Christianity or Bust

Today, I had my first Jehovah’s Witness door knocker visit since moving home.

It was a pretty interesting discussion.

He opened up with a quote about the End Times that came from Isaiah Chapter 3 (or 2:4) that is also found on the United Nations Headquarters. I mentioned that I’m reading Isaiah at the moment.

I found it really interesting that he said that some people call the book of Isaiah “the firth Gospel”. I’ve never heard that before.

Subsequently, I established that I was a non-denominational Christian very quickly.

I can’t remember most of what we talked about even though I invited him and his son in (eventually) for tea. It was good timing because during the discussion, there was a huge downpour.

One of my housemates got up and joined in discussions. I feel like laughing because he thought he has the quiet room of the house that is away from the side of the house that is on a busy road with a shopping centre across from it! Ha ha ha!

I got an explanation for why the JWs believe that the 144,000 resurrections have begun in 1914. I really would rather see an explanation written down in paper because it covered a lot of stuff I haven’t read including prophecies from Daniel.

I really shouldn’t have asked him about that. There are more important things such as how they believe Jesus was just a human and not God and what that incorrect belief means (see earlier post).

My housemate asked for the man’s testimony. The impression I got was that the gentleman had a Catholic father and Anglican mother but wasn’t terribly satisfied by the orthodox church but loved the feeling of brotherhood within JW. Occassionally, he would speak about how Christians have waged war upon each other - I should have pointed out that wars are really started by war pigs (ie individuals) who are not always representative of Christianity.

I said they are welcome to come back to discuss things further. I wonder if he’ll come back.

Maybe I’m thinking with a too critical mind but the JW had his son with him and the poor child looked really bored.

My housemate thinks I am wasting time talking to JWs and Mormons and says that it’s must more fun to talk to “Babylonians”. He may be right. In the past, Christian friends have said it takes a lot of effort to evangelise to them because those groups are cultish and always surrounded by their peers.

Anyway, as an effort to invite reader participation, I’ll ask: Am I wasting my time talking to Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses door knockers or pedestrian pests?