What do you think about Jehovah's Witnesses?

Question

so.... what are your opinions concerning Jehovah's witnesses?

Answer 1

Questions like this imply that Jehovah's Witnesses are interested in becoming popular, but that is simply not true. The ONLY opinions of ongoing interest to a true Witness are those of Jehovah and Christ Jesus. Those who work to ingratiate themselves with some human or human group are not doing God's will.

(1 Thessalonians 2:4) We speak, as pleasing, not men, but God, who makes proof of our hearts.

(Matthew 6:20,21) Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.


Jehovah's Witnesses have the true religion. They are Christian (of course), but they are unique for their rejection of paganisms, use of God's personal name, and global preaching by every active adherent. No other religious organization can claim such purity of worship.

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.


Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/article_07.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040601/article_02.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/who.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

Answer 2

Well the identical approach that we've got a individual title and could love to be known as through our title as a substitute of Man, Woman, Boy & so forth is the identical approach that God feels. Psalms eighty three:18 says "May persons realize that you just, whose title is Jehovah,You on my own are the Most High over all of the earth." The undeniable fact that his title is acknowledged within the Bible suggests God desires his title to be identified & considering the fact that we're his witnesses or fans, we're known as Jehovah's Witnesses.

Answer 3

We are the only people who claim to be Christian & actually follow the BIble. We are 100% different than any other religion. If you don't believe it, go to one of our meetings & compare it with any you have been ti before. We don't ask 4 money & as a whole are the most devoted, "practice what you preach" type of people. Sure there are people who do bad things but they are expelled from the congregation to protect the organization. We don't go to war because it doesn't make sense for a person (let's say a witness) to go & kill his 'brother" (another witness) in another land. And as far as how moral & what type of reputation we have, ask any hotel manager or conventiopn center owner "What do you think of Jehovah's Witnesses?" He'll say, "they are the cleanest, most law-abiding people I have ever dealt with" Visit watchtower.org to see what we REALLY believe & why. Don't listen to all these people who claim we're a cult who molests kids & have the "biggest cover-ups in the history of the world."

Answer 4

First Hot One is incorrect. No one is Disfellowshipped for a mistake. If this were the case we would all be disfellowshipped. The Elders do not assign chaperones. It is a good practice to not be alone with someone of the opposite sex you are not married to for extended periods as you are putting yourself and the other person in harms way. As to the "Elder". As a general rule Elders, any of us for that matter, do not study with members of the opposite sex as once again there are risks. IF someone slips and makes a mistake, they are censured on some level true however, Disfellowshipping is a LAST resort, and only in the case of those who do not show/are not willing to repent and try to turn things around. IT can be likened to time out. When they are willing to follow the rules they agreed to when publicly symbolizing their devotion through baptism(which is quite a process, not lightly undertaken) we will play with them again:)

As to what I think about us, I think we are humans trying our hardest to follow Jehovah's word the Bible.

Answer 5

They are humble people, who are following the teachings of Jesus and his Father Jehovah to the best of their ability.

They are some of the most honest, friendly, happiest people I know.

Do they mistakes? Sure, show someone who doesn't.

Are they perfect? No, but show me someone who is.

No one in Jehovah's organization is disfellowshipped for "sinning" They are removed for lack of repentance.

All disfellowship ones are encouraged to return, all it takes is the same steps as becoming a witness.

Faith in Jehovah and His Son, Repenting of the wrong they did, asking Jehovah for forgiveness, and turning around from their former course of life and doing acts of repentance.

The only difference is they don't have to get baptised again.

Answer 6

You could wait until next May when this program about Jehovah’s Witnesses is shown on PBS, or you can order a copy now. It was done by an independent film company.

http://www.knocking.org/
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=54714EBF23EFA251

Setting aside any Bible issues, they believe in obeying the law, even the inconvenient ones, such as speed limits when late for work.

They believe in paying taxes, even though there are many ways they could avoid them, as many religions do.

They believe in keeping their word, such as to the IRS that they will not promote politics in the church, and they actually mean it.

They teach their youth that waiting until marriage is preferable to using protection, and for the most part, the youths actually believe it. As a result, they have the lowest rates of out-of-wedlock births and STDs. Yes, there is the occasional ones who would rather have their fun now than wait, but there are far more who choose to wait.

