The real reason people dislike JWs

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The real reason people dislike JWs

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Let's face it, if you find out that your new neighbor or coworker is a Jehovah's Witness, it is not the kind of news that brings most of us joy. What is it about these people that elicits prejudice against them? That is the question.

Some possibilities:
  • Doctrinal: they claim to be Christian, but they deny that Jesus is God and the Holy Trinity.
  • They have a reputation for wanting to share their religion, and we really don't want to talk religion, particularly when we might disagree.
  • They are unpatriotic. Besides refusing the more symbolic stuff like flags and anthems, they won't participate in democracy or in the military.
  • They refuse blood transfusions. They are dangerously anti-science.
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