Inability to take hints (page 5)

steve2

As far as the topic, JW's 100% have no clue when it comes to people hinting that they get lost, Everybody knows that that is just the truth.

Hey, steady on Free. Yep, you're right that there is a strong tendency among JWs to conveniently ignore hints to get lost, but its far from not universal.

I used to accompany my JW grandfather from house to house and I swear that the householder had to merely utter the words "Not interested" and my grandfather said a polite "Good day then" and departed. He even scolded me on more than one occasion because I persisted beyond householders' hints to go. He was a real gentleman.

Also, as I said earlier, the tendency to ignore hints to get lost seems pretty strong among evangelisers in general. It ain't at all a JW peculiarity. One of my best school friends was from a strict Baptist family and he repeatedly tried to preach the Bible to our disinterested class mates with some painfully embarrassing outcomes (and yes, he was no different from his Baptist parents in that regard).

LouBelle

The only time I will throw a hint is when it is a personal issue like body odour - I'll tell my mate to try use this antipersperant instead of the other - it smells better and is longer lasting - otherwise I pretty much tell it like it is. If I don't want to talk to you about something - I'll say it.

The fact that I can have deep conversations has nothing to do with my former past as a JW, it has to do with my own mind and my make up. I found many people in the so called "world" are great conversationalists and can speak on a range of topics from religion to philosophy.

AgentSmith

I had that problem while 'inside' as some of you know. I had an almost militant attitude at the door, "you will hear me and my Governing Body inspired message regardless of your so called 'hint'!!!"

True story:

A friend was in a elevator, when a lady got in at one of the stops. First I must explain, he does not do hints, he is blunt and believes honesty above all else.

This woman reeks of perfume, and its almost suffocating. As the door opens on his floor he turns to her and says "Perfume is supposed to be subtle, not 'smell me if you like it or not" Her jaw dropped as he held her gaze while the door closed.

Maybe there is a lesson in there.

Agent Smith

ziddina

Woo Hoo! Agent Smith - your friend - I LIKE him...

One thing that REALLY bugs me is the woman - or man - who puts on perfume/cologne/aftershave to go HIKING in the mountains...

I always stop them and explain to them that garbage-eating bears that have lost their fear of humans tend to be attracted to such artificial smells - smells like a human garbage dump, and a GREAT source of food!

And if that doesn't leave 'em shuddering, I just make a comment about 'choking a skunk' or 'gagging a maggot'...

Good Grief. I ended up hiking a trail in Yosemite one time - I could literally FOLLOW this woman for three-quarters of a mile, just by her scent alone. Could tell which trails she'd taken, which fork she'd taken, and everything...

Which meant that bears for about five square miles could tell where she was...

Wonder if any of those people took the hint?

Zid

reniaa

I think people just missed my point, witnesses are not there to pussy foot around they are there on the doors to give God's LIFE-SAVING message to people. So yes they would need someone to say "I'm sorry I am totally not interested " before they walked away, Doing god's work isn't a social club but a life-giving work. Do you think Jesus's appostles went to people cap in hand apologetically and running away if the person give them slight non-commital responses? they knew they would get active resistance to the message more than just hints outright 'stop preaching this or I'll kill you' responses.

Maybe your viewpoint reflects your new postion of not seeing it as life-saving work? If you suddenly tomorrow found a message that was that important again would you be zealous about spreading it?

Reniaa

Psychotic Parrot

Oh you mean God's 'life saving message' that people don't really need cause God can supposedly 'read people's hearts'?

Yeah sorry, we forgot about that.

AgentSmith

The apostles could take a hint, if the people did NOT want to hear it, were they not supposed to shake the dust off their feet and go to the next town? Preaching there while staying at a house in that town to carry on the message?

The scriptures show clearly that they did not go about bullying people at the door. They went to public places to preach. Jesus himself went to the temple to speak to his people. He even went inside, read from the scrolls, discussing them with the pharisees and sadducees... (Oh horrors! Can you imagine doing field service and selling your Watchtowers in a temple or a church?) Go check it out.

House to house as the WTB&TS proclaim it to mean, is not what Jesus and the early Christians did.

Agent Smith

this time......PLEASE let the end come at 1914!!!!.........oompa

Russel said it would, and that settles it!

Inability to take hints

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