2006-12-14 10:43:11 · 14 answers · asked by dc 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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
2006-12-15 05:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Peace. After reading most of the comments here, it is evident that some harbor a deep seated resentment to this sect. Whilst, primitive Christians did preach and teach from door to door, and the modern day Witnesses do likewise, many seem to resent their sacrificial selfless efforts in this regards. No wonder therefore, that those who stubbornly refuse to hear the Good News about the Christ, and the Kingdom that is to come, this apply: 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 New International Version (NIV) 6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7 and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. 8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might 10 on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.
2016-05-24 06:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone likes a good joke. The easier the target the better the joke. I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. When I see something on tv that jabs at us, I laugh just as loud as anyone else.
2006-12-14 20:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I imagine there are a lot of jokes about every religion, just depends on whose telling the joke, though I don't think I've ever heard a witness tell one about other religions. They do tell a lot of them from the Bible, such as what car does God drive?
2006-12-14 17:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For one, a lot of people think the Jehovah's witnesses teachings hold that only something like 144,000 virgin men will actually get into heaven.
2006-12-14 10:49:11 · answer #5 · answered by Star F 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I respect the JWs for doing so. I'm catholic, and even though we are taught too, many of us do not. Jesus said to go and make more disciples, but we sit on our butts praying that someone will go do it instead of us. God bless you!!
2006-12-14 10:47:21 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus junkie 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Could it be that people are afraid they may have the truth and they don't want people to consider what they teach, so they joke about them to keep people from considering what they have to share
2006-12-14 13:30:28 · answer #7 · answered by KaeMae 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I personally think they're funny because they only believe that 144,000 people will make it to heaven, yet they still spend most of their time trying to convert others to their faith. Haha, what if they get knocked out of their spot?
2006-12-14 10:48:19 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I hate to say this, but I do make fun of other religions. The biggest ones are JW, Catholics, Mormons, and devil worshippers.
2006-12-14 10:53:16 · answer #9 · answered by sunshine_sparks 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Because they really didnt witness anything
2006-12-14 13:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by miname 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