Can i ask Jehovah's Witnesses a question about jumping high?

Question

Why is it that when the Watchtower society says "jump", the Jehovah' Witnesses say "how high"?

Answer 1

Sure, but they are all in denial about how the Governing Body is controlling and manipulating them. They think that when they obey the Governing Body they are obeying Jehovah God himself.



When they get to the 2016 "Remain Loyal to Jehovah" district convention they will be in no doubt as to how high they are expected to jump. They will be told that they must shun inactive, baptized Witnesses who are guilty of serious sin (like disagreeing with the Governing Body) but who have never been disfellowshipped or taken before a judicial committee. They will have to sit through 8 videos with powerful messages about loyalty and obedience to the Organization, for example:



never disagree with the elders (sin of pride)

never associate with anyone who doesn't agree with your beliefs

be prepared to be persecuted when the message changes from good news to judgment

never find fault with what the organization does (or does not do) - show appreciation for increased light

exercise self control to overcome depression - pray and read the Bible but don't seek professional help

sell up all your "stuff," give the proceeds to the organization and devote yourself full time to the ministry

have faith in the elders when they shepherd you into the bunker and lock the door when the police come looking



I know Witnesses would never do what some cults have done (commit mass suicide or shoot at the police), but this convention is all about remaining loyal to the Organization, being obedient to the Organization and doing everything the Governing Body tells them to do.



If they don't, they will be punished. That's why the only question they ask is "how high?"

Answer 2

Unfortunately, this is an easy question for JWs to answer because they will LITERALLY default to answering your questions LITERALLY.



They will say it's never been said by their elders, their governing body or Watchtower that they should jump and they've never replied, "How high!"



My first reaction to such a response would be that they are being evasive and deliberately so.



However, I think that reaction might be giving them credit for thinking and intelligence they don't deploy!



I sense, that when JWs read this question LITERALLY it reveals their mindset and their inability to put themselves in other people's shoes, to see past the LITERAL. In short, JWs are so immersed in egocentrism that they cannot understand your question is not LITERAL.



This means they cannot understand that the real question is about them obediently following what JWorg tells them without question and then learning and repeating as instructed.



I don't know if you intended to probe into their mindset to reveal this truth or not but you certainly have!

Answer 3

Their literature states they must obey their governing body to have God's approval - 7/15/11 Watchtower. Their literature states that preaching is a requirement for salvation - 6/12 Kingdom Ministry. Their literature states a lot of nonsense, but what it boils down to is that they're taught to believe they must ask how high because their salvation and eternal life depend on it. Terrible way to live and not from God.

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses are not followers of the Watchtower Society. The 'Society' prints and distributes literature.

Answer 5

For 50 years, have never heard Watchtower tell us to jump.



Malachi 2:2 NIV

"If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name," says the LORD Almighty, "I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me."



You ask so many negative questions pertaining to the JW's, would you be an unhappy apostate?

Answer 6

It has to do with faith. The Israelites were told to sprinkle blood on the door post and look at the copper snake. Rehab was told to put the red cord out of her window when the walls of Jericho fell. A solider was asked to bathe in the Jordan river 7 times. All of these examples are acts of faith so we likewise respond in an act of faith.

Answer 7

As Jehovah's Witnesses we must always make spiritual progress...



"Ponder over these things; be absorbed in them, that your advancement may be manifest to all [persons]. 16 Pay constant attention to yourself and to your teaching. Stay by these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you" (1 TImothy 4:15,16. Bible).

Answer 8

Because I do enjoy asking that question. They can say push up and I'll say how many. Bet you didn't know that. 😁

Answer 9

How curious. I've never said any such thing in my whole life.

Answer 10

/ / / From them,



expect 'GO TO JW.ORG THERE ARE ALL THE ANSWERS'



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Shalom, lala

Answer 11

really...where did you get your information...that is a lie...

Answer 12

WHY WE JUMP HIGH--because Jehovah God & Christ Jesus having given us the height to do so--they do so through their earthly organization as Israel once had with great benefits! When Israel obeyed Jehovah with his earthly organization there were great benefits:



(Isaiah 48:16-19) “. . .And now the Sovereign Lord Jehovah himself has sent me, even his spirit. 17 This is what Jehovah has said, your Repurchaser, the Holy One of Israel: “I, Jehovah, am your God, the One teaching you to benefit [yourself], the One causing you to tread in the way in which you should walk. 18 O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments! Then your peace would become just like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. ”



The following references by others ( not JW's ) show the great benefits! These from how we respond to the Scriptures & the marvelous principles of Jehovah! AND people who recognize a great worth for our resolute stands!



