The JW's took off running

[Samson01]

Well, it is that time of year when the Jehovah’s Witness’s stop by the house and end up leaving in a rush. The dogs, two rotties, alerted me that someone was in the driveway and the female opened the door, letting both of them out. Average weight about a hundred pounds. The rooster in the yard attacks the dogs, trying to keep them away from the hens. It was bedlam. I ran out while my son’s gather up the dogs and they where in their cars pulling out in no time flat. I wanted to talk about Thomas’s “my Lord and my God” statement to them, but no dice. Sure hope they come back.

 

[Sirach2]

They let your dogs out? How rude! Two of them were at my home last week, and I was completely surprised by their boldness. If someone doesn’t answer the front door, why do they think they have liberty to go into the backyard? I was in the very back of my lot picking up limbs that fell during a recent storm. They introduced themselves after asking if I lived here, and wanted to share the bible right there and then in the middle of my outdoor work.

Is this their special time of year to proselytize?

 

[Samson01]

No, my dogs opened the paddle style handle on the door. They didn’t seem rude, but I was hoping to talk to them about the Faith and Divinity of Christ. By the time I got out there, they where heading out. I just waved and smiled. I’ve had some really bad experience’s with JW’s and their mislead devotion. They pray on the weak and run from the strong… It is Lent, hence the constant attacks on the Church in the media, secular world…The enemy likes the desert I guess.

 

[Sirach2]

Oh, I see now. When you said the female opened the door, I figured it was the female JW. The two that came to my home were male and female. Maybe you’ll have another opportunity some day.

I entered bible study with a couple of them many years ago, and they couldn’t answer my proofs against their preaching. They apparently went back to their leaders, got the answers, and came back a few days later to oppose my scriptures. I learned that one can never win with them, and have never attempted another “bible study” since then.

 

[Samson01]

Oh, I see now. When you said the female opened the door, I figured it was the female JW. The two that came to my home were male and female. Maybe you’ll have another opportunity some day.

I entered bible study with a couple of them many years ago, and they couldn’t answer my proofs against their preaching. They apparently went back to their leaders, got the answers, and came back a few days later to oppose my scriptures. I learned that one can never win with them, and have never attempted another “bible study” since then.

Yeah, they go out in pairs… and plant seeds for the kingdom, but what kingdom does not have Jesus as Lord in His Divinity. I used to talk to another couple on my porch a few years ago and used my own St. Joseph’s Bible. When I stood up and read from Wisdoms is when they had enough and didn’t come back. Hard hearts in some of them.

 

[CB_Catholic]

They came to my door the other day, a very nice couple, an elderly man and a younger woman. They began talking about Easter and Jesus, and I just politely told them I was a true believer in Jesus, but I was not interested in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I was very polite, but for some reason they quickly backed off and wished me a good day, and I did the same to them. I felt no urge at all from the Holy Spirit to engage these two, whereas I have in the past.

Afterwards I thought about it and wondered if I had missed an opportunity, but I don’t think so. There was just something unexpected about the way the two were so quick to leave, they usually are much more persistant. They didn’t even offer me a Watchtower!

 

[Regardless]

Oh, I see now. When you said the female opened the door, I figured it was the female JW. The two that came to my home were male and female. Maybe you’ll have another opportunity some day.

I entered bible study with a couple of them many years ago, and they couldn’t answer my proofs against their preaching. They apparently went back to their leaders, got the answers, and came back a few days later to oppose my scriptures. I learned that one can never win with them, and have never attempted another “bible study” since then.

Very good.

Do you think Maatthew 24:14 will be fulfilled?
There are 7.5 million Jw’s every month volunteering their time to show peoplke what God’s kingdom is fromt the Bible.
I have never been called on by anyone from the Ctholic church.

Why do you think the JW’s are not the truth?
Why would Jesus allow a false religion to do the world wide preaching work he prophesied?

 

[Catholic41506]

Very good.

