So I'm thinking of becoming a Jehovah's Witnesses.

You cannot come to know God on your own... you need the church.. thanks to whom God has given us his Word and his sacraments through a 2000 year preserved history of tradition and apostolic succession... dont wander on your own.. you cant love by yourself.. so in the same way you need the community of the church to know Christ fully....
DO NOT join a SECT like the Jehovah's... stick with the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church!

PEace be with you!

i've studied with jw's for years. im quite fond of them. they know their bibles well. and i love that.
i've sat in churches that preach fruitless words not even pertaining to the bible. the kingdom hall utilizes the bible and provides scripture for all belief

JW's are no different then the other man made religions.

I'm currently studying with them. Give it a try op. Their interpretation after the Bible is the most accurate imho. Good luck. Here's an ebook to here your feet wet

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They have made many predictions for armagedeon which were false. They are wrong on the blood issue. They are wrong on the date for the temple.

Review their founders. Russell was a mason. Who was the fat guy after russell?? He smoked and brought liquor in from canada during prohibition.

Their version of the Bible is awful.


OP, you do not need a man to find back to your Creator, the biblical God. Actually it´s all the denominations who obscure the narrow path, the personal relationship with Source. Everybody lives by Him, the most unconscious yet.

Search God in your own life first. Which no one else can do.

They are really hard on each other. If you screw up and one of them finds out you're kicked out and no one will speak to you. They like to mind your business for you.

JWs have many false doctrines which contradict the Bible, i.e. that Jesus Christ is not God in the flesh.

Like if u want to refuse eating black pudding, based on the premise that it, belongs to Jehovah, then go on.

Just dont come knocking on my door at 930am on a Saturday.

All of them?

Dont do it, They are a cult and will tear apart your family ! They are hostile and trained like the CIA and FBI if you ever tried to leave them. Theyve been known to wiretap their own members and they keep files on everyone too.

Be a Gnostic instead

Google GNOSTICISM or GNOSTIC Christian and let the TRUE education begin

Or become a Rosicrucian.

many people outside jw's agree with belief that Yhwh sent his only begotten Son... that jesus sits at the right side of his father... like the bible states.

wow.

dont do it!! just steer clear of organized religion!! stick to what you are doing,. im sure as long as you believe, pray, and live a good life, you will be fine....ive seen more evil come out of religion than good. religion is what has made this world so horrible.
it creates HATE.

i say study with them... as far as becoming one? that's up to your believes. i have read so many books and theology of every belief and don't plan to stop. i like studying the bible in many ways... too much to fallow their or any believes exclusively.
never stop searching for truth.

Thanks for all the info guys...

Well? did you do it or not?

At least you can snag their free Bible study and then say no thanks.

They will not even let you have a goatee or beard. Youll get disfellowshipped

No Holidays either, If you have family that celebrate holidays , you cant visit them while they are celebrating or youll be disfellowshipped

No christmas celebrations and no blood transfustions. Become a mormon instead.

Dont do it for GOD'S sake, Jesus, what are you thinking? What could possibly interest you in a closed-minded creepy religion like that?

I am a home health nurse. I had a patient who was a JW. I brought him a book on Chi Gung to help with his diabetes. He took one look, saw some chinese characters and images of energy around the figures, and asked me to take the book from his house.

On my way out, I noticed a huge mirror in his living room, with Chinese characters all around the perimeter. I told him that I liked his "Chinese" mirror. He said that he didn't know what the symbols were and denied that they were Chinese.

Ultimate ignorance and arrogance in that religion bro.

Look within, it's all you need.

Know ye not that your bodies are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwells within you?????

Why not go to a Universalist/Unitarian church?

There are many reasons not to become Jehovah's Witness. You should do some research, not just decide that it "sounds good" and run off into it.

They are very cultish. After you have entered into membership, they will begin to actively and strongly "discourage" you from having non-JW friendships. This is one of their central doctrines.

You will be expected to spend all of your 'personal' time proselytizing. You are expected to evangelize frequently, hard, and with vigor and dedication. You will be pressured to pay for the brochures you are fully expected to hand out during your devotion to the cause of evangelizing.

You are not allowed to participate in holidays. They are forbidden.

You will not be expected to dress or eat certain ways, but you will be pressured to do so through a "reward system" in which the more you conform, the more privileges you gain in the church setting and in the evangelistic hierarchy.

You will be watched closely by the elders. Insufficient evangelizing will be considered a lack of dedication and assumption of joining under false pretenses. Your actions both inside and outside of church will be monitored, though indirectly through 'friendly' invitations and visits.

They will expect you to take and hold an us vrs. them stance. Noncompliance with this shows a lack of true adherence to the teachings.

They consider lying for the 'faith' to be an adherent's sacred duty.

Your interactions with family members will be considered weakness. For example, the desire to attend a wedding or funeral at a non-JW facility is thought to be weakness and lack of faith. If you were a true JW, you would see your adherence to the faith to be of far greater importance than any family function including funerals, weddings, graduations, etc.

If you decide that it's not for you and want to leave, you will be threatened that you will come under Satan's control, and of course eternal damnation is yours because you aren't a JW any longer and have "forsaken truth".

Ask God what He thinks OP. I used to be a faithful JW for many years before I finally left.

I could tell you alot of reasons not to go that route, but it's between you and the Lord.

joseph smith. thats the reason.

Is your life so SAD and empty you are williung to become..ON PURPOSE..a mind controlled moron?

Have fun.

Run, run as fast as you can.

You can have a personal relationship with God without joining a cult.

Find a Bible teaching church that worships on God's TRUE Sabbath, Saturday!

Find a Bible teaching church that worships on God's TRUE Sabbath, Saturday!

"You have been found guilty of uttering the name of our Lord. And so as a BLASPHEMER, you are to be stoned to death."