Posts by theron ware

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If you were to protest an Assembly what would you put on your placard ?

by Finkelstein in

since this topic of protesting assemblies recently came up, i was wondering .

what would be the some of the most proficient and perhaps strongest message.

to place on a placard to show as the people arrived at the venue.

theron ware

@respectful_observer

A sign we actually held at a district assembly last weekend: New Light or New Lies?

It was definitely simple and direct.

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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

by theron ware in

for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

theron ware

@rmt1

It would be nice to meet up with other ex-JW's from Tucson. I sent you a private message -- check your inbox!

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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

by theron ware in

for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

theron ware

@blondie

Tucson Convention Center security were very friendly toward us. I don't think they have a high opinion of the witnesses.

@frankiespeakin

It would be interesting to see what happened and to capture it on video. I'll leave that project to someone else!

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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

by theron ware in

for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

I agree on the need for a message to be quickly assimilated, and we're already thinking about next year's signs. One of our signs says "New Light or New Lies?" That's simple and direct, but could be considered offensive.

@OnTheWayOut

I agree that we need to target pre-teens and teenagers. I like "Wouldn't you rather be out playing?" or even "Meetings are boring!"

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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

by theron ware in

for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

theron ware

@RayPublisher

I posted about my first experience. You can see the conversation (with pictures) here:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/255104/1/Then-1960-and-now-2013

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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

by theron ware in

for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

theron ware

@Bobcat

The UBM was offended, and he let them know it. The attendant was embarrassed and apologized.

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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

by theron ware in

for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

theron ware

@processor. Interesting video!

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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

by theron ware in

for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

theron ware

For three weekends this summer, a friend and I protested outside district assemblies being held in the Tucson Convention Center. Our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

This was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph). As soon as we arrived and took up our position outside the building, a group of three or four very serious-looking "brothers" with ATTENDANT badges came out of the building and took up positions in front of us, with their backs toward us, forming what amounted to a human chain that blocked us from view of anyone who walked in our direction. If we moved to the left, the attendants would also move to the left. If we moved to the right, they moved to the right. They made sure that no one looked at us or our posters, and certainly that no one talked to us. If anyone got too close to us, one of the attendants would take that person by the arm and escort them away. When one UBM stopped to talk to us, an attendant tried to move him. What an embarassment that turned out to be! In fact, the whole charade was an embarassment for the witnesses, and we think they knew it. We also think that somewhere higher up in the organization, a decision was made to stop this ridiculous practice because it clearly was doing them more harm than good.

At the third assembly, which ended today, we showed up for arrival and/or lunch and/or departure times all three days. Not a single attendant bothered us! People seemed much more relaxed as they passed by. Many read our posters. Some smiled and said hello. A few even stopped to talk with us (though admittedly to argue). It seemed like such a friendly crowd, compared with the previous two weekends, when people passed looking down grimly as they passed.

Do you think there was "new light" on handling protesters?

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On this day in history (7/1/1879)

by theron ware in

1879 american evangelist charles taze russell published the first issue of the watchtower, the most widely circulated magazine in the world.. .

(from today's wikipedia.org main page).

theron ware

1879 – American evangelist Charles Taze Russell published the first issue of The Watchtower, the most widely circulated magazine in the world.

(from today's wikipedia.org main page)

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What exactly was going on after Jesus was put to death and no longer around?

by Terry in

the jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.

members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.

thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.

theron ware

the flavian/roman invention of jesus

I think the Romans had bigger fish to fry than worry about the Jesus movement, which was certainly real but also certainly insigificant in terms of its size and the "threat" it may have posed to the empire. By the time there was a sizeable number of Christians (long, long after Jesus), it would have been too late to create such a conspiracy.