What do you think about Jehovah`s Witnesses?

Question

Hi from Ukrain.

Answer 1

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.


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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

All though individually many are relatively harmless, the cult itself is very damaging to children socially, psychologically, emotionally and sadly, in some cases, even physically. Children of JWs live a lonely life debarred from holiday celebrations and many normal childhood activities such as extracurricular clubs, sports and cultural pursuits and playing with nonJW children. Socialising is within the cult and close bonds with non JW relatives are discouraged. Much time is occupied by preparing for and attending dull, repetitive meetings and door knocking. Higher education is forbidden. There is a high, albeit hidden problem with pedophilia and a fleas ing blood transfusion will be denied. Avoid this cult.

Answer 3

Just a few negative things I think about JWs .

1) They ASSUME Michael is Jesus. The scriptures could point in that direction but there is no scripture that directly reads Jesus ever was called an Angel or Micheal. Jesus is only mention as a God. (John 1:1)

2) They use the scripture ‘eat no blood’ to mean no blood transfusions. This is an old law just as eating no pork but they seem to want to keep it.

3) And my biggest beef is where they tried many times in the past to guess or assume when Gods kingdom would arrive when the scriptures are clear that only God the father would know this.

Besides those sticky points they ARE the closest religious group that follows Jesus teachings.

1) They Follow Jesus commandment to love his father with their whole being (Matt 22:37 ) by not worshiping him with Pagan customs or celebrations which would involved giving thanks to old Greek and Roman Pagan Gods.

2) They Follow Jesus commandment to love their neighbor (Mark 16:15). How many Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, or Jews can say they never fought in any war and spilled their neighbor’s blood?

3) We are ordered to preach about Jesus kingdom even if it means to be hated. Only Baptists, Pentecostals, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witness follow this important commandment.

Other notes: They can build an entire church (kingdom hall) in just 3 days time. They can use any bible in their preaching work. They don’t need extra books to prove Jesus resurrection like the Mormon’s Book of Mormons or the Muslims Qu’ran.

Answer 4

Last year a lot of people from all over the Earth, thought very highly of them.

Last year 2006, 248,327became Jehovah's Witnesses and everyone of these had to change their minds pertaining to the false teachings that they had been taught, these were people that used their own Bible, King James, etc., 28,915 were from the United States.

During the service year, 2,340 Kingdom Halls were completed around the world. This represents an average of 195 halls per month, or just over 6 per day! Since November 1999 when the construction program in lands with limited resources began, 11,700 Kingdom Halls have been built. As of right now, 40 Kingdom Halls are being build each week of the year. In many areas, once a hall is finished, meeting attendance soars and halls are soon filled to capacity.

Live on a Paradise Earth
Has your minister, priest or religious leader mentioned this wonderful hope to you? Of course they have not, most clergymen say nothing about it. In fact, many do not even believe the Bible. This is an important reason why Jehovah’s witnesses call at the homes of people of other religions.

The efforts of Jehovah’s witnesses to approach people in public and at their homes are rooted in the Word of God. Jesus himself went directly to the people, and he instructed his apostles and disciples to do likewise.

The Witnesses’ beliefs, based entirely on God’s Word, the Bible, prevent them from falling into the trap of becoming a sect or a cult. They take a kindly interest in all other people, of whatever religious persuasion. No, they do not try to force these people to change their viewpoint. They endeavor to imitate their Leader, Christ Jesus, by presenting Scriptural evidence of the trouble-free Paradise that will soon be established on earth.

Answer 5

I think they desperately need the prayers of Christians, that God will open their eyes, unstop their ears, and soften their hearts so that the gospel of Christ might bring them to spiritual life. I fear for them, that on the Day of Judgment they will say to Christ, "Lord, Lord! Have we not preached in your Father's name, and prophesied the time of the end in your Father's name, and sacrificed our lives on the altar of blood, and traversed land and sea to proselytise for the organization, and given all our time and money to the organization?"

