Posts by Pete Zahut

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Update to Rio Rancho, NM Kingdom Hall

by Newly Enlightened in

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=678180165590951&set=o.585807931515647&type=1.

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Pete Zahut

I'm guessing that all the utilities (power water gas) were out in the main road and they ended where the neighbors house is since his is the only one out there. The JW's probably put the building as close to the neighbors house as possible so they'd save $$ by not having to extend the utilities any further down the road than necessary.

With volunteer labor and everything paid for by donations and backed by a multimillion dollar publishing company, you'd think they'd have sprung for the difference just to make a "good Witness".

Maybe we could take up a collection to buy the guy a flag pole so that he can fly a WWW.Jehovah's-Witness.Net Banner. All the curious ones would be looking it up on their ipads during the meeting.

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JW's just called at my door, simply handed me the JW.ORG tract and left! JW's now mere leaflet distributors.

by yadda yadda 2 in

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friends

i'm off work today and its a monday morning.

a male and female jw just knocked on my door, i opened it, the guy just handed me their latest website promoting tract saying "hi, were just leaving these with people today", and then he made to leave.

i looked at the tract and then looked at him as he was turning to walk away and said to him "ok, thanks, but ummm you could've just left it in my letterbox.".

Pete Zahut

Back in the 1970's when I was a kid and all this "tract" business started, we thought it was great. All you had to do is leave it in the door or just hand it to someone.

When tract #3 came along, they (we) were really expecting the tribulation to begin at any moment. They said the distribution of tract #3 would be like in the days of Joshua when the armies marched around the city 3 times and our message was likend to the sound of the trumpets that brought the walls of Jericho down. We delivered those tracts with gusto and it was exciting. We sat back and waited but as you know, nothing happened. Somehow no one said anything about it....we just ignored it until the next big thing came along.

I imagine for new ones or young ones, this is how this JW.Org business might seem to them as well. They probably figure that Jehovah is using the Internet to spread the word quickly, world wide . The thing is, this could have been accomplished decades ago via Television or Radio...but no one will say that out loud. The dance goes on....different dancers same steps.

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How could this be? Were they disfellowshipped and later re-instated?

by Kenneson in

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prosecutors seek death penalty against twin teen.

brothers in altamonte shooting on s.r.

436. christopher and manuel rodriguez are twin brothers,.

Pete Zahut

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-twin-brother-murder-suspects-20140802,0,1098033.story

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JW's just called at my door, simply handed me the JW.ORG tract and left! JW's now mere leaflet distributors.

by yadda yadda 2 in

jw
friends

i'm off work today and its a monday morning.

a male and female jw just knocked on my door, i opened it, the guy just handed me their latest website promoting tract saying "hi, were just leaving these with people today", and then he made to leave.

i looked at the tract and then looked at him as he was turning to walk away and said to him "ok, thanks, but ummm you could've just left it in my letterbox.".

Pete Zahut

I plan to say:

" Giving someone a pamphlet that directs them to a website is like calling them on the phone to say you just sent them an email "

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World Events bring about A Renewed Zeal!!!

by jk-ton in

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friends

hi guys!

is anyone sensing an increasingly sanctimonious arrogance in j-dubs recently?

im asking this as i am finding that with the two major news stories in the last few weeks (ie.

Pete Zahut

Ask them if they remember how giddy JW's got when the world trade centers went down on 9/11. That was 13 years ago.

Then ask them if back then they'd ever think they'd see this going on at the Kingdom Halls 13 years later. Especially when the end is supposedly even closer and peoples lives are at stake.

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JWs getting "Footloose" at the Kingdom Hall

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

i hope no one here get's injured when they see this and their jaw hits the floor:.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=689701664435095&set=vb.100001858044479&type=2&theater.

Pete Zahut

Both my wife and I agreed that it's not that we're against JW's having fun or loosening up the reigns on what happens in the Kingdom Hall. It's just that we were so restricted. At every turn we were given Biblical reasons for those restrictions and stern warnings about not wanting to be imitating the Churches of Christendom or the world in any way.

If they'd just once acknowledge in their literature or from the platform, that they realize they were too strict, apologize for it and admit they are loosining the reigns a bit, you could accept these changes. It's when they just suddenly do an about face without any explaination, it makes the restrictions we lived under and the sacrafices we made, look like a huge joke.

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"You are good people"

by ateograciasadios in

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this story goes back 2 years, when my girlfriend and i traveled to my homecountry in south america to spend the summer visiting my family and friends.

although i was still attending the meetings back then, i had already been inactive for a while.

the developments since that visit have been slow but dramatic, and my perception of the people inside the organization has changed greatly.

Pete Zahut

Interesting story. The guy in the restaurant probably thought you'd make a "good Jehovah's Witness" since you were so nice and all. He'll probably relate the experience at the next meeting and tell everyone how he planted a seed and how well the JW.org campaign is working out.

JW.Org is apparently their tool of choice these days....you don't have to even say anything much yourself....just point to your JW.Org button.

Your JW parents have "principals" to uphold....unlike your girlfriends Catholic parents who apparently can be kind without thought.

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JWs getting "Footloose" at the Kingdom Hall

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

i hope no one here get's injured when they see this and their jaw hits the floor:.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=689701664435095&set=vb.100001858044479&type=2&theater.

Pete Zahut

This was all part of the entertainment provided by the local congregations where International Conventions were held, to welcome the visiting delegates. This is all sanctioned by Bethel. They wanted the local congregations to entertain the visitors with "local flavor". This Congregation is in Texas I beleive, hence the cowboy hats and boots.

This is the one from Detroit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xyp6rn8NrM

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JWs getting "Footloose" at the Kingdom Hall

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

i hope no one here get's injured when they see this and their jaw hits the floor:.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=689701664435095&set=vb.100001858044479&type=2&theater.

Pete Zahut

This song was from a movie about a bunch teenagers who rebeled against their religious bible thumping parents who out of concern for their kids morals and religious beliefs wouldn't allow them to have a high school dance.

How ironic that a bunch of JW's are dancing to it and even moreso that they are doing it at the Kingdom Hall. Whooping it up...shouting and line dancing on the same platform where the Memorial is conducted.

One time we had a 50's party at a rented hall and the Circuit Overseer got wind of it and at the following Circuit Assembly said we shouldn't have been imitating the world and honoring their celebrities, music and fads by dressing like them. We should have dressed like Witnesses in the 1950's engaged in the preaching work. (I kid you not!)

We just rolled our eyes and walked off. Man....have things changed.

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Not on JW.org: Canadian National Post; Jehovah's Witness Canadian Model CoCo Rocha interview

by Balaamsass in

scenecoco rocha is a devout jehovahs witnesslilian asante | jan 17, 2013 2:10 pm et | last updated: jan 17, 2013 5:20 pm et.

Pete Zahut

It's ok to be part of the fashion world but God forbid a JW kid should ever go to college.