Jehovah's Witnesses.....A new approach?
Posted by: Chillkram on 01 November 2006
The doorbell rang this evening and so I answered the door (as I usually do in such circumstances). As I gazed upon the two serenely smiling individuals standing there I recognised a familiar situation and my heart sank a little. I was either going to have to tell them to f**k off (a bit rude, really) or engage in a debate I could not particularly be bothered with, as there was champions league football on the telly at the time (in retrospect the debate would have been preferable!).
As I looked at them my face must have betrayed my thought....'Oh, no!'
One of them handed me a leaflet and said "Thank you for opening your door. We are in the area tonight handing out leaflets for you to read in your spare time". Then they turned around and walked back up my garden path. I just stood there for a while watching them go, slightly taken aback, before going back inside to watch the football.
My question is; is this a new soft sell approach that has been adopted by the Jehovah's Witnesses in an attempt to change the widely held view that they are a doorstep nuisance rather than an organisation with a serious message? Or........
Were these two just a little less committed to the cause than they should be?
Mark
As I looked at them my face must have betrayed my thought....'Oh, no!'
One of them handed me a leaflet and said "Thank you for opening your door. We are in the area tonight handing out leaflets for you to read in your spare time". Then they turned around and walked back up my garden path. I just stood there for a while watching them go, slightly taken aback, before going back inside to watch the football.
My question is; is this a new soft sell approach that has been adopted by the Jehovah's Witnesses in an attempt to change the widely held view that they are a doorstep nuisance rather than an organisation with a serious message? Or........
Were these two just a little less committed to the cause than they should be?
Mark