Olifiz:
I believe everything they practice are admonition or commandments stated in the Bible. If it’s not written or commanded in the Bible JW’s no Dey do am o.

Riofidelio:
I joined the movement because of it's purity! Though most people don't see any difference just like most of Jesus' contemporaries but i'm an inquisitive person like the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well who had special interest in knowing exactly the truth about pure worship despite her promiscuous lifestyle! John 4:2-42

Akinboyepelz:
I believe we all serve one God in different ways.

Olifiz:
I believe everything they practice are admonition or commandments stated in the Bible. If it’s not written or commanded in the Bible JW’s no Dey do am o.

Emusan:


No you're wrong!
Firstly, they don't follow everything stated in the Bible rather they designed their own Bible to follow!
For instance;
>The Father Himself is a witness to His Son
>The Holy Spirit is a witness to the Son
>The early Apostles are all witness to Jesus Himself.
>Jesus Himself said after receiving the Holy Spirit they will be witness UNTO HIM not to anyone! but they claim they are Jehovah witness. Then asked them is Jesus Jehovah they are witnessing for they'll say NO!

Secondly, they cherry-picked any Bible that suit them without considering the context of the passage NOT JUST ONE VERSE!
For instance, a discussion arose BTW my colleague, me and JW fellow. actually, the discussion wasn't about God, Bible, JW nor argument. I remember my colleague just said, "he believes the world will soon end" The next thing the JW man will do is quoting a verse Eccl 1:4 and that my colleague just asked him simple question "Sir, can you continue to read further?" The man couldn't say a word.

something like that happened not up to five minutes the man repeated the same verse and my colleague asked the same question yet this man couldn't answer and ended the discussion!

NOTE my colleague didn't know that the man is a JW but I know the man and reason why he couldn't answer that simple question. This thing happened three days ago.

If you want to know the truth you go out and do research so that you'll be able to select.

Different people of different colors and background have translated original Bible into English language and other languages, why will JW discard 100's of other translations and solely relied on the one their own unqualified scholars translated?

Olifiz:


You are the one who needs to do research. Look for their bible open any verse and check if it’s the same with urs. Their bible is translated to resent English u and I use instead of all those “thy, thee, forseketh etc”.

I think u don’t know how Dey got that name “Jehovahs Witness” go n do research pls. It’s in Isaiah 43:10-12 pls read it. I know ur bible will write God or Jehovah Dey are the same so u see “witnesses of God or Jehovah"

They don’t cherry pick anything. Maybe the witness arguing wasn’t sound enough.

In fact they don’t only use their bible. Go n research read thru their magazines especially awake they do quote from KJV et al. If u want to know more about them instead of sticking to what u hear people say out of sentiments visit their site JW.org n see first hand for urself. This post is not to convince u but to make u stop making wrong assertions basically from sentiments n from baised mind.

They are one of the peaceful people I have ever known on earth, they don’t engage in fights, politics, riots, protests killings, or as seen in some sects do pray for soldiers to go to war to kill their fellow man and from my experience they are one of the most trusted people u can ever relate with, they are well behaved. By their fruits u shall know them

I really don’t like to compare. But we have seen ur so called God of Men meddling in politics, mostly all about money rather then about God (pastorpreneurs), rituals, etc. they mostly preach about prosperity, how to be rich rather than how to attain salvation.

I have heard stories where people assault them when they preach n never retaliate or beat grudges they still even show hospitality to that person etc. I know it will be hard for u to accept these simple truth for ur mind might have been blinded to agree to certain truths but it’s okay. Stay blessed.

Emusan:
I can see you emotionally outburst written all over your comment but I just want to enlighten you not argue with you.



Where did I say their Bible didn't translate into English?

My point about their Bible is WHO ARE THE NOTABLE SCHOLARS that involved in the translation of their Bible?



Here we go, I know the Bible says in Isaiah 43:10-12 that "YOU ARE my witness..." but the best question a seeker of truth will ask is who are these YOU the Bible is referring to here?
Also, go to Old Testament you can see many references to God promising to do something but New Testament revealed Jesus to be the actual person doing those things.
If God says you are my witness in the OLD TESTAMENT and the New Testament points to Jesus Christ as the one we all need to witness to, even Jesus Himself said we should be His witnesses. Who are you to decide for God?



