Why do people talk bad about Jehovah's Witnesses?

Question

People say things about them, and when you ask them(JW's) themselves, they prove them(Non JW's) false and back themselves up with the bible....any bible!

They seem to be persecuted just like Jesus was. He was called a False prophet also. Just something that makes me go hmmmmm...

So my Q is.

Why do people lie about them, or say half truths or call them a cult and such?

Answer 1

Many people have listened to other peoples opinions and don't take the time to sit down with the Witnesses and find out the real trruth about the Witnesses.
Jehovah's Witnessess use God's Word the Holy Bible to answer ones questions. And not there own version of an answer.
They will also ask you to bringout your own personal bible and show you the answer to your question using the householders own personal bible.

Answer 2

I am a Christian, one in every of Jehovah's Witnesses. Firstly, attacking any person established on perception/loss of perception, race, gender, and so forth. and so forth. and so forth. occurs at all times, in truly existence and on Y!A. If you appear in different sections you're going to see Some posters make a laugh of others, conveniently in view that they prefer a ebook that the opposite poster matters is dull. Allot of the claims approximately Witnesses on Y!A are terrible, and I'd desire not anything to do with Witnesses, if the claims have been even just about real. Sadly allot of the certainly made up matters stated approximately us, get stated, then typed, then any person else sees it typed, makes use of replica/paste, pastes it, and it maintains to be unfold. An instance of what I typed prior "why do not you men allow your kids talk to different non-JW's". I used to be raised a Witness, I talked to lots of "non-JW's", so certainly the declare is not real, but it used to be mentioned, as a truth.

Answer 3

If those people know their religion well, they would not be talking filth about other religions and other persons. The most remarking thing is that usually those who talk odd of a religion is someone who belongs to that religion too but of different denomination.

People lie about them because people do not know about them. They just hear someone says this, someone says that, and they formulate a belief according to what they have heard without checking whether they are true or false.

I know only about the basic believes of JW and I find them very credible compared to other denominations but this is not a reason for me to talk odd of the others.

From my personal point of view, I have not yet seen any other christian to possess such belief in god and fear from committing sin than the JW. Their magazines are very moral.

Answer 4

It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses are not loved by everyone.
http://jw-media.org/newsroom/human_rights.htm
Some people hate Jehovah's Witnesses out of ignorance, or over some misunderstanding. A few may have had a bad personal experience with an individual who claimed to be a Jehovah's Witness, and prejudicially extended their animus to this entire Christian religion.

However, it seems that the majority of anti-Witness hatred is motivated by religious intolerance and bigotry. A few may even be motivated against their Christian worship by the unseen 'god of this system of things', Satan the Devil.

(2 Corinthians 4:4) the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers

Interestingly, such "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:

(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

(Luke 6:22) Happy are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and reproach you and cast out your name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man.

(1 Peter 4:4) Because you do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of you.

(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.

It seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2003/3/1/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2002/4/1/article_01.htm

Answer 5

Why do JW's prophesy FALSELY?

Here is just a start of their FALSE claims...

In 1972 the Jehovah's Witness Watchtower claimed to be the prophet of God.

IDENTIFYING THE "PROPHET" -- "So does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet?...This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian Witnesses...Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a ‘prophet' of God. It is another thing to prove it." The Watchtower, 4/1/72, p. 197.


1897 "Our Lord, the appointed King, is now present, since October 1874," Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 4, page 621.

1899 "...the ‘battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Revelation 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership, is already commenced." The Time Is at Hand, page 101 (1908 edition).

1916 "The Bible chronology herein presented shows that the six great 1000 year days beginning with Adam are ended, and that the great 7th Day, the 1000 years of Christ's Reign, began in 1873." The Time Is at Hand, page ii, (forward).

1918 "Therefore we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old, particularly those named by the Apostle in Hebrews 11, to the condition of human perfection." Millions Now Living Will Never Die, page 89.

1922 "The date 1925 is even more distinctly indicated by the Scriptures than 1914." The Watchtower 9/1/22, page 262.

1923 "Our thought is, that 1925 is definitely settled by the Scriptures. As to Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith than Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge." The Watchtower, page 106 4/1/23.

1925 "The year 1925 is here. With great expectation Christians have looked forward to this year. Many have confidently expected that all members of the body of Christ will be changed to heavenly glory during this year. This may be accomplished. It may not be. In his own due time God will accomplish his purposes concerning his people. Christians should not be so deeply concerned about what may transpire this year." The Watchtower, 1/1/25, page. 3.

1925 "It is to be expected that Satan will try to inject into the minds of the consecrated, the thought that 1925 should see an end to the work." The Watchtower, Sept, 1925 page 262.

1926 "Some anticipated that the work would end in 1925, but the Lord did not state so. The difficulty was that the friends inflated their imaginations beyond reason; and that when their imaginations burst asunder, they were inclined to throw away everything." The Watchtower, page 232.

1931 "There was a measure of disappointment on the part of Jehovah's faithful ones on earth concerning the years 1917, 1918, and 1925, which disappointment lasted for a time...and they also learned to quit fixing dates." Vindication, page 338.

1941 "Receiving the gift, the marching children clasped it to them, not a toy or plaything for idle pleasure, but the Lord's provided instrument for most effective work in the remaining months before Armageddon." The Watchtower, 9/15/41, page 288.

1968 "True, there have been those in times past who predicted an ‘end to the world', even announcing a specific date. Yet nothing happened. The ‘end' did not come. They were guilty of false prophesying. Why? What was missing?.. Missing from such people were God's truths and evidence that he was using and guiding them." Awake, 10/8/68.

1968 "Why are you looking forward to 1975?" The Watchtower, 8/15/68, page 494.

Answer 6

they have twisted the scripture to make it sound like it means what it does not. They do not believe in the deity of Jesus and I have asked several different JWs who have knocked on my door who they say Jesus is - I never get a straight answer and I never get an answer that lines up with the Word of God. When I point out specific scriptures or get deeper into ones they take out of context, they have to go. I don't make up stuff about them - I have had several knock on my door over the past ten years and I ask a lot of questions, I only report what I am told and report what does not line up with the word of God. The JW's though they use the Bible quite a bit, do not tell the truth about what the word actually says.

Answer 7

they say things for different reasons:
1) if they are half truths, then yes the person is wrong, but they don't understand your religion
2)because they've heard what Jehovah's witnesses have to say and disagree with them

Lots of people are false prophets. Just because you're persecuted for something doesn't mean it's right. Good luck on your quest for truth.

Answer 8

For one thing, let me say that I have family who are JW's. I do think it is false, I can list a number of things that are false, starting with the fact that Jesus is not Micheal, that Jesus has not returned, that more than 144 thousand will go to heaven. I say these things out of no motive of wanting to persecute them (hon, muslims are persecuted too, do you think they are really Chrisitans just because they are persecuted?)

Answer 9

If you do a search on Mormons you will find a similar amount of negative comments. The reason is that people do not appreciate groups that arrogantly preach to people that their religion is the only true one and every other person will be destroyed by God.

Answer 10

People talk badly about the JW's because the JW's talk badly about other people. They claim that only a certain number of people will be saved in the end and they all happen to be JW's. And when some of them came to my door once and asked what religion I was, I told them. As they walked away, one of them turned and said, "I feel sorry for your children!" Hmmm.... When they act all self-righteous and like they are the only "chosen" people of God (which they are not), it's no wonder people slam them.