One of the most irritating things you can say to a Witness?

free2beme

My relatives that are still Witnesses, always hate it when I say one thing to them, more then any others ...

"Are you going to church tonight?"

"Were you at church?"

"How was church?"

Why is that? Did you ever wonder why we were so emotional about making sure people did not call our illustrious meetings or Kingdom Halls, churches? Isn't a church defined as

Church : A building for public, especially Christian worship

No wonder people always thought we were not even Christians, we wouldn't even call the place we worshiped in, something as simple as a church. We were so afraid of the word too, to a level of complete nonsense. My relatives get defensive every time I say it, with comments like "... not church, the meeting" or "... were not Christendom, we go to meetings." What is the big deal? Meetings are something I do at work, when we have to discuss work goals, new policies and any changes. Church is what you go to and do, when you are worshiping a God. It is not like it is an insult, it is in the dictionary and the definition says nothing like "Where people go to worship and believe in the Trinity." So if you want to really irritate a Witness, ask them how church was. They love that!

serendipity

Tell some of the 'brothers' out in field service that people will mistake them for Mormons. A biggie in the South: "So you're conventions are just like revivals?" A JW would answer: our faith doesn't need reviving.

free2beme

Witness do love the Mormon comparison. Also, say "Bless you" after they sneeze.

riverofdeceit

Call them a Jehovah. As in: "Are you a Jehovah?" Not in a mean way either. Just ignorantly.

The church thing though, I remember saying "It isn't a church, it's a kingdom hall". Though I eventually dropped that cuz nobody knew wtf I was talking about. Neither did I, CUZ IT WAS A GODDAMN CHURCH!!!

Finally-Free

"Most charities reimburse their volunteers for expenses they incur in their charity work, such as gas. Why doesn't yours?"

W

minimus

Hi, how are you??......Then tell them you're disfellowshipped.

fullofdoubtnow

I used to hate being called a jw or a jovo, which made people call it me all the more because they could see I didn't like it. I was asked how my church was doing many times, and never really bothered correcting people, it just wasn't worth giving them more ammunition to annoy me with.

Wasanelder Once

Tell them to have a Merry Christmas! or whatever the current holiday is.

That ottadoit!

W.Once

bigmouth

Try these:
Refer to an elder or MS as being " high up in the church"
also fawning around a JW in the company of others and make it obvious you're modifying your speech for their benefit or saying every so often, " you don't believe in xxxx do you?".
Offer everyone else a beer but offer the witness something non-alcoholic and vegetarian because " you people don't eat meat do you?"
A 'Jehovah' or 'Jo-Ho' is always good to set teeth on edge.

Undecided

I am wearing a shirt with a flag on the front. IF they ever say anything about it I will say," Well the government is providing for me in my old age, the society sure won't help after all those years I spent working for them."

Ken P.

One of the most irritating things you can say to a Witness?

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