Ask one of Jehovah's Witnesses

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People who are well read in scriptures have a better shot at speaking for what your holy book says you should be. Often times a person or group of people's belief do not align with the scriptures they view as holy. Almost always these people don't even realize that they're not following their scriptures. I personally think it's because most people are trained as young children to only read the happy verses and the ones that actually make sense for the beliefs they like to have. 

This would make sense if reading the whole book was a requirement for believers. Most people are too damn busy to even bother reading the bible, praying and constantly going to church. They have families, work, hobbies (other than praying) Holy books are just pieces of paper, you can look at them anyway you want. Most people do realize they don't follow everything and some even openly reject verses because of interpretations, etc. As a former "almost"-catholic I know there's places in the church for everyone, you just need to find the right people. To some degree, I think people's brains determines part of what religion means. That's why there's Christians who hate gays and Christians pro-gay marriage.

I disagree with reading the book making you better suited to talk about something - Reading the bible as a non-believer just makes you good from an academic standpoint if you study different denominations and didn't just read the main parts - But actually living in a religious group gives you some experience most folks don't have. That's why I don't like to talk about religions other than Catholicism (and occasionally other branches of Christianity).´


OP, is it true that JW's would let their children die due to a lack of blood transfusion? What do you think about not celebrating birthdays?

You have to remember that confirmation bias works for non believers too. So its very possible that a non believer could read the bible and cherry pick what suits them. 

Yes it is true that a JW would let their child die after all other means have been explored. This is more and more not the case as bloodless surgery wings have sprung up all over the world. Bloodless surgery is actually viewed as the golden standard these days. This is something I have actually done research outside of JW's info and backed it up. Of course, this is not saying that a surgeon or doctor of any kind would recommend that a child die rather than receive a transfusion. 

I personally think not celebrating birthdays is great. Its probably because of a bias growing up as a witness but I personally hate seeing how selfish and self serving people can be on their birthdays. Not saying that it applies to all people. Just an observation