Do Jehovah's Witnesses Really have time to "Love their Neighbor?"?

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2011-05-22 07:24:18 UTC

Q

Do Jehovah's Witnesses really have time to "Love your Neighbor"?

A

That by Watch Tower dogma is helping someone that is part of the "world".

Q

Do Jehovah's Witnesses really "love" their neighbors as Jesus encourages Christians to do?

A

The word "neighbor" states someone that is in their community.

JWs are taught they are not part of the "world".

The JWs' community is the members of the Watch Tower organization.

Q

Is it loving to only speak of their beliefs, and ignore the simpler things of this "agape" love that Jesus demonstrated?

A

The duty the JWs believe they have is to spread the "Kingdom" but really it is Watch Tower doctrine and buying Watch Tower printed magazines and giving them away. They say they do not buy these and all Watch Tower material is supported by donation.

Q

If you are at 4 or 5 meetings a week, 4 different color markers for your studies, in service 10, 20, or more hours a week, what kind of "Love" are you giving those around you?

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The JWs believe they are doing the work of jehovah by learning Watch Tower doctrine and then spending even more hours telling non JWs about it.

Qs

If a brother asks for help with his lawn, due to infirmities setting in, and the young ones in the congregation just don't "have the time" to assist, or if your neighbor next door is suffering c.o.p.d. as a cigarette smoker, and can't water their plants, or get the trash out, are they there for them?

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This is mixed. A JW here or there may help another brother. Usually if that brother or sister has money yet to donate to the Watch Tower's world-wide preaching effort. for the most part infirmed JWs are are thrown onto the public system of assistance.

They will help a neighbor if they are a book study.

Taking out the trash for a person is a minor look good for others in their community a JW parent may or may not have their kids do this if that neighbor will not influence them away from jehovah. The JWs will just let a person suffer saying let their own church members help them.

Q

When they do have a short vacation time, are they able to really relax, or are they encouraged to "talk with everyone you meet about the Kingdom, and be sure to add extra tracts and magazines in your supplies?

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JWs are encouraged to use their frr time and etra money to spread the Watch Tower doctrine which they are taught is working for jehovah's kingdom but is really just buying (donating) Watch Tower material and recruiting (preaching) door-to-door.

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How can they really learn what unselfish love is, if they don't have time to practice it?

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It does not take long if they (JWs) are deprogrammed begin a life truely in the service of God and His Son.

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If they believe that they are truly "moderate in all things" are they fooling themselves?

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This is true with quite a few JWs. Food, alcohol and hidden drug dependancy are among common things.

Q

Will they defend their ability to love others in this question with more venom, or will they take an unbiased look at themselves, disregarding the orders for the "slave"?

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They shut down mentally. The Watch Tower has set triggers in their minds that invalidate information by anything that is not Watch Tower.

Q

Do you have time to "Love " all of us? If we don't listen to your message, can you still love us, or are we as dead meat on the ground to you?

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God so loved the world but the Watch Tower followers love only those things that are associated with the Watch Tower.

There are various labels people that do not listen are given such as "goats, stiff necked, and under the influence of demons".

Q

Do you have time to love, even yourselves?

A

JWs are not sure they have done enough to live forever in paradise.

2011-05-24 09:14:48 UTC

Greetings,

As is your usual method, you here foist *your* prejudicial claims on gullible individuals and demand that others accept your warped personal opinions and your twisted insinuations of what Witnesses believe and do. But, there is not a single question you've asked on this forum which is not full of the most absurd falsehoods.

This “question” is simply a rant which is full of false insinuations which are perversions of the facts and prejudicial misrepresentations of the truth.

Such ridiculous misrepresentations and false statements such as these only prove the truism that when someone cannot defend their beliefs by Scripture or sound arguments they resort to emotional, false, hypocritical and prejudicial statements.

Jehovah's Witnesses recognize that it is their Scriptural responsibility to love and care for their neighbor. If you cared for the facts or truth at all you would realize that Witnesses do EVERYTHING that you insinuate that they do not do! Your assertions are ALL completely false!

More important, they are engaged in a loving educational program that has no comparison. How many religions have an organized system to pay personal visits to every individual in their community? Jehovah's Witnesses do this in more than 200 lands and in more than 500 languages! Clearly, Jehovah's Witnesses are showing love to their neighbor EXACTLY as Christ did and in accord with his commands.

In fact, only Jehovah's Witnesses properly follow Christ's command to "love" each other and their enemies (Jn.13:34,35; Mt 5:44). Conversely, other religions' historical record is of bloodthirsty wars, immorality, sectarian violence and factional splits (Mat.7:21- 23; 2Tim3:5; Gal.5:19-23; 1Jn.3:10,15; 4:8).

Only Jehovah's Witnesses are fulfilling the Great Commission by engaging in an unprecedented teaching activity (Mt 24:14, 28:19, 20). Every one of Jehovah's Witnesses obey Christ's command and so right now Witnesses are performing the greatest Bible education work ever done in all human history! Right now, Jehovah's Witnesses publish the most widely distributed Bible-based publications ever done in all human history. This is something that other religions cannot even comprehend. They cannot even get members of the same church to agree on correct beliefs, let alone go and unitedly teach others.

