Explain why people do not like Jehovah Witnesses..?

Question

I mean really..... And you can not use the 'they are a cult' because I can connect cult with ANY other religion out there..

Or that they go door to door.. Yes, it can be strange in drive you crazy but to hate them because of it..?

Or that they do not do blood tranfusion... If you think about Catholics drink it. Sounds stranger to me... Of course I know it is NOT real blood but they do call it the 'blood of christ'.

Or that they do not celibrate holidays...Think about it, some religions have a bunny that lays eggs and a fat man that snicks into your house to leave your children presents.. Sounds like a perv to me..

So why..?

I can almost compare everything about them to almost anyother religion out there.. You find something wrong about them I can find something wrong about other religions.

And DO NOT try to bring up the they molest children.. Catholic priest are no better.. .

Or that thay change things in the bible... Look at all the religions out there, What have they changed in the bibles over the years to suit them..?

Answer 1

"What they won't tell you:

They believe that all true Christian churches are of the devil.

They believe Jesus is not God, but is the Archangel Michael - the first being created by God.

They deny that God is a Trinity.

They believe Jesus died on a stake, rather than a cross.

They deny that Jesus rose bodily from the dead.

They believe that ony 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses will go to heaven. The rest will live forever in a paradise on Earth, never meeting the person who died for them - Jesus Christ.

They believe that salvation is impossible outside of the Watchtower.

They are not allowed to question the Watchtower leadership or teaching.

They claim you need to read the Watchtower's magazines and other material in order to understand the Bible correctly. If you don't read the Watchtower's books, you will "fall into darkness" - what they call reverting to normal Christianity.

They have falsely predicted the end of the world five times.

They have just changed a major Watchtower prediction that the end of the world would come before the generation of Witnesses born before 1914 died.

They used to forbid any vaccinations or organ transplants, even to save lives.

They are encouraged to visit homes for at least 10 hours per month distributing Watchtower materials.

They use their own special translation of the Bible which mistranslates the original texts.

They are well known to disown, shun, and ignore any friends and family leaving the cult.

They discourage tertiary education.

They are not allowed to be in the army or wear crosses.

They are not allowed to celebrate birthdays.

They are not allowed to celebrate Christmas - the date we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ."

Answer 2

It is important that everyone understands that "new light" which a phrase that is only used a very few times, is not about adding to the scriptures. It means that we realize that something that we might have been doing that was unscriptural, we are no longer doing. There was a time when we celebrated holidays that had a pagan basis. We don't do that any more. There was a time when we called those who take the lead in the congregation by a title, like Pastor. We don't do that anymore, after thinking and meditating about scriptures that say that we shouldn't. We once thought that 1914 was going to bring the end of this system of things. We don't anymore., although it is still clear that it is a scripturally marked year. Most of the changes are not major. We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, and that Jesus Christ is the only begotten first born son of Jehovah. We never believed that any book that we or anyone else has written beyond the scriptures is direct revelation from God, not any more. If we establish something, it is to bring us closer to the earliest most accurate manuscripts of the Bible - NEVER because some human in our day said that God told him that this or that is true. So when people say that we do, they are not telling the truth. It has been this way in our literature and throughout the decades that I have been dedicated to Jehovah

Answer 3

I don't dislike Jehovah Witnesses. I think that as a group they are good and moral people who want to live lives that honor God. What I don't like is the false teaching that they have fed to them from the Watchtower that has a spotty record of putting out doctrines and then reversing them at a later date and hiding the lack of true divine inspiration under the umbrella of a proverb that really has to be twisted to be made an explanation for how Jehovah could reveal his immutable truth in one instance to the Watchtower and some time later change it around and then later on change it back to what it first was.

Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Answer 4

I've been one of Jehovah's Witnesses for 20 years....before that, I spent the earlier part of my life in Christian churches and colleges studying religion, finding out about its origins, etc.

The biggest reason churches hate JWs is because we are a threat to their livelihood.

The big wigs running the religions won't tell you that the stuff we found out and teach as truth we MOSTLY found in THEIR reference materials, Greek word dictionaries, Bible translations, etc.

