Please make comments to Tucson-Arizona Daily Star
by Gayle 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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candidlynuts
there are some pretty good comments over there.
thanks for the link
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Spectre
Wow! No apologist have shown up yet to leave a comment.
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neverendingjourney
What's going on in this picture? It looks like that guy has on denim pants out in field service. That would never fly at any congregation I'm familiar with. Neither would his hat or sunglasses.
I saw another similar article and there was a picture of a woman out in the door-to-door work with a denim skirt. Are these real witnesses or newspaper employees posing for a shot for the article? Is the society loosening up or are they trying to put a more moderate face out to the public?
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Gayle
Thank you for your comments! Awesome! You are awesome!
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Jourles
It looks like that guy has on denim pants out in field service. That would never fly at any congregation I'm familiar with. Neither would his hat or sunglasses.
I guess you have never been to the Keam's Canyon congregation on the Hopi Indian reservation in NE Arizona. When we went out in service there(for a week), suits, ties, dress shoes or anything that appeared to cost more than $3 from a thrift store was highly discouraged. The indians are so poor in that area, the congo dresses waaaay down to appeal more to the native population. How would you react if a slick bible salesman rolled up in his Lexus on your dirt road wearing a pin-stripped suit while you're sitting outside of your mud hut? Exactly.
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neverendingjourney
I guess you have never been to the Keam's Canyon congregation on the Hopi Indian reservation in NE Arizona
You're right. I haven't been there, nor does this picture appear to be set at an Indian Reservation. The other picture I saw in a similar article of a woman out in the door to door work in a denim skirt did not appear to have been taken at an Indian reservation either. If the newspaper wanted to show a representative picture of JWs out in service, why show them out in clothing that they would not be allowed to wear, except for in a few isolated exceptions (such as Indian reservations)? The image of a JW out in blue jeans, sun glasses and a hat is not the picture that comes to mind when I think of JWs out in field service. It seems to be better suited for a propaganda piece that seeks to normalize the image that people have of the religion.
How would you react if a slick bible salesman rolled up in his Lexus on your dirt road wearing a pin-stripped suit while you're sitting outside of your mud hut? Exactly .
What's your point? There was nothing in my comment that suggested that JWs should not dress down when visiting Indian reservations. I never brought that subject up. You did. In fact, I would have loved to have gone out to field service in business casual attire when I was an active dub. I think we would have been received better that way, and we did visit some very poor, non Indian reservation areas. I think you're reading more into my comments than is actually there.
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greendawn
It is basically a pro JW article it doesn't say anything about the dark side of the JWs eg their shunning policy, their many weird beliefs and that they can barely be called Christians as their entire world is jehovah centred, I don't know what business they have inviting people to teach them how to follow Jesus, they shouldn't be poking their snouts in such issues.
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neverendingjourney
I just looked at the article again. The picture was taken in Tucson. The people depicted are said to be actual Jehovah's Witnesses.
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misanthropic
I guess you have never been to the Keam's Canyon congregation on the Hopi Indian reservation in NE Arizona. When we went out in service there(for a week), suits, ties, dress shoes or anything that appeared to cost more than $3 from a thrift store was highly discouraged. The indians are so poor in that area, the congo dresses waaaay down to appeal more to the native population. How would you react if a slick bible salesman rolled up in his Lexus on your dirt road wearing a pin-stripped suit while you're sitting outside of your mud hut? Exactly."
The hat and sunglasses here are often a necessity, otherwise you'll get charred to death by the sun and blinded all in just a few hours in temperatures of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. There are actually lots of elders too that always wear a hat and shades in field service.