Do you think Maatthew 24:14 will be fulfilled?
There are 7.5 million Jw’s every month volunteering their time to show peoplke what God’s kingdom is fromt the Bible.
I have never been called on by anyone from the Ctholic church.

Why do you think the JW’s are not the truth?
Why would Jesus allow a false religion to do the world wide preaching work he prophesied?

The JW’s are not the truth because they were founded by a man. Charles Taze Russell in or about the 1870’s with the Bible Student Movement which later progressed to the JW’s. When you add the fact that they must change words of scripture in order to prove their point, that nobody prior to the 1870’s believed what they profess, and that none of the early Church Fathers believed that way…common sense will prevail.

Prior to the Catholic Church I was all over the protestant spectrum. I ruled out JW and Mormonism in the first round using common sense. God gave us reason and intellect for a reason. While he doesn’t appeal only to those, they play a part.

You will be in my prayers, friend. God bless you and yours.

 

[The_Curt_Jester]

Very good.

Do you think Maatthew 24:14 will be fulfilled?
There are 7.5 million Jw’s every month volunteering their time to show peoplke what God’s kingdom is fromt the Bible.
I have never been called on by anyone from the Ctholic church.

Why do you think the JW’s are not the truth?
Why would Jesus allow a false religion to do the world wide preaching work he prophesied?

Considering the Catholic Church is worldwide and has sent missionaries to all the corners of the world, why would God have allowed that if we’re not the true faith? Why would Jesus allow us to preach world wide?

If something being true is based on how widespread it is, then the Catholic Church has the JW’s beat by a long way. I do wonder if JW’s go door to door in to people who practice headhunting, cannibalism, and human sacrifice though.

 

[Regardless]

The JW’s are not the truth because they were founded by a man. Charles Taze Russell in or about the 1870’s with the Bible Student Movement which later progressed to the JW’s.

That early group went back to the Bible, with no pre-conceived ideas. That is why things like the immoral soul and the Trinity quickly disappeared. That is why the rank and file JW’s can show people from the Bible what they believe. Because it is simple and cllear.

When you add the fact that they must change words of scripture in order to prove their point, that nobody prior to the 1870’s believed what they profess, )

Jesus and his apostles believed what we believe. That is why we can quote them as evidence when calling on people (if they let us)

Prior to the Catholic Church I was all over the protestant spectrum. I ruled out JW and Mormonism in the first round using common sense. God gave us reason and intellect for a reason. While he doesn’t appeal only to those, they play a part.
You will be in my prayers, friend. God bless you and yours.

Thank you friend. All the best.

 

[Regardless]

Considering the Catholic Church is worldwide and has sent missionaries to all the corners of the world, why would God have allowed that if we’re not the true faith? Why would Jesus allow us to preach world wide?

Good call.
You say the preaching work has been done by the CC already?

But Jesus prophecy at Matt 24:14 shows this work would be about the Kingdom, Also that it would precede and herald the momentous event Jesus called “the end”.
I’m not sure if the Catholic missionaries of colonial days preached about the Kingdom, but regardlessly, the end didn’t come then. We see the rest of the sign of Matt 24 being fullfilled now, and the 7 million rank and file JW’s are preaching now instead of special Catholic missionaries.

Even the current Pope admitted the witnesses are “doing the work we should be doing.”

 

[Catholic41506]

That early group went back to the Bible, with no pre-conceived ideas. That is why things like the immoral soul and the Trinity quickly disappeared. That is why the rank and file JW’s can show people from the Bible what they believe. Because it is simple and cllear.

Can you offer any historical evidence of this? You must dismiss nearly two thousand years of the Church in order for your version of protestanism to work.

Jesus and his apostles believed what we believe. That is why we can quote them as evidence when calling on people (if they let us)
They do? If St. Polycarp studied under St. John (The beloved Apostle) why does his writings not prove your point? All of the early Church Fathers were clearly Catholic and these men new the teachings of Christ and His apostles as many of them studied under the apostles.

Thank you friend. All the best.