ORACLE- Good to hear from you ! Yes, most witnesses do like to play the martyr . Makes them feel like Jesus ! But to cut through all that martyr BS to reach them , we can't dwell on their suffering . We just have to be , as you said, respectful in a kind manner to make our points to them .
Y KNOT- I'm sure you didn't like persecution ! That's why you didn't fit in as a witness ! You are normal !
WT WIZARD- Yes, I do the same thing you do if witnesses come to my door . I try to educate them by sharing things with them in a kind way that they don't know about their religion. It's called reverse witnessing ! But spoken in a polite manner, so they won't run away from me, but stay fixated on what I'm saying to them .
JAMES FREE- Yeah, I'm sure there were witnesses who did not like persecution , but the staunch devout witnesses I knew viewed it as a notch on their spiritual belt, and almost looked at it as a privilege to be denounced for preaching the "good news ". weird