Is it true that all jehova witnesses think that the second word that they are going to get when after they knock on a door and someone comes to answer it is off?
2006-10-14 06:21:07 · 16 answers · asked by DIAMOND_GEEZER_56 4 in Games & Recreation ➔ Amusement Parks
Sorry guys I got it wrong, I meant to say that they think that that the second word is off, as I am a nice guy and have respect for the nice folk on here I won't even try and say the word. I am dead against these people for certain reasons and I put a question in a few days ago. As an adult one of these monsters thats ok with me until they refuse urgently needed life saving blood to children, I was once an ambulanceman and a young girl died of a result of her parents refusing blood, they are bloody murderers.
2006-10-14 06:36:41 · update #1
Hang on I was correct. You all know the first word.
When these pains in the bottom knock on my door I tell them the second word is off, don't make me say the first word.
2006-10-14 06:41:06 · update #2
Ok guys, I will say one good thing about them and that is I admire their dedication to their faith as long as kids don't come into it, and they keep away from my front door.
I have to stick with one of them next to me in hospital 3times a week while I am stuck on a dialysis machine for up to nearly 6 hours at times, she is like a fart in a space suit. work this one out for yourself?
2006-10-14 06:53:14 · update #3
It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses are not loved by everyone.
http://jw-media.org/newsroom/human_rights.htm
Interestingly, such bigotry and hatred should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:
(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.
Regarding the questioner's core complaint, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the scriptures demonstrate a clear pattern indicating the sacredness with which Jehovah God (and thus god-fearing humankind) views all creature blood.
Predates Mosaic Law.
For example, over a thousand years before the birth of Moses, the pre-Israel, pre-Jewish, pre-Hebrew man Noah received what the scriptures record as only the second restrictive command on humans (after Garden of Eden's tree):
"Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will require it [that is, lifeblood] and of man" (Genesis 9:3-5)
Jewish Law.
Later, God's feeling regarding blood was codified into the Mosaic Law. This part of the Law dealing with blood was unique in that it applied, not just to Israel, but also to non-Jewish foreigners among them. It's also interesting that besides forbidding the consumption of blood, the Law also mandated that it be 'poured out on the ground', not used for any purpose.
"No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood. Any man also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust." (Lev 17:12,13)
By comparison, it's significant that the Law also forbid the consumption of ceremonial animal fat, but that didn't apply to non-Jewish foreigners and it DID allow the fat to be used for other purposes.
"The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. The fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of one that is torn by beasts, may be put to any other use" (Lev 7:22-24)
Early Christian era.
The Christian era ended the validity of the Mosaic Law, but remember that the restriction on eating blood preceded the Mosaic Law by over a thousand years. Still, does the New Testament indicate that Jehovah God changed his view of blood's sacredness?
"[God] freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses" (Eph 1:6,7)
"[God's] beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins... and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood" (Colossians 1:13-20)
"we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood." (Acts 15:19,20)
"For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity." Acts 15:28,29
Modern times
Some will claim that the bible's command to "abstain" from blood only applies to eating it, and does not apply to the use of blood for other purpose. If that form of respect for blood were common among Christendom, one might wonder then why so many (who ostensibly follow the book of Acts) so happily eat their blood sausage and blood pudding if they truly respect blood according to some limited understanding of Acts 15:20,29. In fact, respect for blood and for Acts and for the Scriptures themselves is too rare among even supposedly god-fearing persons.
An honest review of the Scriptural pattern over the millenia from Noah to the Apostle Paul teaches humans that blood is to be used for a single purpose: acknowledging the Almighty. Otherwise, for centuries the instruction was to simply dispose of it; 'poor it upon the ground'. When Jehovah's Witnesses pursue non-blood medical management, they are working to honor and obey their Creator.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/hb/index.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/vcnb/article_01.htm
2006-10-14 07:30:04 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I guess sometimes the second word is off. But I like my parent's methods.
