What are some of the best ways to help Jehovah Witnesses understand that they have been misguided?

Question

I've had 2 of them come to my home several times and after talking with them I think they both are questioning their beliefs, but Icould use all the help I can get.

Answer 1

Here is a wonderful site that's filled with ways to lovingly witness to those in the "socially acceptable" cults. (Jehovah's Witness, Mormons, etc.) It explains their doctorines in great detail so that you have a better understanding of them in order to reach them.

http://www.witforjesus.org/




Be Blessed and Blessed Be

Answer 2

Every month for the rest of your life you could get your bible, say a prayer, and go from house to house hoping to share an encouraging word from the Scriptures. Occasionally you will find a person who wants to discuss spiritual things, and then you can share what you have to say.

Isn't that the way all true Christians do it?

A common misconception is that Jehovah's Witnesses go from door-to-door because they feel it is their duty to get a householder to "change his mind". In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses would go from door-to-door even if there were no hope that anyone would change their religion, or even if no one would listen to them!

That is because Jesus Christ specifically assigned the house-to-house ministry to the Christian congregation, with no regard for specific results.

(Luke 10:1,2) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Jehovah's Witnesses are trained to direct attention to the bible, and move on when their message is unwanted. Since each congregation in the United States tries to call at every home in its territory at least twice each year, there is strong motivation for them to move on where little interest is shown. Also, the Scriptures help the Witnesses to expect little interest from most:

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching ...and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm

Answer 3

Ah yeah, the old dreaded God Squad. They show up like clock work at the most inconvenient time, don't they? You know, this would be like trying to convert the pope to become a baptist! Why bother? They have a right to believe in what they want to, and who knows they might even be right! Now that's scary!! One can argue with those people till they are blue in the face, and they'll just bring more the next time they come. Just don't go to the door, that's all. I do think each and everyone has the right to believe what they want to about religion, but I also think they should keep it to themselves, rather than try to shove it down every body's throats like some other (so called) religions do. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? Those kind of people who will kill you if you say anything bad about their religion, or disagree with them. At least they will turn the other cheek, and walk away, but the annoying thing is; they come back for more every week like clock work!! Be Good.

Answer 4

All you can do is show them in the Bible where the beliefs they follow may be false. After that it is up to them. Everything you need is in the Bible.

I've had the pleasure of meeting several Jehovah's Witnesses. Absolutely wonderful people who only want one thing... to save your soul. I can't find anything wrong with that. I've come to realize that they get a bad rap by people who are not in their faith.

They go door to door because that is what they are commanded to do, spread the Word of God. How many other faiths follow this commandment?

I know you weren't putting them down or anything else. I just felt the need to give them a bit of recognition for their attempts to live by the Word as they see it.

Answer 5

Well for starters their founder Charles Taze Russell Predicted a few times when the end of the world was coming, but it it never did. Mr. Russell is false prophet. They reject the exsistance of “Hell” but Jesus himself said in the Bible that there is a “Lake of Fire”

Here is an Article from Wikipedia”

Jehovah's Witnesses trace their origin to the religious movement known as Bible Students, which was founded in the late 1870s by Charles Taze Russell. After a schism in 1917, those who remained supportive of the Watch Tower Society adopted the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931 under the leadership of Joseph Franklin Rutherford.
In the early 1870s, Russell organized a Bible study group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they would study the bible topic by topic. Russell came to disavow the mainstream Christian concepts of the trinity and Hell. An interest in Bible prophecy was sparked in part by Jonas Wendell. Russell became convinced of the need to actively spread the gospel. In 1876, Russell met Nelson H. Barbour and subsequently adopted Barbour's eschatology. Barbour had predicted a visible return of Christ for 1873[2], and when that failed to occur, he revised the prediction to 1874.[3] Soon after the second disappointment, Barbour's group decided Christ had returned to the earth in 1874, but invisibly.[4] They differed from most Second Adventists by teaching that all of humankind descended from Adam would be given a chance to live in a paradise Earth.[5] The year 1914 was seen as the final end, marking a forty-year period from 1874.[6]
In July 1879, Russell broke with Barbour over the concept of substitutionary atonement and he soon began publishing his own magazine, Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence (now known as The Watchtower).[7] After the break, Russell retained the bulk of Barbour's eschatological views. He was known as "Pastor Russell", and in 1881 formed the legal entity which developed into the non-profit organization: The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (currently headquartered in New York City). In 1884, it was incorporated with Russell as president. He authored the six-volume series, Studies in the Scriptures.[8] In 1914, Russell founded the International Bible Students Association in the United Kingdom.

Answer 6

They think you are the misguided one. Think about it. What would be the best way to help you understand that you have been misguided? If it would work on you I'm sure it would work on them. All you have to do is change the beliefs as required.

Answer 7

I don't think there is any help for them people. I really don't feel like listing to their BS just to try to make an attempt to get them to understand they are misguided. They can believe in whatever they want as long as they don't come near me with their BS. As long as they learn to stop knocking on peoples doors and stop trying to convert people they would be a lot better off.

Answer 8

Okay.

Step one: Get over yourself and down off your high horse.
Step two: Realise that whatever you happen to believe, you're probably just as misguided as them.
Step three: Invite them in for a nice mug of hot chocolate and let them do their own thing while yo do yours.

Answer 9

Ask them if it requires faith to believe their religion is true. And when they say yes, tell them that if faith is what is required to believe then that means all religions are true.

"Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits." - Dan Barker (former preacher)

Answer 10

I ask this question everyday but it does not regard Jehovah Witnesses. It regards Christians.

It is a damn shame to see people who have been misguided and living in a delusion is it not?