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My wife has a couple of Johova Witnesses in my living room. Can anyone provide me with insight into points they will make and how to respond to them. Thanks.
 
I’m thinking they will offer you the Watchtower & Awake magazines. They may want to talk about one of the articles - possibly having to do with living forever in peace on earth. That’s a biggie with them. How to respond? If you are Catholic then tell them that. Tell them that you believe Jesus died on the cross for your sins and that you are very happy with your faith. If you have no experience with the JW’s you are going to be in way way way over your head. I wouldn’t get into too much. When they go, you can brush up on how you want to respond next time. Trust me… there will be a next time - very soon.
 
If they are still in your living room and you want to throw something at them ask them how come they’ve predicted Armegeddon so many times - 1914, 1925, 1975 and every time their predicitons were WRONG! Ask them to read in their Bible what Jehovah says about false prophets:

Deuteronomy 18:20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speakes in the name of other gods MUST BE PUT TO DEATH."

now verse 21: "you may say to yourselves, “how can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord? 22 - If what the prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken.”

(that’s the one who should be put to death)

Point out that they are false prophets. If they say, Oh we haven’t given any false prophecies then ask if when they come back next week they’ll take a look at all the old Watchtower articles where they did give dates that turned out to be false? (You can get copies online)
 
i hate to say it but my experience has shown that it is impossible to dialog with jehova’s witnesses. i finally got to the point where i just say “i’m a catholic, bye” and close the door.
if you let them in the house, you will have to listen to them talk for half an hour and try to figure how to get them out the door.
just my thoughts
thanks
 
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jjwilkman:
i hate to say it but my experience has shown that it is impossible to dialog with jehova’s witnesses. i finally got to the point where i just say “i’m a catholic, bye” and close the door.
if you let them in the house, you will have to listen to them talk for half an hour and try to figure how to get them out the door.
just my thoughts
thanks
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Just like with any ignorant fanatic. Be charitable even though it’s hard. VERY HARD.
 
I had 2 this morning. I never let them in but go out onto the front porch to talk to them.
I always tell them 4 things;
  1. “No, I do not want to read the magazine.”
  2. “I know your religion well as I once had a “book study” with jws.”
  3. “I admire your courage, knocking on doors.”
  4. “I am a believing, practicing and joy filled Roman Catholic who prays to God daily and thanks him for showing me the road home to Rome.”
Then they smile - and leave.
 
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catsrus:
I had 2 this morning. I never let them in but go out onto the front porch to talk to them.
I always tell them 4 things;
  1. “No, I do not want to read the magazine.”
  2. “I know your religion well as I once had a “book study” with jws.”
  3. “I admire your courage, knocking on doors.”
  4. “I am a believing, practicing and joy filled Roman Catholic who prays to God daily and thanks him for showing me the road home to Rome.”
Then they smile - and leave.
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I once had two of them come to my door. They asked if they could talk to me and I told them that I was a very happy Catholic. Their response was, “oh, I’m sorry.” To which I responded, “yes, I know. I was sorry once myself but then I came home to the true Church.” and then I closed the door. I know it’s not very charitable and maybe I should have handled it differently, but they near came back.:rolleyes:
 
I don’t let them in.

I don’t argue any point. I just say, “I am Catholic, thank you for coming, goodbye!” and smile, say “I don’t have time for this”, and politely close the door.

If I am out in the yard working on my garden, I usually say I am busy, but if they really want to discuss religion with me, the hoe is over there and they will have to help if they want to stay. Not one has.
 
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MarilynIN:
I don’t let them in.

I don’t argue any point. I just say, “I am Catholic, thank you for coming, goodbye!” and smile, say “I don’t have time for this”, and politely close the door.

If I am out in the yard working on my garden, I usually say I am busy, but if they really want to discuss religion with me, the hoe is over there and they will have to help if they want to stay. Not one has.
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Marilyn,
Aren’t you so clever! Why didn’t I think of that. Next time I’ll invite them in and hand them a mop. We can talk while they work. 😃
 
My granddad used to tell JWs “See the road you S.O.B.? You better take it now.”

