What if a person at the door is a apostate?

[Canyon_1985]

A few weeks ago I was out  in service and a elder had sent me and my friend to a home were a couple had moved in recently he knew because he had been working this neighborhood when the house was for sale. Anyways, the woman opened the door and started talking about false rumors about the organization the good thing was my friend backed me up but what do I do next time this happens 

[Dré]

The question you raised is about apostates we may meet in the preaching work. However, the comment is actually about a woman who was spreading false information about Jehovah’s Witnesses. Is the woman actually an apostate, or is she just repeating what she has heard from others?

[carlos]

The Bible says we don't talk with apostates, because they are very dangerous for our spirituality and want to cause us harm (2 John  9-11). So if you meet an apostate at the door or anywhere, what do you think the right reaction would be?

 

This applies to apostates, that is, former Witnesses who now try to stray others. It's different if you meet a person in service who is not a former Witness and simply has heard some lies about Witnesses. That person maybe can be helped to find the truth. That is not an apostate. Even then, we would rather avoid listening to rumors about anyone.

[TheKid23]

I’ve come up against apostates both on carts and house to house. Both times I’ve politely stopped the conversation and walked away. I can’t remember exactly what I said as it was a few years ago but when the person answered the door and started ranting how the org covers up child abuse I said something like “I’m not here to discuss that today, if you have genuine questions about that you can find information on our website” and I just walked away 

[Dré]

Protect Yourself From Apostasy https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=202023178&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=2

[Canyon_1985]

6 hours ago, Dré said:

The question you raised is about apostates we may meet in the preaching work. However, the comment is actually about a woman who was spreading false information about Jehovah’s Witnesses. Is the woman actually an apostate, or is she just repeating what she has heard from others?

She was also saying her own ideas

[Mike047]

Since apostates are not likely to wear badges, we can only go by what they say or how they react, unless we have come across them in different circumstances before. We used to get a number at the London District Assemblies (Regional Conventions) and, although we were told not to interact with them there always were some who would. On the litcart work in Bournemouth on the south coast, our brothers and sisters remain polite, but remove themselves physically.