Why haven't you joined yet?
>>18410310I have a functioning brain.
>>18410310The JW at my work is a fucking prick. Always closes my tabs on the computer and raises the desk when I need to use it and locks it so I can’t use his chair. Never helps me with anything but will bother me if I use the bathroom for more than 2 minutes. You want to convert me be more respectable wi the your gay cult, fuck JW
Christianity has always felt alien to me
>>18410414«JEHOVA'S WITNESSES» ARE NOT CHRISTIAN.
>>18410443callate mexichango feo
Did the world end in 1914? Or in 1975?I can't believe in a sect that predicts the end of the world that doesn't happen. The rest of the religion being bonkers (shunning, banning birthdays/holidays, ban on receiving other people's blood in a medical emergency, etc.) is just gravy at that point. >>18410443They don't follow the creeds nor are they Trinitarian. They talk about Jesus a fair bit, but so do Mormons and Muslims who are also not Christians in the typical sense of the word.
>>18410310Because I am smarter than joining a cult, a Christian one at that. I'm not interested in worshipping jews, or worship for that matter. Poor savior is the savior that saves you from him. If dying for others were possible no doctrine or Knowledge of the matter would be needed, it would happen, period. I actually did something else, stuff that's verifiable happened, several attempts of murder later, I claim a preposterous claim: that I have the famed inmortality that it's possible to obtain with raja yoga: I've drunk poison, I've chewed lead, nothing. No, I'm not religious, did my thing, got what I wanted.
>>18410310Several reasons:>Cult-like mentality>Hypocritical leaders who preach poverty but live in luxury, who preach pacifism but invest church money in military equipment>legalism, adhering to precise ritual and dogma is indispensable>numerous failed prophecies, everyone just pretends like the older ones didn't fail when they make new ones>many of the doctrines are awful e.g. christ being crucified on a pole. feels very wrong and spiritually corrupt on an intuitive level>tons of sexual abuse, church covers it up and shames/threatens victims>although they claim to be open minded, actually questioning or doubting any of the doctrine is forbidden in practiceI could go on. JWs are basically modern Pharisees.
>>18410310Because I am not a weirdo that wants to be in a weirdo cult
>>18410310Their Bible "study" sessions are incredibly boring and formulaic, members are treated as seven-year-old children incapable of independent thought, and only one rehearsed Watchtower-approved answer is allowed to every simplistic question. The average young earther "enjoy hell" fundie KVJ-thumper on /his/ that regurgitates apologetics from GotQuestions is far more intellectually stimulating than a teacher at a Kingdom Hall. Even Mormons have more fun as they can shitpost on their phones for the whole two hours of their Sunday service.
