Recently I started getting ready for the JWs (Jehovah's Witnesses) which have been coming around. I imagine they are here because of all the new houses and developments in the area near us. I'm sure to the JWs this is represents a fresh chance to recruit and/or train up young JWs. I have long wanted to hold a discussion with them, but did not have any training of my own and talking to them requires a bit of training or experience. Long ago I read up on them, but not enough to hold a lively on-the-spot discussion and so purchased a book called "The 10 most important things you can say to a JW". It is small, but it is well designed. Acknowledging false doctrines and the verses that JWs quote, then using other verses to debunk their theology. The book also makes sound arguments against their bible revisions (NWT) and the Watchtower Society that runs the organization.
The watchtower society (which I have written about before) has created a profoundly damaging theology. Ultimately, it is a problem with their source, not them as they are often well trained and very passionate about the cause they claim. They are only following the directions they have been given which is much like other Christians, but the difference is that they are listening to men first while Christians are (or should be) listening to God first; one is a corrupted source and the other is not. Consequently, poor understanding and bad theology runs rampant within the organization.
So I've spent several nights marking a spare KJV bible with point/counterpoint verses, quick notes, and questions. It will take patients and practice, but most good things do. If you have the heart for it, go by this $15 book and Practice. I know how it sounds to some, very arrogant, but these are God fearing people who are not saved. Hence they need our help as much as those who are ardent about God not existing. These things, these conflicts, are not about arrogance but about love for fellow man...those unaware of the danger they are in.
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