Got my first visit by Jehovah's Witnesses! woohoo

Dave!

Finally

Had a 5-10 min chat about god, the bible, and creation, with a nice English lady and a sexy younger lady! :eek:

They're coming back next week to give me some creationism book.

I hope this doesn't mean they're gonna pester me for the rest of my life

robindch

Dave! wrote: »

I hope this doesn't mean they're gonna pester me for the rest of my life

Oh yes, it does.

Have a copy of The God Delusion ready for them.

PDN

What's the difference between a JW and a Skoda? You can shut the door on a JW.

Asiaprod

Dave! wrote: »

Finally

Had a 5-10 min chat about god, the bible, and creation, with a nice English lady and a sexy younger lady! :eek:

They're coming back next week to give me some creationism book.

I hope this doesn't mean they're gonna pester me for the rest of my life

Probably depends on how sexy the younger lady was.:D
I'm sure you will rise to the occasion.

carlowguy32

i have the opposite problem, i met them on the street and they sounded interesting, i gave them my phone number for them to contact me and never heard from them again, i must have frightened them.

philologos

They used to go around door to door, but I don't see them any more. I see Mormons occasionally but not Jehovah's Witnesses.

Rev Hellfire

Asiaprod wrote: »

I'm sure you will rise to the occasion.

Ohhh Matron !

Goduznt Xzst

Dave! wrote: »

Finally

Had a 5-10 min chat about god, the bible, and creation, with a nice English lady and a sexy younger lady! :eek:

They're coming back next week to give me some creationism book.

I hope this doesn't mean they're gonna pester me for the rest of my life

Pictures or it didn't happen

Here's some questions you could ask them next time:

1. As a JW, would I be allowed to watch movies like Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings? What TV shows and movies do yous watch which are acceptable? (I guarantee they will try to side step this question)
2. My friend told me about your Daniel book, can you give me a copy and explain it to me? (my cousin has informed me that pretty much no JW fully understands that book or its logic)
3. Also, your Revelation book, can I have a look at it, and have the illustrations explained? (seriously... creepiest piece of religious literature I've even flicked through)
4. Why did God make the Dinosaurs

Also, like I said previously, they are told to not even entertain Athiests or people who accept evolution, so if they start to pester you too much, just let them know you're an Atheist.

oeb

Jakkass wrote: »

They used to go around door to door, but I don't see them any more. I see Mormons occasionally but not Jehovah's Witnesses.

There are still a good few of them floating around these parts (Kerry). We normally get a visit once every couple of months from them.

DenMan

carlowguy32 wrote: »

i have the opposite problem, i met them on the street and they sounded interesting, i gave them my phone number for them to contact me and never heard from them again, i must have frightened them.

Why would you give them your phone number? Give some random number in the jungles of Brazil or just make a number up in your head. NASA orbital observatory/space station.

Dave!

Goduznt Xzst wrote: »

Pictures or it didn't happen

Here's some questions you could ask them next time:

1. As a JW, would I be allowed to watch movies like Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings? What TV shows and movies do yous watch which are acceptable? (I guarantee they will try to side step this question)
2. My friend told me about your Daniel book, can you give me a copy and explain it to me? (my cousin has informed me that pretty much no JW fully understands that book or its logic)
3. Also, your Revelation book, can I have a look at it, and have the illustrations explained? (seriously... creepiest piece of religious literature I've even flicked through)
4. Why did God make the Dinosaurs

Also, like I said previously, they are told to not even entertain Athiests or people who accept evolution, so if they start to pester you too much, just let them know you're an Atheist.

Told them from the outset that I'm an atheist and I believe in evolution, but still they persisted! :eek: Determined JW's!

smokingman

Bring them in and spike their cuppas....leads to hilarious results, trust me

oeb

thenewbigguy wrote: »

are all jw english?

The local ones here are Irish, with a few Dutch thrown in for good measure

ChocolateSauce

Dave! wrote: »

Finally

Had a 5-10 min chat about god, the bible, and creation, with a nice English lady and a sexy younger lady! :eek:

They're coming back next week to give me some creationism book.

I hope this doesn't mean they're gonna pester me for the rest of my life

Yep, you're screwed.

