This is a new post in my series on Jehovah Witnesses:
The one thing Jehovah’s Witnesses are best known for is their door to door preaching work. But have you ever wondered what it’s like knocking on doors and telling some poor householder that his religion of choice is nothing more than demon inspired lies? People don’t give you as many hugs for this as you might think.
For those of you whose knuckles aren’t covered in thick calluses from knocking on doors, here’s the inside scoop on what goes on behind the scenes. I’ll tell you what they do, how they do it, and why.
I must say, being a JW must be horrible for introverts. We get a few around here, at my old house my dad actually got us blacklisted. When they would walk by they would look at the house number, look at a piece of paper, and than walk to the next house. My dad looked up a website for 'Top questions which stump JWs' and would engage them when they came over. He did this nearly ever week for a while and one of them eventually left the church - to what, I'm not entirely sure, likely just another denomination.
I've never had a Jehovah's Witness knock on my door. I know that I wouldn't have a problem getting rid of one though.
My last encounter with a witness was nothing like this. We had a fast two minutes of chit chat, he invited me to a bible study gave me a watchtower and was off. His invitation was a nice looking printed thing with some picture, a map and contact info. I never had such a brief visitation. The old ladies who pass out watchtowers at the bus mall never seem eager for chit chat either, guess they don't need to talk as long as they are handing out fliers.