Why are most Christian people constantly judging Jehovah Witnesses?

Question

There is a lot of hatred or strong dislike towards Jehovah Witnesses. As a Christian, shouldn't it be more opposite? Shouldn't there be more love regardless of the name? I have never heard a Jehovah Witness kill someone or do harm, but Catholics or other branches are always caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Not to say any branch of Christianity is better. Just to say that shouldn't we have open arms to anyone who is willing to do the actions of God's will? Didn't Jesus say in the bible that whoever is doing the act of God, is with God? And shouldn't we stop judging other people because that was also asked of us by Jesus? To take the rafter from our own eye than to try to extract the straw from another?

Answer 1

It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses are not loved by everyone.
http://jw-media.org/newsroom/human_rights.htm
Some people hate Jehovah's Witnesses out of ignorance, or over some misunderstanding. A few may have had a bad personal experience with an individual who claimed to be a Jehovah's Witness, and prejudicially extended their animus to this entire Christian religion.

However, it seems that the majority of anti-Witness hatred is motivated by religious intolerance and bigotry. A few may even be motivated against their Christian worship by the unseen 'god of this system of things', Satan the Devil.

(2 Corinthians 4:4) the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers

Interestingly, such "hatred" should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:

(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

(Luke 6:22) Happy are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and reproach you and cast out your name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man.

(1 Peter 4:4) Because you do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of you.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

It seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:

(Matthew 28:19,20) 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.


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Answer 2

I'm so sick of hearing how only Jehovah witnesses are the only ones hated, that's not true, in fact jws religion hates other religions, do you remember their book with churches on the cover and a blood sword over them that says -The day of Jehovah-
That’s what jws think about other religion, if you are not a jws you are worshiping the devil ( just ask them if you don't believe me, ask them who's the author of the trinity...)
Example of their pictures here
http://www.reexamine.org/quotes/pictures.htm
Here are quotes from their literature about how only they are going to be saved:
Watchtower 1990 June 1 p.11 Jehovah Is Our Ruler!
Jesus' disciples alone saw him depart, even as ONLY Jehovah's Witnesses recognize his invisible return.
Watchtower 1988 January 1 p. 20 "The Good News Has to Be Preached First"
Of all those who claim to be Christian, ONLY Jehovah's
Witnesses take the preaching of the good news seriously.
Watchtower 1982 November 15 p. 20 Who Are God's Ministers Today?
And who are doing this God-given work? ONLY Jehovah's Witnesses.
You Can live Forever (1982, 1990) p.255
Do not conclude that there are different roads, or ways, that you can follow to gain life in God's new system. There is only ONE.
You must be part of Jehovah's organization.
If you do this you will watch the failure of the lawless ones.

This is what Jws think about other religions, what about those three protestants that were killed in Turkey a couple of weeks ago, do you think people LOVE Islam, here is a anti Catholic site if you think people love Catholics http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/SS/anti1.htm
So no, jws are not the only ones judged and hated

Answer 3

Perhaps you haven't heard that the Watchtower Society "invites careful and critical examination of its [publications'] contents in the light of the Scriptures." (The Watchtower August 15, 1950, p. 263) Perhaps you haven't heard their claims: "So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? These questions can be answered in the affirmative. Who is this prophet? ...This 'prophet' was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses... Of course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a 'prophet' of God. It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done is to review the record. What does it show?" (The Watchtower, April 1, 1972, p. 197) It is not an expression of "hatred," nor is it persecution when others claim that Jehovah's Witnesses are a false religion or a cult. "It is not a form of religious persecution for anyone to say and to show that another religion is false. It is not religious persecution for an informed person to expose publicly a certain religion as being false, thus allowing persons to see the difference between false religion and true religion. To make a public exposure of false religion is certainly of more value than exposing a news report as being untrue; it is a public service instead of a religious persecution and it has to do with the eternal life and happiness of the public." (The Watchtower, November 15, 1963, p. 688) We are merely taking the Watchtower Society up on its offer to critically examine their publications and their prophetic record, which according to the organization itself is a "public service." We are also admonished in the Bible to "contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints." (Jude 1:3) The Watchtower Society promotes a different Jesus, a false gospel, and distorts the faith once for all handed down to the saints. We are trying to reach out in love to individual Jehovah's Witnesses (who, btw, are NOT our enemy) to let them know that they are being deceived by a man-made organization.

Answer 4

When Jesus was on earth, he was persecuted, spoken of abusively called a false prophet or teacher, and was dislikedby some so much so that they even plotted to kill him in the end. The Bible says that all those desiring to live in Godly devotion, in association with Christ Jesus WILL be persecuted. Jesus also said:"Bear in mind the word I said to you, A slave is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also.....(John15:20)So then, it is no wonder that Jehovah's Witnesses are receiving the same kind of treatment, persecution,false accusations, and false judgement just as Jesus did.

Answer 5

It has to do with the fact that
-JW's also judge the historic Christian church. They call us the whore of Babylon and apostate Christendom.
-JW's and the truth are briefly acquainted
-JW's picketed in front of and disrupted Christian services on a regular basis in the last 100 years.