He is an elderly person, I know something like this will come...mind you I have had many discussion with both young and elderly people of JW and my question always render them speechless, only to find one excuse to discharge themselves.



If your claim is true, why then they don't go with the KJV translation of John 1:1 as "...and the word was God" but they only go with their own Bible as "...and the word was a god"
isn't that a double standard?



Thank God you didn't say THEY ARE the only peaceful people on earth but THEY ARE ONE OF which means other peaceful people still exist and even among Muslims, Atheist, Hinduism and Buddhism there are peaceful people.



If the way SOME people used God's name to dupe people is what is affecting you, sorry you can carry your frustration to another place.

God will judge individual according their deed

Goodness4525:
The dichotomy bw the xtian and the jw is, the former know and teach the truth of the scripture but rather choose to do or act in exact opposite of it,popularly known to be obsessed with money hence everything about them is money oriented, while the latter is a group that is designed and trained to teach people away from the vocal point of the religion,hence they developed their doctrine and belief in disagreement with crucial belief of xtianinity and teaches men so to achieve their supposed goal

U can see their readiness for that mission as they patrol the town daily to carry out the evil assignment

Riofidelio:
That's the layman's point of view Sir. To fully grasp what's going on, you need to fully understand how Christianity ought to be practiced first then you'll be able to distinguish between what's right or wrong in Christianity. Satan has been brandishing different forms of worship to distract mankind from listening to God's instructions right from the beginning,he succeeded in contaminating the worship of the Israelites,then that of the Jews and later pounce on Christianity but Jesus had already prophesied that during the last days Satan will be beaten and his antics rendered useless, how? Because certain men will come together from different religious groups formed by Satan to make researches for the truth and Jesus said these ones He(Jesus) will give them the facts and sacred secrets of the kingdom. Sir what most people were taught or familiar with today was not the original setting Jesus commissioned as Christianity, it's how Satan rearranged it after killing all those who knew the arrangements. Jehovah's witnesses came from different religious groups and background during the 1870s,they continued searching for the truth without letting material gains distract them,they continued digging in God's word until they were able to excavate so many facts buried by Satan's agents(The Churches). So during the early 20th century Satan noticed their moves to restore true Christianity (pure worship) and started attacking them from all sides but it was too late because Jesus has already given them the keys to the knowledge and restored Christianity back in their hands. That's why they're moving with zeal to every corners to warn people about Jesus' next move! All these fact are well documented by Jehovah's witnesses in their books but with strong biblical backings, many may say "they're supporting their religion but that's not the case because God's people always see things from the same point of view, they will come together and agree on standards whereas Satan always keep his own worshippers in disarray even if they agreed they're worshipping the same God! So we shouldn't expect those under Satan's manipulations to concur to whatever God's people say unless they're ready to become part of God's family. Please prove me wrong by presenting what i'm saying before Jehovah's witnesses (with criticism) and see how they will prove from the Bible that it's the truth. I have practiced different forms of religion including Islam but today i'm one of Jehovah's witnesses because that spirit of "searching for the truth" is working in me! Proverbs 2:1-5 compared to 1Timothy 5:21

Hairyrapunzel:


You did not mention the part where your leaders said Jesus appeared invisibly in 1914 after looking around and chose their religion as the one true religion.

Hairyrapunzel:
Another one they teach and believe is that Jesus is not mediator to all mankind rather He is mediator to only the anointed 144000 while the gb (8 old men in new York) is the mediator for the remaining jws

Goodness4525:
The dichotomy bw the xtian and the jw is, the former know and teach the truth of the scripture but rather choose to do or act in exact opposite of it,popularly known to be obsessed with money hence everything about them is money oriented, while the latter is a group that is designed and trained to teach people away from the vocal point of the religion,hence they developed their doctrine and belief in disagreement with crucial belief of xtianinity and teaches men so to achieve their supposed goal

