I still keep in touch with many witness associates (am not disassociated or dissfellowhsipped---trying to fade). Anyways, so a witness that I am not acqainted with sent an email out to everybody about one of his work days. I thought it was pretty funny so I will post it below:
Had something kind of funny happen today - I had to deliver scaffolding
(with my job being a rental center) to the St. John's Lutheran church
here
in town. I get the eebie jeebies going into churches. They have all
these
crosses up all over the place. The building smells like old oak wood,
there
is a candle burning on the podium along with chalices, goblets, and
other
things they use in all their pomp and circumstance. They even had
enough
instruments on the platform to form a small band. Each side of the
stage
was just filled with pipes from the organ. Anyway, my father went
along
with me and we set up the first scaffolding but soon found out it was
too
small. The "pastor" of the church decided to return it and go with the
larger size up on my recommendation. So no problem - just had to tear
it
down, load it on the truck, and bring out the other size. We got it
all set
up and everything. I deal with these "men of the cloth" on a
semi-regular
basis around town. Some know I'm a Witness and others don't but I
always
treat them with respect. The zeal of many of these people is to be
envied -
it's just that zeal is misguided. I've known Witnesses who seem to
hate
these preachers, pastors, reverends, and you know, with the attitude
some of
these men of the cloth carry it's no wonder. I do not sympathize with
their
religeous beliefs but I do respect them as a human beings and with that
attitude, many times you can have a very nice Biblical conversation
with
them. I've often outright told people that I won't argue religeon with
them
but that I will share in a good biblical discussion assuming we won't
agree
on everything and I won't "preach" at them. You would not believe how
much
truth you can share with others and how many times they really get to
thinking hard over what you say when they are assured you aren't going
to
"preach" at them. It's wonderful. Oh yes, many are still devout
members of
Babylon the Great due to Satan's subtle snares so we gotta be twice as
subtle, seasoned with tact, and go from there...
Even so, I whistled Kingdom Songs as loud as I could in the church and
heard
it echoing off the walls. It was my way of saying, "So there." and I
left... :-)