Is it the purpose of Jehovah's Witnesses to get into homes to run down other people's beliefs, or is it

Question

their purpose to explain what the Watchtower teaches?

Answer 1

Our purpose in approaching people is bible education.
Not opinions, Not to change your religion.
We have in many cases found people in serious need and helped to provide what was needed at the time.
I particularly enjoyed the time when some brothers found an elderly lady in the cold of winter, who had run out of firewood. They grabbed an axe and cut trees, split wood, built a fire, and kept a watch on her needs for the rest of the winter.Her son was very pleased. Yes, it goes on, but you should understand that we love people and attempt to help in all ways needed.
So again, the purpose of our visits is to find Jesus's sheep, and educate them in God's ways.
A true witness will always turn to a bible when a question is asked...........If we don't have the answer, we come back with it.

Answer 2

I wish other religions would come round my area as often as Jehovah's Witnesses do. This would show that they take seriously Jesus command at Matthew 28:19, 20 to make disciples and teach them the things that he commanded them. It would also show that they really believe they have the truth and have genuine love for neighbour.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not have to enter anyone's home to fulfill the above scriptural command. They can teach the Bible from the door-step or informally at work, for example.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach the Bible, not the Watchtower. They realise that the Bible is the authority. The Watchtower merely presents a topic for discussion and takes people to the Bible. If someone is looking for an answer to a specific problem, it is not as simple as opening up to a certain chapter of the Bible and reading it, the Bible is not written like that. The Watchtower and the Awake present the topics and scriptures that are pertinent to those topics. Householders are invited to look up the cited verses in their own Bibles and even raise objections if they wish.

Householders are also encouraged to use their own reasoning and reach conclusions themselves which is a better teaching technique than simply telling someone what to believe.

It would appear though that there are some on Yahoo Answers whose sole purpose it is to 'run down' the beliefs of the Witnesses, which is a complete waste of time.

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shjOld - Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe: that eternal life is earned, they see it as a gift. "The gift God gives is everlasting life." (Romans 6:23)

That becoming a "Kingodm publisher" is the key to salvation.

That Lucifer is Satan. The expression “shining one,” or “Lucifer,” is found in what Isaiah prophetically commanded the Israelites to pronounce as a “proverbial saying against the king of Babylon. (Isaiah 14:4) The description “shining one” is given to a man and not to a spirit creature is further seen by the statement: “Down to Sheol you will be brought.” Sheol is the common grave of mankind - not a place occupied by Satan the Devil. Those seeing Lucifer brought into this condition ask: “Is this the man that was agitating the earth?” Clearly, “Lucifer” refers to a human, not to a spirit creature. (Isaiah 14:15, 16)

That the angel who became Satan was one of the first two creations.

That Jehovah 'gave' Satan 6,000 years to rule the earth. It can be worked out from Bible chronology that approx 6,000 years has passed since Adam and Eve's creation.

Since the Bible is a prophetic in places; Daniel, Ezekiel, the gospels, Revelation, which Christian faith would not be fascinated by Bible prophecy?

Answer 3

Neither.

Some have the misconception that Jehovah's Witnesses go from door-to-door to insult other beliefs or merely distribute literature, such as The Watchtower magazine. In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses would go from door-to-door even in lands where their literature is banned, or if there were no hope that anyone would change their religion or even listen to them!

That is because Jesus Christ specifically assigned the house-to-house ministry to the Christian congregation, with no regard for specific results.

(Luke 10:1,2) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Jehovah's Witnesses are trained to direct attention to the bible, and move on when their message is unwanted. Since each congregation in the United States tries to call at every home in its territory at least twice each year, there is strong motivation for them to move on where little interest is shown. Also, the Scriptures help the Witnesses to expect little interest from most:

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching ...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.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm

Answer 4

It is the purpose to show people what the Bible teaches. Hence people are encouraged to look up the scriptures sited or quoted in, not the New World Translation but their own personal Bible.

Answer 5

Our purpose, first off, isn't to "get into homes". I personally am rarely comfortable going in a stranger's home, even when invited. It isn't very safe.

Our purpose is to offer information on the Bible.

