Jehovah's Witnesses....?

Question

I went to a kingdom hall today with the Jehovah's Witnesses and it wasn't cult like at all they were all very welcoming and did not have a bad word to say about anyone or anything, it was refreshing. I am wondering what you all think of this religion, thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

Oh, you just reminded me of my first visit to the Kingdom Hall. I LOVED IT! Even though it started at 12:30 and ended at 2:30, I did not think it was boring or anything, it was very interesting. Everyone was really nice and loving, and they were all very approchable. They all approched me and met me, and were very kind. Other people should go for a visit and find out that it's not a cult, it's very wonderful. I'm glad you liked it, and I encourage you to keep going. I'm sure Jehovah is pleased.

Answer 2

I was raised a JW till 21. Yes, they are a cult. I am surprised they didn't mock other religions in todays "meeting". They often bash other religions while never mentioning that Reformed Churches in the US have given 10,000X more to relief aid around the world. They are also a cult because when you are 'baptized' into their religion, they can kick you out and have literally NO one speak to you. This even goes for families. I lost my entire family, all my friends, my job, my home, 3 cars, 6 guitars.... literally everything I had. You know what? I would do it all over again. I was kicked out because I spread the truth about their false religion. I wouldn't let go of Col. 1:16-20, where they purposely added the word "other" some 7 times to make possible the creation of Jesus by God. Otherwise, without the word "other", Jesus would be the creator of everything that exists. That conflicts with where God says he was the Almighty Creator of everything. Also, the blood issue is unbelievable. They won't accept blood transfusions, but they will accept blood "parts". Its all the same! 10,000's of JW's have died because of not accepting blood transfusions. Yet, they will accept blood parts. That makes literally no sense. Thats like saying "Eating cake is bad, but you can eat eggs, flour, and sugar if it is separated". The religion took everything from me, but I would never do anything different. I take my faith and my beliefs seriously. I left with the most important thing I have, my life and my devotion. I have been blessed with a beautiful family on my wife's side and have never looked back.

They have falsely proclaimed the "end" many times. Ask about 1975. Almost half of the followers left the 'organization' over their false prophecies.

One other thing, my father, who is the Presiding Overseer of the congregation, tried to bribe me back into the church. He offered me a job, promising me 3x the money I make now, as long as I become a Witness again. There are more important things in this world than money.

Just think about it and pray about it. They have no "shield of faith" to battle theological debates. They just run or stop the conversation. To me, that is a religion that tries to hide truth and hide their false teachings.

Be good.

Answer 3

The defintion of a cult is "an organization that has a strong, AUTHORITATIVE control over its members" which is what the Watchtower teaches. The worst reason in the world to join a church is because "it felt right" its only when you get to those differences that you really see the true. What will shock you if your not familiar is seeing a drawing of Jesus nailed to a POLE. They have a compleatly different, radical theology and have even written a different bible called the New World Translation BUT THEY DONT GIVE REFERENCE AS TO WHO DID THE TRANSLATION!! Look at any other Bible and you have at least some note as to thier credentials--

According to the Reasoning from the Scriptures page 277 it says " The NWT committe requested that its members remain anonymous.........since the translators have chosen to remain anonymous the question cannot here be answered in terms of their educational background. THE TRANSLATION MUST BE APPRAISED ON ITS OWN MERITS!!--- You have got to be serious!! Why would anyone in their right mind accept THEIR translation? What if their wrong? Look it up on the internet, they discovered that only ONE member on the team knew Greek (NT language) and had only known about it for 6 mts.

"Whoever has the Son is free indeed"

Answer 4

Jehova's Witnesses are as a whole very nice people. They just have some beliefs that are outside the norm for most people. Like not celebrating birthdays, national holidays, Thanksgiving or Christmas, which they believe to be nonchristian. They are personally pacifist, but politically neutral. They believe the end of society will come at Armageddon, Christ will return, and the people who survive will form a new society and life in paradise on earth. Not your average religion, but not dangerous.

Answer 5

They are nice people, but each member has his own self-interests. Some are interested in money.

The true can be said for other denominations, but Jehovah's Witnesses get cash bonuses for bringing in new members. How else they can afford to build Kingdom Halls and the like.

Answer 6

You'll always find that the nutcases and screwballs who refer to Jehovah's Witnesses as a "cult" never have the slightest idea what they're talking about. As you yourself have seen by your visit to their Kingdom Hall and your own observance of what they teach and how things are handled, you can see for yourself that the slanderous trash people in here spew about them is just that: trash.

Orthodox_Ted as well as the poster above me are a couple of examples of people who don't have the slightest idea what they're talking about. NOBODY in the Jehovah's Witness faith gets any kind of monetary "bonus" for helping others to see the truth of the scriptures. And that one poster who claimed his father bribed him to return....he's full of it, also. By doing our preaching and teaching work we have the chance to, as the scriptures put it, save ourselves and those who listen to us.

Answer 7

I always believed what I believed and kept it to myself. One day I was hanging up clothes and a lady and gentleman stopped and started to talk to me. I found that they had the same beliefs I did and I started a bible study with them. We have become best friends and our local kingdom hall is very friendly too. I don't know why people call the Witnesses a cult.The only thing I don't like is that they go door to door. I will not do that and don't believe in bothering people. They will believe in what they want to believe in. I have not become a Witness myself because I have other issues, but as far as what they believe in the bible I quite agree with them.

Answer 8

Cult does not originate in hospitality, but in the central, core doctrines of the religion.
A Few Falsehoods...
They do NOT believe that Jesus IS God, they believe He was Michael the Archangel incarnate.
They follow their own "version" of the Scriptures, which were originally translated from four men. Three of whom knew no Greek or Hebrew, the fourth knowing only a small amount of Greek.
Several of their leaders have "set a date" for the coming(not of Christ) but of a ":new heaven and new earth" and setting dates AT ALL, is a Biblical sign of a false prophet.
Jesus, Biblically, and historically died on a cross, NOT a stake.
Jesus died that ALL who believe in Him would be saved, NOT just 144,000.

Trust me, they are a cult, they tried there best to indoctrinate me, and I refuted so much of their teaching Biblically, that THEY stopped coming to see me...
BTW~ One of their "secrets" is to "visit" unsuspecting wives and mothers while they are at home by themselves. Starting a "bible study", and making them "feel" good...in recent days, many of the "door to doors" have included there own children, because it thwarts confrontation. However, when they tried this with me, I looked straight at the child when I refuted there "teachings", this has a double effect, it makes the adult more nervous, and also plants the "seed of Truth" in the child...

This is YOUR SOUL, do NOT take it lightly! Never give in to the "gospel of niceness". Your salvation stands of the Truth of God's Word alone...not on how "nice" someone is to you.

Answer 9

this is the true Christian society--- out of all the religions on the earth, they come the closest to doing God's Will.

Answer 10

I believe they only go by what the bible teaches......like the trinity father son and holy spirit....they say there is no such thing because the bible does not say a word about it......