Talk:Jehovah's Witnesses

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[change] unconscious irony

"They share their beliefs about God with other people." Is this meant to be ironic? Totnesmartin 20:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

There might be some in it. However, the statement is understandable. There supposedly still are sects that claim to be secret societies. Telling someone outside you are in might have bad implications. Also some religious groups are more open towards outsiders than others.. --Eptalon 23:49, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[change] links critical

why do we need criticism of the religion on the page? Jesse James squeeze the trigger 16:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Would the idea of an encyclopedia not be: Here is the information, those are the views that exist. Based on those views you can decide yourself what to believe?- If we left out the critical links, the information would be one-sided. --Eptalon (talk) 16:05, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't believe that an article must present negative sentiment along with the positive to present a neutral one. I looked at the Roman Catholic article and I did not see the information presented in such a left side right side manner. Yet the article seems not to be off balance. I stop well short of inserting negative information into the article though much is available. Please consider removing the negative spin from the Jehovahs Witness article. Thank you. Jesse James squeeze the trigger 18:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

That is a bit of a problem we still have. There are many religious communities; some are infavor of what a certain community does, others are against it; It would therefore be very good if links critical to (whatever community) could be added; as to Roman Catholicisn, I don't know if you know that, but Opus Dei is a group officially endorsed by the Catholic Church; some people have said the organisation has characteristics of a cult or a sect. I will post something to simple talk, as your aguments look valid. --Eptalon (talk) 17:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)