I bet you're hoping you can say that to her, eh?

robindch

oeb wrote: »

The local ones here are Irish, with a few Dutch thrown in for good measure

Nope, I had a couple of very lost-looking Koreans turn up at my front door in 2007 sometime. Then there was a brunette who showed up early last year, but I pretended I was out, so she doorstepped my neighbor for around ninety minutes. I think he said that he thought she was Greek, but wasn't sure.

oeb

robindch wrote: »

Nope, I had a couple of very lost-looking Koreans turn up at my front door in 2007 sometime. Then there was a brunette who showed up early last year, but I pretended I was out, so she doorstepped my neighbor for around ninety minutes. I think he said that he thought she was Greek, but wasn't sure.

Haa haa, I mean local as in Killarney local.

robindch

oeb wrote: »

I mean local as in Killarney local.

Sounds like the Americans that came to our door back in the 1970's might have saved a few souls from the clutches of the friars then.

Even in the depths of winter, they'd show up in our house a few miles outside of Killarney, near a boggy patch called Tiernaboul, chattering with the cold, and saying that no way they'd have a glass of mulled wine. Lost me on the spot.

Húrin

I've been visited by them three times. I've had a mix of French, Spanish and Irish people.

Galvasean

Goduznt Xzst wrote: »

P
4. Why did God make the Dinosaurs

So Galvasean would have a forum to moderate.
The more time he spends in there the less time he spends trying to disprove the existence of God.

Firewalkwithme

There's a bunch of them hanging around Arklow at the moment trying to convert all and sundry.

They are American and they like to pounce on smokers when they slip out of the pub for a quick fag at nightime in order to offer them some enlightenment. I would imagine that not even Nicotine patches would be as effective in helping a smoker quit as the threat of having to listen to a feckin JW spouting their brand of crap at you as you try to gasp down you ciggy on a freezing winters night is.

They also like to set themselves up during the daytime with a microphone and amplifier preaching about the book of revelations to mostly amused or disinterested passers by. I saw one of them at it earlier in the week. When no actual pedestrians around around to listen to him, he seems to try preaching to passing road traffic instead.

The whole setup was made all the more hilarious by the fact that this idiot had set his pitch up beside a large banner promoting donations for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service board :rolleyes:

I was going to make a video for you amusement but sadly didn't - maybe next time....

Handsome Bob

LOL, brilliant!:D This reminds me of first interaction with the JW's. Two very pleasant middle aged women knocked on my door and gave me a pamphlet as well as talking to me about their religion. Being the nice young lad that I am (:p) I couldn't slam the door in their faces so I humoured them and feigned interest in converting, thinking that would be the last of them I see any way.

The next Saturday one the women returns but instead of her friend she brought with her a young attractive lady around my age. They wanted to talk about the details of when I want to convert.:pac: I told them that after much thought I was happy as I was. That young girl was really trying her hardest to change my mind, telling me I could come to the next meeting with her.:eek:

Dave!

So how was the meeting???

MackDeToaster

I was down at the parents over Chrimbo, they were gone off for the day when I heard a knock at the door and opened it to find this heavenly (no pun intended) thing who wanted to know if she could come in and discuss any bible verses with me. Unfortunately I was dying and running a high fever so I shooed her away. I'm only now after seeing this Deuteronomy thing..

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

She was wearing jeans dammit. I could have been her salvation :mad:

Handsome Bob

Dave! wrote: »

So how was the meeting???

Get out of it! What do you take me for, so tool who'd be swayed by tail?:p:pac:

MackDeToaster

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Get out of it! What do you take me for, so tool who'd be swayed by tail?:p:pac:

Ná nocht d'fhiacla go bhféadfair an greim do bhreith !

(Don't show your teeth til you can bite )

stakey

brilliant thread, we just get old folks and married folks with kids (esp. weird) doing the rounds in our area...

Marcus.Aurelius

Actually, all you have to tell them is that you'd rather not be contacted in future by any JWs and you're more or less struck off the system for years, you might get the odd call once every 3 or 4 years to see if you've moved house or had a change of mind, but that's about it.

You only have to ask.

Sleipnir

Just talk briefly about Darwin, evolution, how we all look like monkeys in a certain light. THey will run away holding their heads in their hands after thirty seconds.

