Steve2. Are you for real complaining about them going about their lawful work? They didn't accost you, did they? As innocent as they appear their lawful work, as you put it, has the potential to cause much harm to any individual, and their families, including future family members. No birthdays, or Christmas, or any other holiday's for children. The constant worry about pleasing Jehovah, dying at Armageddon, shunning, the inability to totally function in the real world. Lack of education, or a good job with hope for a better life in the future. Yes, i find them dangerous. Both to others and themselves. It's sad for them to be outside the Wall Mart, and dangerous for others who might get sucked into their twisted world. The Watchtower does not change lives for the better. It just makes normal people part of the machine. Don't try to defend them.
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Just a short observation on self inflicted misery.
by Human Being ini used to post on this site a few years back but after moving on personally and being shunned by my only remaining family member for the last 4-5 years i the j.w's became just background noise to me.
yet yesterday something happened that brought back to me the degree of control this cult has over it's members.
a new wall mart recently opened in my little mountain town here in northern georgia, u.s. as i headed across the parking lot on my way into the store the heat was intense, wit a humidity factor of around 90%.
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Just a short observation on self inflicted misery.
by Human Being ini used to post on this site a few years back but after moving on personally and being shunned by my only remaining family member for the last 4-5 years i the j.w's became just background noise to me.
yet yesterday something happened that brought back to me the degree of control this cult has over it's members.
a new wall mart recently opened in my little mountain town here in northern georgia, u.s. as i headed across the parking lot on my way into the store the heat was intense, wit a humidity factor of around 90%.
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Human Being
I used to post on this site a few years back but after moving on personally and being shunned by my only remaining family member for the last 4-5 years I the J.W's became just background noise to me. Yet yesterday something happened that brought back to me the degree of control this cult has over it's members. A new Wall Mart recently opened in my little mountain town here in northern Georgia, U.S. As i headed across the parking lot on my way into the store the heat was intense, wit a humidity factor of around 90%. My shirt was already sticking to my back and you could have fried an egg on the pavement. Then I noticed something I've never seen before. Two people, an elderly man and I presume his wife were sitting in front of the building entrance directly exposed to the full effect of the sun as it baked the bone white, newly laid cement sidewalk area in front of the store. Behind them was nothing but cinder blocks reflecting the heat outward onto this poor couple. Beside them was a 5-6 foot tall magazine rack filled with J.W. literature. I actually felt sorry for them and was about to say something when a family group in front of me with about 4 teenage children in tow walked up to the couple and loudly proclaimed that they were all brothers and sisters too and how nice it was to see them out spreading the good news of the kingdom. I just walked on past and into the cool of the air conditioning. I did ask to speak to the manager though and politely exclaimed that having J.W's lingering at the store entrance was not what I wanted to see and told her a short bit of my personal history with the group and how they destroyed my family. She just said that she couldn't turn away any religious group that wanted to give away literature. It was store policy. I was nice about everything, but did explain that the J.W's were a cult and perhaps not the best thing to be seen outside advancing their cause. On another note. At this same store a couple of weeks ago a elderly Wall Mart greeter was fired for telling the customers to have a blessed day at they left the store. The public outrage at this forced the store to rehire him and allow him to continue to say have a blessed day. Soon afterwards the newspaper here ran a full page story on the event, T-shirts were printed up saying have a blessed day and the man was a guest of the Georgia legislature where he was introduced by the right wing governor. Needless to say, they got lots of publicity about the event and made themselves look good for their republican voting followers while passing laws given to them by lobbyists restricting the rights of the working poor and those on food stamps. Georgia also did not expand Medicare leaving 175,000 people without health care. The governor then tried to pass a bill restricting emergency room access for the poor when hospitals complained that they were losing money. But hey, let a cult advertise at Wall Mart, and have a Blessed Day!