Why Jehovah´s Witness?

Question

Are not involved in the war against other nation?
Do not ask for tithing?
Do not support the war between Israel and palestinian?
Do not involded in politics?
Do preach that the God´s Kingdom under the rule of Jesus will fix all the injustice in the earth?
Were killed under persecution of Hiltler, Mussolini, Franco(Spain), Isaiah Afwerki in Eritrea (Africa).

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.

Answer 2

Neutrality of the national and political sort is an idea fostered since the early 1900's within their organization based on scriptures stating not to be a part of this world. Also, war involves violence against other people, which JW's believe is prohibited by the bible.

Tithing not required by the NT of the bible, and can be considered an abusive practice. Also, JW's don't have a clergy, so why tithe to support infrastructure they don't have.

God's Kingdom under Jesus is an idea they've developed in the late 1800's to explain certain scriptures which contradict the idea that humans go to heaven when we die. It's not necessarily any more of a valid reasoning than the churches they criticize for the heaven belief.

Many groups are persecuted through the world. JW's are not special in this. Right now, entire tribes are being wiped out in Sudan by muslim's. China violates human rights for those who fall out of favor of their communist party. Shiites and Sunnis are killing each other and Americans in Iraq. Etc, etc.

Answer 3

On the History Channel, they did a story about WWII, where an Army Sharp Shooter, who was Mormon.

He was sighting down on a German solder who turned out to be a fellow Mormon whose family the Sharp Shooter had stayed with while on Missionary work in Germany, prior to the war.

He missed the shot, but how many other Christians, had both solders already killed.

The actor in the story was the grandson of the Army solder. In the story, he carried the same photo of his grandmother that his grandfather carried in the war.

In the USSR, they had manditory military draft. How many Christians were a part of the system for firing off nuclear weapons? Or creating them?

How many Christians did we kill in defense of the Muslims, who were being wiped out in the Balkans?

Answer 4

I don't know, but their view of Jesus is wrong.

Jesus Christ Is the Son of the Living God. Jesus was without sin and shed His Own Blood for the remission of our sins. Jesus Christ, in His new everlasting resurrected Body, raised from the dead, victorious over death for us. His resurrected body ascended to the right hand of God. Place of all authority. God highly exalted Him with the Highest Name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow & tongue confess, "Jesus Christ is Lord." to the Glory of the Father.

God (Elohim) the Father, Word & Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is also the Word of God and so therefore God with the Father & Holy Spirit. The Word (Bread from Heaven, Emanuel) came to earth as a human (Son of Man) and dwelt among us. Jesus said, as He ascended, for us to go forth and spread the good news of Gods Redeeming Grace, baptising them in the Name of the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit (clear trinity verse).

Jesus was born of a virgin, conceived of the Holy Spirit, without sin nature. The mother is of Israel, and the Holy Spirit is of God.

Answer 5

They really have their own religion. I do not condone persecution of anyone, but I did agree with the recent court ruling in Canada that allowed social services to intervene in cases where parents refuse blood transfusions for young children facing serious medical problems.

Answer 6

It's just their beliefs. Which are not scripturally based. Just read the info in the link. http://www.carm.org/jw/nutshell.htm A bit wacky if you ask me.

Answer 7

You forgot, don't know crapola about the Bible!
But I give them an A for effort.

Answer 8

Can you see Jesus in a foxhole with a machine gun??
Oh, I forgot most people think we don't believe in Jesus,
but we will risk our lives and go to jail instead of kill another human.

Witnesses were beheaded because they stood up to the Nazi war machine that the Catholic church would not. They would rather die than to be found unfaithful to God. They could have signed a piece of paper denouncing their faith in Jehovah, but the vast majority did not.

Tithing? Jesus said "you received (God's Word) free, give free" Matthew 10:8

"Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" 2 Corinthians 9:7

But Peter said to him: “May your silver perish with you, because you thought through money to get possession of the free gift of God" acts 8:20

Support the war between Israel and Palestinians?

>>"Do [you] preach that the God´s Kingdom under the rule of Jesus will fix all the injustice in the earth?"<<

From: Reasoning For The Scriptures 1989
Pages 227-232 heading: Kingdom

Sanctify Jehovah’s name and uphold his sovereignty

Matt. 6:9, 10: “You must pray, then, this way: ‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Let your kingdom come.’” (Here the sanctifying of God’s name is closely associated with the coming of his Kingdom.)

Ezek. 38:23: “I shall certainly magnify myself and sanctify myself and make myself known before the eyes of many nations; and they will have to know that I am Jehovah.” (God’s name will be cleansed of all reproach; it will be treated as holy and deserving of respect, and all who live will be persons who willingly uphold Jehovah’s sovereignty, delighting to do his will. Upon such sanctification of Jehovah’s name the peace and well-being of all the universe depend.)

Put an end to Satan’s tolerated rulership over the world

Rev. 20:2, 3: “He [the heavenly King, Jesus Christ] seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while.” (Thus mankind will be freed from the satanic influence that has made life very difficult for people who want to do what is right. Gone will be the diabolic influence that has caused acts of extreme inhumanity and the demonic influence that has filled the lives of many with fear.)

Unify all creation in worship of the one true God

Rev. 5:13; 15:3, 4: “And every creature that is in heaven and on earth and underneath the earth and on the sea, and all the things in them, I heard saying: ‘To the One sitting on the throne [Jehovah God] and to the Lamb [Jesus Christ] be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.’” “Great and wonderful are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are your ways, King of eternity. Who will not really fear you, Jehovah, and glorify your name, because you alone are loyal? For all the nations will come and worship before you, because your righteous decrees have been made manifest.”

