One more example.
This topic has intrigued me. I had never heard of Bibliomancy, and it surprises me a little that the Society would print encouraging experiences involving the practice if it is to be condemned. Is there any other superstitious practice that has brought such favorable results that Watchtower was moved to write about it for all to read?
At any rate, here is one more 'encouoraging experience' involving the practice,
(W 1-1-1981, pp17-18)
19 God’s acceptance and blessing continue on this preaching work, including the important house-to-house activity of locating and helping persons. As just one indication, a minister who visits congregations in a large district accepted an invitation to accompany a Christian in Maryland on a call to conduct a Bible study. He says:
“I asked the householder what motivated her to study the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses. She said that often she would open the Bible at random, point her finger at a verse and read it. But she seldom could understand what she read.
“One day she was very depressed over serious family problems. Again she opened her Bible and picked out a verse. She could not understand it, and in her depression and disappointment began to cry. She prayed to God to send her someone to help her understand his Word. Just as she said that, the doorbell rang. Answering it she found a Witness, who began, ‘Would you like to understand the Bible?’ The householder pulled her inside and quickly a regular study was begun.”
What does this experience show? According to the account a couple of things stand out.
- That “God’s acceptance and blessing continue on [the] preaching work.” The positive result seems to have brought Jehovah's approval of the practice in this case.
- The angels are apparently in approval too, since when the Woman prayed to God to send someone, the Witnesses immediately rang her doorbell. I remember reading that the angels are used in directing, or carrying out, such things.
A great topic.
