I guess part of this is probably related to the Catholic church and Protestantism. JW’s believe themselves beneficiaries of the Protestant movement (though their beliefs stray from what Wikipedia says is one of the main tenets of Protestantism...namely, they don’t believe “faith in Jesus” is all that is needed for salvation.)
Additionally, the Catholic Church was behind a large part of the persecution JW’s suffered in the United States during the first half of the 20th century...
With regards to the Mormon Church, a brief search of the index I have of JW publications show mostly articles that take an appreciative tone for much of Mormonism along with “if only they didn’t mis-interpret the Bible and believe that pesky Book of Mormon was also the word of God.” I speculate that this is because the way the Mormon Church functions is very similar to the way the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization functions.
Agreeing with this. There are quite a few religions that most of us would call Christian that all think the other Christians … aren’t.
I was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. They literally think that other Christian religions and specifically the Catholic Church are the work of Satan.
More or less so than the Mormon Church?
Moreso.
I guess part of this is probably related to the Catholic church and Protestantism. JW’s believe themselves beneficiaries of the Protestant movement (though their beliefs stray from what Wikipedia says is one of the main tenets of Protestantism...namely, they don’t believe “faith in Jesus” is all that is needed for salvation.)
Additionally, the Catholic Church was behind a large part of the persecution JW’s suffered in the United States during the first half of the 20th century...
With regards to the Mormon Church, a brief search of the index I have of JW publications show mostly articles that take an appreciative tone for much of Mormonism along with “if only they didn’t mis-interpret the Bible and believe that pesky Book of Mormon was also the word of God.” I speculate that this is because the way the Mormon Church functions is very similar to the way the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization functions.