Mouthy and I went together to N.Y. Bethal and we had a blast. Folks prayed while some held signs fielding questions to quotations of past WT such as the false prophecies. Others sat around pretending to be bystanders and asking, "What's going on with these people? What's this sign mean, "Will Sodom and Gomorrah be resurrected?" With each year representing answer, ya know, it says no, yes, no, yes, etc. He's trying to get them to look at the signs and act like a dumbarse not understanding what the signs means. He gets a few of them.
One actually had balls to talk to one of us from the same group, a Evangical Christian, an youth pastor, was talking to a married JW couple and fielding questions and sharing scriptures. I turned from watching them, I noticed a very looking pissed off middle aged man in a car that had stopped to stare at them. Looks like an Elder or some higher up. He wasn't liking what he was seeing. I'm figuring, "uh oh, incoming sheparding talk!"
Anyway, the couple seemed very receptive to the Youth Pastor and man does he have awesome memory, he can quote every single infamous WT quotes to them, month, year and page number. They be like, puzzled, and would often respond in two ways, they look it up at the library and ask questions themselves to their Elders. It was a good day for all three of them.
Others pass out tracts, some fold them up and put them under door handles in the vehicles, so when the driver pulls the handle, it'll fall out. They may instinctively pick it up, but at least they have it in their hand. So it can go two ways, trash or read it later when no one is looking. One guy did. Nabbed the tract from a guy hold it out, crumbled it and pretended to trash it while quickly snap back and stuff it in his pocket. Then looked around to make sure no one saw. Incredible.
I placed business sized cards in all of the phone booths that I could find, with what I once had was a telephone messaging service, people call in and listen in messages that my mom helped back then set it up for me. I just pick the topic and she does the rest. Mom told me after I did all that, sometime after midnight when most peeps are asleep, they call the number quietly and listen to my message tape. They all full well know listening to apostate messages or reading their literature is strictly a no-no. She heard 3 dozens clicking from the answering machine. So she knew I was at New York. Heh heh!
Ran into a deaf JW couple walking by Bethal, tried to talk to them, but nope, shunning in action! How sad!
I was there at the very first demostration that Witness Now for Jesus ever started. When we got there, the cops came up and said, "About damn time you guys showed up. What took ya so long?!" LOL That was so awesome.
First year we got away with the use of the bullhorn. One guy decided to walk down the block to see how far it goes and he went 3 blocks before it died out. LOL Darn good one too! We got their attention alright.
Second year, not so much, we didn't have a permit for the bullhorn, which I think it's a load of bull, but we're not there to get arrested. But we made our presence known and especially those that lost family members on account of the shunning. It really devistates people when they become dead to their children and brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers. Even grandparents and grandchildren. It's heart renching to see people share their stories about losing love ones. It's tough, very tough.
We wanted the people to know they are false prophects and has killed more people than Jim Jones combined by their blood policies and past ban on organ transplants and vacinnations. Jim Jones gained media attention on the Kool-Aid suicide, JWs don't. Because they all die one at a time, in the course of the years. But theoretically, JWs that refuse blood are commiting a very serious sin, suicide. (that's for you pro JWs out there!)
All in all, we had a blast. I would love to go back again someday, there I stood years ago, at the heart where everything began to unfold in Brooklyn New York with these 12 old buzzards that reigns at the top of their Watchtower. Brrrrrrr! That place gave me the creeps.
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