We're all adults here aren't we, Mace.Bean? The OP claimed it happened. It doesn't sound like it happened. That's all we're saying. Maybe you should work on "tact" in your next talk.
john.prestor
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JW elders stumped by Watchtower Publications
by Roger Kirkpatrick ini was approached by two jehovah’s witness elders who handed me a pamphlet advertising the jw .org website.
each man carried a bible and an apple ipad.
they told me that they enjoyed visiting with people about the bible, and asked if i was a bible reader.
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Mo Money ... $$$
by loneranger inthe money grab continues!!
at a very recent circuit assembly (usa), the accounts overseer gave the typical accounts report for the ca in the early afternoon.
there were 2100 people at the assembly.
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john.prestor
loneranger, were you there for that? I can remember sitting in the audience at assemblies wondering why the "expenses" were so high (usually 10k for a weekend), but I've never heard/seen anything like that.
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Conventions
by Holden Caufield inwhat did you make of the conventions i used to dread them.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6bhlhtbaos.
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john.prestor
I can't believe conventions used to go for 8 days (when was that until?). A person can't retain that much information all at once. And what is there to even talk about after a day or two of talks and "dramatizations"?
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JW elders stumped by Watchtower Publications
by Roger Kirkpatrick ini was approached by two jehovah’s witness elders who handed me a pamphlet advertising the jw .org website.
each man carried a bible and an apple ipad.
they told me that they enjoyed visiting with people about the bible, and asked if i was a bible reader.
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john.prestor
I'm with crazyguy, I doubt this happened either. In my experience Jehovah's Witnesses change the subject the second they get the slightest hint you're "winning" the argument and/or get passive-aggressive and hostile. The ones you talked to stayed remarkably calm and on topic.
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What Are Ways You Can Tell Someone is a Jehovah’s Witness?
by minimus inis it something they do?
how they say things?
how do you spot a jehovah’s witness?.
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john.prestor
I'm with minimus, some Jehovah's Witnesses do come across as smug. I've had Witnesses sorta smirk at me in discussions when they thought they had the upper hand.
I've also been able to pick them out at a coffee shop or diner by their outfits, in Upstate New York Brothers always seem to be wearing grey pinstripes with colorful shirts and ties (don't know if that's true elsewhere). Then I'd listen in as I was having breakfast with my family and hear them talk about the latest Watchtower or someone going out west to "unassigned territory" and now I'd guessed correctly.
I've never figured out someone was a Jehovah's Witness by what I'm about to say but it's worth mentioning that in my experience no one but Jehovah's Witnesses talk about "Bible books" or use "Bible" as an adjective for that matter ("we learn Bible truths"), other Christians tend to say "books of the Bible" and "biblical truth."
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Coming out of the Woodwork
by Solzhenitsyn inwho was i to think that we would be left alone?
it has been a dream for 2+ months.
a few calls i let go to voicemail but now the wife and i are getting bombarded with text messages.. this isn't going to be easy.. since we're not looking to throw a grenade into decades of relationships, text replies thus far have been..."thank you so much.".
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john.prestor
Just know this: if you don't want to respond, don't. You don't owe them anything. It's hard for me to take that kind of advice even as I'm giving it but it's something I've gotten better at and trust me, it helps.
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john.prestor
Whenever I hear that phrase, "Jehovah's loving organization," it creeps me out. People love. Corporations don't and can't by definition. -
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New Bethel in Bologna (It.)
by LaFrancia inthe new bethel is in bologna city.
rome be for sale.
the new bethel not ready until 2020.
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john.prestor
breakfast of champions, you're lucky I wasn't drinking coffee when I read your post, hahaha. That's great.
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Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult?
by Tahoe ini realize this is an older posting on jw.org, but i’d come across it again after reading holden’s thread.
quoted below, so no need to visit the website.. _______________________________________________________.
no, jehovah’s witnesses are not a cult.
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john.prestor
Just on the scholarly side we avoid the term cult because people abused it and threw it around in the 80s and made absurd claims (I can go into it if anyone wants). But... this organization is deeply authoritarian, repressive, threatens and shames people, and creates and sustains a cult of personality about unquestionable leaders, the Governing Body
High control? Very.
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Child sexual abuse suspect arrested in T.O.
by Tahoe inhttps://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/12/13/child-sexual-abuse-suspect-arrested-t-o/2305199002/ .
a 69-year-old thousand oaks man facing multiple sexual abuse charges by the ventura county district attorney’s office was arrested last week, authorities said.. steven skyler abbott was arrested dec. 6 after months of investigation into the reported sexual abuse of two thousand oaks girls, according to the ventura county sheriff’s office.
in november, the ventura county district attorney’s office filed multiple felony sexual abuse charges against abbott, including two counts of continuous sexual abuse, one count of lewd acts upon a child and one count of forcible lewd acts upon a child.. he is also facing multiple felony enhancements and special allegations related to his charges.. the investigation began in september, when the sheriff’s agency received a report of suspected child crimes.. a 16-year-old victim alleged that she was sexually abused by abbott when she was between the ages of 5 and 11, sheriff’s officials said.. sexual assault unit detectives subsequently identified a second, 24-year-old victim who reported that abbott had abused her when she was between the ages of 3 and 7, authorities said.. the sheriff’s agency said the victims and their families had come into contact with abbott through the kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses in newbury park.. investigators submitted their findings to prosecutors, who filed felony sexual abuse charges against abbot on nov. 16, officials said.. on nov. 28, an arrest warrant was issued for abbott.. the suspect was eventually arrested at his home on dec. 6 and booked into ventura county jail.
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john.prestor
I'm not religious, haven't been for years, but 'by their fruits you will know them' indeed. For a religion that abhors child sex abuse they sureas hell cover a lot of it up.