Why are so many Jehovah’s Witnesses Angry and Rude?

by Vanderhoven7 61 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  peacefulpete

  Whatever we say about them was true of us. It may still be.
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  Vanderhoven7

  Good point Peacefulpete! A wise man once said," Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."

  And as Mark Jones commented in the OP:

  "The vast majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses are nice people. They strive to be honest and try their best to do what they’ve been told their god wants them to do.

  The angry, hostile and rude Jehovah’s Witnesses you find on forums are not representative of the whole bunch. They’re not even supposed to be on here as their leaders forbid it. They’re often committing a disfellowshipping offense by communicating with former members - the irony is lost upon them."

  Perhaps Scholar and Fisherman would like to address this irony as obedience to the Faithful Slave is necessary for salvation, i.e., survival at Armageddon. if I'm not mistaken.
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  peacefulpete

  Fisherman, while frustratingly blinkered, has never been rude to me.
  
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  BoogerMan

  @Vanderhoven7 - w81 11/15 p. 21 par. 18 ‘Stay Awake and Keep Your Senses’ - "No doubt, before the “great tribulation” is finished, we will see the greatest witness to God’s name and kingdom in the history of this world. And while now the witness yet includes the invitation to come to Jehovah’s organization for salvation..."

  
  
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  blondie

  I find that many are self-righteous and see the people at the door already toast at Armageddon. They see these people as ignorant of the bible (when too many jws don't know the bible themselves, just pat phrases the WTS teaches them, or figure the publication will do the witnessing). I have been with jws that rile up the person so much I have had to interrupt them and politely ask the person to forgive us and escort the jw off the property quietly. I finally preferred going by myself. Some jws see the person at the door's correct response to their rudeness as proof that they the jw is being "persecuted." Most jws only go door to door to insure their everlasting life on earth, not to share that prospect with non-jws. CYA.
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  Vanderhoven7

  @ Peacefulpete,

  I can't remember anyone on this forum being rude or nasty to me.

  The irony is not that JWs on this forum are or are not polite, but that they are talking to Ex-JW apostates against the instructions of the Faithful and Wise Servant on whom their salvation depends. So I'm sure they wouldn't have the audacity to report their efforts here as service time.
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  carla

  As a ubm I can't tell you how many people thought my jw was arrogant when discussing anything religious. These comments came from people who truly loved him but saw the extreme change in him once he became fully committed to the cult. It actually brings me to tears to think about it sometimes. I don't say that lightly either. I haven't been around many jw's to be honest, the few times I have I would say the women are the worst! I am just going to say it, it rhymes with 'witches'.

  When my jw was first joining up people would ask me what was wrong with him? why was he so angry? and so forth and this did not even include any jw discussion. He was merely seeing these former friends as 'non jw's ' who were 'less than'? worthy of destruction? these were people we grew up with and were in our wedding party.

  As a side note, I still wonder why jw's do not use paragraphs when posting online? I see this here and elsewhere and I can tell a newly pimo from a mile away for this reason. Anyone know why this might be?
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  LongHairGal

  CARLA:

  I will address your last point first. Many JWs have piss poor education.

  Some are homeschooled and others may not have finished high school. They are unaware of grammar and basic English and writing rules. This is why you see no paragraphs or some posting in all caps. I have seen some who don’t even capitalize words that should be. While this trend of poor grammatical skills can be seen everywhere and even in college grads, it is very pronounced among the JWs.

  As far as JWs being rude, I think it has gotten worse in recent years. The women there are certainly awful.. The religion is getting more extreme and secretive and they see apostates everywhere, even under their beds. I also am of the opinion that the pandemic has made a lot of the older JWs cranky and disappointed because they expected to be in the ‘new world’ by now.
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  Vidiot

  “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.”
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  Vanderhoven7

  Vidiot 👍😎