Have you ever really asked a JW about blood transfusions, their views on charity and the occult? Whatever the etc etc is, I'm sure you've never spoken (or listened) to them about any of it, or else you would see that they have very reasonable explanations. If you have gained your misinformation from other sources, then I can tell you now, none of it is true. :no:
Google the dangers of blood transfusions. Then Google bloodless surgery. It isn't necessarily the life saving procedure most people have been led to believe it is. It is a huge money making industry. If you think there is no corruption where vast sums of money are concerned then perhaps you need a reality check.
I have read the Watchtower's literature directly on all of them, I am not getting this second hand.
Charities are also huge money making businesses. If they were genuine charities, the big wigs at the top would be volunteers, not marketers making huge salaries.
We believe charity begins at home. We take care of our own and when we are done, we look for others who need help. If every religious institution did that, there wouldn't be much left for governments to take care of....but that is not what we see.
None of our elders are paid. Every one of Jehovah's Witnesses is a volunteer. That leaves funds to be spent where they are needed most.
Actually they are making millions and don't care how unhappy their Church is. It's very corrupt and I've read about this from ex-Jehovah Witnesses about how the entire system works so I don't want to hear it. Organizations like the girl scouts are trying to teach girls skills and network them they are not for-profit groups.
The occult is something forbidden in the Bible. All Christians should avoid it like the plague. That is toying with the devil. (Deut 18:10-12)
That is nonsense. "Occult" just means hidden. I've been into the occult for years and I've seen no Christian devil because the Christian devil is a thing they use to keep you in fear.
Actually we are simply messengers. We are not there to indoctrinate anyone,
Reguardless of what semantics you want to hide behind you are still coming unsolicited to sell a religion, in which your leadership hopes will generate donations in the future. Every Christian organization asks it's members to donate. The most common figure I hear is 10% of one's income.
Like Jesus, we offer people a hope for the future and a way to live life now that will help to prevent the heartache and pain that comes from seeking escape in drug and alcohol addiction, immoral conduct and crime. The Bible has the solution to all our problems.
One doesn't need the Bible to not drink, smoke, harm people or break the law. I am not a Christian and I've never smoked, never drank, never been to jail, and never beaten someone up. I'm not exaggerating, I mean that literally as in never. I don't need your religion to teach me that, just common sense and human decency.
Offering something to someone can be declined. We are not there to annoy anyone, just to offer hope and help to those who need it and who seek a better way to live. How horrible is that?
It's horrible when it's for a corrupt organization such as the Watchtower which is known to have made the leaders fairly wealthy.
Only ignorant people are nasty. It is not against the law to knock on someone's door and offer them hope.
The idea that you offer them "hope" is a matter of opinion. I think telling someone to believe in a book in a way that contradicts most of known science and actually harms them spiritually is not hope but a lie.
If you wish to decline, what is the point of being rude? It just shows what kind of person 'you' are.
There is nothing inherently wrong with being rude if the person has harassed you if that is the only thing that will make the message clear. The very act of coming on my property to sell me your religion opens the door to have that religion criticized, mocked or scalded. I'm not saying that is nessisarily the ethical thing to do in every case but if you go to someone's door multiple times after they say they are not interested like in the original post of this topic, such rudeness might be required since being nice didn't work in the past.
We have a commission from Jesus to preach the good news of God's kingdom....if you don't want to know about it, that is entirely up to you.
You have a command by an organization who claim a book tells you to. A book of which no contemporary copies exist for Jesus's or his apostle's time survive today.
