I wanted to ask questions about the organisation, but he looked me in the eye & ignored my questions to pursue his agenda.
He listed about 15 topics for us to study, to prove only JWs are based on 1st century Christianity. I got him to agree not to attack other religions, (proving them false does not prove JWs true) He agreed with this but then went on to criticise other religions! Next week I'll be firmer on this point!
He said all Christians had to preach, but he did not preach the gospel to me, just doctrine based on the Bible, to prove only JWs were right. When he left, I noticed what was missing: -
ie The good news about the Christ, and that He died for all sinners, so whoever believes in Him & repents is forgiven, and has eternal life. Isn't this what they preached in the first century? And weren't people converted very quickly without much study?
Instead of following the Scriptural example & preaching the good news to convert first, and only then preach to the converted eg advice on how to maintain standards etc, he seemed to approach these detailed lesser topics first - very strange!
I'll try to get him to discuss this true gospel message next week! Thanks for moral support of this group, I couldn't do this without you all.