I have examined almost every religion and I have not seen another one whose members as a whole "practice what they preach," or even unitedly agree on what they should preach.

Imitation Christianity has neither the spiritual strength nor the support of God's holy spirit to motivate people to follow the truthful teachings of Jesus Christ. For this reason, the result in Christendom is not true Christianity but counterfeit believers, "weeds" unfit for the Kingdom.-Mat13:24ff.

I have found only one group which has presented absolute evidence of obeying Christ in EVERYTHING and thus truly being Christian: Jehovah's Witnesses. This is the testimony of the Holy Spirit (1Cor. 6:9-11; Gal.5:19-22).

Yours,

BAR-ANERGES

Poя¢єℓαιη Vєѕѕєℓ (στην αλήθεια)

2011-05-24 19:32:03 UTC

We are known globally as an organization that goes from door to door to save people's lives.

That is true self-sacrificing love

This work is voluntary & no one among us gets paid [unlike many other religions who receive a salary]

What biblical work do YOU do?

How do YOU try to save people's lives [in your view]?

Aside from that, on a personal level we do have time to show true love in many other ways.

However, it would be self-elevating & unchristian to boast about how we do this.

Swarm of Locusts

2011-05-22 15:00:31 UTC

What an absolute crock! I help people all the time with what they need. Witness or not. As do many many others in the congregations. We are told all the time at our meetings to be observant of our neighbors needs. What you are doing Joseph is very unscrupulous. It should be noted that what you say of us, you also say about your son and his family since they are faithful witnesses.

2011-05-22 16:29:05 UTC

They acted like they really cared about me and my family until i asked them after a few weeks to no longer come back with there teachings. The man who seemed to lead the group asked for all of there books back they had given us and told me the black birds and the crows would eat our eyes out at Armageddon.Now that's real love is it not.

you can

2011-05-24 23:20:26 UTC

On May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar with devastating force. Almost 140,000 people were reported dead or missing after a massive storm surge engulfed the Irrawaddy Delta region.

In one area of Yangon, Myanmar, Jehovah’s Witnesses helped many people find refuge in the Kingdom Halls during the cyclone. For example, at the Kingdom Hall in Dala, a Witness couple took in 20 distraught neighbors who had fled there for safety. In the morning, those families were hungry, but they had no homes to return to. The husband found someone selling rice and bought enough to feed all the people.

Initially, the cyclone left the branch office completely cut off because large trees had fallen and blocked the roads nearby. Just a few hours after the storm subsided, more than 30 members of the branch staff joined in clearing the trees by hand. As they worked, other local residents watched. Within a short time, a group of Witness women arrived with cold drinks and fresh fruit for the workers as well as for the neighbors, who could not believe what they were seeing. When a journalist observed the activity, he asked, “Who are these people who are working so efficiently?” After being told, he remarked, “I wish more people showed such true community spirit as Jehovah’s Witnesses do!”

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, one of the costliest and deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States, slammed into the Gulf Coast with New Orleans absorbing the most severe loss of life and property damage. Thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses from around the country donated their time and construction skills to the massive rebuilding effort. “They came with tools, talent and a will to help. They left behind a trail of grateful, newfound friends . . . throughout the New Orleans area,” stated an article in The Times Picayune. In a Gulf Coast village in Mississippi, a resident couple was grateful for the help of five Jehovah’s Witnesses who showed up, chain saws in hand, to clear away fallen trees. “I can’t thank these guys enough. They did it for free, unbelievable,” said the wife as reported by the Tennessean.com. A sign that read, “Jehovah’s Witnesses – Do Not Call,” hung from the door of a local New Orleans resident. However, after she observed the warm, friendly spirit of the Witness volunteers as they restored damaged homes in her area she said, “It is obvious that I have misjudged you people.” The sign came down and she invited the Witnesses for a visit.

In June 2001, Tropical Storm Allison dropped nearly three feet of water on the city of Houston, Texas, USA, in a single 24-hour period. Jehovah’s Witnesses quickly organized relief efforts that included developing a database to track the work, locating warehouse and administrative facilities, purchasing materials and organizing thousands of volunteers from all over the country. Within days, teams were trained by professionals on how to tear out carpeting and walls, and how to clean and disinfect homes. “This is something we felt we needed to do. We knew they were in dire straits, so we came to help them out,” said one volunteer who traveled nearly 500 miles on the weekends to assist. “While most of the victims are fellow Witnesses, the repair effort has spread to include some families and neighbors of church members hit by Houston’s most costly natural disaster,” stated an article in the Houston Chronicle.

