what do pepole think of Jehovahs witnesses?

Question

What do u think of them besides them knocking on your door do you hate them like them think they are nice but not the religion for you WHAT??? me personally my parents are witnesses our house flooded bad in 98 all the pepole from there church rebuilt our house within months we didnt have to pay them for labor or time or anything they just did it because they cared for us!

Answer 1

They are good people and they are doing what they are taught to do, but knocking on doors, uninvited .... it's annoying.

Answer 2

They claim to be God's prophet and the exclusive channel of communication God is using.To prove them stating they are Gods prophet, look in the W.T. 4/1/72 pg.197"They shall know that a prophet is among them".Also read dueteronomy 18:20-22. Just by the act of prophesying they are promoting themselves to being God's prophet. What better way would there be to denying false prophesying than by not claiming to be a prophet. In the late1800's and early 1900's they prophesied that" God would wage his final war of Armageddon in 1914,that old testament characters would be revived in 1925(Rutherford, Millions now living will never die,1920,pp. 89,90,97), and in the mid 60's they pointed towards 1975 being the beginning of Chist's millennial reign(W.T. 8/15/68,p499) . Even to the point of quitting thieir jobs and selling their homes in order to be full-time "pioneer" service renders.These predictions seem to be prophetic undeniably .

They also do not use any translation of the Bible other than the New World Translation . If they did, thier entire belief system would have to change . Here are some beliefs (doctrines) they have that their founder Charles Taze Russell started preaching in 1875.First, Jesus, did not die on a cross but rather a torture stake ,(no other translation says torture stake).Second ,Jesus is not considered God but rather a god (Michael the angel actually)
Read John 1:1 first the N.W.T. then any other translation. Third, we are not saved by faith through grace(Gods love that we don't deserve) but rather faith through works.This belief is just simply mistranslated,(read Romans 5:1-11, Titus 3:5,Ephesians 2:8,9). Consequentially, the Watchtower Governing board has had to make some serious changes in the scriptures in order to support their doctrines.

I really think most poeple that live their lives according to what the Bible says are supposed to be caring and show love to one another. Their actions should reflect their faith(in Jesus). Witnesses obviously do a tremendous job caring and showing love for others. I'm sure that most Witnesses are sincere and are obediently doing the will of God. However , they really should concider investigating the truth behind what they are so diligently
supporting as the one true representation of Gods poeple.
The Watchtower Society really do believe they are the one and only true source of teachings of Jehovah God, the Bible is not enough(W.T. 9/15/10p298,8/15/81pg28,29,12/1/81p27)

Answer 3

i do not inevitably have some thing hostile to the relegion, although the way their congregation tries to teach different religions! i do not comprehend what number situations there has been a witness at my door at 8:00am on a Saturday morning. Hungover and in my pajamas I answer the door and they push themselves into the foyer without an invitation. I only favor they were somewhat a lot less agressive. And on yet another note, I grew up with some pals who were Jehova's Witness' and they were not aloud to attend b-day activities or IndependanceDay performs in school. Why not have a good time birthdays and vacation journeys.... they were meant to save in ideas the coolest things in existence not sins. I advise are you able to imagine as a 4 365 days previous toddler gazing all of your persons bypass out valentines day playing cards and also you not get one or be able to settle for one! quite unhappy! Or being invited to a b-day social gathering that one and all of your persons will be at and by no skill get to bypass?!

Answer 4

I think that the Jehovah Witnesses are people some are nice some are not so much. Some will give you the shirt off there back and some will not. But on top of all that they are confused and blind as a bat when it comes to God. They are a cult. The JWs have perverted the bible. They have changed it. They have had false teachers and false prophet from conception until even now. And they are leading millions to hell. I have had the pleasure of knowing many of them. Some of which are in jail now for embesselment and the like. When you change the bible to the point that Jesus died on a wooden stick and not a cross. When you change the names of God to Jehovah instead of the real words used by the prophets to describe God in that exact action time and sceen you are teaching a different God. The many titles we see in the bible are atrubutes of God character and have meaning. (EL means God strong and mighty ) (ELOHIM means God the creater, Perserver ) (El-shaddai means God Almighty or GOD all Sufficient ) Yahweh mean the giver and keeper of the Covenant. Jehovah, Jehovah-Jireh, Jehovah-Rophe, Jehovah-Nissa. Each have a meaning and are required to understand God in light of the events that are happening.
So the reason we hate the activities of this group is because they in total blindness are leading people to hell and not to God the serve a false jesus and are not saved. They are anti-christ in the current state and do not have salvation.
These teach against the trintiy of God spirit which all real christians will not for it is the whole of the gosple. So these people may act nice but every one i have know will become a raving lune when i tell them they are blind as a bat. I have even had demons come up in them and start cursing me.
As you say your parents are in the JW i will give you a challenge. Get of the JW prophets togeither and I and them will meet anywere you desire. Then let them call on there God for my destruction. I will let them God first. Then i will call down fire from heaven to destroy them. And you will understand the difference in real prophets and false prophets.

Answer 5

They are probably some of the nicest people you will ever know. They are honest and trustworthy but like every group there are a few wackos. They take their bible teaching seriously and that's why they knock on your door. I have studied with them and also built church in Lancaster California but I am not one. If you politely tell them your not interested when they knock on your door, they will leave. Take the watchtower if they offer. It is a very good read even if your not a witness.

Answer 6

In response to people's question about "do Jehovah's Witnesses help others in disasters?"

Yes they do, though their first objective is to help their brothers, many in the area also receive help.

Because Jesus said in works of charity, don't let your left hand know what the right hand is doing. Jehovah's Witnesses don't announce their works of charities. Many would be surprised to find out that in many cases Jehovah's Witnesses are at disaster sites prior to the Red Cross.

Answer 7

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). 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'.

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.


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Answer 8

Aside from the door-knocking, I think they believe in a false religion and although they have good intentions, have been blinded by things that are not biblical.

Jesus said to beware of false prophets, and I believe Jehova's Witnesses have fallen in that category. Any religion that forces people to attend gatherings, and forces people to donate time or money is sketchy.

Answer 9

You don't need to be Jehova's Witnesses to care for somebody, there are several groups that would volunteer to help.Anyway, I know of a Jehova's Witnesses who is so proud and arrogant! So we have to judge a person individually not by group. Don't get me wrong with my answer, I know that there are other Jehova's Witnesses that are nice so as people who belong to another group.Knocking on the door and sharing their ideas is alright but they give you some reading materials and ask you to pay for it!And they usually insist you to get it!

Answer 10

I have friends that are Jehovah's Witnesses. They are very nice people.

I just wonder though....if a person of another faith's house was flooded.......would you all rebuild their house for them?

Answer 11

I'm atheist but i did go with my friend to a meeting once they are really nice people i just personally don't like the religion or any religion for that madder