U can see their readiness for that mission as they patrol the town daily to carry out the evil assignment

Emusan:


No you're wrong!
Firstly, they don't follow everything stated in the Bible rather they designed their own Bible to follow!
For instance;
>The Father Himself is a witness to His Son
>The Holy Spirit is a witness to the Son
>The early Apostles are all witness to Jesus Himself.
>Jesus Himself said after receiving the Holy Spirit [b] they will be witness UNTO HIM not to anyone! but they claim they are Jehovah witness. Then asked them is Jesus Jehovah they are witnessing for they'll say NO![/b]

Secondly, they cherry-picked any Bible that suit them without considering the context of the passage NOT JUST ONE VERSE!
For instance, a discussion arose BTW my colleague, me and JW fellow. actually, the discussion wasn't about God, Bible, JW nor argument. I remember my colleague just said, "he believes the world will soon end" The next thing the JW man will do is quoting a verse Eccl 1:4 and that my colleague just asked him simple question "Sir, can you continue to read further?" The man couldn't say a word.

something like that happened not up to five minutes the man repeated the same verse and my colleague asked the same question yet this man couldn't answer and ended the discussion!

NOTE my colleague didn't know that the man is a JW but I know the man and reason why he couldn't answer that simple question. This thing happened three days ago.

If you want to know the truth you go out and do research so that you'll be able to select.

Different people of different colors and background have translated original Bible into English language and other languages, why will JW discard 100's of other translations and solely relied on the one their own unqualified scholars translated?

Emusan:


If your claim is true, why then they don't go with the KJV translation of John 1:1 as "...and the word was God" but they only go with their own Bible as "...and the word was a god"
isn't that a double standard?

Emusan:

Where did I say their Bible didn't translate into English?
My point about their Bible is WHO ARE THE NOTABLE SCHOLARS that involved in the translation of their Bible?

Emusan:

Here we go, I know the Bible says in Isaiah 43:10-12 that "YOU ARE my witness..." but the best question a seeker of truth will ask is who are these YOU the Bible is referring to here?
Also, go to Old Testament you can see many references to God promising to do something but New Testament revealed Jesus to be the actual person doing those things.
If God says you are my witness in the OLD TESTAMENT and the New Testament points to Jesus Christ as the one we all need to witness to, even Jesus Himself said we should be His witnesses. Who are you to decide for God?

Emusan:

He is an elderly person, I know something like this will come...mind you I have had many discussion with both young and elderly people of JW and my question always render them speechless, only to find one excuse to discharge themselves.

Emusan:

If your claim is true, why then they don't go with the KJV translation of John 1:1 as "...and the word was God" but they only go with their own Bible as "...and the word was a god"
isn't that a double standard?

Emusan:

Thank God you didn't say THEY ARE the only peaceful people on earth but THEY ARE ONE OF which means other peaceful people still exist and even among Muslims, Atheist, Hinduism and Buddhism there are peaceful people.

Emusan:

If the way SOME people used God's name to dupe people is what is affecting you, sorry you can carry your frustration to another place.
God will judge individual according their deed

Barristter07:



Good Morning to you.



" ... you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Act 1:8 ESV


To verify your bolded Statement , Are this Apostles Witnesses of Jehovah or not ? ( Isaiah 43:10)



As per your discussion with any person, those of us here do not have the full details , But one thing is certain . we agree this present world will come to an end just as the world of Noah - 2 Peter 2:5

