Another encounter with JW at my door this morning.

by jam 16 Replies latest watchtower scandals

  • jam
    jam

    I posted an encounter with A elder A few months ago.

    We had A lengthy conversation. He knew I was once

    A elder, served where the need was great , etc. So I

    figured, surely he will mark down, do not call "Apostate".

    To my surprise, Two ladies at my door this morning.

    I live in A small community by Calif. standards. One

    KH in my city.

    Before she could give her presentation (reaching in

    bag for the mag.), I stop her. At one time I was A JW

    Elder, serve where the need was great and etc.

    From previous encounters I felt she would turn around

    and leave, she did not to my surprise. The men would talk

    but the women, run like hell.

    I do not have A sharp mind like many here, but my thoughts were

    all over the place. So the only thing I could come up with was

    the overlapping generation change.

    I realize, these people think the Bible is A book of world

    history. It,s very fustrating talking to those people.

    Anywhy we talk for A while and she ask did I know A certain

    brother that years ago he and I was in the same hall.

    Yes I knew him well. She said he is back and he is A elder,

    remarried and doing fine. He was DF for adultery.

    It,s not working, I tell them I am A agnostic, I do not beleive

    in your God, no way I will become A JW again and they still

    come back. Am I the only Df person in this town. Many know

    my family members that are still in. To day was A surprise, two

    sisters talking to A DF person.

  • jam
    jam

    I forget to mention, she was A JW in 1975, so when she

    said friends moved ahead in the preaching work at the time

    I stop her and told her I was there. We preach what we

    was told to preach, you know that. Then she said. yes we

    had to adjust our thinking. I am sure it was A learning ex-

    perience for her young (20-30 yrs) partner.

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Hah!!!

    Man, they are SO desparate for men in the congregations that they're coming after YOU!!!

    I love the way she mentioned the other elder who was disfellowshipped for "adultery" and later reinstated... To her narrow JW mind, your leaving the Watctower Corporation MUST have been due to your weak, 'sinful' nature - couldn't have had ANYTHING to do with the Jehovah's Witnesses and their theology, oh, NO...!!

    Maybe you could have had more fun by engaging them on the subject of "Noah's" "flood"... There is a MOUNTAIN of evidence AGAINST that biblical "miracle" - not to mention that it's another GLARING example of "Jehovah" killing off INNOCENT babies and animals - practically ALL of them - the animals, that is...

    Too bad about all those babies...

    Zid

  • jam
    jam

    ziddina; these people are brain dead. We talk A little

    about how bad things are today. I told her, I think the

    world is much better then in Jesus day. We live longer,

    better healthy don,t you think. She said, yes my mom is

    85yrs old. So Iam thinking, what the hell, now what were

    you saying.

  • Ding
    Ding

    If they talked with you, maybe they had doubts about the organization themselves and we hoping to learn something.

  • finallysomepride
    finallysomepride

    I had them here during the week, apparantly I was down as a do not call, and they wanted to know if it was ok to call again, anyway they asked why i left & was it bcoz i had problems with other members, my reply was no it was on doctrine etc, like false prophecy re Jesus' return in 1870s bigA coming in 1914, 15, 18, 24 & 75 and so on, their reply was those things were never said, anyways they couldn't get out quick enough, so now I'm most likely back on the do not call list. Mixed feelings about that I do like to converse with them at the door, but some times they really piss me off

  • jam
    jam

    Ding; It,s strange, on one hand they are told not

    associate with family members that are DF. I have made it

    known to each JW that have come to my door over the

    past 10yrs I am DF. I have encountered many from that

    KH. It,s A small hall, one Spanish and one English. So Iam

    sure they know who lives here, or maybe they do not keep

    records like they use to. But the point is, one daughter that

    have not spoke with me in 10yrs and you have sisters discussing

    the Bible with A known DF person.

  • ziddina
    ziddina
    "...on one hand they are told not [to] associate with family members that are DF. I have made it known to each JW that have come to my door over the past 10yrs I am DF. ...... But the point is, one daughter that have not spoke with me in 10yrs and you have sisters discussing the Bible with A known DF person. ..." jam

    Yeah, Jam, I've noticed that myself....

    The first three - four times JWs came to my door [after moving back into a heavily-popuated area], I told them that I'd disassociated myself. There was no real reaction; they didn't even blink!!

    But I'm grateful, in the long run, that I didn't end up on their "do-not-call" list...

    It's given me so many opportunities to do "anti-witnessing" since then!!!

  • EntirelyPossible
    EntirelyPossible

    not to hijack, but I had a three hour flight yesterday with a JW that wanted to start trying to offer me magazines and talk to me about how awful the world is and and how god is our only hope.

    That was amusing :)

  • Aussie Oz
    Aussie Oz

    At my old address they had me down as a do not call.

    occasionaly they would call when they forgot to check the list. I would ID myself and they would depart.

    not anymore! i will theocratic warfare away with them as long as i can.

    Oz

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