JW looking clarity followup

[Won2blv]

Well, surprise surprise, but we believe that the other religions just have it wrong.

That's part of the point.

It is interesting to me that in my recent agnosticism, hearing a lot of criticism of religion that I feel JW's aren't worthy of.

Like what?

And even some of the ones that they are can be argued. Like blood transfusions. I have had a hard time with this but I find it interesting to read articles about the benefits of not accepting blood transfusions. Or the fact that there are hundreds of bloodless surgery wings at hospitals.

Please post those articles.  I'm letting you off the hook for the 30/30 rule; links are fine when adding to a discussion.

I don't think they developed those just for the few witnesses in America. Jw's simply believe that Satan is in control of the world and humankind in general. Not like they are his robots and minions but more in a manipulating manner. So it only makes sense to us that most humans would spread false beliefs.

Who's spreading false beliefs?  People don't tend to spread beliefs unless they actually hold them.  If a Baptist thinks his or her belief is real, that's what they spread.  There are exceptions of course- most megachurch preachers, for example, but your wording makes it sound like people actively lie to each other about their beliefs.  

Look at holidays, they have ZERO christian background. But people seem to get more amped for christmas than church. But hey, presents! So, this is almost a glib explanation but god or no god i Think JW's believe in more true things than most religions

You can't see the fallacies here?

I want it to be clear that I am not saying that the medical professionals actively say that blood transfusions do more harm than good but here are some links

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/...rch.health
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/medi...e_patients
http://www.pennmedicine.org/bloodless/ab...tages.html

BTW, what is the 30/30 rule?

Jehovah's witnesses don't meddle in politics. We don't try to force our beliefs into the school system like many other religions. We're pro life but we stay out of peoples business when it doesn't affect us. Same with gay marriage. We don't tell people that they're dead mom, son, daughter, etc is an angel now. We're trained to be honest, kind, respectful. We're immune from a lot of the hypocritical accusations that a lot of secularist use, like celebrating holidays. We own our beliefs, which is not easy today. And I know you'll probably down play anything I've claimed. I'm not saying that only JW's are good people. Atheists, muslims, christians, etc can be good people. It is up to an individual to choose how they want to act in life, however, I do believe JW's are extra prodded towards acting in respectful ways to all humans. I know that there will be disagreement there. People do get super annoyed with our door to door work, but if that is our worse offense that we do to others... I can live with that.

The false beliefs that I mentioned would be the ones that Satan spread, if he exists... People don't usually purposely spread false beliefs. I get that, sorry for the broad statement

And as far as the fallacies. I want to clarify another time, I am NOT making arguments or statements in favor of believing in god. I am expressing in my words what makes me hold on to my beliefs for the time being.