Cadellin said:
And this really happened in a Kingdom Hall?? Of Jehovah's Witnesses?? No offense, but I find that rather hard to believe.
Welcome anyway !!
I can personally believe it because of two incidents that happened in halls that I attended.
We've all heard where the "WT society" supposedly doesn't condone or promote violence, but notice how in the 1983 yearbook how they slyly give tacit approval to what the brother who was a former boxer did.
If any doubt read the whole article then ask yourself where in that article did they say he shouldn't have used physical means.
Here is a quote from it 1983 yearbook page 92-93:
"He warned the men that if they tried to do damage to the Society’s property, he would have to protect it. After two of them had failed to heed the warning, the remainder very quickly retired with cries of, “We thought they wouldn’t fight!” But the uproar continued. It was impossible to control the intruders, and the meeting had to be canceled."
and from page 94
"However, the brothers stalled matters for about an hour by trying to reason with them from the Scriptures. But suddenly the mob dispersed, as into thin air. What had happened? Looking down the street, the beleaguered brothers could see someone coming from the next corner. It was no other than the former boxer who had so ably protected the Society’s sound equipment on the occasion of the first meeting. The mob had no stomach for facing him again"
