Oh I forgot to mention that the elder replied, "What ice cream?" Which was one of the reasons I never became a Jehovah's Witness. I concluded he was more interested in getting the householder to take the book than he was concerned about the householder's well being.
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Weird Field Service Experiences
by PaulJ indid anyone have any really weird calls?
i remember one when i was aux pioneering- some guy said he belived in 'the book of the yellow man' which he said was based on the belief that aliens came to earth in a hot air balloon and created mankind... or something like that.
he was an odd chap.
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Weird Field Service Experiences
by PaulJ indid anyone have any really weird calls?
i remember one when i was aux pioneering- some guy said he belived in 'the book of the yellow man' which he said was based on the belief that aliens came to earth in a hot air balloon and created mankind... or something like that.
he was an odd chap.
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I think this might fit in here. I was really considering becoming a Jehovah's Witness. I was out publishing as an unbaptised publisher with one of the elders and his wife.
We went to this one door and a woman comes to the door. She is holding a gallon of ice cream. I think she had just taken it out of the freezer to give the kids some ice cream when we knocked. The elder is looking at the porch floor talking to her. Saying from memory what he had said who knows how many times before. The woman listens and finally agrees to take the book (something about Family)
We get back to the car and the wife asks how it went and he proudly told her that she took the book. I commented from the back seat, " That lady was sure nice to stand there holding that cold ice cream while you talked to her."
His wife said to her husband , " Tell me you didn't make that poor woman hold that cold ice cream all that time"
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My experience with the Jehovah's Witnesses
by woodfloorist ini became interested in jehovah's witnesses when a friend invited me to a communion service at the kingdom hall.
this was actually called the memorial service.
raised lutheren, i was fascinated by the fact that most jehovah's witnesses are denied the honor of partaking of the elements.
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I would have to say John 2:21 is a pretty plain definition. Even in the New Word Translation. Or Even in the Interlineal. JWs hate it when you use the Internlineal. It seems that it's half Greek to them.
For example, one of the scriptural reasonings that is used to "prove" that there is only one Archangel is the word "arch" means Chief. However if you look in the interlineal where "cheif priests" appears you will clearly see that the same word in Greek that is translated as "arch" and "Cheif" are the same word and clearly the priests are more than one.
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My experience with the Jehovah's Witnesses
by woodfloorist ini became interested in jehovah's witnesses when a friend invited me to a communion service at the kingdom hall.
this was actually called the memorial service.
raised lutheren, i was fascinated by the fact that most jehovah's witnesses are denied the honor of partaking of the elements.
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woodfloorist
Actually there wasn't anything to get sucked into for me. I made it a point to read Crisis of Conscience early on. I read every anti JW book I could find so I was getting a balanced amount of information. To me the "scriptural reasoning was my major problem" . It just didn't stand up under close examination.
Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus PERIOD! To me that means they are not Christians. Jehovists Yes! Jews Maybe! Christians NO! They claim Jesus decieved Thomas into thinking that he had physically returned from the dead. Can you imagine Jesus deceiving anyone about anything? I couldn't. What conclusion can I come to about anyone who suggests that he would or could. Who is the master of deception??
One of the hardest scriptures to "fit" into what they were publishing as "Truth" was John 2:19
Why did Jesus say "it"? What did he mean by "it" if not his body? What did he mean by "I"? If Jesus used "I" and committed Blashemphy then he was not a sacrifice without blemish as required in Leviticus 1:3 as well as other parts of Leviticus.
One of the most amazing things was when I was in the car to go publishing as an unbaptised publisher. While trying to decide where to publish one of the sisters suggested that they first stop by the house of someone she talking to about a Bible study. She said that she probably wasn't home but that would "Start Her Time". I was amazed!!! "Start Her Time"????? This sister was more concerned about being accountable to men in Brooklyn than being accountable to God. I am certain God wasn't fooled one bit.
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My experience with the Jehovah's Witnesses
by woodfloorist ini became interested in jehovah's witnesses when a friend invited me to a communion service at the kingdom hall.
this was actually called the memorial service.
raised lutheren, i was fascinated by the fact that most jehovah's witnesses are denied the honor of partaking of the elements.
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woodfloorist
I became interested in Jehovah's Witnesses when a friend invited me to a communion service at the Kingdom Hall. This was actually called the Memorial Service. Raised Lutheren, I was fascinated by the fact that most Jehovah's Witnesses are denied the honor of partaking of the elements. After 4 years of study I still can't understand the Scriptural basis for this. I took my study as far as being an unbaptised publisher and the UNANSWERED QUESTIONS far outweighed the answered questions. My story is on my webpage at http://woodfloorist.com/1/MyWitnessstory.html and is titled: My experience with the Jehovah's Witnesses. I am looking for places to put this URL where it would benifit others. My contact information is on the website. Feel free to post the url where you feel it would be appropriate. I do exchange links so let me know if you are interested in that as well.