An analysis of the Jehovah's witness's religion
When the name of Jehovah's witness arises, most of the public of differing religions, a picture of an overly nice person or group of people all dressed in suits and nice clothes, arrive at your door and offer a sampling of pamphlets, (large or small). To most of the general public, the religion is a far cry from Christianity, but this is untrue, as a visit to one of the services that the congregation provides.
Upon arriving at the building Kingdom hall of Jehova's Witnesses, there was nothing especially different about it except there was no cross on the outside nor a steeple. Arriving about a half an hour early we were greeted with a handshake and a almost too friendly smile from a member of the congregation. As we waited for the service to begin, more and more people started to pile into the building.
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English: Line chart of Jehovah's Witness membershi...
jehovah-ExodusSlowly conversations between members and nonmembers, including myself. After about twenty minutes, the talking reseeded and people started to seat themselves. The inside of the room was well lit up with no pews, but there were many chairs connected by metal bolts on the bottom of each chair. Amazingly though there was no cross and no altar. First the service started with singing, as any ordinary church would. We sung out of a book of songs that they provided for us.
After the singing there was a guest speaker from Bagley, Minnesota. The speaker spoke to the congregation about topics in the bible, his speech lasted about three fourths of an hour. Afterwards the priest came to the podium and thanked the guest for coming. Then the priest leaded another song, sung from the song book. Next the congregation headed a bible discussion from an article...
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Very good article. I'm actually studying to be a Jehovah's witness. And I see what you mean by intolerance. But it's not how you think. Jehovah's witnesses call other religions misguided because of scripture, not because they are intolerant. The bible defines the last days, and what people will be like during those times.
2 Timothy 4: 3,4 reads-- 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.
So this belief come directly from the bible. We are living in a period of time where the unnatural seems natural. You missed their point. Premarital sex, violence, thievery, murder, unnatural desires; the whole world is misguided. But the bible tells of a man that came and changed that. Jehovah's witnesses are just following that man the best way they they can.
If he says something is true. They believe him. We believe the bible to be the word of God, and we take that belief seriously. People call us intolerant or arrogant, but Jehovah's witnesses are the last people to cause trouble. There's always a few bad seeds. But for the most part we are honest, hard working people. Even though we don't agree with same sex marriage. You wont see Jehovah's witnesses protesting it. They take neither sides. We are neutral. The bible tells us to put our faith in God. Jehovah will be the decider. It is not our place to judge.
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