Door to Door-----End is Near----run to our Convention

by RachelHall 11 Replies latest social physical

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  RachelHall

  By Ervin Dyer
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  It's 10:30 a.m. and a mix of sweat and rain bead up on the brow of Dave Hickok.

  He's been on the streets of Springdale Borough for about an hour with at least 10 other Jehovah's Witnesses, knocking on the doors of strangers in this quiet, leafy town to tell them the end is near.

  Mr. Hickok, 60, a mortgage banker, in his trench coat and smile, is a pleasant figure from West Deer who became a Witness 54 years ago in Seattle. He's joined by four other faithful, including his daughter, Jennifer Myers, as they march door to door. Not far from them is a team of five. And not far from them is another team of five.

  It's a scene that's playing out across the county and across the country as Jehovah's Witnesses, in an unprecedented effort, seek to invite as many people as they can to their annual convention.

  The yearly gathering of Witnesses, a Christian faith founded in Pittsburgh 136 years ago, is a huge worship celebration. This year, it has special significance because Witnesses are seeking to get out the word to millions of households that Armageddon, or the end of the world, is imminent. Or, as the invitation says: Deliverance at Hand.

  The signs are everywhere, Mr. Hickok said.

  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06176/701009-85.stm
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  Scully

  It's a scene that's playing out across the county and across the country as Jehovah's Witnesses, in an unprecedented effort, seek to invite as many people as they can to their annual convention.

  "Unprecedented" implies that JWs have NEVER gone door-to-door as part of the District Convention events. That's a lie. I was doing stuff like this over 20 years ago, and it was an "official" WTS event that everyone go door-to-door in the convention city one morning before the start of sessions. In fact the sessions started later than other mornings that day, to Encourage™ as many as possible to participate.
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  fullofdoubtnow

  They did this in our area. They didn't call on us, they know better, but everyone else in our block of flats was invited, but no - one went to the "event", which was the weekend before last. As far as I know, there was no increase in attendance on previous years, so the local campaign was like everything else they do - a waste of time.
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  garybuss

  
  The campaign is working. The Witnesses are getting out hitting doors and the Society is making the headlines they crave. The sky is falling message is bold and radicle. In contrast, in the stark light of reality . . . they look a little crazy.
  
  
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  jwfacts

  end of the world, is imminent. Or, as the invitation says: Deliverance at Hand.

  Even the terminology is 136 years old. Doesnt exactly inspire confidence when you have been saying it for 136 years. Even Noah only had to preach for 120 years.
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  parakeet

  jwfacts: ***Even Noah only had to preach for 120 years.***
  
  LOL. And he had to divide his time between preaching and building the ark.
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  Navigator

  Apparently they didn't learn anything from the 1975 debacle, the 1925, the 1914, etc.. Guess they are counting on us not remembering.
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  greendawn

  The JWs are an adventist offshoot and their origins and those of the end of times hysteria go back to around 1820 when Miller started it all, the JW dates have their roots there. That makes almost two centuries of predicting the end with the first one due in 1843.
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  serotonin_wraith

  Yeah but ya know, earthquakes, and we've NEVER had them before!
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  Leolaia

  in an unprecedented effort

  Umm, haven't I already heard this before in the other newspaper articles? How much of these articles derive from press releases?