OBJECTIONS

answering: w23.09 17-18; w23.12 30; km 3/14 1; be 66-69, 168, 177-178, 195, 253; sg 92-94

attitude toward: be 199; rs 15-16

basis for return visit: w88 7/15 19

discernment in handling: km 7/91 4

experiences:

Bible effectively used: w00 1/15 18; w88 8/15 13

busy householder: yb04 58

objects to Witness stand on blood transfusion: w02 10/15 30

resurrection not believable: w20.04 12

tactful reply on survey: w90 1/1 27

including common, in introduction: km 1/90 7; km 4/88 1-2

use of Reasoning book: km 8/91 1, 8; km 11/87 4; km 4/86 3

Common Objections

Bible:

“contradicts itself”: ijwbq article 70; wp24.1 8; wi 6, 8; rs 65

“everyone has his own interpretation”: rs 65-66

“good book, but there is no absolute truth”: rs 66-67

“I believe only the King James Version”: rs 67-68

“I don’t believe in the Bible”: km 12/13 4-6; wt 24-25; rs 64-65

“I have my own Bible”: g99 12/22 13

“intolerant”: wp24.1 8

“men wrote the Bible”: rs 65

“not practical for our day”: jt 22-24; rs 66

“unscientific”: jt 28

“white man’s book”: ijwbq article 3; rs 67

blood:

“what if a doctor says ‘you will die without a blood transfusion’?”: rs 76

“you don’t believe in blood transfusions”: rs 75

“you let your children die”: rs 74-75

born again: rs 79-80

evolution:

“God created man by means of evolution”: g 1/14 13; rs 127-128

“highly educated people believe it”: rs 128-129

“I believe in evolution”: rs 126-127

faith healing: rs 160-161

God:

“I believe only what I can see”: cf 115-116; rs 151

“I don’t believe in God”: km 12/13 3-4, 6; km 12/99 8; rs 150-151

“I have my own concept of God”: rs 151

“it’s ridiculous to believe in God”: w23.09 17

hell:

“you don’t believe in hellfire”: w12 10/1 12-14

holy spirit:

“do you have the holy spirit (Holy Ghost)?”: rs 384

homosexuality: w23.09 17; lff lesson 41; rs 370-371

“I do no harm to anyone”: w90 10/15 27

“I have no money”: rs 20-21

“I have no time”: yb99 56-57

“I’m busy”: w12 3/15 13; km 7/91 4; km 1/90 1; rs 19-20; km 11/87 4; g86 7/22 20

“I’m not interested”: w12 3/15 13; km 1/07 1; w05 5/15 26; jv 515-516; rs 16; w88 2/1 28-29; km 11/87 4

Jehovah’s Witnesses:

“Christians should be witnesses for Jesus, not Jehovah”: rs 208

“I’m already well acquainted”: rs 20

“I’m not interested in Jehovah’s Witnesses”: rs 17-18

“why don’t you get involved in making the world a better place?”: rs 207-208

“why do you call on people who have their own religion?”: ijwfq article 2; w13 7/1 2; jt 29; br78 28

“why do you call so often?”: rs 20

“you are false prophets”: rs 137

“you break up families”: ijwfq article 38; w08 11/1 11-13

“you have your own Bible”: ijwfq article 34

“you put too much emphasis on prophecy”: rs 298

“you refuse civic duties”: w88 7/15 20

“you refuse military service”: w88 7/15 20

“you should be doing something else”: w94 9/15 19

“you’ve changed the Bible to fit your beliefs”: ijwfq article 35

“you were just here”: w88 7/15 18-19

Jesus Christ:

“do you accept Jesus as your personal Savior?”: rs 219-220

“I have accepted Jesus as my personal Savior”: rs 220

“you don’t believe in Jesus”: rs 219

Kingdom:

“won’t come in my lifetime”: rs 233-234

last days:

“conditions are no worse today”: rs 241

“I don’t worry about it”: rs 242-243

“I’m optimistic about the future”: rs 243

“might a future generation fit better?”: rs 242

“we won’t see the end in our lifetime”: rs 242

literature:

“I’ll take yours if you take mine”: km 9/13 3

“we have our own literature”: km 5/94 8; km 10/92 8

Mary, mother of Jesus:

“you don’t believe in the Virgin Mary”: rs 260-261

New World Translation:

“you have your own Bible”: rs 279-280

rapture: rs 316-317

reincarnation: rs 321

religion:

“already Christians here”: rs 19

“as long as you believe in Jesus, it really does not matter what church you belong to”: rs 332

“good in all religions”: rs 331-332; km 3/87 4

“I’d rather work for improvement within my own church”: rs 331

“I have my own”: w20.04 10; w12 3/15 13; km 1/90 7; rs 18-19; g86 7/22 19

“I just read my Bible at home and pray to God for understanding”: rs 332-333

“I live a good life. I treat my neighbors right. That’s enough religion for me”: rs 331

“I’m a Buddhist”: rs 21

“I’m a Catholic”: g86 7/22 19-20

“I’m a Hindu”: rs 22

“I’m a Jew”: w91 9/1 26-27; rs 22-23

“I’m not interested in organized religion. I believe that a personal relationship with God is what counts”: rs 331

“I’m not interested in religion”: w00 1/15 18; rs 16-17, 330

“private affair”: rs 333

“too much hypocrisy in religion”: rs 330

“what makes you think there is only one religion that is right?”: rs 332

Sabbath: rs 351-352

saints: rs 356

salvation:

“are you saved?”: rs 360

“I’m saved”: rs 360

“you say that only 144,000 will be saved”: rs 361

“you say that only Jehovah’s Witnesses will be saved”: w13 5/1 2; w08 11/1 28; jt 29; br78 29

speaking in tongues: rs 404-405

suffering in world: rs 399-400

Trinity: rs 425-426

wickedness:

“I don’t believe that God is going to change matters”: rs 430-431

“why does God permit?”: rs 430