Bring mankind back into harmonious relationship with God

Rom. 8:19-21: “The eager expectation of the creation [humankind] is waiting for the revealing of the sons of God [the evidence that those raised to heavenly life with Jesus Christ have gone into action as rulers]. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will but through him that subjected it, on the basis of hope that the creation itself [mankind in general] also will be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God.”

Free mankind from all threat of war

Ps. 46:8, 9: “Come, you people, behold the activities of Jehovah, how he has set astonishing events on the earth. He is making wars to cease to the extremity of the earth.”

Isa. 2:4: “They will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.”

Rid the earth of corrupt rulers and oppression

Ps. 110:5: “Jehovah himself at your right hand will certainly break kings to pieces on the day of his anger.”

Ps. 72:12-14: “He [Jehovah’s Messianic King] will deliver the poor one crying for help, also the afflicted one and whoever has no helper. He will feel sorry for the lowly one and the poor one, and the souls of the poor ones he will save. From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood will be precious in his eyes.”

Provide an abundance of food for all mankind

Ps. 72:16: “There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth; on the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.”

Isa. 25:6: “Jehovah of armies will certainly make for all the peoples, in this mountain [in heavenly Mount Zion, the seat of God’s Kingdom, provision for its earthly subjects will be made], a banquet of well-oiled dishes, a banquet of wine kept on the dregs, of well-oiled dishes filled with marrow, of wine kept on the dregs, filtered.”

Remove sickness and disabilities of all kinds

Luke 7:22; 9:11: “Go your way, report to John what you saw and heard: the blind are receiving sight, the lame are walking, the lepers are being cleansed and the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, the poor are being told the good news.” “He [Jesus Christ] received them kindly and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God, and he healed those needing a cure.” (Thus Jesus demonstrated what he as heavenly King will do for mankind.)

Provide suitable homes for everyone

Isa. 65:21, 22: “They will certainly build houses and have occupancy; and they will certainly plant vineyards and eat their fruitage. They will not build and someone else have occupancy; they will not plant and someone else do the eating.”

Assure satisfying employment for all

Isa. 65:23: “They will not toil for nothing, nor will they bring to birth for disturbance; because they are the offspring made up of the blessed ones of Jehovah, and their descendants with them.”

Guarantee security, freedom from danger to one’s person or property

Mic. 4:4: “They will actually sit, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, and there will be no one making them tremble; for the very mouth of Jehovah of armies has spoken it.”

Ps. 37:10, 11: “Just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; and you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.”

Cause righteousness and justice to prevail

2 Pet. 3:13: “There are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell.”

Isa. 11:3-5: “He [the Messianic King] will not judge by any mere appearance to his eyes, nor reprove simply according to the thing heard by his ears. And with righteousness he must judge the lowly ones, and with uprightness he must give reproof in behalf of the meek ones of the earth. . . . And righteousness must prove to be the belt of his hips, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.”

Safeguard mankind from any injury due to natural forces

Mark 4:37-41: “Now a great violent windstorm broke out, and the waves kept dashing into the boat, so that the boat was close to being swamped. . . . With that he [Jesus] roused himself and rebuked the wind and said to the sea: ‘Hush! Be quiet!’ And the wind abated, and a great calm set in. . . . But they felt an unusual fear, and they would say to one another: ‘Who really is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?’” (Thus Christ demonstrated the power that he as heavenly King will exercise over such natural elements.)

Resurrect the dead

John 5:28, 29: “Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice [the voice of Christ the King] and come out.”

Rev. 20:12: “I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. But another scroll was opened; it is the scroll of life. And the dead were judged out of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds [those done following their resurrection; compare Romans 6:7].”

Remove all death due to inheritance of Adamic sin

Isa. 25:8: “He will actually swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all faces.”

Rev. 21:4: “He will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”

Provide a world in which people genuinely love one another

John 13:35: “By this all will know that you are my disciples [hence, in line to be Jesus’ associates in the heavenly Kingdom or earthly subjects of that Kingdom], if you have love among yourselves.”

Bring animals and humans into harmonious relationship with one another

Isa. 11:6-9: “The wolf will actually reside for a while with the male lamb, and with the kid the leopard itself will lie down, and the calf and the maned young lion and the well-fed animal all together; and a mere little boy will be leader over them. And the cow and the bear themselves will feed; together their young ones will lie down. And even the lion will eat straw just like the bull. And the sucking child will certainly play upon the hole of the cobra; and upon the light aperture of a poisonous snake will a weaned child actually put his own hand. They will not do any harm or cause any ruin in all my holy mountain.” (Also Isaiah 65:25)

Hos. 2:18: “For them I shall certainly conclude a covenant in that day in connection with the wild beast of the field and with the flying creature of the heavens and the creeping thing of the ground, . . . and I will make them lie down in security.”

Make the earth a paradise

Luke 23:43: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.”

Ps. 98:7-9: “Let the sea thunder and that which fills it, the productive land and those dwelling in it. Let the rivers themselves clap their hands; all together let the very mountains cry out joyfully before Jehovah, for he has come to judge the earth. He will judge the productive land with righteousness and the peoples with uprightness.”

Compare Genesis 1:28; 2:15; Isaiah 55:11.