Posts by FatFreek 2005

Thanks for posting, LambsBottom. It looks intrieging but I won't touch any of the 9 buttons on that page for fear of missing the correct button and cluttering up my system with junk I don't want. Please give others a hint cuz they may have the same concerns.

Len

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Help, got JW in home....need details on how to answer question

by skeeter1 in

jw
friends

"the world is much worse off today then yesterday .

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i know the basic answers, but give me some more ammunition.

FatFreek 2005

Ooops! Not relevant to the original question.

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This is my first post

by Make Lemonade in

i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.

there are resources here that are deep.

like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?

FatFreek 2005

Hi ML,

I, too, am very proud of your stand which must've taken a great deal of prior thought of the consequences (shunning by family and friends). Your inner feelings finally came to a head and from there you acted admirably. When things finally settle down in your corner, please share with us whatever you'd like -- we would love to hear your journey to TTATT (The Truth About The Trooth).

Len Miller

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Pushing the JW.ORG

by Etude in

i took these pictures over a month ago.

i had not realized that they were really pushing their site.

this was at our farmers market, although they were not officially in the market area but off the side on the sidewalk.. .

FatFreek 2005

Yesterday morning they worked our neighborhood. I was thrilled as I saw them getting closer for it would be the first time at our new house. I was waiting for a knock or the doorbell. That didn't happen. However I noticed some shapes of movement through our front door's prism and colored glass. I waited, then saw the shapes descend down the steps.

I hurried to open that front door to see if I could engage them, the two black women in long dresses. One of them quickly ran back up the steps, a bit embarrassed that the pamphlet had fallen out of the door handle. She handed it to me and I warmly introduced myself and they reciprocated. I asked (tho I knew) if they were JWs and the leading lady answered yes. I then launched into my regular entrapment routine, "That's interesting cuz I used to study the Bible with you people many years ago (It was actually 37 years ago when I DA'd. I didn't lie cuz I studied with them in 1955 before my baptism.)

It is at this juncture that they usually take the bait and ask the question, "Well, why did you stop studying with us?"

No such luck. The leading lady simply responded, "Well you can ask any question you want now by going to JWussy.org". You'll see reference to that web site on that pamphlet as a reminder. Have a nice day."

As I shut the door I began to think. Are they dumbing down the work that they used to be so proud of? In my day there used to be sessions on overcoming objections, looking for openings to give a good witness, showing people that we really did know (well, we thought we did) our Bible. One poster on this topic (page one) quoted a February KM that recommended exactly what that leading lady did -- point the householder to their web site.

While not coming out and explicitly saying it, in my opinion, Watchtower is dumbing down the work in order to get more to participate, to get the new ones to shed their fears of interactions with people by showing how easy it now is -- telephone witnessing, push carts in malls, and now -- the very easy "go to JWussy.ORG" suggestions. Father GB will take care of you just like he is taking care of us.

Len Miller

ps: I purposely misspelled their web site based on a suggestion here some time ago. He said that the search engines favor the sites with the most references to them.