A quick note about Jehovah's Witnesses
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Jehovah's witnesses are generally good people who strive hard to please God. While they are misguided, they have good intentions. If they come to your door, be courteous, even if you're not interested. Keep in mind that they are not being paid for going out to your door and that they only seek to please God.
Jehovah's witnesses are thoroughly educated in using the Bible. They are trained in using the weakness of church doctrine to gain the interest of a potential convert. An example of such weaknesses are the trinity and the divinity of Jesus (pbuh) doctrines. These teachings do not exist in the Bible. There are, however, many verses that contradict such teachings. A Witness will normally begin by asking what you think of the state of the world today. They then segue to the Bible, and eventually lead the prospect to one of the area's they were trained in. Jehovah's Witnesses meet five hours a week, usually spread out to three meetings. One of the meetings is solely meant to teach and prepare witnesses for their service work (or field work). Once a potential shows interest, they are offered a free home Bible study, and may even begin to attend meetings. That is how it begins. Before long, they may be baptized and accept the Watchtower as God's organization. The Witness never realizes that they never tested or questioned the organization. Because the majority of Christians follow unscriptural beliefs, and the Watchtower were able to prove those teachings wrong using the Bible, the potential is lead to believe that they must be the only way to go.
After one becomes baptized, it becomes very difficult to open their eyes to the truth about the Watchtower. They will refuse to listen to any negative talk about their religion or the Watchtower. They will not care to listen to any preaching's of other's religions. They will absolutely stay away from apostate and apostate material. They will be kept in fear with such control tools as the disfellowshiping doctrine. If one is disfellowshiped, they will be shunned by all Jehovah's witnesses, including family. Reasons for being shunned vary from sin, to associating with an Apostate, to even smaller infractions if an elder gains a personal vendetta against a witness. Witnesses will be required to report to elders anytime they see another Witness committing an unapproved or looked down upon deed. The Watchtower takes much control of a Jehovah's witness' life. The Witness however, often doesn't even realize this. They are constantly being reminded by the organization that the end could be any day now, and if they question the organization, Jehovah will become upset and destroy them rather then giving them life in a restored paradise earth.
So remember that Witnesses are only trying to please God (when in reality they're only pleasing the organization with unsupported doctrines such as service work) when they come to your door. They have only the best intentions, so either try and help them or just say "No thank you." and close the door. There's no reason to be rude. One of the reasons the Watchtower seems so attractive to many is because once a person is shown that the Trinity and divinity of Jesus (pbuh) are not biblical teachings, there are few alternatives. Islam, however, provides them with a viable option (the true and perfect option). While Witnesses believe Jesus (pbuh) is the "Begotten Son of God", the Bible does not support this teaching either. The term Son of God is used all throughout the Bible and given to numerous people. It simply means a righteous person. The term Begotten is a mistranslation, and most scholars and newer translations have acknowledged such. With the exception of the Watchtower's New World Translation, every other Bible that uses the term 'Begotten' for John 3:16, also uses it in Psalms 2:7, only God calls David (pbuh) his Begotten son in this verse.
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