Early Jehovah Witnesses
By qmeyers
@qmeyers (42)
United States
November 6, 2009 2:42pm CST
I have been trained since I was very young to ignore anyone knocking on the door on saturday mornings... that was when the jehovah witnesses would go door to door spreading their beliefs and literature... On a few occasions my mother or father would open the door and debate theological points with them (we are baptist)... but 9 times out of 10 we would just watch them from the front window and go back to making noise once they went to the next door... well, this morning i was attempting to take a mid-morning nap after sending my older 2 kids off to school, feeding the younger 2 and checking over the workbook page the 3 year old did (learning to write the numbers 1-30) when i hear a light knock at the door.. i ask who it is (through the door) and someone says something but i can't hear them very clearly because the children's movie Brother Bear is blaring at the moment. I look through the peephole in the door and i don't recognize anyone and no one is wearing a FedEx, UPS or USPS uniform. I pause the movie and then ask who it is again (still through the door) and was told that they were believers who wanted to talk with me and share Awake with me... knowing that jehovah's witnesses pass out the Awake pamphlets I kindly tell them "no thank you. i'm not interested."
When did they start knocking on doors a day early?? Have they been knocking on doors on friday and i am just now noticing or what??
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18 responses
@dens61 (130)
• Philippines
9 Nov 09
Wll, Jehovah's Witnesses have no specific day for going house to house and preach the good news of God's kingdom which I am sure most of us pray when we pray the Lord's Prayer taught by Jesus to his early disciples- "Thy kingdon come, your will be done on earht as it is in heaven". It is simply because they are also working people who have seular jobs/work to do on wekends so the only time they have to go house to house is on Saturdays. But there are many JWs who have been going house to house for sometime already during any day of the week (usualy from Tuesday to Sunday). This is the way they obey the commandment of Jesus that the word of God and the good news of God's Kingdom be preached in all the inhabited earth, and then the end will come.
Anyway, people who are visited in their homes are not obliged to let them in and talk to tem as was the time of Jesus and the earlt Christians. And for sure, this act is not to convert people from other religions to embrace their religion. Everyone has the freedom to think and analyse what others say to them, be it religion or otherwise.
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 09
Jehovah witnesses visit our area at the weekends, generally on a Saturday morning. I had a chat with them once but that has been it. I have an intercom system so it's easy to avoid having face to face contact. They normally leave some reading material in my mail box. I respect them in as much as they are just doing their job but I have no interest in the theology side of things. I believe in being polite to everyone regardless of what they believe in. I know some people really get angry with them and slam the door in their face and things like that, this is downright nasty! Still, I have to say they look very smart when they walk the streets on Saturday mornings! Andrew
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@tandmunlimited (1252)
• United States
8 Nov 09
My inlaws are witnesses and their days vary.
Mostly, Thursday, Friday, and Sat tho
I live beside them so and thankful I get passed by..
No offense, I have looked into what they offer, I am just not convinced of any religion that is right for me at this time. I am not knocking anyone elses beliefs and do believe everyone has a right to their own..
Have an Increadiable Day..
@strawberrybaby39 (2086)
• United States
7 Nov 09
They come to our houses around here anytime. But most people don't answer there doors. I don't bother with them when they knock at my door. I am a penticostal and don't believe the way they do. They try to get people to read there bible that they make up and I won't read it. My kids have come home from school with there pamphlets and I tell them to get rid of them. Other kids in school pass those pamphlets to other kids. I go straight to the teacher and tell them not to let the kids give my kids those papers.
@Sweetchariot (1718)
• United States
6 Nov 09
lol...I never gave it a thought that they had a specific day when to go door to door. It's possible those that went on Saturdays is because they worked during the week, or they could catch more people home on Saturdays, since most like those people were working. But in this economy, half the country is out of work, therefore more people are available to go door to door, and catching more home during the week. Our local Jehova's used to come on Sunday.
I give them credit for trying to get people to have faith, unfortunately they have the wrong translation for us to believe what they do.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Hello Gmyers and welcome to my lot. They don't come around our house any more I told them that I believe in Shepherd's chapel and don't want to hear lies about the bible. I won't put up with them knocking on our door. They are teaching false stuff and we are not going to listen to false teaching. They used to come here every other day or so and one day I had heard our preacher telling us not to listen false teaching. So I got my King James Bible out and asked them to show me where it says we are going to fly away and I showed them where my bible says we are going to stay here and fight with God. Oh well they don't come back here anymore. Have a great day!
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
7 Nov 09
I didn't know they had a schedule for that. I know my door used to get knocked on far too often by them and it was never a good time. I find their door knocking to be in poor taste, rude and an all around turn off any time of the day or night. They usually are very sweet and polite but so are many people....doesn't mean I care to have them interupting my day to tell me how they feel. Nothing against their religion at all. I just think the whole door knocking thing is very rude and disrespectful of the persons privacy. I feel the same about door to door salespeople as well. The only ones that I have a soft spot for are the kids rasing money.
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
7 Nov 09
I did not know they had one specific day however I do know that they usually have an area that they patrol that is designated to certain individuals. I also believe that Saturday is their Sabbath is it not, so that is when most individuals are not working and are available to go doorknocking or what they call witnessing.
I think the only way to stop them from knocking on your door is to put a big sign up there no Jehovah's Witnesses. I have a sign on my front door that say this no soliciting but that does not seem to stop them as they consider their witnessing is not soliciting.
