Witnessing to a Jehovah Witness

[Highway54]

Nothing against you personally, but just showing the self given (not God given) authority the Watch Tower Society holds over it's members from the time of Charles Taze Russell whom in 1872 founded this religion in Pittsburgh, PA. Just like a few other religions they claim to be only the true religion. Yet they do not believe in the Trinity/Deity, believe Jesus was a created being. They believe the Holy Spirit is not a separate entity, but is simply a force, the method by which God interacts with the world.

The JW reject the traditional symbol of Christianity, the cross, as being of pagan origin. They translate the Greek word from the Christian Scriptures "stauros" as "torture stake", and believe that Jesus was crucified on a single upright wooden stake with no crossbeam. They view the cross as an Idol and wearing or displaying one is considered idol worship. Jehovah’s Witnesses are not allowed to celebrate Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Thanksgiving, or any other holidays, claiming they all have pagan roots.

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tracts Society that was first released in 1950 with the complete works in 1961 as they deceive others by adding one single word that changes the whole meaning of one single verse.

Anyway, this should be enough to know about the JW and how to witness to them by understanding that of what they believe.

Once again, this in no way is coming against you and the beliefs of the JW, but to help educate others in how to witness to them.

The JW reject the traditional symbol of Christianity, the cross, as being of pagan origin. They translate the Greek word from the Christian Scriptures "stauros" as "torture stake", and believe that Jesus was crucified on a single upright wooden stake with no crossbeam. They view the cross as an Idol and wearing or displaying one is considered idol worship. Jehovah’s Witnesses are not allowed to celebrate Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Thanksgiving, or any other holidays, claiming they all have pagan roots.

Very true maam. Jesus died on a stauros, perhaps you know that. Although no one knows for sure what that looked like, the mode of death that results from that (suffocation) is more effeciently done with an upright pole. The literal translation and definition of it is stake. Cross is a translated word, coming from a word that was not in the Bible, crux.

I will point blank state that there is noting wrong with thanksgiving, but we Christians do not set aside a day for it to celebrate, we thank God every day for the blessings He provides for us. We live in the age of information, if you do not want to accept our word for it, simply Google the pagan roots of those supposed holy days you were referring to, and see if we accurately post the reasons to reject them. Let me blatantly state how good satan is maam, you actually call the most celebrated day of adherents to christendom by the goddess's name. Are you able to see how the god of this world is very efficient in deception Glory? If God wanted us to celebrate those holy days, I would rather imagine He would put it in the Bible, don't you?