Charles Taze Russell from the outset of creating his own religion ... which is what he did back then ... wanted to be different from all the other religions. He deluded himself into believing he had created THE one true religion and that his chosen god was THE only god. Only HIS religious peers would be saved in his fantasy new world ... and ALL other religions were evil, apostate and whatever other insult he and his followers have conjured up ever since.

For whatever reason ... it's the Catholic religion that gets the most hammering from the JWs and they are totally delighted when they're able to convert a former Catholic into the JW faith. Conversely when a former JW joins the Catholic faith ... it's more a case of 'oh so you finally woke up did you' ... rather than 'we ARE the best'.

The average JW is programmed and trained to believe ONLY their religion is 'the truth'. It's why they call it 'the truth' Amy! Quite a bold statement for yet another religion amongst so many.