It's not quite a "how to" but the first half of the Dividing Line program for March 24, 2009, provides a good introduction to how we can speak with Jehovah's Witnesses in a productive manner (link).
Enjoy!
-TurretinFan
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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We get these around our place from time to time. I know to some degree what they believe but it's so confusing I usually start talking only to have them deny something I assumed that they believe. It's frustratingly similar and dissimilar at the same time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link!
Anonymous:
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. It is important with both the JWs and the Mormons (a) not to get them confused for one another and (b) to know what they actually mean by their terminology, so that you won't be confused when they use our terms but with their meanings attached.
-TurretinFan