As the question about how the JW's view us at the kingdom hall. The next question you ask about love, why not ask them that?
You never heard of a JW killing anyone. Why are there judges available around the clock to provide judicial orders for treatment of dependants? That failing to provide reasonable and safe treatment for a dependant looks like killing people to me.
If you do some study of the history of the JW's, you will see that they have a pre-existing rafter in the eye. "Pastor Russell" denied certain cardinal doctrines of historic Christianity before he began.

Answer 6

I have been studying with the Jehova's Witnesses for a few months now and attending meetings as well. I was raised a Wisconsin Synod Lutheran and even attended a private Lutheran school in childhood. My fiance was raised a JW. I know what other churches teach and have even been told by the JW's to do research and make sure what I am studying makes sense to me. I have never been pressured or told what to believe I have been given their info and told to make a decision based on what is right in my heart. I have also looked into and have spoken to many Catholics and attended services with them, I have attended services with Baptists ect.....I have a JW Bible, a Lutheran Bible and a Catholic Bible. All 3 say the same, with different wordings at times but same context, with the exception of the Catholic Bible which has extra books added. I personally believe that the JW's are persecuted so much because they try to spread God's word in a land that is overran by Satan. I can not turn on the TV or walk down the street now without seeing something that breaks my heart, children cursing and beating eachother, war, disease, ect. I have never had a Catholic or Lutheran or Baptist or Jew knock on my door and share their belief with me.....Jesus said~ Go into all the world and preach the good news of salvation to all the people, so why do other religions not do it? If you do not want to hear what the JW's have to say then tell them so. The ones I have the pleasure of knowing will gladly let you be, and do not try to preach to someone who is unwilling to listen. There is no "offering" or "tithing" you can give your money your time or nothing at all. And as far as following the Bible they are the only religion that tries the hardest to do so. Nowhere in the Bible does it say to pray to saints, or celebrate Christmas, or Easter...what does a rabbit have to do with Christs resurrection anyway? When you pledge allegience to the flag you are idolizing it, you should pledge yourself to God and nothing else.....and as far as blood tranfusions go, Jehova said we are not to do them, I would rather lose my life for following his laws than save my life and lose so much more....and, does it not make sense as we have so many diseases (AIDS) and others that are killing people daily....every religion has their good and bad, and I am having a hard time finding the bad in the JW. If you have questions, they are their to talk to you...

Answer 7

It is probably because they are one of the only groups that go public, door to door, and they are doing what the bible commissions people to do- to share the good news. Jesus wasn't recieved too nicely all the time either. If you follow Christ's example, then why would a person expect to be treated better than he was.

Answer 8

Exactly. I'm not Christian, but I'm friends with a Christian family. My uncle's family is Jehovah. Everybody should try to see the way other people of different religions see the world, not judge their way of life. My friend's Christian family are good people, and so is my uncle's family. As for me being a Catholic, it doesn't really matter what religion, I think. We should all get along, since we are all human beings. But, it's not as easy as that either, many people think differently, thus so much hate for Jehovah's coming from different religions. If we all got along, the world would be way nicer, no crime, no bad people, and no murders, theft, anything like that. Even if we all got along, we'd still have problems with Earth itself. Global warming, for instance, is another threat to the world. So no matter how much the world gets along, it still wouldn't be perfect. Natural disasters would still be present. Since that is so, it doesn't make any difference. We should all continue to tyo to get along with one another. Live life to the fullest, you know?

Answer 9

Christ4me is correct and i would like to quote her:

"When you follow a religion that does things contrary to what Jesus taught while He was here on earth, then the religion you are following is wrong. Period."

So, i am assuming you, Christ4me is going door2door teaching the things Jesus' taught his disciples while he was here on earth? (Matthew 24:14) since that seems to be the famous command the Jesus gave to his disciples. What else did Jesus taught while on earth that you can outright say you are actually doing?

JWs fits the perfect discription Jesus himself gave while on earth. They are preaching; going door2door and this is done in all the inhabited earth. They do not participate in war or support it. They are not part of this world just as Jesus was not part it this world and stay neutral in all politics. This is the only religion I know who actually live by what they learn in the Bible...some yes, may fall short but at lease majority of them tries to live by God's high moral standards.

I admire the Jehovah's Witnesses because despite of all the hatred and animosity towards them, they continue to follow the footstep of Christ closely. Jesus came to earth to minister and that is exactly what Jehovah's Witnesses are doing.

Christ4me, your quoted words "When you follow a religion that does things contrary to what Jesus taught while He was here on earth, then the religion you are following is wrong. Period."........ with all due respect, ma'am, I believe this applies to you and not to the JWs.

Answer 10

I do not judge you. I only wish for you to know the truth, just as you wish for all to know your version of the truth.

The strangest thing of all is that I told my JW friend of how I have been saved and baptized and love the Lord, and she still brought someone over to try to convert me. I tried to be kind, but it was an awkward and confusing situation. I know what I believe - God's Word [NWT is not recognizable as God's Word due to numerous omissions and additions].

You believe Jesus is an angel. You deny the deity of Christ, His physical Resurrection, the personhood of the Holy Spirit and salvation by grace. You deny the basic doctrines of Christianity, yet you say you are the true servant of Jesus Christ.