It is then the person at the door's turn to decide, answer or don't, talk or don't.

Answer 6

The answer to your question is no.
So many people think it is what the Watchtower teaches. It is what God teaches. We encourage ones who take our publications to look up the scriptures in there own personal bibles.

Answer 7

Don't Worry About Hell
Jehovah's Witnesses -- What Do They Believe?


Issue Date: May/June 1985


They offer a cunning mixture of Scripture verses and "almost" Christian doctrines. Their approach, like that of the Mormons, is to stress elements of their doctrine which avoid controversy. The rest comes later.

But they are an "organization" of slaves, working desperately to "earn" eternal life. They seek salvation, not by grace, but by becoming "Kingdom Publishers."

They don't have a personal relationship with Christ (who they say is not God), but rather they observe a system of law and works.

They devote their attention to an all-encompassing fascination with prophecy, and the "vindication of God's sovereignty." They believe:

Jehovah God existed from the beginning. His first creations were two angels, Michael (who later becomes Jesus) and Lucifer. Jehovah God created all else through his firstborn, Jesus (Michael).

Jehovah appointed Lucifer to watch over earth, but the angel became jealous of Jehovah. He seduced Adam and Eve, and became Satan. He dared challenge Jehovah's right to rule! Jehovah gave Satan 6,000 years to try to win over all humanity. When he fails, Jehovah God will re-establish his kingdom and destroy Satan and all his rebellious followers, thus vindicating Jehovah's name (an obsession with Witnesses).

After thousands of years of this struggle, Jehovah God arranged for Michael to cease to exist and be recreated as Jesus, a human. He was killed as a ransom on a torture stake (not a cross) for all mankind. This released men from Adam's sinful legacy, and gave them a chance to be worthy of eternal life, if they were faithful Witnesses.

When the human Jesus died, he stayed dead. He was recreated as a spirit (no bodily resurrection) and lives in heaven.

Jesus Christ (now Michael) returned to earth invisibly in 1914 (the date has been changed repeatedly) and is working through his "Organization" to re-establish Jehovah's kingdom over the earth.

The final battle between Jehovah and Satan, the Battle of Armageddon, is to start shortly, settling the question, "Who will rule earth?" A very special 144,000 Witnesses, the only ones considered "born again," will rule with Jesus in heaven at the end of this battle. All other Witnesses (numbering millions) will survive Armageddon, and live forever on earth, in the kingdom of the "New World."

After 1,000 years of this utopian Kingdom comes the final test. Satan will be loosed for a while and deceive many. He and those who rebel with him will be destroyed by fire from heaven (no eternal hell, just quick annihilation). Jehovah's sovereignty over all creation will have been vindicated once and for all.

While many Christians disagree on the order of final events, there can be no disagreement on the work of Christ, or one is not really Christian. J.W.'s bear the indelible mark of a cult: they claim Christ's death on the cross is not sufficient for full salvation. One must believe that Jesus is God, and also in His bodily resurrection. Both are denied by the Witnesses.

In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses deny most of the basic doctrines of Christianity. Former Witnesses point out several basic denials:

They claim:

Jesus Christ is not God. Rather, he is Michael the archangel.
The Holy Spirit is not a person, but an "active force." J.W.'s are unitarians, denying the Trinity.
When you're dead, you're dead. Man has no eternal soul, any more than animals.
Jesus Christ was not raised bodily from the grave, but was recreated as a new "spirit body."
Jesus returned invisibly in 1914. There is no "visible coming" planned in the future.
There is no hell. Just like animals, when we die, it is over.
Only 144,000 people achieve heaven. The rest, faithful Witnesses who have died, will be recreated on earth during the kingdom of the "New World."

Focusing on the Old Testament, their system is a legalistic one. They forbid blood transfusions (they say that is eating blood). They also consider any salute to a flag as worship of that flag, and therefore prohibited. They don't vote, hold public office or serve in the military.

Consumed with preparing for a "New World," they know nothing of "New Life" in Jesus Christ.

Answer 8

you got it right the first time honey

Answer 9

They only want to show you the error of your ways.

Answer 10

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