I saw the google link for the assembly in Charleston,WV this weekend. The newspaper printed a press release about the assembly and there was an invite to the general public to attend the convention. At the end of the story was a telephone number to call- so I did! I spoke to Mr Houston for about one hour. I started easy on him and just asked about the assembly, then I asked him how long he had been a Witness- about 20 years he said, and he was the only one who became a witness in his family- a black sheep he admitted to me.( the only true statement he made!) I used the end of false religion tract from last year to gain his confidence. He explained why they were the true religion- They preach the "Good News". He had a lot of difficulty explaining just what that was and finally he mentioned 1914, after some leading questions from me.
I jumped on that and he admitted that Jesus picked JW's as the only true religion after coming to power in heaven in 1914. What about the 'Millions now living will never die', book I asked?" Didn't JW's preach that the end was coming in 1925? Now he started to show his ignorance about WT history when he told me he was not familiar with that book. Didn't God get mad at JW's for printing a book that had a false prediction?", I asked him. "Well, we change when we see something that needs changing."- that was his excuse.
I hammered him on blood transfusions and he again showed his ignorance by trying to tell me that JW's abstain from blood. I had him on the ropes, now. "Ok, if God told me to abstain from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, could I eat the peanut butter, then the the jelly and finally throw away the bread and still claim to abstain? Isn't that what you are doing with the blood fractions? He was unable to refute that illustration- He then tried to say that a blood transfusion was like nourishment for the body( JW's don't eat blood) and I gave him a body slam on that stupid comeback. "So, do you believe that a glucose IV would be food for a starving man?- "Yes", he said- and "what about a blood transfusion, could it save the life of a starving man?", I asked. Now, I had him pinned to the mat. " well, maybe"- "NO, it could not!" I pressed it home and he finally crumbled and admitted that blood was food if eaten, but a blood transfusion was not food, it would not keep a starving man alive.
I totally ruined his day and I hope he takes the time to think about the WT organization. "What did you do just call me up to argue with me?", he complained. "No, I just wanted to find out about the assembly and you have convinced me that JW's do not have the truth and you have shown me that you don't even know about the history of the religion you claim to be the Truth" " Why would I want to join a religion that would deny me a life saving medical procedure (we talked about organ transplant rule changes earlier) one year and then God changes the rules a year later?" He finally hung up on me with that comment.
If he thinks I was bad, just wait until Johnny Cip calls him.