Can you successfully debate with a Jehovah's Witness?

by digderidoo 16 Replies latest jw friends

  • Open mind
    Open mind

    insearchoftruth:

    get a JW out of their comfort zone

    farkel:

    I forced myself to forget what was actually said, so I could continue to be sublime

    Bingo!

    It's the old "where would we go away to"? syndrome.

    "The Truth" is a security blanket. A very prickly, short, uncomfortable one to be sure, but a security blanket nonetheless.

    It's very scary to honestly look out from underneath it.

    Farkel was one of many on here who helped rip away my security blanket.

    Thanks Doug.

    om

  • XJW4EVR
    XJW4EVR

    It depends. Are they willing to entertain the fact that the WT org has absolutely zero credibility? Are they will to even entertain the fact that they may even be wrong? Unless they are willing to do this it is a waste of time.

  • garybuss
    garybuss

    A debate is an exchange of intelligence, an argument is an exchange of ignorance. Believing Witnesses I know argue, they do not debate. By definition, they can't.


  • digderidoo
    digderidoo

    Thanks for your comments on this guys.

    It has made me realise that i haven't been wasting my time, in that others have been reading what i posted on the other forum with my critique of the disfellowshipping policy.

    I have made my last response on there, ending it with how teenagers are left alone by choosing to leave the WTS.

    Paul

    P.S. Besty your work is good on that link, keep it up, look forward to meeting you in London!

  • Deputy Dog
    Deputy Dog

    digderidoo

    Am i just wasting my time?

    No. Remember who the audience is.

    Can you ever win an argument with these people?

    Winning an argument is easy. Winning people is ...not so easy.

  • Mr. Majestic
    Mr. Majestic

    Yes you can….

    But it takes years of frustration of get through to them..

  • besty
    besty

    P.S. Besty your work is good on that link, keep it up, look forward to meeting you in London!

    thanks Paul we ikewise look forward to April

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