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Interesting JW attire
by Athanasius in
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2. experiences
yesterday while shopping i had an interesting experience.

there was an older woman ahead of me at the check out who was dressed in all black, including her stockings and shoes.

in fact i thought that she might be a sister, as i've seen nuns at my wife's church dressed in similar fashion.. as i waited my turn to pay for my purchases, she was engaged in conversation with the cashier and gave him a business card as she was leaving.
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Where is Tony?
by Athanasius in
1. jw
2. friends
on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.
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Interesting bit of JW World War II Trivia.
by Athanasius in
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2. friends
during world war ii when the nazis occupied a large section of the western part of the ussr, heinrich himmler considered various methods to help control the indigenous population.

alexander dallin reports in his book german rule in russia 1941-1945—a study of occupation policies, page 616:.

“himmler conceded that the easterners needed some general system of values, but it was madness to spread nazism among them, and to revive the orthodox or to promote the catholic church in the east was dangerous.
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“You know how I know that they're finished out there? The carts.”
by Athanasius in
1. jw
2. friends
the watchtower's many legal problems and the jws' use of carts in their preaching work, reminded me of a scene and dialog from the film patton.. in a scene where patton is viewing a battle site the morning after, he says to an aide about the nazis: “you know how i know that they're finished out there?

in my dreams i saw the carts.

they kept buzzing around in my head and i couldn't figure out why.
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Recent JW Literature Trolley Experience
by Athanasius in
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the j ws have set up a literature trolley in one of our local shopping centers.

since the goodwill thrift store at the center has an excellent selection of second hand books, i stop by twice a month and buy a book or two that catches my interest.

as a result i've become friendly with the j ws who mind the trolley.. usually the minders are two 70 something j w ladies.
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Business Slow at JW Literature Trolley
by Athanasius in
1. jw
2. experiences
yesterday i stopped at a local shopping center to pick up a few things.

i arrived at 9:45 am and two jw ladies had already set up their literature trolley and had opened for business.

but i didn't see anyone stopping by and taking advantage of their free literature.
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JW Literature Trolleys Don't Carry the Book Of Mormon
by Athanasius in
1. jw
2. experiences
this morning the jws set up two literature trolleys at our local shopping centre.

the trolleys were situated within 20 feet of each other with six jws attending them.

why they needed six jws on hand i have no idea as everyone was ignoring them.. anyway i thought i'd have some fun.
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JWs do Volunteer To Help Worldly Organizations Distribute Food to the Needy
by Athanasius in
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2. experiences
some months back i posted a topic asking if jws were now encouraged to volunteer their time for charitable organizations, as one of the volunteers who i work with was promoting jw.org to one of the spanish speaking workers.

because of that, i guessed that he was a jw.. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5708790489939968/jws-now-encouraged-volunteer.

well the other day as he and i were folding and stacking tables after distributing food to the needy, i mentioned that after i retired i got bored and decided to do volunteer work.
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Nobody at work knows what JWs believe
by Athanasius in
1. jw
2. experiences
recently susie, one of my co-workers mentioned that her husband's family were all jws.

the family converted after susie's husband left home, so he never joined the jws, nor does he intend to.

anyway another co-worker asked her: "what do the jws believe?".
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Are JWs now encouraged to volunteer?
by Athanasius in
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2. experiences
after i retired i volunteered for several community service programs, including working with the local food bank.

every fourth thursday of each month i help out in distributing food to needy families at the local veterans building.

i've been helping out for five years now.