Cut a long one short. I encountered an elder the other day.....Some threads ago I told of how concerned elder 'Alf' (Name changed as his real name makes me vomit), came over to 'encourage' me back to the meetings. After being hounded by him I told him about 'RandCam', Philip Morris and the UN.
A naughty elder tipped me off that he'd reported me to my former BOE, hence their hounding me for a 'chat'!
The other day I was minding my own business when I saw Alf working at a property in town.
I'm not vindictive so I had a chat about this and that. Then he said how wonderful the convention was. (I was cringing).
His face changed and he asked: 'So! What are YOU doing about the 'truth'?'
I paused, shocked. I replied: 'I know the truth and it's set me free! ...but ALf, I don't wish to discuss it. OK?'
He wouldn't let it drop despite 3 warnings. He kept on asking if I was going to other 'organizations'...'where else will you go?' and the usual brainwashed bunkum.
I was angry by this time as he showed me no respect. This elder, this shepherd of the congregation!! I replied: 'Look, Alf. Whatever I say you'll go and report it back to the elders!'
I walked off. He called out: 'I report nothing!' (Theocratic warfare strategy? He was obviously lying!)
Then in front of the public walking past he called out behind me: 'Jehovah knows! Jehovah knows Punk!'
I told Mrs Punk who took his side and said that I must have prevoked him or I was lying as Alf isn't like that. She angered me. I know what she was doing, she was defending the 'organization' and it's representatives over me. such a loyal wife!
A few days later Mrs Punk and I saw him up town. He glared at me with daggers of outright hatred, spoke to Mrs Punk and blanked me. I don't know if she noticed or not.
I was later talking to an aposta-friend and we really had a belly laugh about it. Our aposta converstation went like this.
If anyone had asked me from the public, why he was shouting about Jehovah I'd say.
'That's Alf. He has an imaginary friend called Jehovah who lives in the sky. Alf can talk to him telepathically.
Alf high lights words in his magazine that he says out loud to his imaginary friend.
Alf sings kingdumb maladies to his imaginary friend.
Here is a song Alf sings:
'We thank you Jehovah,
our imaginary friend.
Coz you're going to murder everyone,
in the end!'
I am convinced that JWs are taught more about how to HATE than how to love.