Well I rarely get JW's at my door at all. But today, I had them in my neighborhood and boy, oh boy, what an experience! It was two youngish, 20-something females.
The first thing I did before she could go off into any pre-rehearsed speech about "world conditions", was to let them know that I knew who they were. I said, "Yes, I know who you are. You are Jehovah's Witnesses, and I already know quite a bit about your organization because my parents joined your organization some "years" ago. I'll have to say, that I can't agree with a lot of your teachings. One of the things that bothers me is that I found out recently that the Watchtower was a member of the United Nations for quite a few years as a 'non-governmental organization'. What bothers me about this is that your Watchtower has always said that that the UN is an evil organization and teaches that it is the image of the wild beast in Revelation 13. But yet, the Watchtower had chosen to join them as an NGO. That doesn't make sense and is very inconsistent. Later on I found out that last Fall the WT quietly ended their relationship with the UN. That is very inconsistent."
"The other thing that really bothers me is the whole blood issue. I found out that the reason JW's don't accept blood is because of some scriptures in the Bible that seem to forbid blood. Then I found out that your organization allows you to have certain 'fractions' of blood. Now if blood is just WRONG, then you shouldn't be having any blood at all, and having fractions of blood would be just as wrong."
At this point she tried to stop me and tell me about world conditions and that Bible study was so important. I agreed with her and told her that I was a Christian. I then quoted her from John 6:68 where Peter is saying, "Lord, to whom shall we go?" I went on to explain that what we need to do as individuals is come to the Lord Jesus Christ as it says in this very scripture. I told her all we really need is Christ in our lives, not an organization or any particular church, that it's all about coming to Christ. (as the next verse in 69 says, "Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God") The Watchtower ALWAYS uses this scripture as a ploy to keep their members from leaving. The WT makes them believe that there is no where to go once you leave the WT--does everyone remember that?
Well I did this in front of my husband, my sons, and my ex husband (that's another story) happened to be there at the time. I was so busy talking to these gals that I hadn't really noticed the other girl who was with this JW I had been addressing. My husband said that the other girl's mouth dropped as I said all this stuff.
The thing is, I didn't try to "slam" them with anything. All I tried to do was to plant "seeds" in their mind to get them to think. I am not angry with the average "rank and file" JW. I would love to see them come out of this dastardly organization. I looked at these girls and possibly thought that they could have been "silent lambs" who had been abused in the past. I don't know anything about them, but maybe someday, they will think about what I have said and start to think outside the perimeters that the WT has drawn for them.
Cynthia