I think Jehovah Witnesses wear facades?

Question

Seriously, the ones that I have known would not let their children hang out w/ non jehovahs, how is this something that God woudl teach he says love all, and talk to anyone, then i knew one where he didnt even know his own sons age b/c they dont celebrate b-days, that sounds so shallow, yet he drank wine? Can someone explain to me exactly what is the purpose of the Jehovah Witnesses religion? What exactly do they worship?

Also, yes, they help you with your problems? No they don't, they just want you to convert and read the bible, hello, if you are homeless how is this going to help you? Why don't they offer shelters, or some sort of income for people who have real everyday problems? And yes, I was friends with a Jehovah Wintness for years and they gossip and do things that are considered evil.

Answer 1

So Let Me "Get this Straight"

As a RESPONSIBLE Parent; You would (JUST LET) your Children "Hang Out" with ANYBody their "Young" Hearts DESIRED ???

Answer 2

As far as I know, Jehovah's Witnesses have never claimed to be perfect, and you can't base a whole religion on the few Jehovah's Witness you have known. There are close to 7 million witnesses worldwide and we all have different personalities and different weaknesses like everyone else.

We worship Jehovah the God of the bible. Psalms 83: 18 "That nations may know that you whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the most high over all the earth."

We strive to live our lives in harmony with the bible. Which does not say it is wrong to drink wine, but that it is wrong to be a drunkard. Wasn't Jesus first miracle during water into wine?

We strive to preach the good news of God's kingdom as commanded by Jesus at Matt 24:14 "This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth, for a witness to all nations, and then the end will come."
This work is being done in 236 lands worldwide.

Jehovah's Witnesses have a true brotherhood without prejudice due to race or nationality. We are united in our beliefs. What we believe in the U.S., is the same in Africa, Mexico, Europe etc..

We always take care of our brothers and sisters who are in need first as the bible says to do at Gal. 6: 10 "let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to us in the faith." We do help others that we can, but we feel that the best thing we can do is to give people a hope for the future and teach them how God wants us to live our lifes. In that way they have a hope and a motivation to improve their situation. Like the saying goes..."feed a person a fish and you feed them for the day, teach them to fish and you feed them for life."

As far as association, a good parent knows who his children are associating with and may put restrictions due to the conduct of others. This does not mean they don't love the person as a fellow human being, but they may feel they do not what this persons attitudes or practices to rub off on their children. As 1 Cor. 15:33 states: "Do not be mislead, bad association spoils useful habits." Weren't there kids that your parents wouldn't let you to associate with?

As far as not remembering someone's age...I can't remember how old I am some days. I can't remember how old everyone is in my family. I don't think that's shallow, just memory challenged.

Answer 3

Interestingly, Jehovah's Witnesses' own statistics count about 1 million active Witnesses in the United States, but about 2 million associate themselves by meeting attendance. Secular surveys generally note that about 1% (or 3 million) Americans identify themselves with Jehovah's Witnesses. In summary:
...1 million practice
...2 million attend
...3 million identify

Clearly, there are many who identify themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses while having little or no formal connection with the religion. This questioner is to be commended for seeking information about Jehovah's Witness beliefs, but should be cautioned that such information may be of limited use in understanding a family which is only tangentially committed to the faith.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20050508/article_01.htm
http://jw-media.org/beliefs/membership.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/index.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20060401/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_08.htm

Answer 4

What an interesting question. I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and have been my entire life and am truly proud of that . As far as hanging out with ones who are not JW's, that can apply to anything or anyone. If a person had a problem with drinking, he or she certainly would not hang out with people who drank. I feel each person has to choose whom his or her associates will be, that is one thing about freedom of choice that we have. The Bible does teach us to love one another and help one another and that is why JW's go from door to door; we give our time to people. We pay our taxes and obey laws just like everyone else. As far as drinking alcohol, the Bible does not condemn that, it does however condemn "drunkedness", but drinking in modesty is okay to do per each individual. That website that was given earlier to you is a great help and can answer anything for you.

Answer 5

might solutions from former witnesses or former unbaptized believers be ok. i'm a baptized Lutheran Christian, yet i take advantage of to be a unbaptized believer in JW doctrine and that i take advantage of the term unbaptized believer through fact I had believed the doctrines yet in no way have been given a JW baptism itself. I do undergo in techniques seeing a minimum of a million witness having a moustache interior the days I went to Bible examine and Kingdom hall conferences. I do undergo in techniques analyzing an editorial on the reality that as quickly as a Spanish guy who used drugs had examine a Watchtower e book referred to as creation, he gave up drugs and shaved his beard, which gave me the impact that a witness replaced into no longer assume to strengthen a beard. i understand in recent times why i did no longer see witness men strengthen a beard, this is through fact through fact beards are regarded down upon interior the business company worldwide, the Witnesses are no longer allowed to positioned on a beard through fact the Watchtower Society needs witnesses to look great on each occasion they knock on doors.

Answer 6

Don't be silly!
Facades are *so* 1995! ;)

Answer 7

By the way we don´t believe in hell as a place of torture according to Romans 6:23 death is the pay of sins.

WHY DON´T you came to my country in Dominican Republicto see How many people received help in San Jose de Ocoa by JWS?

and the bible don´t forbid alcohol but get drunk, but the one that didn´t know the date was a lazy thinker, we all know all our dates but we don´t celebrate it.

Jehovah's Witnesses—Who Are They? What Do They Believe?

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.

They are dedicated to
God to do his willIt 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.

They believe the
Bible is God's WordFrom 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."

God's personal name in ancient Hebrew

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 name as related to
a courtroom dramaThe 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 8

well, all christians are pretty nutty on who they hang out with.

why would you want to hang out with someone who was going to hell? <---- common christian thought. and if i really thought i was going to heaven and you were going to hell, it makes little sense....us hanging out.

christians think atheists are going to hell....atheists like myself....so why would they want to befriend me? and JWs think most other people are hellbound.

they are wacko...but the same sort of wacko that all christians are....just times ten.

Answer 9

Everything that you need to know is found here:

http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htm