Dave!

House wrote: »

Actually, all you have to tell them is that you'd rather not be contacted in future by any JWs and you're more or less struck off the system for years, you might get the odd call once every 3 or 4 years to see if you've moved house or had a change of mind, but that's about it.

You only have to ask.

Hey another new guy! And a House fan, no less! Welcome!

I shall do that if they persist, danke schön

Tyler MacDurden

I feel mildly miffed at the standard of JWs I'm getting. No hot lunatic girls for me, it's all standard-issue Yanks and a small cadre of British around these parts.

Though lately the Baptists have been muscling in on their turf, stalking the streets in their pastel v-necks and check shirts, chinos stuffed with pocket-sized god-comics.

I'm relishing the prospect of a gang-war - JWs doing drive-by evangelising on their push-bikes, war-feathers stuck in their safety helmets, with the Baptists firing off volleys of buns from their Sabbath bake-a-thon.

(Well that's today's quota of hyphens used up anyhow.)

Húrin

Tyler MacDurden wrote: »

I feel mildly miffed at the standard of JWs I'm getting. No hot lunatic girls for me, it's all standard-issue Yanks and a small cadre of British around these parts.

Though lately the Baptists have been muscling in on their turf, stalking the streets in their pastel v-necks and check shirts, chinos stuffed with pocket-sized god-comics.

I'm relishing the prospect of a gang-war - JWs doing drive-by evangelising on their push-bikes, war-feathers stuck in their safety helmets, with the Baptists firing off volleys of buns from their Sabbath bake-a-thon.

(Well that's today's quota of hyphens used up anyhow.)

Cool, that's very curious. Where do you live? (not asking for an exact address, just district!)

Ciaran500

Got a visit from them yesterday and made the mistake of being nice to them. Spent about 10min with them when they talked to me like I was an idiot and kept leading me into topics before whipping out a little pamphlet or book to then answer these topics. They kept pushing me a for a date to come back but I wouldn't agree to anything.

Tim Robbins

Dave! wrote: »

Told them from the outset that I'm an atheist and I believe in evolution, but still they persisted! :eek: Determined JW's!

Print off the creationist thread and give it to them.

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Print off the creationist thread and give it to them.

And need about 5000 pages! I'd love to read all of that thread, but I imagine it would take weeks!

Tyler MacDurden

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

And need about 5000 pages! I'd love to read all of that thread, but I imagine it would take weeks!

I've tried and would advise against it. That way lies madness.

As for the literature, my mate gets a lot of it dropped into his place of work, big effort to convert him for some reason. Probably because of his vestigal horns I'd imagine.

The JW stuff is far too Readers' Digesty in style, too many photos of linen-shirted Scandinavian types staring wistfully skywards in sunlit glades and on forlorn, rocky shores. :rolleyes:

The Baptists on the other hand have comics! No really. Hours of defacing fun to be had.

Take a look... http://www.chick.com/default.asp...careful now.

The Mad Hatter

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

And need about 5000 pages! I'd love to read all of that thread, but I imagine it would take weeks!

It's actually pretty similar the whole way through. The latest evolution in J C's argument style has been green. Otherwise the whole copy-paste-other-peoples'-so-called-arguments-and-add-an-insane-stream-of-punctuation-smilies-and-block-capitals style has been par for the course.

The arguments are all the same. Different people are making them, but it's always J C's response.

I've heard so much about this infamous JC. I must read a few of his posts to see why he's talked about so much. He's the creationist in the whole argument I presume?

Tim Robbins

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

And need about 5000 pages! I'd love to read all of that thread, but I imagine it would take weeks!

Yeah but you let the JW's do that. Tell them there's a really good debate online about evolution and they should read it!

Eglinton

LZ5by5 wrote: »

The next Saturday one the women returns but instead of her friend she brought with her a young attractive lady around my age. They wanted to talk about the details of when I want to convert.:pac: I told them that after much thought I was happy as I was. That young girl was really trying her hardest to change my mind, telling me I could come to the next meeting with her.:eek:

Dave! wrote: »

So how was the meeting???

heheh - Reminds of the episode of 'Extras' where Ricky Gervais thinks he's been asked on a date by a girl but in fact it turns out to be a Catholic Prayer group.

