Did you ever "preach" at work? (page 2)

Finally-Free

No, I didn't tell people at work I was a JW. I was too embarrassed, even when I was a "believer".

W

Bumble Bee

FF - that was me too!!

I'm not even sure I ever even told anyone that I worked with that I was a JW, let alone preach to them.

BB

Oh, yeah. in '66 when the '75 'end' was forecast (and I swallowed it like a big 'ole bass taking a plug) I took a couple of co-workers aside and told them with grave sincerity what was coming, kind of like giving a close friend an inside tip on the stock market. That was only one of the minor ways the WTS made me into a dumb asshole.

ninja

I used to witness too....I said to one guy..."do you know there is more evidence Jesus existed than Napoleon?" and he said...."I dont believe in Napoleon"...couldnt stop laughing

JH

Interesting thoughts agapa37, but then again, if I would tell them all that you mentioned above, I would also have to explain why my faith went in that direction. Then I would have to go in detail and tell that person, that the Organization changed the definition of a generation, thus changing it's own teachings and destroying hopes of many, and started itself mingling with the UN, that dirty whore that it condems, but secretly commited fornication with. I would also tell that person, that thanks to the internet, people are seeing the Watchtower for what it is. A deceptive cult, hiding the love of Jesus, and puting a heavy load on it's followers.

free2think

I preached a bit at school, but only when people were asking really pointed questions. I never instigated it, I was too embarrassed. And I only did it coz they kept telling us to at the kh, and I thought I'd be bloodguilty if I didn't. Hated every minute of it. Aaaaahhhhh: childhood flashback. I f they didn't think I was a freak before they sure did afterwards.

blondie

Many places of employment do not allow evangelizing on the job. Most people knew I was a JW; if they had a question and asked, I always talked to people on my time, break or lunch. I figured we had to be there and it wasn't our choice and I didn't want to "trap" people into listening to what I believed.

I looked at it this way, how would I feel if a Mormon or a Baptist kept telling me what they believed without my asking............and on work time.

I found it was counterproductive when JWs "preached" to people at work.

Many JWs I worked with did not practice what they preached and it caused more harm to the WTS cause than good.

Blondie

free2beme

I worked for Witnesses and with Witnesses for many years, so I was not in the habit of doing preaching at work. However, as a manager, I would not allow my Witness employees to preach to my nonWitness employees when I began to get complaints. In time, after my exit, I still worked for Witnesses, but all the Witnesses I worked with were gone.

Did you ever "preach" at work?