Amy42 wrote:
I have to say that of all the time I spent at mass, CCD, and so forth - I never recall one bad thing said about any other religion or denomination. And the same goes for any church I've been to since. So I guess I'm wondering if JW's are so strong in the "Truth" and their faith, then why do they continually put down every other religion known to man??   
This a good point about the Watchtower Societies obsession with demonizing other churches and religions. I think the answer about why they have done this is quite simple. Other religions are their competitors. If I had a product, in this case "eternal life" and other groups were selling this same product wrapped in slightly different packaging it would benefit my cult to constantly inform the members that they can't recieve eternal life from these other false religions. It would also increase my customers if members of other churches came over to my group. Religion sells, look at the empire L.Ron Hubbard created or the net worth of the Mormon Church. Back when Rutherford began his crusade against other churches you have to realize that the JW's were a very small group in comparision. Try to picture the irony of witnesses in Rutherfords day picketing other churches with signs that said "RELIGION IS A SNARE AND A RACKET". While at they same time trying to recruit as many people as possible into this one "True Religion".