On September 11, 2001, after the shocking attack on the World Trade Center buildings in New York City, thousands of people exited Manhattan by way of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. The international headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses is located on the Brooklyn side of those bridges. Many people were welcomed into the Witnesses’ office and factory buildings, where hospitality was extended and basic first aid was rendered as needed. Additionally, equipment was supplied to the fire department for use in the rescue work taking place in the days following the attack. The greatest relief provided, however, was during the days, weeks and months that followed, in the form of comforting Bible texts that were shared with relief workers at what came to be called Ground Zero. Groups of ministers from local Manhattan congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses were allowed into the area to talk to and comfort the workers. “The men had tears in their eyes as we shared scriptures with them,” the ministers related. “[They] were looking so lost, with their heads bowed, just not able to cope with what they had seen. We sat down with them and shared texts from the Bible. The men thanked us so much for coming, saying that they really needed this comfort.” During the days after the tragedy, about 900,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States made a determined effort nationwide in their ministry to offer comfort to those who were grieving.

Read more in the link

Brian

2011-05-22 15:43:51 UTC

1) Do Jehovah's Witnesses really have time to "Love your Neighbor"?

What you think "loving your neighbor" is to only help them materially. You think it is okay to throw some money at the issue and then ignore them spiritually.

2) Do Jehovah's Witnesses really "love" their neighbors as Jesus encourages Christians to do?

Yes we do. We spend time with them to help them become Christians.

3) Is it loving to only speak of their beliefs, and ignore the simpler things of this "agape" love that Jesus demonstrated?

I think you did not understand what it meant to be a Christian was when you were one.

4) If you are at 4 or 5 meetings a week, 4 different color markers for your studies, in service 10, 20, or more hours a week, what kind of "Love" are you giving those around you?

That a sign of being organized. But if you went to all the meetings, participated, went out in service, spent time preparing for your studies, spent time with your family, spent time with your friends and went to work, I think you are giving your time and energy freely. The most precious thing we have is time.

I think what you are getting at is you do not think we should spend all this time doing as Jesus commanded. How selfish of you Joseph.

5) If a brother asks for help with his lawn, due to infirmities setting in, and the young ones in the congregation just don't "have the time" to assist, or if your neighbor next door is suffering c.o.p.d. as a cigarette smoker, and can't water their plants, or get the trash out, are they there for them?

Sure. But you know, if I know my brothers or sisters are having issues, I would offer to help them. I know many in our congregation that helps those who have difficulties physically with thing they need. You claim is false and shows that you were not a very good Christian.

As for my neighbors in my community... I am friends with them. I know they do not need my help. I have heard experiences where a brother went out in service would take off his jacket to help somebody older cut wood or help pull weeds. They would vacuum a floor for an older person. I think that these people are taking advantage of their generosity.

6) When they do have a short vacation time, are they able to really relax, or are they encouraged to "talk with everyone you meet about the Kingdom, and be sure to add extra tracts and magazines in your supplies?

We are Christians. That is what we are commanded from the Bible to do... look for those looking for Jesus.... for a better way of life.

7) How can they really learn what unselfish love is, if they don't have time to practice it?

Although our lives are filled, we do so at every opportunity to practice it to develop our live for mankind. You are wrong in thinking unselfish love means giving money or material things to people.

8) If they believe that they are truly "moderate in all things" are they fooling themselves?

Joseph, Was Jesus moderate in all things. Even when he sat down to drink some water at a well, he preached to a lady about the kingdom. Jesus did not rest. What you are asking us is evil. You are asking us to slow down to enjoy life in a world that is not of Jehovah's mind. This system of things belongs to Satan. He is the one who inspired it. I know you no longer believe that. You are happy to serve this world's master.

9) Will they defend their ability to love others in this question with more venom, or will they take an unbiased look at themselves, disregarding the orders for the "slave"?

I evaluate myself on a regular basis. It is easy to take the spirit of this world as your own. I want to have God's spirit directed me. The brothers are there to take the lead. I think that could have been your issue. You have the spirit of rebellion in you sonny. You do not want people helping you keep on the path of righteousness. You want to direct your own step.

10) Do you have time to "Love " all of us? If we don't listen to your message, can you still love us, or are we as dead meat on the ground to you?

If you do not listen to the message of the Bible, we move on and check on you at a later time. We hope that you will listen to the message of the Bible at another time. That is why we have return visits. In know of people who have been called on for decades and did not accept the message. The conversations about those people are truly one of concern. Not only spiritually, but physically.

11) Do you have time to love, even yourselves?

Like I said before, you are being evil in asking us to slow down. The kingdom message will be preached with you or without you. You cannot stop it. You cannot slow it down. Jehovah will not let you or anybody else stop this message. His purpose will be completed... if it has not been completed then it is just about done.

Amy

2011-05-22 13:47:54 UTC

I think they just come here to tell me the heaven places are taken with that little smug smile..

2011-05-22 13:43:45 UTC

Why do you think they go door to door?

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I was thinking they go 'door to door' in order to 'love their neighbor'.

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2011-05-22 13:45:54 UTC

Yes they can but often times they dont

2011-05-22 13:44:52 UTC

Nah one sent me a threatening message earlier.