Okay, I was sitting there just learning (this is my first college course toward my B.A.), and all of the sudden the professor asks, "Is anyone here a Jehovahs Witness?" (This is a required religion course). I didn't get that excited/shocked feeling that I got as a Witness whenever I heard JWs mentioned in the "world" - I must be recovering. Anyway, I stated that I had been raised one and just left a year ago at the age of 29.
He went on to demonstrate why Jehovahs Witnesses seem to have success in recruiting folks. (I was thinking, actually their success is diminishing, but I left it alone. I try very hard to appear neutral in settings like this.) He stated as an example that the normal Christian believes in everlasting/eternal life, but could not show someone from the Bible scriptures proving their belief/interpretation. The professor then asked a woman in the front row to give him a scripture that talks about everlasting/eternal life - she could not. He then turned to me, and I said Psm. 37:29. There, he had proven his brief point. But then he went on to say that Witnesses use proof texts to support their interpretation of the Bible. Therefore, when they show up at the average Christians door, who really does not know the Bible, they awe the person with their ability to show scriptures that support their belief. Therefore, the average Christian may begin to see what they are saying as truth.
Okay was this irony - my first college course and this topic comes up?
Edited by - writerpen on 27 August 2002 12:42:38