Preaching work

by jula71 14 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Elsewhere

  Ironically the WTS has painted itself into a corner with its repeated commands to preach door-to-door.

  The rank and file JWs have had "door-to-door" beaten into their heads for so long that they don't know any other way to preach. For years now the WTS has been trying to get the JWs to use different methods of preaching, but despite this, the average JW still keeps wasting their time by knocking on doors that they know will be marked as "Not At Home".

  As they saying goes... you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, and the only trick JW's know is knocking on peoples' doors.

  The only way the WTS could possibly ever get them to stop is to send out an out-right command to NOT go door-to-door anymore.
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  garybuss

  The door to door canvassing is a dual agenda activity.
  One: It's purpose is to deliver the message to the householder but the messenger is not commanded to preach and is not qualified to preach. Only the anointed are commissioned to preach. Rutherford recorded phonograph records of his speeches and had the canvassers knock on the door and then pop open the phonograph and play a Rutherford record.
  
  Many of these were insulting in nature and in content to the people who were the target market. Some Witness people were beat up. Some were tarred and feathered and run out of town. The violent reactions were solicited. Rutherford wanted the people to get in trouble so he could get the media coverage and so he could get the court cases to make more media coverage. More than a few of Rutherford's victims were school children like me.
  
  Later the phonograph was replaced with printed literature and also huge signs with printed advertisements that we tied to ourselves when we walked the dirty streets past the bums and winos. The reason everything is printed and scripted is the total message needs to come from the remnant.
  
  Not only is there no command for the non-anointed to preach but there is absolutely no direction I have ever seen for a female to preach whatsoever.
  
  Non-anointed especially aren't commanded to preach since 1995 when their status of "other sheep" was removed and pushed into the imaginary future. The "other sheep" are not even selected yet, so how could they be commanded to preach?
  
  Two: Door to door soliciting is to recruit new members into the group. Witnesses dishonestly deny this to the media and to the householders. Contrary to my personal experience, I am aware of very good success with this stagey. Every country with a Witness branch that I have looked at can be traced to one or two people soliciting for the Organization.
  
  
  
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  A Paduan

  How does one impact upon someone potentially interested in the discipline of being like Christ ?

  1. Tell them ancient stories mixed with your current opinions, then lay down rules connected with threatening outcomes, or
  2. Be kind and giving, and 'speak' in language of love and compassion ?

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  We preach Christ everyday, even if it be that we have to use words (Francis of Assisi)
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  mkr32208

  The rank and file JWs have had "door-to-door" beaten into their heads for so long that they don't know any other way to preach. For years now the WTS has been trying to get the JWs to use different methods of preaching,

  but despite this, the average JW still keeps wasting their time by knocking on doors that they know will be marked as "Not At Home".

  Thats because your "average" Jw does not want to talk to a house holder! It's a JOKE thats why next year the official numbers will probrably be NEGATIVE! Did YOU want to talk to anyone when you were a witness? I used to pray for NH's!
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  AlmostAtheist

  Funny, Gina and I were just talking about this today. Some people where these WWJD? bracelets or beaded bracelets, where each color represents some part of the gospel message (red presumably means Jesus' blood, and the others lead into more stuff, I don't know). Those folks where their bracelets both to remind them of Jesus and to give them opportunities to witness for Jesus when idiots like me ask, "Hey, what's with the bracelet?" Granted, they may only contact a few people a year, but they talk to people that actually want to know. I asked, they answered. Unlike us dubs that went door to door bugging people that didn't want ANYBODY dropping in unannounced, much less a stranger asking them to change churches.

  As I look back, it seems like the door to door work was the most ludicrous part of being a witness. A billion hours a year invested in making a handful of disciples, most of which were not contacted in door to door work.

  The great thing about slave labor is that it doesn't have to be all that effective.

  Dave