Why do you think Jehovah Witnesses are always attacked about how they are as a whole?

Answer 1

FROM ONE OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSESJW's are attacked in many ways earthwide. Sometimes the attacks are simply verbal, as they usually are in the U.S. In some places, however, JW's meetings are interrupted by mobs where men, women, young and old alike, are beaten, such as the recent cases in countries such as Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia Russia, and other Baltic states, even though most of these countries claim to have religious freedom guaranteed by their law.

This is no surprise to us. We believe this is a fulfillment of Jesus' own words, "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you." (John 15:18, 19; see also 2 Timothy 3:12) We believe that the main source of this persecution is Satan the Devil, who is the unseen ruler of this world.-1 John 5:19; Rev. 12:17.

AnswerFrom personal experience, thankfully we are not under ban where our meetings are held here in the USA, but I feel for witnesses in other countries that have to endure such things.

When I was a freshman in high school a schoolmate found out that I was a witness and I thought, "Wow, this is a wonderful opportunity to give a good witness and maybe teach him a little bit," but I was totally wrong. He turned around everything that I said and then he went as far as calling me Jehovah down the hallway, but I was able to endure and I actually felt stronger about my faith being able to put up with that.

Answer from an inactive/ disfellowedship witness

It's actually a little sad but mainly it begins with differences and practices of a "different religion from mine." The internet holds SO many discussions on just this topic alone and gossip loves to get around especially now with rumors that "Jehovah Witnesses are a cult and I have proof." From a personal experience I always got teased because in the religion, we weren't allowed to have birthday parties, celebrate holidays or even host these kind of parties. People are just trying to be nice but when you explain to them this sometimes you get a sour response and sometimes because they see that you are brought up or believe in something completely different from someone else and some how that is weird or they have had the experience of a Jehovahs Witness always knocking on the door and bugging someone who doesn't want to be disturbed.

As for the attacking of a whole, it's the result of mere gossip and mislead information gets around and you see on television shows they make fun of the religion. Sometimes there is an argument about it or they have no idea why they do it, they just see someone making fun of a jehovahs witness and join in on the hate. Now not every single person practices the right and breaks a lot of the rules which of course gives Jehovah witnesses a bad name and that plays a big part in attacking the religion as a whole.

Answer 2

There can be many different reasons why this could happen.

1. Regardless of the country they live in, Jehovah's Witnesses will not serve in the military and that has led authorities in some countries to turn a "blind eye" to any attacks made against them. So nationalist fervor is one of the main reasons they are attacked.
2. Jehovah's Witnesses feel that being a true Christian involves making an earnest effort to teach and preach to everyone else about their belief in God's Kingdom. This can annoy people to the point where they irrationally attack them, which should be, at most, a mild inconvenience for someone not interested.
3. They also will not listen to Government sanction bans on their preaching work that you see in many Islamic States or countries without religious freedoms. This can lead to attacks and imprisonment.

In almost all instances it is usually because the Witnesses are making a stand for their faith by being peaceable with all men, preaching the Gospel, and putting God's commandments above any human government.