Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, Atheists, Buddhists, Hindi, Muslims, Mormons, JW's, ... ad nauseam.
What kind words do you have for those who feel your beliefs are "bone-headed wrongness"?
2007-12-11 17:14:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses are not loved by everyone.
http://jw-media.org/newsroom/human_rights.htm
Some people hate Jehovah's Witnesses out of ignorance, or over some misunderstanding. A few may have had a bad personal experience with an individual who claimed to be a Jehovah's Witness, and prejudicially extended their animus to this entire Christian religion.
However, it seems that the majority of anti-Witness hatred is motivated by religious intolerance and bigotry. A few may even be motivated against their Christian worship by the unseen 'god of this system of things', Satan the Devil.
(2 Corinthians 4:4) the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers
Interestingly, such "hatred" should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:
(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.
(Luke 6:22) Happy are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and reproach you and cast out your name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man.
(1 Peter 4:4) Because you do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of you.
(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; 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.
It seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/jt/index.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/20030301/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/20020401/article_01.htm
2007-12-12 20:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess the the scale of extremism with Fundies on the Far Right and Atheists on Far Left, I would be on the middle left as an Agnostic. The middle right would probably a fairly "liberal" religious person.
I actually can somewhat stand these people and some of my friends are such. They usually don't take the OT as literal, and can accept evolution, geology, and Jesus at the same time.
2007-12-12 01:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by Moo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Merry Christmas
2007-12-12 01:29:58 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
any thing you believe in is good for yourself, if someone is disheartened by you beliefe they are not enlightened.i do not like the ones that Prostheletize and try and try again to convert to their way of belief. im sorry but thats just plain wrong..
" why should i love god if he hung his only son like a slab of veal to die" the Maquis DeSade.
sorry thats the only quote i remember. anyhow good luck to all for a happy Yule season > Namaste.
2007-12-12 02:52:19 · answer #4 · answered by old fart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it just me, or are the words from the atheists not kind at all? Oh well. Good luck on your 'scientific theory' or whatever..
2007-12-12 01:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by Sam64 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
May you enjoy the life you seek to find
2007-12-12 01:18:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I hope you find all the peace you desire in whatever way you think is best, as long as it harms no one.
2007-12-12 01:27:37 · answer #7 · answered by Yggdrasil 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
mostly I respect your moral code but I refuse to believe in a diety.
2007-12-12 01:24:28 · answer #8 · answered by Robert M 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about? Won't the whole lot of us look pretty silly in the end?
2007-12-12 01:21:07 · answer #9 · answered by eris 4 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Merry Christmas! Jesus Loves You!
2007-12-12 01:20:45 · answer #10 · answered by Apostle Jeff 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