Jehovah Witnesses is this a confusing religion to you?

Answer 1

No.

As a strictly academic matter, Jehovah's Witnesses do have a remarkably satisfying, bible-supported theology which frequently seems to almost literally "have all the answers"; yet isn't that what one would expect from true Christianity?

Jehovah's Witnesses 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 2

The religion is not confusing once you study it.


We do not believe in pre-destination.

We believe that people besides the anointed will live forever on earth remade as perfect humans.

We feel the anointed will live in heaven.

Doing work does not get you salvation or a higher rank.

We do not claim to be profits, or claim the Watchtower or Awake is infallible.

We do not force preaching, people who want to share their beliefs and are move by God to do so preach.

Witnesses do not make money off the magazines.

The Magazines are no Bible substitute.

The Governing Body should not to be held any higher than anyone else.

We do not believe preaching does not make you better than anyone else.

We are not the only ones that will be saved.

Answer 3

No more confusing than most other religious sects. They are quite fundamentalist, and although most of the ones I have met are very devout and well-meaning, they seem to be focused on the hereafter to the neglect of the here and now, imho. It seems to be all pie in the sky, along with shunning those who rebel, even one's own children. I have heard of cases where their practices have led to family strife and perhaps bad consequences for some young members of JW families. They employ the use of elders to decide in cases of conflict, and these have the power to "dis-fellowship" people, which can result in minor children being shunned, in at least one case I know of. Surely, that ain't right. Maybe too much power is granted to the elders, who don't seem to have to answer for the consequences of their edicts, which at times are harmful.

Answer 4

It is confusing only to those who have been blinded.

The truth is very simple and uncomplicated.

Trinity: three different persons, but all the same?

Immortality of the soul: This is what Satan told Adam. That you will not die if you disobey God.

Hell fire: Jesus said if you don't believe you will perish, not be tormented forever.

If you want clarity and honesty, search out your local Kingdom Hall and ask for a free bible study.

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Answer 5

We read at 2 Corinthians 4:3, 4: “If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through.” Satan does everything possible to turn mankind’s attention away from God’s Kingdom as the solution to the world’s problems.
Thats My Final Answer.

Answer 6

I think they are all kind of confusing honestly. I think each religion has some form of truth to it. Which one is the right one? Just like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop the world may never know. Keep the faith though if you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Answer 7

No it's not confusing - it is as logical as any other religion but whether I choose to believe in it is up to me

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

More like just this side of a cult to me.

Answer 10

I don't get why they do it, if people destined for heaven are pre-selected by god anyway, why bother?