I had a visit from an elderly couple of Witnesses last week
(the first in several years), and all they wanted to do was hand me a leaflet
that posed the question, “what do you think of the bible?”, which was followed
by three answers that went something like, is it “just a good book”, “a collection
of fables”, or “the word of God”.
I replied that it had lots of fables in it, but it was far
from a good book. I said it’s no
different to this ISIS lot, demanding we stone
to death worshipers of other religions, adulterers, children who disrespect
their parents, homosexuals, blasphemers, and a host of other trivial crimes. They looked a bit lost for words, and said
something like, “well that’s not what Jesus taught”, to which I said, “No, but
it was the Law Jesus lived under when he was on earth, the Law he was supposed
to keep and fulfil”. I’m not sure they
even knew what I was talking about, and just asked me again if I would like to
take their leaflet, to which I said, “No, I’ve already got the book, along with
every other book the Watchtower has ever published”. They gave me a funny look and just walked
away.
I don’t know if these people are dumbed down, when I think
back to the 1970s when I was active, I knew a lot of fellow Witnesses who didn’t
have had a clue, and could barely argue a case for anything. And the last pair of Witnesses who knocked on
my door were young and were able to engage in arguing their case, which we did
for nearly an hour.
