^Great post. I study and personally it gives me alot of comfort. I brought this up with my friend who is a baptized witness and she said some people do treat it as if it's some kind of special club and everyone else are the 'wordly' people. Thankfully they aren't the kind of witnesses I've met. My friends brother is not 'in the truth' although he was raised in it, but his family haven't punished him for it.
My first experience with a witness was when a girl came to my door one afternoon when i was feeling very depressed and needed someone who didn't know me to talk to. (as weird as it sounds.) I invited this girl in and she talked to me for 2 hours, we had coffee and cake, and all i was thinking the whole time was 'What other religion would do this?' So I've always had positive experiences with the witnesses.
I also dont see it as a cult. They follow the same bible, and God, as Catholics do. And they door knock because thats what Jesus did when he was on earth; he preached, and the thing about the JW's is that they live their lives by the bible. YES, the same bible as the Catholics. In the bible it says one should not accept blood - which is the most criticized of the witnesses beliefs. As for Christmas and other holidays ; i never celebrated them anyway.
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