Knock, Knock....Who's There.... "
An Interview with a Jehovah's Witnesses Member
Saturdays seem to be incomplete without the routinary fixture that people see during weekends -- the sight of people knocking on each of the neighborhood's houses, and smiling at the people, asking them if they have time to spare to hear the 'good news' of Jehovah, the creator. Of course, people who do not have any idea will wonder and be uncomfortable with these people, who seem to be always smiling, undaunted by the hostility that they receive from people who do not want to be bothered on Saturday mornings. What motivates these people to go on and continue knocking on other people's doors, smiling, and willing to share the good news of God through the Holy Bible? In an attempt to provide an answer to this question, and in order to provide people with sufficient information about the religious group Jehovah's Witnesses, the researcher interviewed Camille, a member of the religious organization, and is also a neighbor of the researcher's (for easier accessibility).
The interview took place at Camille's house, which was tastefully furnished. Camille herself was fashionably dressed, and her physical appearance does not give people an idea about her background as a Jehovah's Witnesses members. In fact, her personality does not reflect Camille's personality during Saturdays, wherein she patiently knocks on people's doors in order to express her belief, and let the people know about the good plans God has made for humankind.
The first, and probably the most popular and anticipated question that was given t her was the objective behind the members' activity of knocking on people's doors every Saturday morning to spread the good news of the Lord. Camille answered this question readily, since...
In answering the question, Camille cites a passage from the Holy Bible, quoting that in Matthew 24, that they, as members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, should "make disciples of all nations," and that knocking on people's doors is "an effective tool to get the good news out." In reaction to Camille's statement that the Jehovah's Witnesses members aim to spread and inform people of the good news of God, the interviewer specifically asked what exactly is the 'good news' that their organization is talking about. For the Jehovah's Witnesses, Camille says, the idea of the term 'good news' means the teachings of the Holy Bible. It is evident that the teachings of the word of God as documented in the Holy Bible is the primary source of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Bible that they carry every Saturday in their 'expeditions' to various houses in the neighborhood, as well as the fliers and leaflets that they distribute to people (willing or unwilling recipients of these information), are the primary sources that they use in explaining to the people the objectives of the religious organization they belong to.
Of course, what many people think about the Jehovah's Witnesses when they approach them is that they will try to convert people to their religion, which explains why people are averse and sometimes hostile to them, despite their friendly behavior towards people. In counter to this popular (and untrue) notion, Camille clarifies that the organization's primary aim is not to convert people to their religious organization; rather, what the Jehovah's Witnesses wants is for people to realize that they should "open their minds to actually read the Bible." Camille cites various cases in which she had encountered people who belong to religious organizations,…
