Good trick. Don't businesses usually have policies whether they will allow soliciting or not?
Faithful Witness
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FS manipulation tactic #137: "Are you the manager?"
by rebel8 inthis was to be used when visiting businesses.
if you asked the first person you saw if he was the manager, either:.
a. he is the manager and you can proceed with your pitch, getting permission to leave your literatrash in the business, annoy the customers, and interfere with the staff's productivity by witnessing to them.. b. he is not the manager, and having an ego built for a 6-yr-old, he will automatically feel so flattered that you thought he was the manager that he'll say yes to anything you ask.
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Pioneering: How the GB shamelessly capitalizes on members' worldly desire for prominence.
by Island Man inthe bible likens the preaching work to a sacrifice of praise - praise to god.
pioneering is also a sacrifice that involves praise.
it's the sacrifice of a specified number of hours that wins you the praise of men.. when you really analyze the psychology of pioneering it is apparent that the praise of men or prominence before men is at the heart of it.
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Faithful Witness
What did Jesus say about taking credit for your service, to be noticed by men?
Matthew 6:1-6 (NWT 2013)
“Take care not to practice your righteousness in front of men to be noticed by them;+ otherwise you will have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens. 2 So when you make gifts of mercy,* do not blow a trumpet ahead of you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 3 But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your gifts of mercy may be in secret. Then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you.+ 5 “Also, when you pray, do not act like the hypocrites,+ for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets to be seen by men.+ Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full."
When you fill out that field service time card, you are working to be glorified by men. No one should be reporting their hours or gifts of mercy* to the society. If you are truly a follower of Christ, you give and serve without recognition.
Just an observation, but does it seem like the overseers and governing body are sometimes guilty of "blowing a trumpet ahead of themselves?"
Cross reference denoted by the + in verse 1 above:
Matthew 23:5 All the works they do, they do to be seen by men, for they broaden the scripture-containing cases that they wear as safeguards and lengthen the fringes of their garments.
"Scripture-containing cases?" Is that like a JW bookbag, broadened (stuffed) with WT publications... your "safeguard" against the world?
"Lenghtening the fringes of their garments?" Sort of like gaining titles and status within the congregation and/or organization?
Just quoting what it says in their own version of the bible...
*gifts of mercy has a note: "gifts to the poor" - do they publish this in their yearbook? Do they give to the poor? Oh! They must be doing that in secret... definitive proof that they are the true servants of Christ.
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Are Baptisms Internal Births or Converts?
by Watchtower-Free inare baptisms internal births or converts?.
there were around 6,000,000 jehovah's witnesses in 1995, during which time the global average birth rate was 22.4/1000.
the estimated number of witness children born is therefore 134,400. in 2011, when that group of children were around the age of baptism, there were 263,161 people baptised.
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Faithful Witness
I hate to say this, but both my parents and my sister and her husband, were all converts and baptized sometime between 2010 and 2012.
I have not given up hope on them... but for now, they are statistics.
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Is there a search bar for jw.org??
by mauiboy ini registered as a user (under an alias of course) but can't find a search bar anywhere on the site......i'm not a tech-savvy person, but usually can find what i need.
i will repost this question under the post "counteract jw.org august 2014 campaign" participating in that idea was what prompted me to open an account on the jw site in the 1st place.
other than that the whole thing makes me want to puke..
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Faithful Witness
This will be a good question to ask the JW at your door, when they come advertising the blessed website in August.
How do I search for these answers? I will go to the site, and have them show me...
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A funny little anagram.
by quellycatface inheard this in church on sunday.. bible = book of instructions before leaving earth.. cheesy?.
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Faithful Witness
That is cute, as long as it's not the outline for a sermon.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Say They Are The Most Educated In The World. How Would You Prove Otherwise?
by minimus inthey claim their schools, literature and teaching are far more superior than any "worldly" education.
how would you counter that belief?.
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Faithful Witness
If you don't use it, you lose it.
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when is the memorial this year??
by quellycatface inapologies for being so thick.i haven't been to one since 2004!!
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Faithful Witness
When do they start passing out the invitations?
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Watchtower Changes. Why
by new hope and happiness infollowing on from a recent post that asked for a list of the watchtower changers since you left, it would be intetesting to compile the list with why the changes were made.. .
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Faithful Witness
Keep them confused and interested.
Most JWs I talk to, don't know what they believe.
My mother has said, "Oh, I guess the Witnesses believe..."
I guess...
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Where can I get a copy of the finished mystery without paying an arm and leg.
by dogon inwhere do you guys find old tower books and material other than flea bay and their outragous prices?
looking for some of the old books..
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Faithful Witness
Oh... I just saw you ruled out ebay. I didn't get it the first time. I never heard it called flea bay before. Oops.
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Where can I get a copy of the finished mystery without paying an arm and leg.
by dogon inwhere do you guys find old tower books and material other than flea bay and their outragous prices?
looking for some of the old books..
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Faithful Witness
Is this the book you are trying to find?