An Analysis Of The Jehovah's Witnesses' Religion
When the name of Jehovah's witness arises, most of the public of
differing religions, a picture of an overly nice person or group of people all
dressed in suits and nice clothes, arrive at your door and offer a sampling of
pamphlets, (large or small). To most of the general public, the religion is a
far cry from Christianity, but this is untrue, as a visit to one of the
services that the congregation provides.
Upon arriving at the building Kingdom hall of Jehova's Witnesses,
there was nothing especially different about it except there was no cross on
the outside nor a steeple. Arriving about a half an hour early we were greeted
with a handshake and a almost too friendly smile from a member of the
congregation. As we waited for the service to begin, more and more people
started to pile into the building. Slowly conversations between members and
nonmembers, including myself. After about twenty minutes, the talking reseeded
and people started to seat themselves. The inside of the room was well lit up
with no pews, but there were many chairs connected by metal bolts on the bottom
of each chair. Amazingly though there was no cross and no altar. First the
service started with singing, as any ordinary church would. We sung out of a
book of songs that they provided for us.
After the singing there was a guest speaker from Bagley, Minnesota.
The speaker spoke to the congregation about topics in the bible, his speech
lasted about three fourths of an hour. Afterwards the priest came to the
podium an ...