They treat their youth with respect, not just "do what you're told!"

Youths are taught side by side with the adults, the Bible as a whole, and not just Bible stories. The very young may not understand what they are being taught, but by the time you reach the age of understanding, they have a good basic knowledge of the scriptures.

The congregations never get so large that the individual gets lost in the crowd. Since everyone is taught the same, it is easy to start a new congregation, with a set of elders.

Everyone knows everyone, whether in their congregation, or in their circuit. When Katrina happened, every Jehovah’s Witnesses living in New Orleans could be found in Texas, with every individual accounted for. How many other religions could say for certain they knew that none of those left behind belong to one of their churches?

They believe their Kingdom Halls should compliment a neighborhood, and not overwhelm it, so they are small and don’t include a lot of expensive decorative features. Each KH can hold up to four congregations.

They encourage all their members to read the Bible and submit their thoughts. This was before the NWT and when they were using the KJV, or Authorized Version. It should be noted that this version of the KJV was not the first, but the fifth. It took four revisions over a 150 year period, before it was approved by the Church of England.

JW may have their own Bible, but it came about as a result of reading the KJV by thousands of people and noting the contradictions as a result of errors in translation. A good example is the scripture that says “The Word” is a Mighty God. A Mighty God gets its power and existence from an Almighty God. As for revisions, to my knowledge, it had not been revised since it came out in the 50s. My mother still has her first JW Bible, though it is worn like all the others she has used since them. Witnesses generally wear out a Bible every few years, whereas those in Christendom may have the same Bible for generations.

The greatest difference between JWs and the rest of Christendom can be answered with just one question.

WHAT DAY DO YOU OBSERVE THE MEMORIAL ON?

Everyone else will falter around and perhaps come up with a day in May, but all JWs will say at sunset on Niacin 14, which falls on the first full moon after the vernal equinox, the Memorial of the Last Supper. This is the only day, aside from wedding anniversaries, that Christ said to continue keeping, yet Jehovah's Witnesses are the only Christian organization that does.

Whatever you may say about whether it is right or wrong to observe the man-made holidays created since the first congregations, the fact remains that Christendom does not observe the one day Christ said to keep. What does that say for the leaders of Christendom, that they ignore that one important day of the year, and don't even know what day it falls on?

The question of holidays gets asked a lot, yet the facts of why are clearly evident. Even the Churches of Christendom recognize that the holidays and observances are not in keeping with Bible teachings, yet they fear that doing anything about it will jeopardize their positions and power. Check any religious encyclopedia about the holidays and their history.

So the question is not why don't witnesses celebrate the holidays, but why does Christendom celebrate something not taught in the Bible? Further, why don't they know what day Christ said to observe and why don't you observe it on that day?

Whatever you may think of any of the other beliefs of JWs, you have to ask yourself is the need to observe these holidays more important than observing the day Christ said to keep?

Answer 7

I don't agree with their believes but I respect their devotion to Christ and conservatism. The bible says to spread the word so they're honestly just trying to do what they believe God wants them to by knocking on doors. They don't hurt anyone.

On the flip-side - I do have a massive problem in that they won't step up when the military calls and help defend the country that affords them the religous freedoms they enjoy.

Answer 8

they're hypocrites. Elders have young adults chaperoned while on dates. get this, one elder had an affair with his bible study,destroyed his marriage and then had a slap on his wrist. he is no longer an elder now but a (brother) working his way back up to that status. now if young adults (who are single) go out and have sex, they are dis-associated from the church(no one allowed to communicate with them) or if they are baptized dis-fellowshipped (no longer able to come back into the religion and no contact with the members. that is one religion/cult, i wouldnt get back into.

and FYI, the people who think im wrong, then they've obviously hadnt had thier eyes open too wide to see the goings on. they will deny, deny,deny!

Answer 9

I dont like them at all..............In fact...i dont like anyone that knock at my front door to talk about any religion.
I have my religion and if some day i decide to change it....i'll do it by myself, not for what some pple at my door say.
To have that pple knocking at my door.....bothers me so much.
I dont open the door to them if i know that they are there.

Answer 10

I believe they qualify as a theological & sociological cult. Theological in that they deny historic Christian doctrine. Sociological in the way they control and teach their members & disfellowship those who refuse to conform to their ways.