When you meet witnesses you know on the street...

by Newborn 8 Replies latest jw friends

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  Newborn

  ...do you greet them, just to make them feel uncomfortable?

  I'm thinking I may even give them a hug to give them some of "the devils spirit", but maybe that's too evil
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  fokyc

  ...they cross the street, OR just ignore me,

  nobody works the area around my home anymore,

  they used to call for the loo or coffee and a chat.

  fokyc
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  blondie

  So far I am just "inactive" in their mind. The ones that didn't greet me when I WAS a jw, still don't. I always greet any jws I meet; I don't allow them to snub me without their realizing that it is not by my choice.
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  WTWizard

  All they want is to get me back to the boasting sessions and out in field circus.
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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Clyde and I always greet them warmly. Clyde stops quite often for a cup of coffee, and lots of time a carload of witnesses come in. I can't count the number of times he quietly picks up their tab and sometimes it's a lot more than just coffee. They don't know what to think. They think of him as not only inactive but slightly dangerous spiritually, but they can't deny his kindness. Maybe that's what's keeping the elders from hounding us.

  Bonnie
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  darth frosty

  Yeah I always talk and say hi. Key is I have the biggest smile on my face. I exude confidence and joy. I try to make my contentment and peace with life slap them in the face.
  
  IMO thats the key. When you are a dub part of the conditioning is to make sure if you leave them you act in penitence when you run into a dub on the street. By overcoming this program and acting contrary to what the Dubs have come to expect from someone who has left the 'truth', you plant a strong seed of doubt.
  
  Dubs when they see an in-active one on the street expect to see them beaten down and struggling. This re-enforces the 'righteousness of their path.
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  jaguarbass

  I dont usually meet them in the street, but I see them at home depot and other stores and when I go to my wifes families house.

  I say hello, There are still some old timers around, I feel embarrased for them, living a lie. It's like the emperor has no clothes on and I see through them.

  And I think they know I see though them because they never talk about their immaginary friends, Jehovober and Jesus and their hobbies of congregating regularly and selling cheap pulp bible litterature.

  What could they and I talk about they are in the dark and I am in the light.

  They have blinders on and I removed my blinders.

  Even when I was a witness, it was never something to be proud of. It was like a curse and a lot of heavy baggage my mother gave me.

  So I figure they feel the same way, they just arent motivated or haven't figured out how to escape and salvage their life when they do.

  Or they are like dogs or sheep and have limited range of conciousness, which works for me also.

  Conciousness, awareness, knowledge is what got Adam and Eve thrown out of the garden.

  And the witnesses I know act and talk like they are happier than I am.

  But I dont want to take whatever medicine they are taking to act that way and talk that way.

  And I've been around the block enough times to know that its bullshxt.
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  momzcrazy

  At my previous job, at a liquor store, I saw alot of Witnesses. I treated them as though I knew them and greeted them that way. Small talk, what have you. I'm not ashamed and I don't play by their rules. I am civil to anyone civil to me. I haven't had anything bad happen.
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  When you get home sent then a sinphy card.