What do you think of Jehovahs Witnesses?

Question

please tell me.

Answer 1

They are very nice people with good intentions and do not mean anyone harm.

Answer 2

Would these same people say the same thing about Jesus and his Apostles since they were Witnesses of Jehovah and went house to house knocking on people's doors and talking to them in the streets.

Answer 3

As a Witness myself it would be inappropriate for me to rate them as good or bad seeing as how I obviously am going to say good things. I must say though we are not a dangerous cult. No one is hurt and there are no hard rules to follow. (Some claim we have lots of rules and such, and are forced to go out a certain amount of time monthly. In the past this was kind of true – but it has not been like that for awhile. It was Biblically realized that putting hours on service made it look like a business and was not allowing people to freely show love for God. We are supposed to love God for honest reasons – not for fear of getting in trouble. The Watchtower never claims infallibility; it has made many mistakes, so it readjusted.

The rules are simply stated on the website:

Conscience
Jehovah's Witnesses avoid making rules and regulations beyond those provided in the Scriptures, and they do not follow traditions that contradict Bible teachings. Emphasis is placed on personal application of Bible principles and the value of a sound, Bible-based conscience.—Matthew 15:9; 2 Corinthians 1:24.

As for shuning:

Do you shun former members?
Those who become inactive in the congregation, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned. In fact, special effort is made to reach out to them and rekindle their spiritual interest. If, however, someone unrepentantly practices serious sins, such as drunkenness, stealing or adultery, he will be disfellowshipped and such an individual is avoided by former fellow-worshipers. Every effort is made to help wrongdoers. But if they are unrepentant, the congregation needs to be protected from their influence. The Bible clearly states: 'Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.' (1 Corinthians 5:13) Those who formally say they do not want to be part of the organization any more are also avoided. What of a man who is disfellowshipped but whose wife and children are still Jehovah's Witnesses? The spiritual ties he had with his family change, but blood ties remain. The marriage relationship and normal family affections and dealings can continue. As for disfellowshipped relatives not living in the same household, Jehovah's Witnesses apply the Bible's counsel: "Quit mixing with them." (1 Corinthians 5:11) Disfellowshipped individuals may continue to attend religious services and, if they wish, they may receive spiritual counsel from the elders with a view to their being restored. They are always welcome to return to the faith if they reject the improper course of conduct for which they were disfellowshipped.

So you can see that we are not dangerous.)

Answer 4

i think jehovah's witnesses are people just like anyone else. whether i agree with them or not...everyone has a right to worship the way they see fit. i hate when people are mean and down-right rude to them. i am a christian. i am not a jehovah's witness but if i am mean to them then i cannot be in right standing with God. i think people that are not JWs should stop being so mean to them. They make the JWs look like the only christians and themselves look evil. We are suppose to love each other even if we do not agree.

Answer 5

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 6

JW's are good people trying to earn their way into paradise. Some individuals are respectable, some are hypocritics, every church has those. Personally, I feel bad for them, their theology is terrible and their dedication to 'a higher authority' (watchtower/bethel publications) restricts them from reading and realizing the truth for themselves. Christ said to ''go and make disciples of all men'' and the JW's seem to be doing this the most earnestly of all denominations. Which is a real tragedy. Those who fall into this cult find themselves too intimidated and scared for their soul to challenge the Watchtower rhetoric and get out.
Cults can be identified as an organization that proclaims an exclusive insight or 'revelation' to earn the after life, with membership and obedience to the rules of that cult being most critical for salvation. So when you're told enough times that you're going to hell if you don't perform good deeds - you perform! Some cults teach suffering and rejection is proof you are on the right road to heaven.
How sad.
JW's knock on doors to save THEIR soul. Their many false prophecies over the last century have identified them as "false prophets" - be not afraid of them. They have gone so far as to make several mistranslations of God's word, in an attempt to solidify their theology.
Be not afraid of them, because you're not part of their church does not condemn you to hell. Pray for them, that they will open their hearts to hear what God has to say and what he has revealed for all those who want to know.

Answer 7

WHAT DOES THE WORLD THINK OF THESE VERSES AND THESE FACTS

Matt.24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came
unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and
what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all
the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken
of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let
him understand:)

At 2007, the KJV Bible 1611 C. E. has been in circulation in the world 396 years. The word of God is for the last days and the time of the end.

WHAT PART OF THE WORLD HAS BIBLE TIMES OF THE END FACTS?

At year 3460, Dan.12:1-13; The time of the end is at 2520 years after Babylon Empire #3 [ was 606 B. C. ], ended Judah kings, there will be no king but Jesus at his second coming [ after Rev.12:3,4,6-11,12; Satan's short time
[ WHAT IS SATAN'S SHORT TIME IN THE TIME OF THE END? AT TO BIBLE ],
that the same Michael gives Satan in the time of the end and Satan is down
on earth among us in the time of the end. ANTICHRIST HERE HOW LONG?

Jesus was at God's right hand until Satan and 1/3 angels were cast down John 3:13-17; No one went to heaven but Jesus, Acs 2:27-35; to how long?
Satan to be under the feet of the raised up to be with Jesus Rom.16:20; John 6:39, 40,44; 14:3; Satan down has a place is prepared for the heavenly to be raised up, gathered Mark 13:27; caught up 1Thes.4:15-17; to be with Jesus as his heavenly Rev.3:12; Gal.4:26;
Rev.20:1-6,12,13; No Satan 1000 years.
The heavenly for the new heavens Rev.3:12; 2Pet.3:13; are with Jesus at his 2nd coming, to resurrect the earthly for the new earth 1Cor.15:22-28,51-53;

When you figure out the gospel of the kingdom Matt.24:3,14; meant for the time of the end, that the bible is also [ now many translations ], it is Jehovah's
Witness to his people [ who else can one witness for but the one Jesus was a witness for? and ], in the time of the end "the Kingdom," when Satan is down among us, and that Jesus as the word made flesh John 1:14; came to be the savior of the world and the greatest witness of his God and Father John 20:17; 17:1-26;
WHO IN THE WORLD IS NEAREST TO UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE?

The bible is not heaven and hell, trinity, purgatory, traditions of the world, but the coming kingdom with our Lord Jesus as king 1000 years to make all as perfect as before Eden, to save all possible.

Answer 8

They're some of the best people you will ever have the opportunity to meet. We love our God Jehovah and are dedicated to doing His will in spite of much hatred and misunderstanding from the masses.
Peace

Answer 9

Jehovah's wintneses are people who made their own religion from Islam, Judism and chritsianity.

Answer 10

It makes me uncomfortable to be around Jehovahs because of their beliefs in regard to gifting, birthdays, holidays etc.

Also, when our company gave Christmas bonus's, the JW said he couldn't take it unless we called it something else. So we told him it was commission check and he took it....

Answer 11

I think that they should just leave their magazzines at the mail box or something. If we are interested we'll read them if not we'll just trow them in the trash or something. when they come I have to open the door because my 2 year old keeps screaming 'who is this"
You are so funny J*