Posts by James Mixon

i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

James Mixon

Today people avoid any kind of solicitation on the streets and doors.

Girl Scout cookies are still going strong but any other tables or carts set up in front of

banks, Wall-Mart or supermarkets irritate folks. What happen when folks come across

charities stands, they look the other way. JW's are late to the game of solicitation. LOL

The KH in my area set their carts in the door way of the KH, do they really think that

someone will walk up to the steps of the KH and ask for a publication. Most people cross

over to the other side of the street.

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Finally found a friend I can talk to

by StarTrekAngel in

he is an old friend that used to attend my congo.

he moved away closer to his parents at some point and we lost touch.

for a couple of years i did not hear anything from him.

James Mixon

StarTrekAngel: Be careful in your lunch conversations, they may think you are a terrorist.

The waiting staff only hear," yes 144000 are guaranteed to be saved" , soon they

believe blood will be in the streets, the latest info on how to handle chid abuse, and

very soon it will only be them on earth".

Or maybe they will think you are insane. But good for you, you found a ex-JW friend.....

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Why Judaism and the Torah ?

by Crazyguy in

so i have been studying early christianity a bit and noticed that before christianity really took off after 325 ce, there were a lot of religions.

gnostics teachings , belief in all sorts of different gods from egypt to greece .

the practice of emperor worship etc.

James Mixon

Crazyguy. I have never heard of the Mistory schools. I google it, I need to do some investigation.

You may be right "Mistory schools also spreading their teaching".

Was it called the Ancient Mystery school?

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Why Judaism and the Torah ?

by Crazyguy in

so i have been studying early christianity a bit and noticed that before christianity really took off after 325 ce, there were a lot of religions.

gnostics teachings , belief in all sorts of different gods from egypt to greece .

the practice of emperor worship etc.

James Mixon

From the earliest days Christians missionaries were active, look at Paul's travel

route. At that time, only Buddhism was a missionary religion and its focus was

mainly in the east. All other ancient religions had no interest in spreading.

They were great at selling their religion...