24 Apr '11 04:56>
Originally posted by galveston75Again, I really can't be sure why you continually evade the question: does someone have to be a member of the JW organisation in order to be Christian?
It conflicts completely. Jesus condemned a clergy class by his own words, did he not?
He told all his followers to do the worldwide work and to do it by going door to door which your missionarys do not do. Do they? No.
And your normal members or flock never do this. I have never seen or heard of anyone from the Catholic church participating in anythi ...[text shortened]... taken.
When was the last time you did a door to door teaching work that Jesus told you to do?
Jesus condemned a clergy class by his own words, did he not?
No. I don't believe he did.
He told all his followers to do the worldwide work and to do it by going door to door which your missionarys do not do. Do they? No.
No. I don't believe he did. He told his disciples to visit every town certainly and evangelise. Catholics have parishes all over the world. They have evangelised in many remote regions of the world, in Asia, in Indonesia, in Africa and even in hostile countries such as in the Middle East. How many JWs are there in East Timor? How many in Papua New Guinea? How many in Iraq? How many in Korea?
And your normal members or flock never do this. I have never seen or heard of anyone from the Catholic church participating in anything of the sort.
Catholics witness in different ways, probably better ways. I was once approached by a JW at a tram stop. I really didn't have time, he was annoying me, ultimately he did a great disservice. I don't see how badgering people at tram stops is what Jesus intended. I have much more respect for those churches, Catholic and Anglican and Uniting to name a few, which witness not by pestering people at their homes but by providing for the poor and opposing injustice. The best witness a church can do is to feed the poor (Matthew 25:31-46).