Being Assertive with Jehovah's Witnesses

Hunt
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:30:33 +0000

My crazy father-in-law used to invite them in, offer them tea and keep them for hours asking all kinds of complicated theological questions. They said they’d come back next week. But they never did.

I like this approach–it keeps them away from other people.

But I have to say, this whole thing is difficult. I understand the urge to proselytize–many faiths (including my own) have as a goal sharing the “good news” with other people. But how to do this without being rude and offensive–not to mention ineffective? Some people think the way to do it is by performing good works, and the evangelism part will happen by osmosis–but that doesn’t seem to be effective, either. I guess advertising is one way–people are used to seeing ads.