I do not think there are any rules about which day they go witnessing.
I frequently have to have enough during the day because I am not well and there is nothing more frustrating than being woken up, that is why I have a sign out front. I also put the sign up because my mother was disabled and by the time she hobbled to the door she would be in pain and she could not say no. Unfortunately she passed away but I hope she is in Heaven without the ministering of various religious groups that think they have the answers and a pipeline to God.
@moorange (319)
• Philippines
7 Nov 09
When I was still in elementary my family always encounter Jehovah's Witnesses every saturday (afternoon and sometimes morning) coming house to house. We are Catholic and we still welcome people (even with different religion) who comes in good purpose. My grandmother didn't debate/argue with them, they just have some chat and of course later on hand those pamphlets (I guess it's free) and I always take a look and sometimes read it as well. I've even tried once joining their worship, but didn't convince me to leave my religion.
Hao!
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
7 Nov 09
Sometimes I just ignored them because I don't want to debate to them about my beliefs. I have my own belief they don't need to insist their beliefs to me because we going to argue instead. I have a classmate before who is Jehovah Witnesses I don't argue to her about religion. She gaves me pamphlets and I read it also I see nothing wrong about reading it because we have the same God.
@jlumakang (81)
• Philippines
7 Nov 09
Whew! I have read all the comments...and its seems that this Jehovah's are all the world! From Australia to USA , From Serbia and Montenegro to the Philippines and etc... And it seems that these people will not stop on knocking on any door to any one. I think no one will be able to hinder them.
@Joody1 (20)
• Canada
7 Nov 09
Well, I've got a new one for you. I live in an apartment building and I guess they can't get in so I have been received handwritten letters from them. My daughter was married to a man who was kicked out of the JW movement but his family is really into it and are elders in the congregation. I am not sure if it is the norm (most likely is) but they seem to preach on thing and a lot of times live another.
@jayzelle (76)
•
7 Nov 09
here in our place they don't have specific days but they usually knock during sunday usually after there assembly. I am a christian and I don't believe on what they are believing. We are humans after all we have different beliefs in life so stick on the things you believe.
@The1one1 (105)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Nov 09
I remember some cult, i don't know if they were the Jehovah Witnesses, came to my house early morning, i think it was saturday, but i am not sure. And they interduced them selves and told me something like: '' These are hard times, and we must stick together '' ( these aren't the exact words, that was a couple of years ago ). And them i told them i am not interested, so they went away
@lwelizabeth (288)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I didn't know there was a specific designated day for them to go door to door...as far as I can tell there actually isn't one. I dated a JW a few years ago (although not a very devout one at the time) and his mother said the woman and children were supposed to be going out on a daily basis door to door, not just once a week. Where I live though, in my development, we don't get very many JW's. When we did have them, I really don't think they came on Saturdays, though I do believe it was late afternoon/early evening when they came to hand out their literature.
@happy6162 (3001)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I did not know that Saturday was the day they knock on doors. They have come to my house during the week and I answer the door they give me there paper. I usually tell them I have to get back to something and just say thank you and shut the door. Sometimes though I peep out my window to see who it is and just do not answer the door just depends on what mood I am in.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
6 Nov 09
They do it on Thursdays here for some reason. I used to be friends with quite a few Jehovah Witnesses when I was in my early twenties and they were the most confused people that I have ever met! 
I am not one to go around putting down peoples religious views as I believe that people should be allowed to believe whatever they want. But I do not like that they push it onto people by intruding on their personal time at home! 
All of the Jehovah Witnesses that I used to hang around with were living secret double lives! They were acting like immature teenagers away from their strict families as I think they were too scared to act up when they were young, but now when they were in their twenties, they felt like rebelling against their religion, but would do it away from anyone who was in that religion.
They would still put on their best clothes and go to their church on Sunday and go out door knocking on Thursday, but then they would be out getting drunk and being hoons in their cars with everyone else...lol
I lived with one of them for a year and he had a girlfriend who was not in their religion. She lived with us too and was there most nights, but he would not allow her too keep any of her belongings there, just in case some of his family turned up to visit! She would have to return to her mothers house each morning to get herself ready for work!
They are a strange lot if you ask me! 
I am not one to go around putting down peoples religious views as I believe that people should be allowed to believe whatever they want. But I do not like that they push it onto people by intruding on their personal time at home!
All of the Jehovah Witnesses that I used to hang around with were living secret double lives! They were acting like immature teenagers away from their strict families as I think they were too scared to act up when they were young, but now when they were in their twenties, they felt like rebelling against their religion, but would do it away from anyone who was in that religion.
They would still put on their best clothes and go to their church on Sunday and go out door knocking on Thursday, but then they would be out getting drunk and being hoons in their cars with everyone else...lol
I lived with one of them for a year and he had a girlfriend who was not in their religion. She lived with us too and was there most nights, but he would not allow her too keep any of her belongings there, just in case some of his family turned up to visit! She would have to return to her mothers house each morning to get herself ready for work!
They are a strange lot if you ask me! @workingmommy (67)
• Canada
6 Nov 09
They can come to your door any day any time unless you tell them you do not want them coming back they will continue to try to convince you. However some of them aren't bad my grandmother was a Jehovah Witness as is a few of my freinds we talk about God but I will not be converting I am happy being an anglican.
