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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2009, 11:01:28 PM »
From what I remember that isn't quite the 'gotcha' people think it is. Some go to heaven, the rest remain on the New Earth. (Someone will tell us if I'm wrong)

I don't know if there are an JWs on the board, don't wish to cause offence, but the whole blood thing is the weird bit for me.

I've studied their religion...

144,000 will go to heaven to assist in ruling the Earth.
The ones chosen to remain on Earth will live forever and work towards returning Earth to its original paradise condition.

They abstain from blood (no transfusions) because, like so many other religions, they took a passage from the Bible and ran with it.

I studied with the saner folk, not the splinter sect who believed they wouldn't come to harm when they stepped onto freeways.
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #26 on: April 15, 2009, 11:29:50 PM »
Why do people say that they "studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses"?
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #27 on: April 16, 2009, 09:46:08 AM »
A buddy of mine had two (a trainer and his apprentice) show up.  He invited them and listened to their speech.  He then pulled out his trusty copy of the Bible and started going through their claims in comparison to scripture.  After a little while, the trainer pulled his apprentice (who had started agreeing with my friend) out of there.

I also had a personal "encounter" at the Ink & Blood exhibit.  A JW pulled me and my future ex GF over to the Dead Sea Scroll exhibit and explained how we could see the word "Jehovah"in there.  I was too polite to explain to her that the word did not exist in that written form at the time.

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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2009, 10:11:12 AM »

A buddy of mine had two (a trainer and his apprentice) show up.  He invited them and listened to their speech.  He then pulled out his trusty copy of the Bible and started going through their claims in comparison to scripture.  After a little while, the trainer pulled his apprentice (who had started agreeing with my friend) out of there.

 :angel: That's how my maternal grandmother handled them.

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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2009, 10:49:25 AM »
Why do people say that they "studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses"?

Because they studied the teachings of that religion, with it's practitioners? ??? Seems kinda self-explanatory to me.....
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #30 on: April 16, 2009, 12:28:28 PM »
Door-knocking Mormons pissed me off.

So these two cute girls show up, tell me they are Mormons, I let them in and listen, and then they tell me they don't do the polygamy thing any more...

Bait and switch, I tell ya...
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #31 on: April 16, 2009, 01:19:15 PM »
Because they studied the teachings of that religion, with it's practitioners? ??? Seems kinda self-explanatory to me.....
I have heard a number of people say that they "studied with" JW's (see Ladysmith's post).  I have never heard anyone say that they "studied with" the Baptists or the Catholics or the Muslims or the Bahai.

A buddy of mine had two (a trainer and his apprentice) show up.  He invited them and listened to their speech.  He then pulled out his trusty copy of the Bible and started going through their claims in comparison to scripture.  After a little while, the trainer pulled his apprentice (who had started agreeing with my friend) out of there. 

From what I hear, that usually ends badly for the Christian, as the JW's tend to be well-versed in their favorite scriptures and the apologetic for their point of view.  Glad to hear it (sort of) works sometimes, though.   =)
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #32 on: April 16, 2009, 01:27:59 PM »
Why do people say that they "studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses"?

I dunno...because "studied on Jehovah's Witnesses" or "studied under Jehovah's Witnesses" sounds weird?

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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #33 on: April 16, 2009, 01:30:51 PM »
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #34 on: April 16, 2009, 01:30:56 PM »
So does that mean you went to some Bible studies, or what? 
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #35 on: April 16, 2009, 01:49:03 PM »
I've never heard it for the various Christian denominations, but for utterly different faith systems "studied with" is a standard format. I'd have thought any college student would know that. Geez, am I gonna have to explain kosher to you next? :rolleyes:
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #36 on: April 16, 2009, 05:06:25 PM »
It's fistful: you'll probably have to explain everything to him eventually...

Had a group of "street preachers" try talking me into going to their church one night. Told 'em I'd be happy to go to their church, if they'd also try mine. They liked the idea, until I explained that I'm pagan, and my "church" included dancing naked out in the forest... ;)
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2009, 05:50:38 PM »
It's fistful: you'll probably have to explain everything to him eventually...

Had a group of "street preachers" try talking me into going to their church one night. Told 'em I'd be happy to go to their church, if they'd also try mine. They liked the idea, until I explained that I'm pagan, and my "church" included dancing naked out in the forest... ;)

I've often wondered how that works. If I was in your area and visiting you, would I need to strip and frolick as well, or do you make exceptions for visitors? Also, isn't WI a little chilly for the "naked dancing" kind of pagan?  :lol:
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #38 on: April 16, 2009, 05:55:43 PM »
I've never heard it for the various Christian denominations, but for utterly different faith systems "studied with" is a standard format. I'd have thought any college student would know that. Geez, am I gonna have to explain kosher to you next? :rolleyes:

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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #39 on: April 16, 2009, 06:23:12 PM »
>I've often wondered how that works. If I was in your area and visiting you, would I need to strip and frolick as well, or do you make exceptions for visitors?<

For most, it's a "however you're comfortable" thing.

In the case of attractive ladies, no exceptions are allowed. In your case, we'd want you to keep your clothes on (for everyone else's comfort).

> Also, isn't WI a little chilly for the "naked dancing" kind of pagan? <

Nah... you just have to have balls (even if they DO hide up inside your pelvis because of the temp)... :laugh:
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #40 on: April 16, 2009, 10:13:48 PM »
Door-knocking Mormons pissed me off.

So these two cute girls show up, tell me they are Mormons, I let them in and listen, and then they tell me they don't do the polygamy thing any more...

Bait and switch, I tell ya...

Ahhh, polygamy.....the sin that punishes itself.....  :laugh:
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Re: JW's just got me!
« Reply #41 on: April 17, 2009, 12:41:20 AM »
From what I hear, that usually ends badly for the Christian, as the JW's tend to be well-versed in their favorite scriptures and the apologetic for their point of view.  Glad to hear it (sort of) works sometimes, though.   =)


Not if you know the Book backwards, forwards, and inside out like Grandmother did. Until buzz_knox mentioned his buddy doing it I thought she was the only person who could make JWs get up and leave. Well, without threatening them.

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A portable phone I had for several years was fun to play with because the greeting was recorded with the handset. I put snippets of movie dialogue on it, once used the "loud stereo in the background to fool people into thinking I was really on the phone" gag, even had a friend who's fluent in German help me with putting a boilerplate greeting in German on the machine once. It kept the nuisance calls to a minimum in the days before the Do Not Call list.

My favorite, though, was when I was Web-surfing and happened on a .wav file of an M-60 MMG firing a burst. I downloaded it and made a new greeting right away. I recorded a couple of bursts followed by me screaming, "FOR THE LAST TIME! NO, I DON'T WANT A COPY OF THE WATCHTOWER! GO AWAY!", followed by another burst. My sister's husband called and heard it and laughed so hard he couldn't leave a message. I got a lot of positive feedback on that one.

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