Tempest in a Teacup

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  Do JWs Try To Convert Believers Of Islam?

  by minimus in

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  or do they regard them as they do ultra conservative jews and not waste their time with them, since as a people, they willfully abandoned jesus christ?

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  Where I leave, they do. The WT society has a set of publications designed especially for muslins, complete with quotes from the Coran and all.

  i know publishers who learned Arabic and specialize in preaching to Muslims. This happens in predominantly islamic countries, other countries with less muslims and anything in between.

  I have personally met 2 or 3 people who converted from Islam to become JWs.

  when in the fs, very very few jws will risk talking to them though, because one needs a good preparation for that. You can't mention the bible or Jesus so you better master the art of speaking to them before you do.

  Also, once in a bluemoon the contents on the school meet ings are replaced by a part to educate on fs methods just for islamic territories.
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  I think it's GREAT that you got four magazines!
  Four less people to get indoctrinated! Take 'em, and trash 'em! ASAP!

  Amen to that!
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
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  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  What would happen if you asked a jw for his whole lot of rags? (...) would a jw give you a large stack thinking you wanted to share them or would they be suspicious from the start?

  Not only will they excitedly give it to you, they'll broadcast it as a good fs experience at the hall, convention and in the yearbook:

  "One person who received so and so publication liked what s/he read so much, s/he requested 100 additional copies for their school/ employees/ neighbors/ family/ friends. Brothers, isn't Jehovah blessing us? We can see his hand in this, truly he's backing the work."

  
  
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  Steve: sure! Indeed, I wondered (afterwards) why I took what he gave me. Gotta exercise caution.
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  What do you think? Should chimpanzees be granted 'personhood'?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  there's a current court case in ny which is hearing that question right now.

  the precise issue is the continued captivity of two chimpanzees, (leo and hercules, names bestowed by humans) in a medical research laboratory at stony brook university.. i suggest that the application has some merit.

  are not all of us "animals?

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  I was just being sarcastic.
  

  Barrold Bonds if they're considered people can we fuck them?

  Splash By the look of your avatar, your parents already did!

  LOL
  
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  All for show: I personally know of an elder with the same situation. Pioneer, uses his daily commute (public transportation) as daily F.S time, just because he give out publications to fellow commuters.

  Just think of how much literature he's gonna put down on that timesheet and feel so proud of himself.

  That's gonna land him a leadership position and loads of interviews to share his "zeal".
  
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  Sorry, But Your Sad Story Doesn't Make Me Feel Better. Is it supposed to?

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  i have very recently come out of a bout of severe depression which lasted for years.

  i have ginormous underlying issues which i hardly talk about, especially to my family.. today my sister came in, wanting to force me to do something she wanted.

  her strategy was to make me feel bad for feeling bad, just to show me that my problem (which she has no idea of but thinks she does) wasn't the biggest in the world.

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  confuzzlediam someone to listen to her, not to tell her to just get over it.

  True words. In my family, not only will they tell you to just get over it, they even tell you HOW to: yesterday she said I should get up and clean my house as her acquaintance does.

  This means, if I don't do exactly what she suggested, I'm refusing help and being complacent and wanting to remain in the same situation.

  Mind you, she's also subject to severe clinical depression but would never lift a finger to do anything...this is just a pattern of doing this in my family.
  
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  Btw, I'm sure this brother is a pioneer or pioneering at this moment. He, like many of his fellow good boys and gals are pulling a fast one on the org.

  If you've been wondering how those millions of hours are made. Counting your working time as F.S. time is part of the answer.
  

  *shaking my head*
  
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  ToesUp He probably counted your total time in his taxi a time for the month.

  
  I thought the same thing! But I forgot to say it in my OP.

  Also given the stack of mags (at least 50-70 in there) he had on his board, he's gonna do the same thing to other clients and count the time he's driving his taxi as FS time.

  I may be wrong, but looking at how it went, I extra sure of that.
  
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  What do you think? Should chimpanzees be granted 'personhood'?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there's a current court case in ny which is hearing that question right now.

  the precise issue is the continued captivity of two chimpanzees, (leo and hercules, names bestowed by humans) in a medical research laboratory at stony brook university.. i suggest that the application has some merit.

  are not all of us "animals?

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  Tempest in a Teacup

  So far as they can pay taxes too, no problem!