To Wonder Why Only Jehova's Witnesses Go Door to Door?

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I have never answered the door to, or had pamphlets posted through the letter box by any denomination of any other religion. I'm just curious as to whether followers of any other religions go door to door and I've just never met them or if it's something unique to Jehova's Witnesses.

I also wonder what the success rate of converting people using this method is, or if they're actually trying to convert people at all.

On a separate note I always feel a bit guilty about putting the pamphlets in the recycling It's probably a throw back from being bought up by a religious family.

True lotus especially in regard to living to please the men.
'luckily' for witnesses brothers outweigh sisters by quite a long shot.
The women have a very distinctive style for meetings, no trousers (of course).
Convention (another get together) is time to get a new, male approving outfit.
No women elders, and no women leading field service.
I honestly can't believe my close relative sometimes.

It is definitely male oriented. Husbands are the head of the house & wife must be in submission & show deep respect for her husband.

I know of a case where a brother raped a sister. She went to the elders, he confessed that they had sex but it was consensual not rape & how very sorry he was. They believed him, she was disfellowshipped for immorality & being unrepentant about it, he was fine.

The only grounds for a scriptual divorce is adultery. So you have women staying with abusive husbands because they feel they can't leave.

When I say brother & sister, they are not related. That's what we called each other.

Not JW, but this is an interesting documentary about another group

And this one which is less PR.

lunalelle, you stated so well what I was trying to formulate. My thoughts and experiences exactly. I've never had anything other than a pleasant interaction with a Jehovah's Witness. They are simply and straightforwardly witnessing to the world (spreading the gospel/Good News as per Jesus' words in the New Testament).

The only grounds for a scriptual divorce is adultery. So you have women staying with abusive husbands because they feel they can't leave.

There are women up and down the country, of all religions and none, who also stay with abusive husbands because they feel they can't leave for whatever reason.

I am a JW, and was married to an extremely abusive man. I left him, and had some fabulous support from my congregation and elders. I divorced him on grounds of unreasonable conduct.

The part about scriptural divorce is correct, but all it meant to me at that time was that I would not be scripturally free to marry again. Later on my ex married again, at which point I was scripturally free to also marry (not that I wanted to at that point, but could have if I wished)

The Jewish "get" - where the orthodox woman (never the man of course as they make the rules to suit them) needs the man's position to divorce is another example. As are all those groups which allow men 3+ wives (FLDS, Islam) etc but then they have the problem of what to do with the surplus teenage boys.

non-scary you have been extremely lucky to have been granted your divorce.
I'm very pleased for you (of course)

They have to bear witness to their faith. They don't care whether you convert or even listen to them; their job is simply to tell you about their faith.

On the day I got married we were expecting the photographer and his wife at our house. Doorbell goes, my mum, in a high state of excitement, shouts "Come in, come in! Would you like coffee? Breakfast?" Cue two alarmed looking JWs who came into the house. I went downstairs and my mum said, "X has arrived to take your photos!" I explained that wasn't X and she turned on the couple and said, "Get out!"

Poor couple. She's usually really polite but was all of a dither as so many people were arriving from so far away.

They don't care whether you convert or even listen to them; their job is simply to tell you about their faith.

I can't quite put my finger on why, but this really annoys me. It just seems really inconsiderate.

It is inconsiderate, Koala. I was told that by a woman who was brought up as a JW. She said don't ever worry about telling them to go away; as long as they've borne witness to their faith, their job is done.

They understand that salvation is a gift from God and cannot be earned by going door to door. They enjoy sharing a bible verse and encourage people to get their own bible off the shelf and find out what it contains.

They go door to door because they want to obey Christ Jesus, who commanded: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations, . . . teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.”—Matthew 28:19, 20.

This information is on their website:

www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20150901/jehovah-witness-preaching/#?insight[search_id]=6d3032f2-914b-46f9-a22e-57408e48e60b&insight[search_result_index]=2

They haven't bothered us since DH pointed out the ridiculously flawed maths and science in their pamphlet and sent them off with a copy of the New Scientist.

I grew up as a Mormon. The men that knock on your door are missionaries. Once they have completed school, they are to go on mission for 2 years to spread the word and try to get new "brothers and sisters" to join. So they are young men and in my eyes, are just kids really as are about 18 years old or so. Ours were mostly American (a big following in USA) in those days, and all male, I don't know if females are allowed to be missionaries now.

A JW stopped me the other day in town and gave me a Watchtower book. She said i looked so sad......... At that point I thanked her for her concern, took the book and continued to walk on.

we get JWs and double glazing people round here - usually just about possible to tell the difference. But I did have a word with the JWs in the town asking to be put on the 'no visit' list and haven't seen them since. If they do turn up they WILL get both barrels.

other tactics are to ask them to make up the numbers on your coven or talk to them about blood donation.

don't take the paperwork, recycling is NOT free.

Interestingly I was told, last time I had JWs at the door that being a blood donor recipient was not a bar on being a JW.

No idea if I couldn't have had them in the future though, the conversation didn't go on much longer than that.

Watch this, makes me laugh! Mormon rather than JW