The Protestant religions originally rejected the trinity doctrine, but went back to it. Most also rejected holidays which were illegal in the USA from 1620-1730, then just not done except to fast (not eat) on Dec. 25 until businesses started marketing various things beginning with cards in 1825, trees in 1840, etc.

Most church Bible dictionaries as well as encyclopedias admit the trinity doctrine is not explicitly in the Bible, but is an invention of the NT church. That it is not derived from the Bible (finished AD 96-98), but was formulated (ie: made up) in the Athanasian Creed of the 5-6 centuries AD.

In most every Greek word dictionary you find including Strongs and Vines and Thayers, it is commonly known that stauros means stake not cross.

Much more.

Churches have to scare people away with any horrible thing they can think up to say about us so people won't start investigation of these things. Which they would if they weren't afraid to talk to us even.

We collect "authoritative references" like Vines, Strongs, old Bible dictionaries and other things. We just don't bother with what you would call "denominational" literature which generally contains only what church leaders want their members to read.

Nor do we bother with materials written against other religions such as books against Mormons, Kingdom of the Cults, etc. as we know from experience they will not tell us much of the truth about those faiths and we'd be hampered with false information and just look plain stupid answering to beliefs and customs others don't even follow.

I've read the Quran several times, conducted studies with Muslims, have the Mormons additional writings, other things.

It doesn't change your religion to be educated, only confirms it.

If you (or anyone) wants to see many of these references free online, I have them linked to several of my sites on the net.

Debbie

Answer 5

I personally don't have anything against them. An elderly couple came to my door about three month's ago. They told me they were Greek Orthodox before they converted. I spoke with them and was polite, i spoke with them for half an hour and even accepted their booklets. For the next two months they knocked on my door once a week. I listened politely but made the duration of the talks shorter. On the last visit they turned up with a colleague that was Australian ( someone more culturally attuned to myself). I noticed also that five of my neighbour's had Jehovah's Witnesses at their door's. It was like a hit. It smacked of the nature of a predator. I guess it was my fault, i should not have given them the time of day. I was only trying to be polite.

Answer 6

I think Jehovah's witnesses are great people and I have a friend who is a Jehovah witnesses. To be honest I have learnt stuff from them I would not be able to learn from others. I do not agree with there doctrines and beliefs because they do not agree with the bible. Even your founding Pastor Russell said this
"Jehovah… will put all false prophets to shame either by not fulfilling the false prediction of such self-assuming prophets or by having His own prophecies fulfilled in a way opposite to that predicted by the false prophets."
Having said that how many prophecies have never come to pass.

False Prophecies Show Inability to Interpret Scripture.

I am sorry to tell you this but how can someone believe the teachings if they are false.

Answer 7

Um, perhaps, because they try to convert you and try to make you feel your beliefs are not right, if they differ from theirs.
Anyway though, think of it this way, you said it yourself, you can find something wrong with every religion out there... and the truth is that of course you can, most religions are controlling... but, i think the reasons you listed are actually some of the reasons people don't like them. Also, most people are close-minded fools and will hate anything that differs slightly from their supposed "normalcy."

Answer 8

I don't "hate" JW's, but I do find it intrusive when they come to my door. Mormons bother me for the same reason. I couldn't care less about their beliefs, but I find it very intrusive to have someone come to my door to preach to me. I also had a pair of Christians of some variety come to my door once...when I said I wasn't interested and tried to close the door, the guy put his foot in the door. I VERY quickly let him know that he had just gone from an annoyance to a threat, and he would be wise to get off of my property before I call the police.

Believe what you want...but stay the hell off my doorstep.

Answer 9

I wouldn't say that I don't like JWs as such but I'm not fond of some of the things they do. My biggest concern is that they would allow one of their family to die because they don't believe in blood transfusions. When it concerns children who cannot speak or decide for themselves then I find that unacceptable. But no more unacceptable than suicide bombings or wars in the name of God.

Answer 10

I don't hate anyone, but I don't like the fact that they knock on my door at 7:30 AM on Saturday and my office can't have any parties (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, birthdays, anything) because of the two JW's who work there who scream about how it offends them.