Here is referenced the actual statements on various topics & you are able to reference from our web address if you so wish to do: www.jw.org!



*** dx86-14 Jehovah’s Witnesses ***

Statements by Others

absorbed in humanity: w94 2/15 6

any country engaged in war that harasses Jehovah’s Witnesses is sure to lose: g93 5/8 9

best prevention for AIDS is to become: g88 5/8 29; g88 10/8 15

blood transfusions

have tremendously raised our consciousness about this: g97 7/22 29

it has been proved that your position has scientific support: yb96 22-23

maybe right in refusing blood products: jv 186; w91 6/15 13; g88 5/8 29; g88 10/8 14

patients less likely to be given unnecessary transfusions because of work of Witnesses: g00 1/8 11; g93 11/22 27

spared themselves many headaches: yb99 255

Witnesses are way ahead of us. They are the most knowledgeable about alternatives: g93 11/22 25

children: g94 7/22 27

best bunch of children I’ve ever worked with: w88 1/1 19

polite, responsible, do well in school: w88 5/1 15

citizenship: g99 1/8 9

as non-subversive and peace-loving as a religious body can be: w02 7/15 24; w93 7/1 14; jv 195

cases constitute the bedrock of civil-liberties jurisprudence: jv 699

continue to be leaders in the field of religious liberty and separation of Church and State. All of us continue to benefit: g86 5/8 26

contributed greatly toward expanding liberty of conscience: g99 1/8 9; g96 7/22 5

decent, orderly citizens living up to a high moral code: g92 8/8 11

done more to preserve our freedoms than any other religious group: jv 699

don’t burn draft cards, rise up in rebellion, or engage in sedition: jv 673

excellent influence on appearance of street: g 8/10 5

exemplary, law-abiding citizens: g86 12/22 24

hardworking, sober, thrifty, and God-fearing citizens: w02 11/1 13; w90 4/1 20; gm 182

if all religions were like Witnesses, we would have no murders, burglaries, delinquencies, prisoners, and atomic bombs: kl 134; jv 487-488

law-abiding, scrupulous about paying taxes: w02 11/1 13; g97 8/22 26

model citizens. They pay taxes diligently, tend the sick, battle illiteracy: w99 8/1 7; g99 1/8 9; w94 11/15 28; w90 11/1 25

most honest and the most punctual taxpayers: w96 5/1 17; jv 179; gm 181-182

most loyal citizens anyone could wish for: w96 5/1 17; w91 2/1 21; gm 182

not anti-country, just pro-Jehovah: jv 673

not disloyal Americans. Lead decent, orderly lives, contributing their share to the common good: jv 672

not tax agitators: w90 11/1 24

obedience to the laws can be seen in the way they drive as well as in crime statistics: jv 179; gm 181-182

only exception [to tax evasion]: w94 11/15 28

over a hundred years, not a single country able to prove criminal acts: g01 4/22 15

pay their taxes, some of the most honest citizens: w91 2/1 21

peace-loving, conscientious, respectful toward authorities: g99 1/8 9; w98 1/1 15

perfectly submissive to the authorities: w93 7/1 14

quiet citizens and honest taxpayers: w98 3/15 10

service to the cause of religious freedom: jv 699

signal service to democracy: jt 8; g96 7/22 5; g91 12/8 24; br78 8

sincerely interested in helping others: w96 11/15 32

tax-paying, law-abiding citizens: w87 2/15 25

we are put to shame by Witnesses: jv 467

we could use such unselfish people in the highest political functions—but we are never going to get them there: jv 195

clear, explicit system of order to apply to daily life: g00 7/8 10

conduct: g 4/07 27; w02 11/1 12-13; wt 144

abide by their religious training: w97 5/15 29

act as they say, and they say what the Bible commands: w94 11/15 8

behind everything a Witness does lies a Scriptural reason: jv 123

conform to Scriptural principles of conduct: w93 6/15 22-23

distinctive mark of a caring relationship: jv 510

if all tried to live as they do, world would be absolutely different: w02 7/15 25; g00 2/22 31

if they were the only people in the world, we would not have to bolt doors: g97 10/8 11

most gracious group of people: km 4/10 6

no disorders or lack of cooperation: jv 336

one of the best-behaved groups in the world: w95 12/15 28; w92 3/15 12; w91 11/15 14

only group that has managed to convince me of God’s love and the power of His gospel through your living: gm 186

