OK, someone sent me this and I just about pissed myself laughing. Apparently, there's nothing abnormal about preaching to animals if you need to get those hours in. I'm still struggling whether or not this actually happened, or if it's just a WT legend:
The article is "Desirable Things," 1/15/2000. page 18, paragraph 17.
In El Salvador, one man tied his vicious dog in front of the door whenever he saw Jehovah’s Witnesses nearby. The man would wait for the Witnesses to move on, and then he would bring the dog back into the house. The brothers were never able to speak to the man. So one day they decided to try a different approach. Knowing that the man could hear what they were saying, they decided to preach to the dog. They came to the house, greeted the dog, and said how glad they were for the opportunity to speak to it. They talked about the time when there would be a paradise on earth, when no one would be angry—yes, when even the animals would be peaceable. Then they said a polite good-bye to the dog and started down the path. Much to their surprise, the man came out of his house and apologized for never having given the Witnesses the opportunity to speak to him. He accepted the magazines, and a Bible study was started. This man is now our brother—one of the “desirable things”!
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I mean, this is so frigging far out in left field, I can't imagine anyone without a serious mental disorder, preaching to a dog. What's your take on this? Think it really happened or is just another bonehead story that the Writing Department plucked out of thin air?
I want to walk with the animals
Talk to the animals