What do you think of Jehovah's Witnesses?

Answer 1

I think they are honest and dedicated people who truly believe in what they are preaching even if I do not agree with their interpretation of scripture.

Answer 2

Consider what one businessman wrote to the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses: “I am writing to ask permission to hire Jehovah’s Witnesses. I want to hire them because I know for a fact that they are honest, sincere, and trustworthy, and they will not cheat you. The only people I really trust are Jehovah’s Witnesses. Please help me.”

Jehovah's Witnesses don't lie or cheat. They are respectful, serious, loving.
Many persons after coming to the Kingdom Hall for the first time said that they were amazed by the way they were received. They said that they felt love and warm. That's how I felt too.

So, don't judge us before you know us.

Answer 3

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/index.htm?article=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 4

I like Em.......Its really amusing to me to see the Ignorance of
the people that get on here and make statements like: (I shor caint figer how thems can let a little ol beby die koz they wont give it no
blood transfeusin.!!)
The facts are that more and more (enlightened) people are choosing bloodless surgery over the use of blood. For many
reasons,One is of course tainted blood,who wants to gamble on getting Aids?that is a death sentence! But the main reason that
(True) Christians dont, is because its against Gods law....

Answer 5

I think we are ALL, Witness or not, immperfect humans doing what we feel is right. I think we are often misunderstood, as some of the other answers make clear.

Answer 6

Consider looking up the comments made by Jane Fonda, when she was appearing on Johnny Carson's show with Charlton Heston (Moses in "Ten Commandments").

She said that she only hired JWs as servants, such as maids, drivers, gardeners, etc., as they could not be bought for private info on their employer. The drawback on them is that they will also quit if their employer is doing something illegal, such as smoking pot, unless its made of porcelain, though that might be a little hard to light.

When Charlton Heston asked her why she didn't become one, if she liked them so much, she said that she couldn't see herself leading such a life as closely dedicated to the teachings of Christ, and neither could he (Heston).

Answer 7

All i know are honest, loyal and caring. they follow the law of the land and respect the government. They have more faith in the blood sacrificed by Jesus rather than the blood of some human. they really follow what the bible says.

More importantly they show true love.

Answer 8

Jehovah’s Witnesses: The worldwide Christian society of people who actively bear witness regarding Jehovah God and his purposes affecting mankind. They base their beliefs solely on the Bible.

What beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses set them apart as different from other religions?

(1) Bible: Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the entire Bible is the inspired Word of God, and instead of adhering to a creed based on human tradition, they hold to the Bible as the standard for all their beliefs.

(2) God: They worship Jehovah as the only true God and freely speak to others about him and his loving purposes toward mankind. Anyone who publicly witnesses about Jehovah is usually identified as belonging to the one group—“Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

(3) Jesus Christ: They believe, not that Jesus Christ is part of a Trinity, but that, as the Bible says, he is the Son of God, the first of God’s creations; that he had a prehuman existence and that his life was transferred from heaven to the womb of a virgin, Mary; that his perfect human life laid down in sacrifice makes possible salvation to eternal life for those who exercise faith; that Christ is actively ruling as King, with God-given authority over all the earth since 1914.

(4) God’s Kingdom: They believe that God’s Kingdom is the only hope for mankind; that it is a real government; that it will soon destroy the present wicked system of things, including all human governments, and that it will produce a new system in which righteousness will prevail.

(5) Heavenly life: They believe that 144,000 spirit-anointed Christians will share with Christ in his heavenly Kingdom, ruling as kings with him. They do not believe that heaven is the reward for everyone who is “good.”

(6) The earth: They believe that God’s original purpose for the earth will be fulfilled; that the earth will be completely populated by worshipers of Jehovah and that these will be able to enjoy eternal life in human perfection; that even the dead will be raised to an opportunity to share in these blessings.

(7) Death: They believe that the dead are conscious of absolutely nothing; that they are experiencing neither pain nor pleasure in some spirit realm; that they do not exist except in God’s memory, so hope for their future life lies in a resurrection from the dead.

(8) Last days: They believe that we are living now, since 1914, in the last days of this wicked system of things; that some who saw the events of 1914 will also see the complete destruction of the present wicked world; that lovers of righteousness will survive into a cleansed earth.

(9) Separate from the world: They earnestly endeavor to be no part of the world, as Jesus said would be true of his followers. They show genuine Christian love for their neighbors, but they do not share in the politics or the wars of any nation. They provide for the material needs of their families but shun the world’s avid pursuit of material things and personal fame and its excessive indulgence in pleasure.

(10) Apply Bible counsel: They believe that it is important to apply the counsel of God’s Word in everyday life now—at home, in school, in business, in their congregation. Regardless of a person’s past way of life, he may become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses if he abandons practices condemned by God’s Word and applies its godly counsel. But if anyone thereafter makes a practice of adultery, fornication, homosexuality, drug abuse, drunkenness, lying, or stealing, he will be disfellowshipped from the organization.

Answer 9

Depends on the individual. Are you wanting me to tell you how they changed the bible, are a cult, etc. Well I am not going to feed into that. I have met some outwardly nice JW's and they usually don't want nothing to do with me when they find out that I am not interested in playing religion with them. Then come to think of it so are many other denominational church folk types. I hope I am never like that and if I am please confront me. I wear jeans and tie dyes or surf wear

Answer 10

jehovah's witnesses are annoying but why are you judging them? weren't you the one that told me people need to quit judging people?
you ought to talk-if people move to countries other than their own-they should try to learn the language and she needed to speak to me in english because i was talking to her in english to begin with so i was not rude-i acted like i should have-by being so stern she will understand that she defitnitly needs to learn how to speak in english otherwise she would continue to not care about learning english..