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'They're preying on my grief': Elderly widow claims Christian group sent her religious pamphlets just days after her husband died in an attempt to convert her while she is 'most vulnerable'


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An elderly widow has claimed she has been sent pamphlets by Jehovah's Witnesses in a bid to convert her days after the the death of her husband.

Sue Judd's 77-year-old husband Neville died peacefully in his sleep at their home in Mapua, New Zealand, on May 2.

She put a notice in her local newspaper on May 3 and 4 with an address provided for people to send messages of condolence to the family.

A few days later, Mrs Judd received a handwritten letter from a woman – along with pamphlets promoting Jehovah's Witnesses, she told stuff.co.nz.

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An elderly widow has claimed she has been sent pamphlets by Jehovah's Witnesses in a bid to convert her days after the the death of her husband. File photo

She said she was horrified to received unsolicited messages from the religious group, a Christian denomination known for its door-to-door evangelism.

'They're sending it to me unsolicited at a time when I'm at my utterly most vulnerable,' she told stuff.co.nz.

'They're preying on me and my grief.'

She added: 'It's so disingenuous. If they really cared, you'd think they'd arrive on the doorstep with some baking or something as anyone else does.'

Mrs Judd described the letter – which included Bible verses – as 'nonsense,' saying the focus was to convert rather than console her.

 

The New Zealand woman said the religious group, known for its door-to-door evangelism was 'preying on my grief.' File photo

And another letter arrived three weeks later from a 90-year-old woman, also contained leaflets about Jehovah's Witnesses.

She added that they had affected her mourning process – and called on the church to stop targeting grieving families.

It comes after former Jehovah's Witnesses elders admitted that they deliberately targeting those who had recently lost loved ones, considering them 'ripe fruit.'

Vince and Michele Tyler revealed last year they knew members who would trawl through obituaries or visit cemeteries in a find people to convert.

But a current senior elder of the faith said it had no policy to target the recently bereaved.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4568152/Widow-says-Christian-group-preying-grief.html

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This indicates the sad plight of humans in today's loveless world in that comfort from a stranger is basically seen as something alien.

Just because this is a controversial section and this point made gave me a thought.   Did that thief beside Jesus study for a year? Or how about the eunuch that Philip baptized? 

It was necessary for the first to take a crash course. Besides, what was Jesus saying other that he would be resurrected? As for the second, he was already part of a people with a dedication to G

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Sometimes when I call and people are obsessed that my motive is to convert them, I try to counter that.

"If it will help, let us agree up front that there is no way on God's green earth that you are going to become a Jehovah's Witness like me. You know it. I know it. So you won't have to worry about me sneaking in tiny hooks to that end."

Sometimes that helps. Every Witness knows that the odds of any given person converting are extraordinarily thin. It's icing on the cake if they do, but even that they cannot do without a solid year of study behind them. The main motivation is to declare the good news of the kingdom.

When there is obvious human suffering, and you feel you hold the key to its alleviation, you may try to offer that key. What's so sinister about that?

I will concede, however that many of our people are not too discreet. They are like the early Christians who .... oh, wait ....they weren't too discreet either. 

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27 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

... some got into so much trouble they had to be put into the Jehovah's Witness Protection Program ...

Alright, just on general principle I will not 'like' anything from JTR. I will not do it. Just when you think he is finally offering up something worthwhile, he slams you with some crass graphic.

So I won't like this one, either. I won't. I won't.

I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't.

On the other hand......it is kind of funny

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On 6/4/2017 at 6:28 AM, TrueTomHarley said:

but even that they cannot do without a solid year of study behind them.

Just because this is a controversial section and this point made gave me a thought.

 

Did that thief beside Jesus study for a year? Or how about the eunuch that Philip baptized? 

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18 minutes ago, Shiwiii said:

Did that thief beside Jesus study for a year? Or how about the eunuch that Philip baptized?

It was necessary for the first to take a crash course. Besides, what was Jesus saying other that he would be resurrected?

As for the second, he was already part of a people with a dedication to God. Diligently reading Isaiah, he just needed a few tweaks to bring him up to speed. He didn't have centuries of apostate teaching he had to undo.

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29 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

...  just because prostitutes wear shoes .. does NOT

mean all those that wear shoes are prostitutes.

What does that have to do with anything?

Look, if you want to go to a whorehouse, go to a whorehouse and leave us in peace.

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4 minutes ago, TrueTomHarley said:

Look, if you want to go to a whorehouse, go to a whorehouse and leave us in peace.

TTH:

You have the singular ability ( as far as I know, singular....) to misconstrue EVERYTHING, and on ANY subject, no matter how simple, bend it into a pretzel .

but ... at least, as always ... you are 100% consistent!

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