How to handle the door knockers

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User124 said:
I always let them in, after presenting arguments against faiths, they give me a magazine and never return.

I’m going to say “no” next time to not waste their time, I used to let them in because most people reject them in a rude way, apparently we can say “no” in a gentle way.
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Look at it this way – the time they waste talking to someone like you (who will not accept their line) is time they won’t have to try to trap someone more gullible.
 
DaveBj said:
Look at it this way – the time they waste talking to someone like you (who will not accept their line) is time they won’t have to try to trap someone more gullible.
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And if you or I don’t confront them, who will?
 
ByzCathCantor said:
I actually was approached a few years back in my driveway on Easter Sunday. We were running a little late, so I hastily told the nice, older lady that we were Catholic and could not be late for Church, especially today. I added that I was born Catholic and will die Catholic, although a sinner nonetheless.

She smiled and replied “Well, we are all God’s children!”

Couldn’t have ended on a more positive note, all things considered.
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Some separated brethern have a basic understanding theologically: Trinity exists, Jesus is our Lord, Savior and God. As per the door knockers: NOT! But aren’t we blessed God is the best Judge, the most fair & judges the heart of these poor misguided souls. In the end, the Church, the Body of Christ & it’s merits go to bat for these people but are they ever taught to trash the Church while on earth! 😊

When door knockers gain their salvation, they will be sooooo shocked and thrilled God’s Plan, hidden from them on earth, is the best and infinitely beyond what they thought it would be! Father knows best, eh? :heaven:
 
I invite these people in & my goal is to keep them here for a long as possible - think with my Hubby, friend & I one time had lds for 2 hours.

Our friend was converting from Baptist & you could see the looks on their faces how stunned someone would actually convert TO Catholicism. We told our testimonies, they graciously sat & listened. They were blown away & I could smell resounding defeat! One guy asked do you know anyone “we could share the gospel with”? My friend said it was like could you throw us a bone?

I always invite door knockers in, GET THEM OFF THEIR SCRIPT, ask the hard questions that I know they are going to evade but them desserts, water, keep them as long as possible so I EAT UP THEIR TIME so they don’t hit the neighbors houses.

Always tell your story, they WILL remember the TIME BOMBS when the Holy Spirit wants them to realize x + x + x = _____; one little thing latently placed can go off at a later date.:newidea:
 
JustaServant said:
There’s an episode of the Britcom Black Books in which Bernerd is so board he lets the door knockers in. When he asks them about what they are doing, they reply “We don’t know, we’ve never gotten this far before…”
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:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
 
JonNC said:
On my last encounter, I actually did the Small Catechism approach. They politely declined and left. And interestingly, they haven’t returned.

I will say this, In the times that I’ve encountered this - JW’s usually - they’ve been very polite, cordial, never pushy. While I don’t care for the door to door approach, I admire their sincerety and passion for their faith, wrong though it may be.

Jon
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The JW’s that came to my door were polite and not pushy. They were inviting me to their church. They handed me a invitation and I declined politely. I informed them that I am Catholic, but thanked them for their invitattion, but would not be attending.
They in return thanked me for listening to them, being polite and not shutting the door in their faces or being verbally abusive. They wished people were more like me. We said our good byes and God Bless. I shut the door in my usual manner.
My friend was shocked that I even gave them the time of day. But as I told her." Why would I be rude? They were nice people" 🙂
 
Kouyate42 said:
In more recent times there’s been a massive increase in the amount of JWs and door-to-door evangelists coming to my neighbourhood. It’s a quiet residential estate right on the edge of town so they’re obviously planning these trips with some care and attention, as well as travelling some way to actually get here.

Their persistence really bugs and amazes/impresses me sometimes. There was one day I was returning home from a mosque trip and obviously for this I was in full hijaab, as well as wearing my abaya. So it’s not like anyone COULDN’T notice from my dress as to what my religious status was. And yet (and I was quite surprised about this, as I always thought JW didn’t talk to Muslims) I was still approached and this young couple (who only looked about the same age as myself) began giving me the usual banter about wanting to worship the one true God. This happened several times, including a few times with this same couple, before they decided I wasn’t going to budge on my religious beliefs and left me alone.

I’ve tried my best to try and do some inter-faith dialogue with them. One of my challenges, when I was asked if I would read the Bible, was that I would do so on the condition that they read the entire Qur’an (in translation, with commentary). Needless to say, they declined. I’ve also offered them a copy of the Qur’an to read or various pieces of Islamic literature I’ve got in the house.

I’ll also confess there’s been times when I’ve done no.7 on that list. Usually I’ll pretend to be French-speaking only, although this has backfired on me once where one of the JWs I was talking to me understood French. But in recent times I’ve changed this to Arabic, which is less common, and it seems to work quite well. 😃
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👍👍:thumbsup:My dad could speak Czeck but it never came to having to speak it to a JW.🙂
 
acacia12 said:
The JW’s that came to my door were polite and not pushy. They were inviting me to their church. They handed me a invitation and I declined politely. I informed them that I am Catholic, but thanked them for their invitattion, but would not be attending.
They in return thanked me for listening to them, being polite and not shutting the door in their faces or being verbally abusive. They wished people were more like me. We said our good byes and God Bless. I shut the door in my usual manner.
My friend was shocked that I even gave them the time of day. But as I told her." Why would I be rude? They were nice people" 🙂
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When in high school one of my frinds was a JW, Her family come around trying to convert us ( we’re Catholic). When they brought one of their Elders along, my dad came out a deal: they would come to church with us one Sunday, then maybe we would go their Kingdom Hall. That was the last time they came over. 😃
 
One time, late in Lent, JWs came to my door inviting everyone to their “once per year” celebration of Jesus’ passion.

I thanked them for their kind offer and invited them to celebrate with us the other 364 days of the year (since we commemorate the event every singe day :D).
 
I’m impressed they take their faith seriously enough to commit to a neighborhood and evangelize it.

First time a JW came I had just woken up so after a minute of conversation I took a magazine and closed the door. They had had a couple of young boys with them. I decided to turn the tables. Jumped in the shower, got dressed, grabbed a few tract and a Gospel of John and ran up the street till I found them. Knocked on their car window and stuck the tracts in. Invited them to stop by again anytime…
 
JonNC said:
  1. Tell them you will call your priest/pastor to come over and join the conversation.
Jon
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Our FSSP priests actually get Mormons and JW’s knocking on their door. Oh, to be a fly on the wall in those encounters. 😃
 
SteveLy said:
I’m impressed they take their faith seriously enough to commit to a neighborhood and evangelize it.

First time a JW came I had just woken up so after a minute of conversation I took a magazine and closed the door. They had had a couple of young boys with them. I decided to turn the tables. Jumped in the shower, got dressed, grabbed a few tract and a Gospel of John and ran up the street till I found them. Knocked on their car window and stuck the tracts in. Invited them to stop by again anytime…
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They aren’t saved unless they go out & share their “gospel” but that just lands them into a paradise on earth, not into heaven. They have to document how many houses, people when, where, call backs, how much literature (it used to be taking a portable record player & playing the record at one’s home) they give out.

A sheer “WORKS” oriented SECT isn’t it?
 
Don_Jackson said:
A priest once told me a story about a JW couple knocking on the rectory door on a cold rainy winter afternoon. He felt bad for them, invited them inside to warm up, after they were seated brought them hot cocoa, and said, “Now what do we do?”

The elder JW answered, “I’m not sure, we’ve never got this far before!”😃

Peace and all good!
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THE RECTORY DOOR!? SERIOUSLY!? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
 
I’m thinking of drinking some beers with them just to see how they’ll react. :3
 
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