News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
BOISE, ID — A still-ongoing 27-hour stalemate ensued after two Mormon missionaries knocked on the door of a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
“I’m Elder Young from the Church Of Jesu–,” said Mormon missionary Timothy Young, before he was quickly interrupted by the man at the door asking if he’d heard of Watchtower Magazine.
“We believe all members are missionaries and it’s our duty to prea–,” said Jehovah’s Witness Don McVey, before Elder Young’s companion Elder Henderson handed him a Book Of Mormon and asked him to read 3 Nephi chapter eleven, verse three.
“See, this is where Christ comes down to teach the people on the American continent,” Elder Henderson explained, before McVey cut off the young missionary and asked him if he’d heard of the righteous 144,000.
The conversation went on over the course of the afternoon and into the next day, before each party decided it might be time to move on. “Would you mind if we got your information and chatted with you another day?” each member of the group said in perfect unison. Sadly, neither side could understand the other due to speaking simultaneously, and the standoff continued.
Go here to read the rest. Toss in the Hare Krishnas and this could attract an audience on pay per view.
Very clever.
You don’t see Jehovahs Witness knocking on doors like they did 2-3 decades ago. I wonder if their numbers have declined or is it just a localised thing. I remember when I was younger my mum would get particularly annoyed they would knock during the busy evenings and so she would come to the door with hands in full-dinner-making preparation mode to make a point “if you don’t mind I’m in the middle of cooking dinner”. I would then say – we are Catholic but thank you. And smile and politely close the door.
It’s a shame when Catholics convert to JH or become Mormons. Some of their Christian’s beliefs have evolved beyond recognition.
They are always welcome back to good side.
Oh – and Don, I wouldn’t mind being a fly on the wall when you debated them.
It was interesting. They were polite and so was I, but much I was telling them they obviously had never heard before.
***Toss in the Hare Krishnas and this could attract an audience on pay per view.***
Absolutely. Big Brother. The Bachelor.
The Kardashians. Survivor.
Now…
a new reality television program;
***Three’s Company.***
So a Mormon, Hare Krishna and Jehovah’s Witness walk into a bar…….
😵💫🙊🙈🙉
Gnostics vs Arians.
I have debated Mormons before and have always liked them. Two young Mormon missionary girls had once shown up at the door on a hot summer day, and I felt sorry for them, so I offered cold drinks (water only they said) and a few hours of rest while I got to indulge my debating skills from my library of Bible commentaries, and Greek NT and Hebrew OT. Yes, sadly I am a show off; I suspect that they had never seen a Greek NT or the Hebrew Tanakh before, nor indeed my Latin Vulgate Bible. But they behaved very respectfully, and I enjoyed our back and forth disagreements; I suspect they did too. But Jehovah Witnesses are very pushy, so I usually send them on their way. Besides, I can not stand their abominable “New World Translation” of the Scriptures. Mormons will listen to a reasoned rebuttal; Jehovah Witnesses will not.
Speaking of which: a few months ago a Jehovah Witness family – Dad, Mom, and two children – knocked on our door to witness to me. The Home Owners’ Association in our development forbids solicitation. So I sent them on their way, politely of course. I told them that I am Catholic and I refuse to convert to anything else, period. I felt sorry for the children, that they were being dragged on Daddy and Mommy’s self-righteous outing of soul conversion.
Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.
… At least, with the JWs.
Two came up my driveway one afternoon as I was in the garage fixing my lawn mower … I told the ‘master’ I wasn’t interested. He asked why and I said it was primarily because they changed the Gospels to match their BS theology. After a brief discussion detailing a few of these instances, I turned to the beginning of the Gospel of John. I explained that much like today’s Jews who use “The Name” (Hashem) instead of saying “God”, in the Targums (The Aramaic bible) they use the Aramaic word “Memra”, which means “word” … And not just any Word, but the Creative Word of God by which He created light and darkness, the Heavens and the Earth and all things.
Then I asked ‘the apprentice’ how the Gospel of John starts. He knew, and quoted it correctly: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
His ‘master’ corrected him saying “No! The word was like God!”
The apprentice’s eyes were opened as he realized I was telling him the truth, and the master knew it! He grabbed his apprentice and backed down my driveway shouting insults at me.