Jehovah's Witnesses in SG..
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what sets a jehovah witness apart from a christian? Religion wise and I don't mean politically.....
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
what sets a jehovah witness apart from a christian? Religion wise and I don't mean politically.....
one main idea is that they disregard the trinity concept. can do a web search and you will get the results
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Well, Just go to the source man...
http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnesses/Beliefs/their_beliefs.htm
Seems like more of a cult to me now.
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Originally posted by mancha:
Don't know much about them, but besides cannot touch guns, I think they cannot celebrate birthdays, hold funerals, cannot this cannot that. If the entire community is like that, that community cannot survive. They need to depend on non-believers for their survival.
They also cannot have blood transfusion. Cannot have cremation.
They believe that on the judgement day, the chosen ones who have died will be risen from their grave. And the chosen ones are only 144,000 of them.
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Hi everyone.
Caleb: thats not an official website. If i wanted to know about a baptist would i go to a catholic website? The official website of JWs is:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/beliefs_and_activities.htm
and http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/beliefs.htm
Honey, to clarify a few things, they can have cremation. And they do not believe that only 144,000 will rise from the dead. So please get the facts from the official websites.
Thanks and regards
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Originally posted by Hello nice to meet you :):
Hi everyone.
Caleb: thats not an official website. If i wanted to know about a baptist would i go to a catholic website? The official website of JWs is:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/beliefs_and_activities.htm
and http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/beliefs.htm
Honey, to clarify a few things, they can have cremation. And they do not believe that only 144,000 will rise from the dead. So please get the facts from the official websites.
Thanks and regards
Wrong! Would JWs dare to admit to facts that sully their image? I highly doubt so, so the best place to get information is from government websites. -
Hi Zwei,
Oh i see. i wasnt talking about things that sully their image, i was only pointing out that if you want to know what they believe you should hear from the horse's mouth, instead of just any gossipy website thats all.
When it comes to sensitive things like religion there are lots of gossip floating around but we have to look for reliable information. That applies to other things too actually.
:D Relax! :D
Regards
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Originally posted by Hello nice to meet you :):
Mancha,
after doing research from their official websites above, I would like to clarify a few things that are abit wrong- they are generally joyful people, they hold funerals, and they pay taxes to the state. It might be better if you actually verified some information from the proper sources. For example on taxes:
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20031208a/article_03.htm
If you want to find them i'm sure one day they will come to your door, then you can ask them some questions
What might be more interesting is to actually check the reason why they believe certain things, and how they reason from the Bible. From the official websites i checked above, they seem to quote quite alot of scriptures. Maybe must check my own bible to follow to see if it makes sense lah.
Thanks.
The funeral part is from the death of a Catholic friend, whose daughter was JW. I went to the "wake", at a Lavender St parlor. There was no one there. Just the casket and the deceased and all the trappings of a wake. I asked the workers there, and they said that the family just set up the place and left. Other visitors has also come and left. I put the blame on JW doctrines. I guess I was wrong, or not exactly right.
I understand they will not salute the state flag, or pay taxes, but these may be hearsay.
But I certainly do not find the daughter of my deceased friend a joyful person, and it is from her that I learnt that JW do not celebrate birthdays, and other joyful events.
Anyway thanks for the insight.
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Hey Mancha,
Your are welcome no problem at all! . Hopefully there might be a chance to talk to some of them in the future to clarify somethings.
Take care:D
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yes there are male biased policies witnesses
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preaching JW or distributing their literature can get you arrested.
Some years back, ST reported one man was caught giving away a literature and fined $1000.
defending JW will also kenna the same fate.
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Originally posted by caleb_chiang:
Well, Just go to the source man...
http://www.towerwatch.com/Witnesses/Beliefs/their_beliefs.htm
Seems like more of a cult to me now.
What makes you think they are a cult?
List some of the claims here that make you feel so.You may also want to define your understanding of "cults".
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Originally posted by Baloke:
What makes you think they are a cult?
List some of the claims here that make you feel so.You may also want to define your understanding of "cults".
Government definition. -
I had a close friend who is/was a JW.. that was almost 15 years ago...
He went to DB instead of NS cos of his religious beliefs. WHY he believed was something we argued over - I was a skeptic and he was , too, all along until suddenly he converted.
We wrote during this time until I went overseas to study. It was hard to keep in touch when we could only snailmail and he was only allowed 1 letter every week. He used to write to one person on the top half of the letter, and another person on the bottom half. Whoever receives the letter will need to send the other half to family or friend or.. anyone else.
It was hard to keep in contact and slowly we lost touch.
I tried to look for him but never managed to when I returned. Often I wonder how he is and hope all is fine with him.
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Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:
I had a close friend who is/was a JW.. that was almost 15 years ago...
He went to DB instead of NS cos of his religious beliefs. WHY he believed was something we argued over - I was a skeptic and he was , too, all along until suddenly he converted.
We wrote during this time until I went overseas to study. It was hard to keep in touch when we could only snailmail and he was only allowed 1 letter every week. He used to write to one person on the top half of the letter, and another person on the bottom half. Whoever receives the letter will need to send the other half to family or friend or.. anyone else.
It was hard to keep in contact and slowly we lost touch.
I tried to look for him but never managed to when I returned. Often I wonder how he is and hope all is fine with him.
so silly of him to believe in this type of religion, sigh.
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
so silly of him to believe in this type of religion, sigh.
Dont comment on ppl's religion. We are free to chose wad we believe. Free will.