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Jehovah's Witnesses, you do know I have the right to shoot you when you put your foot in the door, right?

Tread carefully next time.

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  • banana
    Lv 6
    7 years ago
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    Jehovah's Witnesses do not "put their foot in the door" unless they are invited to do so. Sometimes even if invited to do so, we will not step inside.

  • Diane
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    What a sad person you must be.

    If you are so worried about a JW trying to help you, all you need do is put a note on your door telling them not to knock. And phone the local hall and tell them the same. Thats all. But you would rather spend your life in a jail instead? Do you think that is sane?

  • 7 years ago

    It has been established that this is not the way that Jehovah's Witnesses are to carry out the preaching work (see the following quote below):

    "All of our work in calling on the people, from the first call onward, includes the aspect of shepherding. We are looking for sheeplike people. In a literal way, we keep “standing at the door and knocking.” Yes, we feel it is an obligation to keep on calling, but though many may fail to respond or show a sheeplike attitude, we must never, either literally or figuratively, put our foot in the door, insisting on delivering our message at all costs."

    Source: August 15, 1969 Watchtower pg. 502 paragraph 24

    If someone does put their foot in your door, that does not mean that it is appropriate to shoot at them.

    Your actions will not stop the ministry from being carried out (see the following experience below):

    "Self-Control When Preaching

    On occasion, a Christian in the preaching activity may meet a very uncontrolled individual. On such occasions the Christian must exercise strong self-control, staying calm and not retaliating in word or deed. One Christian woman set an astonishing example in this regard. At the third home she called on one Saturday morning, the householder opened the door and began shooting at her. The minister remained calm, however. “You shot me,” she said. “Yes,” replied the householder, “I shot you,” and then continued shooting. The Witness reports: “I had two bullet holes in my coat, two in my bag and one in my foot. One bullet came between my feet. I felt powder burns on my legs as I was trying to get off her porch.”

    The Christian woman kept unusual control of herself in this trying situation. She prayed to Jehovah to help her to get to the next house and not fall on the way. She made it, negotiating the steps with the help of her hands. The householder answered her knock and, learning that she had been shot, very kindly took her inside. The woman and her older daughter, a nurse, gave first aid while another daughter called the police and the paramedics. The self-control of this Christian minister greatly impressed first the police, then the paramedics, the crowd that gathered, and finally the hospital staff."

    Source: December 15, 1985 Watchtower pg. 23

  • 7 years ago

    Jehovah's Witnesses do not put their foot in anyone's door unless they are invited to come in. It sounds to me like you have much hatred for them, well us. I am proud to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses who work fulltime out in the ministry, going door to door, just as did Jesus and his apostles. Also, we can expect some people as yourself who do not care to learn what the Bible says, it was no different with Jesus. He was persecuted, so we will be as well. Hopefully you will change your mind and listen when the next Witness comes to your home. However, it is your choice.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I say the same tah Gonoyo : Did you know you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used in a court of law?

  • 7 years ago

    You post this on a public forum?

    Jodie, you are clearly mentally challenged if you believe that a court of law would not require y!a administrators to reveal the type of info you have posted in your question if it was deemed important to a prosecution against you.

    Believe me when I tell you that it is YOU who needs to "tread carefully next time."

    Your question here also gives the complete lie to your questions at:

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201401...

    and

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201401...

    You are clearly deceiving yourself when you say, "I still classify myself as one of the most passive Call of Duty players there is."

    May I suggest you alter "passive" to read "mentally unbalanced"?

  • 7 years ago

    Did you know you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used in a court of law?

  • Well I am mighty glad that I live in a CIVILISED country then! However, for those of my brothers and sisters who get your "kind treatment" will STILL have our Creator's AND YOUR Creator's name vindictated because as soon as you hurt them, it WILL be in the newspaper and YOU will be the one who most decent people will frown up for lacking human feelings!

    The ironic thing is that people like you would be better off, us SHOOTING you, for when Armageddon happens and you are still like this, you will be ousted anyway and that is: never to exist again, but if you die now, you will get the chance of the resurrection, which means: living in a better world; seeing loved ones come back; health getting better and better; aging DEMINISHING and people HAPPY.

    But of course, if you would prefer to never exist again.........!

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    to me, it sounds like you need to be locked up in a mental institute. uttering such threats can get you in serious trouble even if the threat is made on here.

    all it takes is someone to report this question to the authorities..

    there was an article in the news paper a few months ago of someone who uttered the same type of threat on-line, he ended up getting arrested and criminally charged.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    they dont barge through unless unvite them.u shud be locked in mental institute considering i am an atheist raised in a catholic family and born into a catholic family

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