Youtubed here for your enjoyment. Watch him squirm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzLLjto3oLE

Dave!

Great episode

Goduznt Xzst

LZ5by5 wrote: »

The next Saturday one the women returns but instead of her friend she brought with her a young attractive lady around my age.

I commented on a JW girl that was in a photo with my cousin before and he said they are all, for the majority, stuck up. He said if you are good looking and a JW you are a big fish in a small pond. Most JW girls who are good looking end up getting a load of attention from non-JW guys and leave the religion to date them. The ones that stay in it are either a) fugly or b) good looking but stuck up.

You have to imagine though, I mean most girls compare themselves to everyone else, JW girls only have to worry about other JW's as they aren't really allowed to date outside the religion. So if you are moderately good looking and a JW, you are like the Jessica Alba of that religion, it's going to lead to a disproportionate opinion of your own self image.

Handsome Bob

Goduznt Xzst wrote: »

I commented on a JW girl that was in a photo with my cousin before and he said they are all, for the majority, stuck up. He said if you are good looking and a JW you are a big fish in a small pond. Most JW girls who are good looking end up getting a load of attention from non-JW guys and leave the religion to date them. The ones that stay in it are either a) fugly or b) good looking but stuck up.

You have to imagine though, I mean most girls compare themselves to everyone else, JW girls only have to worry about other JW's as they aren't really allowed to date outside the religion. So if you are moderately good looking and a JW, you are like the Jessica Alba of that religion, it's going to lead to a disproportionate opinion of your own self image.

Elaborate on stuck up please?:p:pac: Are they stuck up in the sense that they look down on, or have no time for, anyone outside of their religion?

Goduznt Xzst

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Elaborate on stuck up please?:p:pac: Are they stuck up in the sense that they look down on, or have no time for, anyone outside of their religion?

well yeah, they are told to have nothing to do with guys outside of the religion, although whether they use flirting to seal the deal and get you converted I don't know

Handsome Bob

Goduznt Xzst wrote: »

well yeah, they are told to have nothing to do with guys outside of the religion, although whether they use flirting to seal the deal and get you converted I don't know

Hehe.:D In truth though, I wouldn't have called flirting. It was quite calculated and I wouldn't have been surprised had I gone to it to find a bunch of lads there as her guests.:pac:

The Mad Hatter

Eglinton wrote: »

heheh - Reminds of the episode of 'Extras' where Ricky Gervais thinks he's been asked on a date by a girl but in fact it turns out to be a Catholic Prayer group.

Ugh, Ricky Gervais. Has anyone else noticed that most of his shows tend to mostly revolve around people standing around looking uncomfortable?

dioltas

I've never had a visit from a jehovah or been approached by one. (*Do they really exist?*)

Quint

Funny, looks like the JWs are using sex to sell religion! Ask them about Noahs Arc, they think it's a true story because it was in the bible. And Noah was also 600 years old when he built the arc*





*seriously!

mickeydevine

dioltas wrote: »

I've never had a visit from a jehovah or been approached by one. (*Do they really exist?*)

They live, and love.

http://www.jwmatch.com/s/a/13906?gclid=CJXzqbKw5pgCFQsJ3wodRUEsdQ

EDIT: If littlejenn came knocking I'd sign up straight away.

Handsome Bob

Sorry for the bump but a new batch of Jehovah Witness's were doing the rounds in my neighbourhood this morning. Two came into my garden just as I was leaving my house to go to the shop. They asked me for my time to discuss a pressing issue in today's society. They go on to show me the title of the new Alive magazine. The pressing issue? Prescription drug abuse. Now I'm not saying people don't have an awful time trying to deal with prescription drug addiction but a pressing issue? I think weaning people off the smack, cocaine and alcohol would be a priority myself when it comes to drug addiction.:pac:

Dades

LZ5by5 wrote: »

I think weaning people off the smack, cocaine and alcohol would be a priority myself when it comes to drug addiction.:pac:

Not to mention the 'opium' of the people!

crotalus667

Dades wrote: »

Not to mention the 'opium' of the people!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Please read marx :rolleyes: