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re: Have door-to-door proselytizers ever had any success?
Posted on 1/19/15 at 2:34 am to LeonPhelps
Posted on 1/19/15 at 2:34 am to LeonPhelps
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Our ancient ancestors hundreds of thousands of years ago survived because they were suspicious of their neighbor and then passed on those genes to us. The ones that welcomed strangers with open arms were the ones killed for their food and women.
yes this was true sometimes, but I have read and discussed this point with several scholars a few years ago and they claim the opposite. there were no hotels so it was common to take in travelers and offer them food and shelter.
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Posted on 1/19/15 at 5:55 am to Firewind
My good friend in high school was a JW. I remember pulling into our driveway and my dad seeing them at our door and he threw it in reverse and took off 
. Really awkward to see her at school the next day.
In regards to people bickering about what version of the bible is most accurate, where does anyone get the right to say what is most accurate? If you feel the bible is the truth, it's because you BELIEVE its the truth. It's not a historical document. That book is second hand stories that have been translated over thousands of years. And not translated like changing languages, translated like let's make this fit our agenda. I'm Catholic, but I'm not a sucker enough to believe that the Catholic Church has it right because they told me so. Someone made mention as to there is no way making money was the motivation. Power is better than money. And when you have people's belief at a religious level, you have all the power.
. Really awkward to see her at school the next day. In regards to people bickering about what version of the bible is most accurate, where does anyone get the right to say what is most accurate? If you feel the bible is the truth, it's because you BELIEVE its the truth. It's not a historical document. That book is second hand stories that have been translated over thousands of years. And not translated like changing languages, translated like let's make this fit our agenda. I'm Catholic, but I'm not a sucker enough to believe that the Catholic Church has it right because they told me so. Someone made mention as to there is no way making money was the motivation. Power is better than money. And when you have people's belief at a religious level, you have all the power.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 6:19 am to LeonPhelps
Once in a while I would imagine they knock on a door of a soul in need. Someone down on their luck that needs comfort that comes from prayer, fellowship and the knowledge that they are not alone. And that others are likely far worse off. If this is what these people are led to do then I hope that they in fact touch the life's of others in a positive way.
Personally, I feel about the same as you do. But even in these cases, we are provoked to release an emotion of revolt (not a good quality) or to look inward and ask ourselves where we are spiritually. And this was only done by an act of the doorbell ringing and telling the visitor "not interested". Or, we start a thread and share our pain because we do not have the capacity to look inward, without our filters.
I have no idea where that came from.
Personally, I feel about the same as you do. But even in these cases, we are provoked to release an emotion of revolt (not a good quality) or to look inward and ask ourselves where we are spiritually. And this was only done by an act of the doorbell ringing and telling the visitor "not interested". Or, we start a thread and share our pain because we do not have the capacity to look inward, without our filters.
I have no idea where that came from.
This post was edited on 1/19/15 at 6:22 am
Posted on 1/19/15 at 8:08 am to LeonPhelps
Yes door to door missions are successful. Not everyone at every door, but enough so tat they re a vital part of mission work.
Yo would be surprised how many people come back to the Catholic church when we do door to doors.
Yo would be surprised how many people come back to the Catholic church when we do door to doors.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 3:54 pm to Firewind
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If you really want to know, go to the source, not blindly believe what someone else tells you... You can't argue with fact, but you can be close minded. That choice is yours.
I love when religious people make comments like this. The vast majority of people who are religious are that way because of their parents forcing the same beliefs on them. The facts honestly lie in science and not faith. It blows my mind that adults still believe in this stuff.
The little old JW ladies come to my house once a year and it annoys me. Last month I just stayed out of their sight and it was amazing how long they stood in front of my door (I could see them from upstairs). I'm nice to everyone I meet and I would be to them as well, but I wish they'd stop.
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