and that Jesus was persecuted and his followers would be, too. Most people do make their own decision on how they feel about Witnesses, but man oh man, you opened it up....

Answer 11

Some people follow sterotypes, as they exist everywhere in society today, especially in the religious world. Others base their opinions on JW's because their church sees them as wrongdoers in their eyes. It all varies with the church and the person who holds the opinion.