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Using Statements Followed by Questions

February 9, 2021 / / 4 Comments

23 Statements Followed by QuestionsWhen I recommend Student Role Teaching, you may be asking, “Are you saying I should never tell Jehovah’s Witnesses what I believe and why?”

No, sometimes you have to do that in order to get your point across.

But if you aren’t careful, you will come across as trying to take over their “rightful” role as teachers. You’ll arouse opposition, and the Witnesses may decide to stop meeting with you. That’s bad—you want to get through to them, not to drive them away.

So what can you do?

Follow your statements immediately with questions asking the Witnesses for their input.

There are a number of phrases that I’ve found helpful in doing this. Continue reading

Ask Follow-Up Questions to Bring Out the Meaning of Bible Passages

February 2, 2021 / / 1 Comment

22 Follow Up QuestionsI used to think that having Jehovah’s Witnesses read aloud a passage of Scripture would be enough to get through to them. I’d wait for them to concede the point the Scripture was making. Instead, they would often give me a blank stare.

They read the words, but the words didn’t sink in. They didn’t get the point.

What do you do if that happens?

Ask follow-up questions to bring out the meaning of the passage.

Let me give you an example. Continue reading

Ask Witnesses to Read Scriptures Aloud

January 26, 2021 / / 5 Comments

21 JWs Read ScripturesWhen you are about to discuss a passage of Scripture with Jehovah’s Witnesses, I recommend that you first ask them to read the verse or verses aloud from their Bibles.

If the passage is a long one, review it with them in smaller, more manageable segments rather than getting lost trying to analyze a lengthy passage all at once.

I’m not saying you should never do some of the reading yourself, but it’s best to have them do it as often as possible—especially with passages that are critical to the topic you are discussing.

Why do I recommend that you have them do the reading?

Let’s look at the alternatives. Continue reading

Pin Them Down

January 19, 2021 / / 3 Comments

20 PinGood investigators know that before you confront a witness with an inconsistency, you first have to pin them down to their basic story.

Otherwise, they just wriggle off the hook.

A similar principle applies in getting through to Jehovah’s Witnesses. Continue reading

Emulate Columbo

January 12, 2021 / / 2 Comments

19 ColumboRemember Lieutenant Columbo, the TV homicide detective played by Peter Falk?

Because his questions were presented as efforts to clear up various points rather than as accusations, he never came across as threatening.

In fact, at times he was self-deprecating. He would say things like, “I’m sorry, but little things like this bother me. I can’t get them out of my mind.”

Because of his soft non-threating manner, suspects tried hard to give him answers, hoping he would finally be satisfied with their explanations.

He would back off for a while, but inevitably some new inconsistency puzzled him and he asked for further help resolving that problem as well.

In order to avoid triggering the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ persecution mindset when you challenge Watchtower dogma by voicing questions they would never dare or even think to ask, I recommend that you emulate Columbo’s non-threatening manner.

Here are some examples of how this can be done (I’ll highlight the “Columbo” language). Continue reading

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