Egyptiana:
You made a degrading statement about the JW Bible and then you claimed that they should have accepted the 100 Bibles written by scholars.
When did religion become curricular?
Did Jesus ask Christians to turn to scholars?
Which of his apostles was a scholar?
Have you read through those hundred of Bibles to see the disparity in them?
What gave you the right to make such
If those scholars accepted other scholars to be honest, why did 99 scholars go ahead to translate the Bible after the first translation?
The Bible said that Jesus himself is also a witness of Jehovah. The Christians in the first century did not hold the same view as you do, if not, they would have called themselves Jesus' witnesses. Rather, they called themselves followers of Jesus. The JW also witness Jesus and they did not choose for God. If you have a problem with the title by which the JW go by, you will be disturbed for long because that title is not going anywhere.
You are making ambiguous statement by saying that Jesus is the one actually promising to do things in the old testament because Jesus himself said that he is the word and there is nothing he does that originates from him but the father. He said that he speak exactly as he has been told by the father. What promises did he make in the old testament that is not the will of God?
This line is what got me. This is a very presumptuous way to express piety and all-knowing. What questions from you could render young and old JW speechless? I have read many of your conversations here and I do not see the questions that have rendered any JW here speechless. You are not intellectually strong to the point of rendering anyone speechless. Do not say that again. It makes you sound petty.
Who told you that JW only go with their own Bible? And if you hold KJV to be a standard for all Bibles, why has the KJV not been consistent over the years? Why have there been edited versions and making changes? Will you force the JW to go with the KJV? Who gave you that right to decide what Bible the JW uses?
Why was the KJV produced when we had other existing Bible versions? Why do we have so many Bible translations in the world?
None of those religions listed are pacifists. He is right to say that the JW are peaceful. He is not a mouthpiece for other religion. He has to speak about his own religion. He is talking about his religious principles and practices and not every individual. If you claim that Atheists and Hindus are peaceful, that is your point of view. The thread is about JW. When you get on a thread about Islam and Buddhism you can share your thought there.
She has a right to free speech. Telling her to carry her frustration to another is very bad of you. It shows lack of respect from you and a desire to pour out your annoyance on him.
Every true Christian should be affected by people using the name of God to dupe people.
does it not bother that people dupe others with God's name? Why does it bother you that JW are called JW? Why does it bother you that JW use their own Bible? Things that should bother you as a Christian do not, but you claim to render people speechless.

Egyptiana:
You made a degrading statement about the JW Bible and then you claimed that they should have accepted the 100 Bibles written by scholars.
When did religion become curricular?
Did Jesus ask Christians to turn to scholars?
Which of his apostles was a scholar?
Have you read through those hundred of Bibles to see the disparity in them?
What gave you the right to make such
If those scholars accepted other scholars to be honest, why did 99 scholars go ahead to translate the Bible after the first translation?
The Bible said that Jesus himself is also a witness of Jehovah. The Christians in the first century did not hold the same view as you do, if not, they would have called themselves Jesus' witnesses. Rather, they called themselves followers of Jesus. The JW also witness Jesus and they did not choose for God. If you have a problem with the title by which the JW go by, you will be disturbed for long because that title is not going anywhere.
You are making ambiguous statement by saying that Jesus is the one actually promising to do things in the old testament because Jesus himself said that he is the word and there is nothing he does that originates from him but the father. He said that he speak exactly as he has been told by the father. What promises did he make in the old testament that is not the will of God?
This line is what got me. This is a very presumptuous way to express piety and all-knowing. What questions from you could render young and old JW speechless? I have read many of your conversations here and I do not see the questions that have rendered any JW here speechless. You are not intellectually strong to the point of rendering anyone speechless. Do not say that again. It makes you sound petty.
Who told you that JW only go with their own Bible? And if you hold KJV to be a standard for all Bibles, why has the KJV not been consistent over the years? Why have there been edited versions and making changes? Will you force the JW to go with the KJV? Who gave you that right to decide what Bible the JW uses?
Why was the KJV produced when we had other existing Bible versions? Why do we have so many Bible translations in the world?
None of those religions listed are pacifists. He is right to say that the JW are peaceful. He is not a mouthpiece for other religion. He has to speak about his own religion. He is talking about his religious principles and practices and not every individual. If you claim that Atheists and Hindus are peaceful, that is your point of view. The thread is about JW. When you get on a thread about Islam and Buddhism you can share your thought there.
She has a right to free speech. Telling her to carry her frustration to another is very bad of you. It shows lack of respect from you and a desire to pour out your annoyance on him.
Every true Christian should be affected by people using the name of God to dupe people.
does it not bother that people dupe others with God's name? Why does it bother you that JW are called JW? Why does it bother you that JW use their own Bible? Things that should bother you as a Christian do not, but you claim to render people speechless.

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