If Jehovah Witnesses are not banned from the Internet.?

Question

Why did they send this to there members a monthly news letter called the "Kingdom Ministry" in Oct 1999. They sent out to its members world wide around 10 million copies of the news letter totally discouraging anyone to use the internet due to the exposure it is getting and trying to put a stop to its members looking at it. It says in summery: "Time spent in personal and family bible study (Which means reading their publications) Meeting attendance (5 per week) and field ministry (Door to door recruiting) far outweighs time spent browsing the Internet, expecting to gain benefits. So are they banned or not?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

No, they are not banned from the internet. They are just banned from reading 'apostate propaganda'. The real danger to the Society from apostates is not in the lies they tell, but in the truths they tell which are now made easily researchable by the WT cd-rom and the internet. Questions about inconsistencies, faulty reasonings, misrepresentations of past history, doctrinal flip-flops, intellectual dishonesty and pseudo-scholarship are some of the problems the Society now faces from members who are now able to read for themselves Watchtower publications that have long been out of print.

This past year the WT Society successfully shut down a Canadian website called "Quotes" which was solely quotations from Watchtower publications. You would think that since the Society encourages the distribution of their literature, that this would just be a little extra help in spreading their word. So why did they shut it down? In their own words, they sued because they said it was the intent of the website to "embarrass" them. Now why would they be embarrassed? Anyone who saw the website would know why.

Answer 3

Jehovah's Witnesses make personal decisions about their choice of recreation. It is foolish and illogical for anti-Witnesses to pretend that the Jehovah's Witness religion forbids or even frowns upon the internet.

The official websites of Jehovah's Witnesses must be among the most-cited urls referenced here on Yahoo Answers!

Of course, the majority of time spent on the internet is recreational and so that time might be viewed similar to television. Both may have a place in a Christian home, and decisions regarding their use are left to individuals.

Reminding families not to neglect their worship for recreation can hardly be considered as a "ban" on recreation!

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2000/6/8/diagram_02.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2000/6/22/article_01.htm

Answer 4

No one says we cannot use the Internet, but this is one of the things we have to watch out for:

Web Sites of “Jehovah’s Witnesses”

Consider, for example, some Internet sites set up by individuals who claim to be Jehovah’s Witnesses. They invite you to visit their sites to read experiences posted by others who claim to be Witnesses. You are encouraged to share your thoughts and views about the Society’s literature. Some give recommendations about presentations that could be used in the field ministry. These sites offer chat rooms for individuals to connect to, allowing live communication with others, similar to talking on the telephone. They often point you to other sites where you can have on-line association with Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world. But can you tell for certain that these contacts have not been planted by apostates?

Congregation members are protected by the Scriptural provision for disfellowshipping those who sin unrepentantly or who promote apostate thinking. (1 Cor. 5:9-13; Titus 3:10, 11) Can we expect to find these same loving arrangements when associating with others via the Internet?

It has become apparent that the opposite is true. Some Web sites are clearly vehicles for apostate propaganda. Such Web sites may claim otherwise, and those who sponsor a site may give a detailed explanation to affirm that they truly are Jehovah’s Witnesses. They may even request information from you in order to verify that you are one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

We have to realize that many Web sites have been created by people with immoral or dishonest intent. And many sites that may not be immoral or dishonest, such as chat groups, are a plain waste of time. From all such, stay away!

Answer 5

Freedom is freedom to all. You cannot deny the freedom for one group. (I am not a Jehovah's Witness). But finding the true from a million false is the Wisdom. God knows He will not get many. But few for sure, or just one only? That one is more valuable that the whole universe. Any way the Creator has his intention and it is working through.

Answer 6

No we are not banned from the internet. The very idea is stupid. What we're encouraged is discretion in how we use the internet and the amount of time in using it. Like with everything else in life, we have to be selective and moderate in all things.

Answer 7

Tis better to send a leaflet from Jehovah than a bomb from Bin Laden...

Answer 8

if ya ask me all religion should be banned from the net - but alas no religion is banned from the net (nt even the dangerous ones like yaway or howver you spell it)

Answer 9

Have a read for yourself what they say about the Internet it is most interesting. I have put a link for you..

Answer 10

they are banned from life...and get this...with only 144,000 spots open in heaven, which were filled in the 1930s, they are banned from heaven too...LOL...what a bunch of doh! boys!

Answer 11

they dont like the net no doors to stand at