The best way to answer the door when you know it's a Jehova's witness: naked. That'll throw em off.
Have door-to-door Jehova's Witnesses finally changed their methods?
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I have a good friend who is a JW. Every Saturday she is out in neighborhoods "passing out the good word." Of course I had to ask her what peoples reactions were like and how she dealt with it. She replied that for the most part people are polite, and she says that it is just as simple as handing them a pamphlet. My response was "what do you get from this?" Her response was simple...I believe in what I believe, and if I can spread the word to someone else then I feel like I have done some good. I can't hate on someone just doing something they believe in. Also, she says if someone says "not interested," she just thanks them for their time and she is on her way. Better then those door to door magazine salespeople in my opinion.
Shortly after moving, I encountered a couple of them and was suprised to see that many of my own ideals matched their own. The key difference: I don't believe in imposing your religion upon others in an effort to convert them and I don't believe in any organized religion. So, no. I was not and will not be converted EVER but I do agree with their religion at least somewhat.
If a jahova witness comes to my door id like to answer it in my underwear, with an axe in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other, just to see the reaction
I've never once been visited by a Jehovahs witnes, but I did get "The Watchtower" in the post once a while back. My grandad (an atheist, who loves to find fun in this sort of thing) had a wonderful way of getting rid of them, as they came round his area quite regularly several years ago- he's moved since. He would say to them, when asked if he was interested in converting, "Well, you've made some very powerful arguements, I'd love to be a Jehovah's witness, but I've got to think about tomorow, you see? What about when the Roman Catholics come round, and then the Anglicans, and then the Protestants the next day? I'd start converting to all their wonderful religions as well, and by Sunday I wouldn't know what denomination I was, would I? So I find it easier to stay how I am, just to be fair to all of you" He said this so earnestly, and apparently a lot went away bemused or even worried. Ah, this isn't him at his best, he just get's so much joy out of this sorta thing. It still made me giggle.
Oh that reminds me... that happpened to me once. I had just gotten out of the shower and heard the door ring, I run down the stairs and open the door with a towel around my lower half.BlindTom said:
I have long hair, down to the top of my bum so this was wet and all over my face and torso.. which is rather thin and feminine framed. The look of horror on the person's face thinking that I was a half naked girl was priceless, she looked away and had a conversation whilst looking at the wall to her right.
Whenever Jehovah's witnesses arrive at my door I just say the two magic words:Nivag said:
"I'm atheist,"
It doesn't matter if you are or not, saying it gets a response as though you've just pulled a shotgun from behind the door, they can never leave fast enough...
I have the same fun as a studied Agnostic, that and I wrote a paper on "The Witnesses" and their spiritual bretheren the Seventh Day Adventists. Crazy stuff.Baby Tea said:
Still, JW's in my area use Kids and Old People, I can't be mean to them or I'll feel guilty. Canny bastards.
Isn't Mormonism and JW offshoots of Christianity? Not in the same sense as Anglican or Baptist, but more of a wacky cultist version? I honestly have no idea about them.Baby Tea said:
Anyway, don't Witnesses usually try sell the Watchtower? I thought that was the whole point. When I was a kid I thought it was some sort of fantasy book like Lord of the Rings.
ygetoff said:
Reminds me of what my mother's partner did once... Jehova's Witnesses come to the door, speaking their bollocks, and he goes "You know... I shoot people like that... Gimme a second, I'm gonna get my shotgun." And he got it too, and you can bet they left quickly.
Honestly I don't think he's been pestered by them ever since XD
You know, I don't think Jenova's Jehova's Witnesses do that door-to-door converstion thing in Australia... well, I've never had one. I did have one Jehova's Witness girl in 4th grade if I remember correctly, and she was pretty quiet. All I remember is that they get out of voting.
It comes down to, "the earth is more like a new mankind, while the heavens are a new form of government rather than our own, human reign." It really is the only way to reconcile with Psalm 37 and Ecc 1:4.nimrandir said:
Point-counterpoint doesn't work for religion and politics. It never does. It's an interesting exchange of thoughts, but these things always tend to get more aggressive as time passes.Baby Tea said:
I've been raised as a Jehovah's Witness. My parents were converted because they finally got answers to questions they had. I'm not active, but that's because I'm chasing facts, not faith. And, as Lewis Black stated, I have thoughts, and they can really fuck up the faith thing.TheSpiritoftheWolf said:
Also, don't give money. They'll take that as you being interested. Just say no.
I've heard, by the way, that American JWs are stone cold nuts. (At least in comparison to the Dutch JWs...)
I don't know, I haven't seen any Jehovah's Witnesses come here or do anything to my porch in a while.
Funny story about Jehovah's Witness:
Three teen girls came to my doorstep and tried to convert me. After a small anticlimactic... uh... discussion, I then prayed to Jesus Nonexistent Christ to forgive me for my future sins(?) and send me heaven. Then they left saying something like I'll go to heaven no matter what now. I felt somewhat baffled and just shaking my head in the disbelief that I actually did something that only Christians would do.
Funny story about Jehovah's Witness:
Three teen girls came to my doorstep and tried to convert me. After a small anticlimactic... uh... discussion, I then prayed to Jesus Nonexistent Christ to forgive me for my future sins(?) and send me heaven. Then they left saying something like I'll go to heaven no matter what now. I felt somewhat baffled and just shaking my head in the disbelief that I actually did something that only Christians would do.
Interesting story when a couple Jehovah's witnesses came to my house. They started getting unusually hostile, just as they did my three foot tall 150 pound German Shepherd came between them and the door. It was awesome, since he seemed to know what was happening.
