So my boyfriend sometimes goes out on service on weekday mornings. (He usually works evenings.) He said that in three hours out there one day last week, NOT ONE person answered the door and the only person he saw was a door to door salesman. He always has similar stories when he goes out during week day mornings.
This brings me to the point... I'm assuming regular pioneers spend all their weekdays doing this. They might run into one or two people all day, most of whom are likely complete strangers. Why do they encourage that, rather than having a freaking job where you have dozens of acquaintances who know and like you who you can witness to? A) You will have more people to get interested, and B) They'll be more likely to listen to you since they know you and probably like you to some extent. The same goes for going to college. You'd have a ton more people around who you talk to in class, in the cafeteria, in the dorms, in the student union building, at the rec center, etc.
The whole thing just makes me laugh. Knocking on doors during the week when absolutely no one is home because most people have real jobs, or are looking for them, is apparently God's will. And every other religion is bad because they don't do this immensely productive thing. Just about every really religious person I've known from various churches I've gone to gets at least a few friends a year to check out the church life. Many stay. I've even managed to get a few, and I barely witness.
This JW system of "witnessing" is cuckoo. Do they actually think it's effective?