practice religiously what they learn: w91 11/15 14; w86 9/1 7

you are the way God expects us to be: w99 1/15 32

you keep your promises: jv 179

you practice what you preach: g92 10/22 32

despite everything, you do look quite normal: yb96 53

education surpasses everything I have experienced: g86 12/22 27

family life: w02 11/1 9-10; g00 6/22 7

greater success than members of other denominations in maintaining stable marital unions: g99 1/8 9; w94 4/15 16; gm 182

happy husband of a charming wife: w99 9/1 32

offer a wide range of practical advice: jd 124

flag salute:

to the majority the objections of the Witnesses were as unintelligible as the objections of the Christians in the Roman Empire: jv 197-198

growth: w01 4/1 16; w92 8/15 32

hold on to what you have: w98 9/1 29

if they did not exist, we would do well to invent them: g00 6/8 28

I’m a Jehovah’s Bystander: w88 2/1 20; w88 3/15 11-12

I wish the world was full of: w02 11/1 13

kindness:

hold out hand to sufferers no matter what religion: w03 5/1 23; w02 1/15 32

law:

we all owe them a debt of gratitude: bt 200

like early Christians:

come as close as any group to approximating the primitive Christian community: jv 234; g88 8/8 11

hard not to be reminded of the early Church: g95 1/22 23

principles remind us of the early Christians: jv 677

revival and reestablishment of primitive Christianity: w98 10/15 7; g98 10/22 6; g94 10/22 6-7; g93 4/22 6; g87 2/8 27

trouble in which early Christians found themselves not unlike trouble in which Witnesses found themselves: jv 677

misrepresentation:

I really do not understand why people tell such lies about them: w04 8/15 12; w94 2/15 5; g92 12/22 28

negative things attributed become nonexistent when one observes: w87 1/1 29

presented to us as underground sect sitting in darkness, slaughtering children and killing themselves: w94 2/15 5

morality:

adhere to their beliefs with great fidelity, even when costly: jv 179

an example to us: jv 467

group most distinct from others: w94 4/15 17

honest, command respect for integrity: w02 11/1 12-13

honesty and integrity a constant: jv 673

I have never known one to lie: g88 8/8 25

insist upon high moral code: w12 3/1 5; w94 2/15 6

moral ideals enter into their daily way of life: jv 179; w90 4/1 20-21; gm 182

only ones who have remained moral: yb92 103

practice what they preach: jv 179; g92 10/22 32

promiscuity and polygamy simply inconceivable: g92 8/8 11

promote strong family ties, develop honest citizens: w13 7/1 6

remarkable moral values: jv 172

teach their children high moral principles: g 8/10 4

tremendous moral strength: w94 2/15 6; g91 3/8 25

well-founded principles from which they do not deviate: km 12/99 1; w98 2/15 29

would rather die than steal: jd 77

Nazism:

against all odds, Witnesses in the camps met and prayed together, produced literature and made converts: jv 663

all who saw them die were deeply moved, and even the execution squad itself was affected: jv 663

beam of light in a dark age: g97 6/22 14

Christian martyrs, unshakable opposition against coercion of conscience: g95 8/22 14; g93 5/8 4

collective and uncompromising defiance that commands respect: w11 10/1 14

commanded eventually even the respect of the SS: jv 664

conduct embodies virtues essential today: w12 12/15 23

could have been immediately freed: w05 8/15 30

did not cooperate with any facet: pc 27-28; re 39

did not doubt their own roots, for their faith had been evident since the time of Abel: jv 665; w86 9/1 21

faith in God and trust in promises of Bible gave strength to resist: g97 6/22 15

gained respect of all inmates, even SS: g 8/07 30

Nazi objection was their political neutrality: g98 11/22 13; jv 194; g87 4/22 10

Nazis panicked: w86 9/1 21

nicest group [in concentration camps] were Witnesses. They did marvelous things for other people: jv 179

no other sect displayed the same determination in the face of Gestapo terrorism: w90 8/1 19

oh, that everyone had been like Jehovah’s Witnesses!: w95 9/1 32

one of the most remarkable stories: g93 11/8 19

only major conscientious objectors in the Third Reich: w09 6/1 14-15

only religion that completely refused to accede: w05 8/15 30

ordinary people who stood firm: w05 8/15 30

persecuted on religious grounds only: jv 660; w86 6/15 27

persecution till death struck just them: w00 4/1 25

refused any cooperation with the Nazi state: g95 8/22 14; w93 2/1 5; g87 4/22 6

refused to have anything to do with: w04 2/15 6-7



THE current benefits continue in our resolute stand on No-Blood Transfusions



NOTE THE 5 MIN. news video on the Englewood New Jersey Hospital with the grant by the Department of Defense for Non-Blood training Surgery & Medicine :



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAWhRqCjT9w