Jw's claim to be god-fearing, faithful, spiritual people with a unique special personal relationship with God (Jehovah).
Yet, so much of what they do is just fro show, an outward appearance of holiness and faithfulness:
1.) Shunning- an organization-sanctioned shunning policy publicly "outs" the shunned and puts pressure on members to cary out the shunning. Why is this necessary if they truly have faith in God and that He sees all and nothing is hidden from His view? If He is judging each person individually on their own merit and reading their hearts, why the need for a public, organization-sanctioned and enforced action?
2.) Reporting time- JW's are required to report their time and a record is kept for them personally and consulted as an estimation of their spirituality and faithfulness. Why is this necessary if God sees all of their hard work and observes their efforts at sharing their faith? Why doesn't He just read hearts and actually guide these men by Holy Spirit w/o the use of statistics. Did statistics play any role in God's using Samuel to select David for anointing? Quite the opposite actually. Where is God's involvement?
3.)Annual Report-Each year the WTS publishes and touts their "success" in an annual service report documenting their placements, attendance, hours and money spent in service to God and organization growth. What purpose does this serve other than to try to present physical evidence of their being "blessed by God"? Why not let God do the evaluating and trust Him to guide and bless? What happened in the past (biblical times) when leaders of "God's earthly organization" tried to numerically value the size and wealth of the nation?
4.)Grooming rules-JW's prohibit/discourage the growth of facial hair (beards and goatees) and look down on and ridicule those who choose to wear it. Also require and stipulate silly dress codes for their members at meetings, service, even during personal activities (during assemblies and conventions). Who are they concerned with offending? is it God? No they are concerned and focused on men that's it.
There are more examples, feel free to add to the list, all of which undermine their claims of spirituality, faithfulness and trust in God. It's sickening to me and laughable.
