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by brian_griffith on January 4th, 2007

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What do Mormons think about Jehovah's Witnesses?

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  • by anonymous on January 5th, 2007

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    I'm Mormon, and I dated a Jehovah's Witness girl for about a year. I cant speak for all mormons, but I have absolutely no problem with them. I actually like their religion, cause they try to get their religion out there. If you truly believe in your faith, why wouldnt you try to spread it to other people. I have no problem with anyone of another religion. And I find it offensive that some people cant accept that someone has another faith than them, and bad-mouth them.

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  • by FallingLeaf on January 9th, 2007

    FallingLeaf

    I guess I can only speak for myself here, but I don't have a problem with them. I don't agree with all their teachings, but they sure seem to be kind, moral, upstanding people.

    There was a really sweet old missionary lady who dilligently came to my house every other saturday for about a year. She was so nice, and so humble. She always wanted to share but was never pushy. She made a pretty good impression on behalf of the witnesses.

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  • by WannaBeMormon on January 5th, 2007

    WannaBeMormon

    Mormons view Jehovah's Witnesses as every other religion/cult that is not LDS. Misguided. As far as I know, they don't view them as any more inferior than any other religion/cult.

    [Edit Jan. 6, 2007]
    Brian: After death, all people will have an opportunity to learn and convert in Spirit Paradise while waiting for Christ's Second Comind and eventually, the final judgement. So anyone who dies without having knowledge of the Truth will be able to do so in the afterlife.

    [Edit Jan. 10, 2007]
    Brian and FallingLeaf: Can you two NOT debate in the comment section? It clogs it up and makes it hard for me to respond to comments.

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  • by Mike Astill on January 19th, 2009

    Mike Astill

    As a Mormon, I do not agree with many of the doctrines of the Jehovah's Witness (just as they do not agree with many of our doctrines).

    However, I have a lot of respect for them. I think they are unfairly attacked in many instances, especially on AB (as are the Mormons often times). Most of them are very faithful and diligent in their religion. I respect anyone who practices what they preach.

    And having served a mission for my church, I know what it is like to have people slam a door in your face or hate you for simply believing a different way. I am always kind and respectful to them if they come to my house.

    They are good people.

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  • by the Otter on January 20th, 2009

    the Otter

    This is a really interesting question, actually. The answer will obviously vary from person to person, based on his or her own experience. I even have some Latter-day Saint friends that used to be Jehovah’s Witnesses, so obviously their thoughts and experiences will differ greatly from my own. But as for me, I’ve had pretty varied experiences with Jehovah’s Witnesses—some good, some not so good. When I was a missionary in Spain, for example, I had many opportunities to speak with JWs. Some were very receptive to our message, some politely disagreed, and some just wanted to argue. In other words, they were pretty much just like everybody else.

    The one problem that I had with most of the Jehovah’s Witnesses I encountered was that they tended to use circular logic, e.g. “the Bible is true because it’s the word of God, and it says it’s true.” I don’t know if this is a common trait among JWs, but it was certainly common among the ones I had opportunity to meet. I also noticed a few that used what I would deem *flawed* logic, e.g. “our church is true because God’s name is Jehovah.” (I actually had a JW tell me that, and to be frank, I didn’t even know how to begin to respond.)

    To be fair, I’m sure you could find people in just about any organization—including my own faith—that would make similar statements, but if that wasn’t the norm in the areas where I served, I must have been a magnet for that kind of JW. Perhaps there was something about post-Communist Spanish culture that made it more likely for that kind of person to become a JW? Perhaps there were plenty of intelligent JWs out there, but they wouldn’t even talk to an LdS missionary? I honestly don’t know, and it doesn’t really matter. The point is that these experiences have helped form my thoughts regarding them, and yet I still view them as a generally good people, doing their best to live the way Christ taught and help others to do the same. The fact that I understand things differently than they doesn’t make them bad people.

    HTH!

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  • by Tuscan on January 10th, 2007

    Tuscan

    Unsure what the answer is to the question but as a comment, many people like myself who study comparative religions believe that both JW and LDS ''religions'' are cults, or man-made and not of the God of the bible. despite the fact that many members of these groups, like many mainstream Christian 'flavors' are upstanding, family oriented, moral and honest men and women.
    It is unfortunate that many people know very little about Joseph Smith the man who founded the Wwhat is now the "Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints.''

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  • by Bridget_D8547 on February 22nd, 2011

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    The Jehovah's Witnesses have it backwards. They testify that Jesus Christ is not Jehovah. That's a pretty hard stance to defend. I once asked a JW who the Savior is. She quickly replied that it was Jesus Christ. I went to Isaiah and showed her scriptures that prove we have but one Savior, and that is God himself.

    "...there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me." [Isa. 45:21]

    JWs deny that Jesus Christ is God, so the JW speaking with me backtracked and said this was a different Savior. "What different Savior?" I demanded. "Jehovah," she answered. "That's right," I said. "It's Jesus Christ, and he's Jehovah."

    She refused to see the point.

    Jehovah Witnesses deny the obvious. It's like they're dialing into the Internet but getting a disconnect. They can read the scriptures and just refuse to connect to God's word.

    Mormons as a whole are taught to respect anyone who wants to follow Christ, but as a Mormon myself, I have to say that I can't relate to a JW who calls Jesus Christ a "created creature" and denies that he is our Savior and God, mighty to save.

    Do Mormons have anything in common with JWs? They shouldn't, seeing as how JWs deny the very God who gave us being. But too many Mormons don't know the Lord personally themselves.

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  • by Anonymous on September 14th, 2009

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    Not sure what they think about them but I did have a woman friend once in Arizona who went out with a guy who had Utah plates on his car. She told me that she asked him (because of his plates) if he was a mormon. His answer to her was (or so she said) "No. Everyone who sees my plates almost always thinks I'm a mormon. But I'm a Jehovah Witness and we're second in command to the mormons." I don't know why he would have said that. I just don't think she made it up or was lying about it in any way.

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  • by KingOrmond on January 19th, 2009

    KingOrmond

    Mormon believe choices right or evils but mormon said choice the right way.,
    so Jehovah never believe choice evils because must die if choice evil that JW said.

    convert Jehovah Witness? well, hell no! but convert
    Mormon and support JW? that better and good strategy.

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  • by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 15th, 2009

    Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here

    SHORT ANSWER:
    While the members of the respective groups may have mutual respect and affection for each other (as several of the answers have noted in this thread) theologically they have little choice but to see the other group as in very deep, misguided error.


    LONG ANSWER:
    It's a very good question given the fact that both groups were a result of the 19th Century Restoration and both claim to be "The Only True and Restored Church" and the only Church with any true God-given authority to properly interpret the Bible.

    However, ultimately and according to LdS Theology, the Watchtower Society and it's adherents must be considered as apostate and corrupt as any other group that's NOT part of "The Only True and Restored Church" and under the aforementioned authority.

    So the members of the respective groups may have mutual respect and affection for each other (as several of the answers have noted in this thread) theologically they have little choice but to see the other group as in very deep, misguided error.

    Of course to an outsider this can be quite amusing since the two groups are clearly far more similar than dissimilar - as the embedded video demonstrates.

    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
    http://www.4witness.org/jehovahs_witness/jw_lds_cults.php

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