by AlphaOmega 27 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
It is rude to walk onto people's private property,
uninvited and unwelcome,
with the express intention of pointing out to them
that whatever their religion may happen to be.......
it is the wrong one and is "not pleasing to God".
How more rude can anyone be?
Hardly surprising. The Cult is based on 'parrot-fashion' questions, answers and statements. They only 'hear' the responses they're taught to hear, everything else is ignored, blocked out and dismissed.
I always wondered what the point of the Ministry School was (ok, I can understand the benefit of youngters - male only, of course - doing Bible readings), as a sister giving a 'demonstration' also writes the script for the householder....helloooo, when does this ever happen in real life? What's the point?
Hello Alpha
Heaven those are great answers! Made me laugh too.
I guess I never did field service right. I'd actually listen to the person at the door most of the time. I listened too many times, and some of what Christians would tell me would make sense.
It's part of the reason I'm no longer associated by choice. People's testimonies of faith at their doors would truly move me at times.
The rudeness of the behavior is all explained away by the fact that they're "saving lives". But, they don't seem to realize that nothing they do imitates the first century Christians.
First century Christians preached in public in the public squares, the market places or "forums" in Roman cities, designated for that very purpose. It was where the common folk bought things, heard new ideas, got their news and had debates and discussions about religion and other matters.
It was never rude or intrusive for the disciples to preach that way, it was a normal part of their society. They only went to private homes from these public forums by invitation. They didn't just show up on someone's doorstep preaching!
That would have been a good reason back in that time for someone to attack you in defense of their home for showing up unannounced, as those were violent times. You'd probably be thought a robber or insane.
The people that come closest to imitating what first century Christians did are those that ask you to call if you're interested in their public ministry through a church or a TV program or a website, and you get sent information BY REQUEST.
Not this rude, intrusive and unscriptural thing that the JWs and Mormons do. Again, the WTS fails to get the lesson from the scriptures.
They left out the part where your partner pulls the string in your back to make you talk.
It is rude to walk onto people's private property,
uninvited and unwelcome,
with the express intention of pointing out to them
that whatever their religion may happen to be.......
it is the wrong one and is "not pleasing to God".
How more rude can anyone be?
Yes, rude. And isn't it ironic that they don't allow their own members the same "right" to examine their own religion?
Alpha,
Jehovah does his best to bring debating tools to those of limited intellect. Don't you want Jehovahs Witnesses to sound smart at the door? (allow for response)
I rarely ever used the canned presentations because whenever I'd try the householder would say something that didn't fit the mold the presentation was expecting, so I would get completely tripped up and wouldn't know what to say.
"Allow." So generous.
You mean to tell me that they are emailing KM's now? Whatever happened to the 'avoid the internet - the snare of pornography and apostates' line they were using?
On a side note: I wonder how long Jw's would remain if/when the Society bans the internet and email as a disfellowshipping offense? Or would it just go 'underground' like masturbation?
Jeff
You are right AO, I never thought of it that way. Like Aude says, it's a sales pitch.
This organization really doesn't have any interest in it's flock, and therefore no interest in others.
