Tofauti na Wakristo karibu wote, hao hawamuamini Yesu kuwa Mungu sawa na Baba, wala Roho Mtakatifu kuwa nafsi, na kwa jumla hawakubali imani katika Utatu wa nafsi katika Mungu pekee. Kwa sababu hiyo madhehebu mengi hayawatambui kama Wakristo wala hayakubali ubatizo wao.
Kwa sababu hizo katika nchi mbalimbali dini hiyo iliwahi kukatazwa, kama nchini Tanzania wakati wa urais wa Julius Nyerere au bado ni marufuku.
Wengi wamelaumu Mashahidi wa Yehova hasa kutokana na jinsi walivyotafsiri na wanavyofafanua Biblia, mafundisho yao, katazo la utoaji damu, kutokubali matibabu yanayohusisha damu, mara kadhaa za utabiri wao kutotimia hasa kuhusu mambo ya mwisho, pamoja na jinsi waumini wanavyofuatiliwa na kushinikizwa na viongozi wao.
Kwa sababu hizo na kwa kutokubali kwa sababu ya dhamiri kujiunga na jeshi, kusalimu bendera za taifa au kuimba nyimbo za Taifa , pamoja na msimamo wao wa kutounga mkono upande wowote katika siasa, katika nchi mbalimbali dini hiyo iliwahi kukatazwa, kama nchini Tanzania wakati wa urais wa Julius Nyerere au bado ni marufuku kama vile huko Kazakstan, Eritrea na sasa Urusi.
Wenyewe wamekataa daima lawama hizo, lakini kila mwaka wengi wanajitenga nao.
Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement by Andrew Holden. An academic study on the sociological aspects of Jehovah's Witnesses phenomenon. Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-26610-9.
Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993) by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Official history of the development of the beliefs, practices, and organisational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Counting the Days to Armageddon by Robert Crompton (1996). A detailed examination of the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' eschatology. James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, ISBN 0-227-67939-3.
Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Alan Rogerson. Detailed history of the Watch Tower movement, particularly its early years, a summary of Witness doctrines and the organizational and personal framework in which Witnesses conduct their lives. Constable & Co, London, 1969. SBN 094559406
State and Salvation by William Kaplan (1989). Documents the Witnesses' fight for civil rights in Canada and the US amid political persecution during World War II. University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-5842-6.
Botting, Gary (1993). Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Calgary Press. ISBN1-895176-06-9.
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