JWs are almost entirely sincere, law-abiding, decent people. Yet they know themselves that sincerity alone is not enough. Truth is vital. Some have breathtaking arrogance, claiming they have The Truth. They don't even say any other religion has SOME truth! They believe nobody can be a Christian unless they are a baptized JW. They think they are unique - a delusion (apart from the blood transfusion doctrine) for loads of other groups are conscientious objectors to war, preach the gospel world-wide (in more ways than the JWs do), stand up for purity of worship and do not make financial gains.

Further, their claim to be unique in using God's personal name is rubbish. Don't they know God has MANY personal names? And what's the point of calling God 'Jehovah' when they cannot call him 'Father'? All God's spirit-filled children call him, 'Abba, Daddy'! Barely 0.1% of their members are spirit-filled. Their rejection of paganism is shallow. The French and Jewish calanders don't use pagan names for the days of the week - but JWs couldn't care less about that issue because their leaders haven't made it an issue. All that I've said will be wasted on JWs, however, for they refuse to take constructive criticism on board, and this IS constructive - it's said with a view to shaking them into re-examining their spiritual state, for they could be headed for a lost eternity. That's why I plead with any Christians reading this to PRAY for JWs. Until God breaks through the barriers their leaders have set around them, they will continue to follow them and their organization's 'cardboard Christ'.

Answer 6

it is funny how people keep saying we are a cult. a cult worships man. we worship Jehovah God and Jesus Christ. they say we are annoying, would they call Jesus annoying also. we do what he commanded us to do at Matthew 28 verse 19 and 20. as far as blood. no we don't take of it and no we do not want to die. even if I was not a Jehovah Witness, I would never take of it. we have problems just like you do, many work in places right next to you. we can be your neighbor. we are in 236 lands worldwide brother and sister hood. we love each other. we are white,black, or what ever Jehovah made us and we love each other. we can go anyplace in the world and we are welcome in the kingdom hall. you go to a church, and no one knows you. we learn all the samethings. a church is teaching different things. we don't celebrate pagan holidays. Jesus told us to celebrate his death not his birth. and we do, every year on Nisan 14, the last supper or the passover.

Answer 7

Hello!

I am a JW.

All of the answers on here show how true Jesus words are.

Jesus Christ left no doubt about what being his disciple would involve. “A slave is not greater than his master,” he told his followers. “If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also.” Jesus was hated “without cause.” (John 15:18-20, 25; Psalm 69:4; Luke 23:22) His disciples could expect the same—opposition without justifiable basis. On more than one occasion, he warned them: “You will be objects of hatred.”—Matthew 10:22; 24:9.

We are out trying to do what we are TOLD to do. This is NOT a request, but a command. Matthew 28:18-20: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. 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.”

We are trying to do a life saving work. We are trying to encourage everyone to read their Bible. We go door to door to help everyone. When we have our Watchtowers and our publications, they are Bible based. You can use YOUR OWN copy of the Bible to look up the scriputures. All we want to do is help.

Answer 8

I note that you are from the former USSR, though back from before you were a twinkle in your mother's eye. You should know that despite being banned, and their refusal to participate in politics and the military, just months after the collapse, they held a convention attended by tens of thousands, at which over 1500 were baptized.

Answer 9

anyone going out a teaching the word of the Lord whether it is right or wrong is fine in my book. I have nothing against them. I have these nice Jehovah girls come by every once in a while....I can't say I believe everything they teach, but its fun to hear what they have to say. I think we all should be a little more respectful toward others religion.

Answer 10

I think of them as my brothers and sisters who love Jehovah as I do and dedicated thier lives to his will as I have. They are truly a worldwide family who welcome me with open arms no matter where in the world I go and came to my rescue when I was an evacuee from Katrina. Many have now traveled here to help in rebuilding the homes and Kingdom Halls of their brothers and sisters. They truly are the ones Jesus spoke of when he said By this all will know that YOU are my disciples, if YOU have love among yourselves.” John 13:35