I’m a little more subtle. I don’t call them S.O.B.s.
 
Long ago as a teenager some Hare Krishnas pushed one of their books on me at the airport. A few days later some JWs came knocking, asking me to read their literature. I reached into a drawer, pulled out the Hare Krishna book, and said, “I’ll read yours if you’ll read mine.”

They never came back.

And I think they told the Mormons to stay away from us, too.
 
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cbeemer:
My wife has a couple of Johova Witnesses in my living room. Can anyone provide me with insight into points they will make and how to respond to them. Thanks.
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LOL, I just missed some, when I came home there was a pamphlet on my door. I was disappointed, I wanted to invite them in for a beer and have a chat. kidding. However I would have like to chat with them a bit. Maybe they’ll come back today as I’m painting my house.
 
'Course if they’re still in your house at this point, you have BIGGER problems.

But I’d find out why your wife is talking to them. Is she well-grounded in her faith? If she is, let her handle it. Are you? Then tag-team 'em. 🙂

Check out the book about JWs from Catholic Answers. Can’t recall the title or name but it’s got a cover outlined in blue I believe.

With all that said, I approach them the same as I approach all non-Catholics. First, be charitable.

Second, start with foundation - the Bible. Specifically, they have less books than us. Why is that?

To me, everything follows from there.

Good luck.
 
i once had the jw’s round at my door, i informed them i was a practising catholic, they thanked me and went away, the following evening the jw’s sent round a catholic convert to speak to me, i invited her in, sat them down pulled out my catechism asked them what they didn’t understand about the catholic faith, and now no longer visited by the jw’s,
 
I would talk to them about the Catholic faith, they are there to visit on your time and giving you their time. They should be willing to listen and read some insights. I had some people come to my door this weekend and spent about 20 minutes talking to them. I will try and describe this in another thread, but being charitable and sharing your Catholic faith can be very fruitful, and if you don’t know the answers to their questions invite them back, when you will have a better answer. Research and share your faith and it will touch them even if they try to hide it.
I would second the motion to go to that website by the former JW it is very insightful.

God Bless
Scylla
 
Just curious. Has anybody ever heard or witness a debate between a JW and a Mormon as to who is the true christian?

I bet it would be…hmmmmm veeeerrry interstink…
 
My mother always invites the jws into her house. She always lets them talk and she prays with them when they ask if they can say a prayer, but when they are done with their prayers my mom brings out rosaries and makes them pray the rosary with her. she tells them “I prayed with you, now you have to pray with me.” Needless to say, they no longer knock on her door.
 
My friend Brent whom was planning on the being a priest pulls out a bible and tells them he likes bibles the unedited and original way. by the end of the argument it is the jw that is converted and not brent.
 
Hi, I have another “problem”. A JW that has had many backcalls to me is still comming. I admit that I might have encouraged him to keep on comming, eventhough he knows my beliefs. (I used all the ammunition I had, and got tired to recharge)

How can I tell him politly to buzz off? (he is a sort of a friend, so maybe he believes I might change my mind. Eventough I told him many times what I think, etc…)

I will keep on praying for him and the other JW missionarys that came at my door. But now I want to close the door to him.(politely)

Thanks in advance for your anwer(s),

Andrew
 
He is going to continue to come back so long as you continue to talk to him. He has to keep track of how much “time” he spends out in service talking to others and he gets credit for each “call back.” You, being his friend, are an easy way to make time.

You could get rid of him one of two ways… either go to some ex-Jehovah witness websites and print out some damaging evidence against the organization and tell him you’d like to discuss all of those points (especially effective if he knows it’s stuff from an ex-witness site - it’ll freak him out) or you need to just straight up say you don’t think the conversations are fruitful in that you were hoping to change his mind and lead him to Christ but it doesn’t look like he’s interested so maybe you should stop meeting to discuss religion. If he says, “Oh we can keep meeting…” You need to say, “So you ARE interested in the Catholic Church? WONDERFUL! When do you want to come to mass with me?” I predict he bolts for the door.
 
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