What is with all the bashing on Jehovah Witnesses tonight?

Question

Jen now that you point that out... Hum this seems to be true...

Answer 1

It is the only religion that is universally disliked by every religion, Christian or not, as well as the non-religious. Also, every government on the planet, even though they obey the laws and pay their taxes more than anyone else. You can't say that for any other religion, not even satanism.

Answer 2

Why do people want to talk about something they know nothing about.We live in a free world remember,well let me say the people that live in America live in a free world.If you all got a problem with a religion then you all got a big problem.They the Jehovah Witnesses are good people some are a little brain washed that come from there parents all of the years Jehovah drilled into there heads they don't knock on doors as much any more as they used to.If they do come to your door and you don't want to talk to them all you have to do is nicely ask them to leave and they will and if you talk to one of them you might learn something they want bite or at least not hard.I am married to a Jehovah Witnesses I am not one and really have no religion but she is the best woman I have met we have been married for 26 years so when you people with nothing better to do than bash someone or a religion needs to find a new hobby.

Answer 3

Among all religions that I have encountered, JW are the most relentless messengers of the words. Spending their time walking around that many would think annoying to the neighbors and were even persecuted along with the Jews before but it never bothered them and they moved on. I may not submit myself to their belief but I honestly respect their ways. They do not harshly attack other religions like some do. I hope people would see that as their pious way and your kind decline may just be appropriate.

Answer 4

"tonight"? my friend, it has been happening ever since Jesus' day. i strongly encourage you to study/learn about us by reading our site or publications or even going to 1 of our meetings. We never charge a single cent & TRUST me...pretty much all the bad things pple. say about us are half truths & outright lies. The BIble foretold God's true religion would be noticealbe by their love, "fruits", & persecution/hatred they endure. I wonder why soooo many pple. sit here & LIVE to harm us?? :0

Answer 5

I think some people find it easy to attack one thing or group at a time. While annoying there is an advantage. I find it rather easy to just click on the asker's name and answer th 10 or so questions about us at once.

Answer 6

I haven't seen the Jehovah Witness bashing but while we're at it, we should include the Scientologists - they are all touched in the head.

Answer 7

I can't remember the last time we picked on the Jehovah Witnesses.

Answer 8

Lets clarify a few things. Since sin, mankind is less than perfect. Perfection is YHVH's standard. YHVH sent the Savior YAHOSHUA so that by receiving Him man could receive the perfection needed to live in a perfect world. If a person chooses not to receive this gift, then he cannot live in the perfect world, and therefore, when the Almighty cleanses this world with fire, and burns up all sin (prior to making this world new, and perfect) then those people attached to their sins will be burned up with the sins they refuse to give up. How could the Almighty be more generous???? If they don't understand truth, I guess it makes some folks feel better to criticize others

Answer 9

Who Are They?

IT IS the desire of Jehovah’s Witnesses that you become better acquainted with them. You may have met them as neighbors and fellow employees or in other daily affairs of life. You may have seen them on the street, offering their magazines to passersby. Or you may have spoken briefly with them at your door.

Actually, Jehovah’s Witnesses are interested in you and your welfare. They want to be your friends and to tell you more about themselves, their beliefs, their organization, and how they feel about people and the world in which all of us live. To accomplish this, they have prepared this brochure for you.

In most ways Jehovah’s Witnesses are like everyone else. They have normal problems—economic, physical, emotional. They make mistakes at times, for they are not perfect, inspired, or infallible. But they try to learn from their experiences and diligently study the Bible to make needed corrections. They have made a dedication to God to do his will, and they apply themselves to fulfill this dedication. In all their activities they seek guidance from God’s Word and his holy spirit.

It is of vital importance to them that their beliefs be based on the Bible and not on mere human speculations or religious creeds. They feel as did the apostle Paul when he expressed himself under inspiration: “Let God be found true, though every man be found a liar.” (Romans 3:4, New World Translation) When it comes to teachings offered as Biblical truth, the Witnesses strongly endorse the course followed by the Beroeans when they heard the apostle Paul preach: “They received the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so.” (Acts 17:11) Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that all religious teachings should be subjected to this test of agreement with the inspired Scriptures, whether the teaching is offered by them or by someone else. They invite you—urge you—to do this in your discussions with them.

From this it is apparent that Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in the Bible as the Word of God. They consider its 66 books to be inspired and historically accurate. What is commonly called the New Testament they refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures, and the Old Testament they call the Hebrew Scriptures. They rely on both of these, the Greek and the Hebrew Scriptures, and take them literally except where the expressions or settings obviously indicate that they are figurative or symbolic. They understand that many of the prophecies of the Bible have been fulfilled, others are in the course of fulfillment, and still others await fulfillment.

THEIR NAME

Jehovah’s Witnesses? Yes, that is the way they refer to themselves. It is a descriptive name, indicating that they bear witness concerning Jehovah, his Godship, and his purposes. “God,” “Lord,” and “Creator”—like “President,” “King,” and “General”—are titles and may be applied to several different personages. But “Jehovah” is a personal name and refers to the almighty God and Creator of the universe. This is shown at Psalm 83:18, according to the King James version of the Bible: “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.”

The name Jehovah (or Yahweh, as the Roman Catholic Jerusalem Bible and some scholars prefer) appears almost 7,000 times in the original Hebrew Scriptures. Most Bibles do not show it as such but substitute “God” or “Lord” for it. However, even in these Bibles, a person can usually tell where the original Hebrew text uses Jehovah because in those places the substituted words are written in large and small capitals, thus: GOD, LORD. Several modern translations do use either the name Jehovah or the name Yahweh. Hence, the New World Translation reads at Isaiah 42:8, “I am Jehovah. That is my name.”

The Scriptural account that Jehovah’s Witnesses draw on for their name is in the 43rd chapter of Isaiah. There the world scene is viewed as a courtroom drama: The gods of the nations are invited to bring forth their witnesses to prove their claimed cases of righteousness or to hear the witnesses for Jehovah’s side and acknowledge the truth. Jehovah there declares to his people: “Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.”—Isaiah 43:10, 11, American Standard Version.

Jehovah God had witnesses on earth during the thousands of years before Jesus was born. After Hebrews chapter 11 lists some of those men of faith, Hebrews 12:1 says: “So, then, because we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Jesus said before Pontius Pilate: “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.” He is called “the faithful and true witness.” (John 18:37; Revelation 3:14) Jesus told his disciples: “You will receive power when the holy spirit arrives upon you, and you will be witnesses of me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the most distant part of the earth.”—Acts 1:8.

Hence, some 6,000,000 persons today who are telling the good news of Jehovah’s Kingdom by Christ Jesus in over 230 lands feel that they properly refer to themselves as Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Answer 10

I just tried to 'knock' them a little bit :) :)

Seriously, I had no intention of bashing. I just know that the JWs are kinda weird when you take the time to engage them when they come around to your house. One group came around for years afterward. A little nutty, IMO.