My Dad likes to engage them in conversation. He asks them what type of refrigerator they have, then he says well we have a "insert any refrigerator type that's not the same as theirs". Then my Dad says "we're very happy with our refrigerator, it keeps our food cool. I'm sure you're very happy with your refrigerator too. The two fridges may be different brands, but they're basically the same. You see the thing is though - I don't come to your house and try to sell you a different refrigerator, when the one you've got works perfectly well."
My Mum's technique is different. The JWs that used to come to our place often brought little kiddie JWs in strollers with them. We had a big black labrador (she was very friendly and wouldn't hurt anyone). So the adult JWs would go about their schpiel and our dog would start licking the kid in the stroller. At which point the adult JWs would look at my mother in horror and say something to the effect of "you're dog is licking our child, aren't you going to stop it" and then my Mum would say, "Nope, it's her yard, it's her territory that your child is in, I suppose if your kid wasn't in her territory then she wouldn't be liking him". At which point they usually gave up on saving our souls and left.
PS I'm not anti JW, one of my mates is JW, but I am anti people who try to impose their beliefs on others. Plus I'm a med student - so, though I've not experienced it myself, I kinda "get" where you're coming from with the refusal of blood products to children who aren't yet old enough to truly accept a faith as their own.
I also have a question, is it Mormons or SDAs or JWs or another faith that believe there's a limited number of places in heaven and that those who convert the most people will get those places? (kinda makes spreading the faith a whole lot less altruistic doesn't it?). Please correct me if this is not the case.
nb: I only listed those faiths; Mormons, SDAs and JWs, as I know it's one of the faiths that used to door knock quite frequently in our area, but I don't recall which one. I do not mean to lump them all together or imply that they are all the same
2006-10-14 17:10:14 · answer #2 · answered by Jumping Mouse 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The easiest answer I give, is Adam and Eve were the first people to be created right?, to which they answer yes, Then I say, and then they had two sons Cane and Able right?, again they answer yes, Then my final question (before slamming the door) is, well where did their wives come from?????? Works every time.
2006-10-16 08:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you got this wrong. What they think is off the answer that they think they THOUGHT they would get of the second word when they knock at the answer of someone.
Hope this helps.
2006-10-14 06:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Geez...I can't even go to an amusement park w/o hearing about religion. I'm just glad no one has asked me if I give a Rat's A--. They sure wouldn't like that answer. LOL!
2006-10-14 06:36:41 · answer #5 · answered by Chuck S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
this is what i learned about the blood from them and now greatly appreciate founding out- in acts 15:28,29 it says to keep abstaining from blood. Now the scripture also says to abstain from fornication in that same verse so if someone tells your spouse the it would be better or healthier for them to cheat on their spouse and commit fornication would you allow them to do it or be in agreement with your spouse???? i normal person would say no they don't want their spouse to cheat.... so if someone tells you that taking blood is good for you but Jehovah God says its not would you take it???? NO!
- so i'd like to thank the witnesses for bring to my attention the seriousness invouled in accepting blood transfusions
2006-10-14 08:26:11 · answer #6 · answered by calientechickspicy 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You can see 'em coming a mile off so we don't answer the door. Also if you ask them not to call again, they tend not to.
2006-10-14 06:33:39 · answer #7 · answered by Mogseye 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they are a real pain in the butt especially when they knock on the door when you are having a meal i just tell them to get lost
2006-10-15 01:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
cos telling JW's to go away is amusing as they are so think skulled that they make you tell them to **** off as they dont listen to you first, second, third or fourth polite "I'm not interested thank you". lol
2006-10-14 06:29:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think they mean well
but boy aren't they annoying at times,most of them are not willing to agree to disagree.
that puts me off!! so i end up brushing them off
2006-10-14 06:35:45 · answer #10 · answered by curious 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. What has this question to do with amusement parks anyway?
2006-10-14 06:27:32 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