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Question

There is nothing wrong with jw people. It is just there teaching.
I just done lots research and find lots contradictions. I dont believe things like those come from God. But i know that they have faith. I dont know if it is true faith. They also have big hearts and passion for what they do. Something i can say is that people some times reach a comfort zone or just dont want to wrong,but what is truth is truth. The thing is accepting it.
But can we accept it or are we biase or brainwashed or both. I guess it comes down to ones personal investigation. The only way to feel good of your investigation work has to be done without being biase. You have to explore, see and listen to others and review what they say. Reading is knowledge and Jesus said :the man with knowledge will be the wise man. My thing is just to learn more about Jw's. Not everything is wrong of what they believe or say,but so far i just cannot accept to participate with their beliefs.
I just pray to God to lead me.

Answer 1

These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.

1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion) in nearly 100,000 congregations. Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.

2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.

3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.

4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'. Despite the size of this religion, additions and deaths among the humble Governing Body do not generate a secular press release, but are announced weeks or months later in 'The Watchtower'. The vast majority of even long-time Witnesses cannot name more than perhaps one or two GB members.

5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.

6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/article_07.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2004/6/1/article_02.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/who.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

Answer 2

You've said you've done the research, and from your questions you have.

My research has shown me that Jesus is Jehovah's First Born, his only Begotten Son.

Jehovah himself said at Jesus baptism, "This is my Son"

I find it amazing that "words" change because the name Jesus is attached to it.

divine: This cake is divine, (from God)
St. John was divine (from God or God like)

but say Jesus is divine, and now it means Jesus is God.

Adam is a son of God.
the Angels are sons of God

Jesus is Son of God meaning Jesus is God????

Isaac was the first born between Abraham and Sarah, Does that make Isaac Abraham??

Jesus is Jehovah's first born, why does that make Jesus, Jehovah?

Capital G at John 1:1 doesn't make Jesus, God, any more than the angel at Judges 13:21,22.

Do you do research to prove your belief or do you do research to understand what Jehovah is really trying to teach?

Answer 3

the jw religion is nothing more than a cult..they are like hare krishnas...they havnt been around long,changed there entire doctrine several times,they dont know what to believe in but every time their doctrine changes,they will tell you that they are right and the world is wrong.they are taught to be pushy and every non-jw is considered a heathen..i have known several of them in my life time.they feel they are above the rest of us,they wont allow thier kids to play with non-jws..they celibrate nothing so the kids have little joy in thier lives watching the rest of the kids in the neighborhood having fun and enjoying life as God intended....i think it as almost as big a joke as scientology..and i pray for all those misguided people and hope they find the truth some day so they can see what a joke they are becoming in the eyes of the world..maybe a deprograming could save many of them..remember what the bible says about false prophets in the end times.....and if you really want a laugh check out scientology sometime....created by a science fiction writer...next mr.spock will be our savior and william shatner...God??????

Answer 4

Why don't the JW celebrate certain Holidays and Birthdays.

Answer 5

If you have questions about God, would you go to Satan for answers? So, if you have questions about Jehovah's Witnesses, why pose you question on this forum? Why don't you ask them if you really want information? When they come to your door, ask them anything you want. Or you can visit with them at the local Kingdom Hall.

Answer 6

"There is nothing wrong with jw people."

This is true. As with any group, MOST of them are good people.

You got it right... their teaching is the problem They have MANY false teachings that they are passing off as Christian beliefs.

THE MAIN ONE IS THEIR DENIAL OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS.
Jesus is God.... they deny that.

Stay away from their teachings unless you really are looking for non-Christian teachings.

Answer 7

As Jehovah's Witnesses, we are encouraged to follow the counsel in the Bible. At 2 Corinthians 13:5,6 it says "Keep testing whether YOU are in the faith, keep proving what YOU yourselves are. Or do YOU not recognize that Jesus Christ is in union with YOU? Unless YOU are disapproved.  I truly hope YOU will come to know we are not disapproved."

We spend hours in study every week. Many of us have different translations of the Bible that we use for reference to make sure that what we are learning is the truth.

It is good that you want to take in more knowledge because Jesus said at John 17:3, 'This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ'
AMOS 5:4. says, “Search for me, and keep living.”
Proverbs 2:1-4 encourages us to keep searching for the truth, comparing it to hid treasures. It takes effort, and it's Ok not to just blindly accept things. We are encouraged to be like the Beroeans. The readiness of the Beroeans to give ear to the message of Christianity, and their diligence in examining the Scriptures in search of confirmation of the things learned, earned them the commendation found at Acts 17:11.
But don't make the mistake of letting Satan blind your mind to the truth either. (1 Corinthians 4:3,4)

Prayer is very important in understanding the Bible, and in finding true teachings. Have you heard about the man who drowned because he was praying for God to save him? It was flooding, he began praying, a boat with some of his neighbors came by. He refused to get in the boat because God was going to save him. The water kept getting higher, a rescue helicopter sees him on the roof of his house, they send a rope down to him. He refuses to grab the rope because he had prayed to God to save him. The man drowns because he didn't want to accept the help that God had sent him....
Just be open minded when you pray to God for help in learning more about the Bible, especially when one of Jehovah's Witnesses knocks on your door after you prayed the night before.

“[God] is not far off from each one of us.”—ACTS 17:27.

At James 4:8 God invites us to: "Draw close to God, and he will draw close to YOU. Cleanse YOUR hands, YOU sinners, and purify YOUR hearts, YOU indecisive ones"

Just remember the three "H's" God draws those to him who are "honest", "humble", and "hungry"(hungry for Bible Truths)

I hope you will take the time to explore the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. There are hundreds of references you can look at without feeling any pressure. There are some really interesting articles that are non denominational as well.
I wish you much success in your search.
http://www.watchtower.org/

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