In 1973, when I attended my brother's wedding as an uninvited guest. The wedding was held in the hall I had attended until a few years before, when I was disfellowshipped. At the wedding, I was definitely the "invisible man."
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Witnessing to athiests
by zound incan't seem to find anything about this in the reasoning book.
what do jehovah's witnesses usually say / instructed to say to try and get athiests interesteds in joining?.
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theron ware
The word "atheist" carries so many negative connotations, at least in the US, that I find it self-defeating to say "I'm an atheist" (which I am) if I hope to have a reasonable discussion with someone. I prefer to say "I have no religion." And it's the truth, so I'm not compromising myself by saying it. JW's love people with no religion. They're not scary like atheists.
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If you were to protest an Assembly what would you put on your placard ?
by Finkelstein insince this topic of protesting assemblies recently came up, i was wondering .
what would be the some of the most proficient and perhaps strongest message.
to place on a placard to show as the people arrived at the venue.
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@respectful_observer
A sign we actually held at a district assembly last weekend: New Light or New Lies?
It was definitely simple and direct.
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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions
by theron ware infor three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.
our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).
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@rmt1
It would be nice to meet up with other ex-JW's from Tucson. I sent you a private message -- check your inbox!
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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions
by theron ware infor three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.
our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).
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theron ware
Tucson Convention Center security were very friendly toward us. I don't think they have a high opinion of the witnesses.
It would be interesting to see what happened and to capture it on video. I'll leave that project to someone else!
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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions
by theron ware infor three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.
our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).
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theron ware
I agree on the need for a message to be quickly assimilated, and we're already thinking about next year's signs. One of our signs says "New Light or New Lies?" That's simple and direct, but could be considered offensive.
I agree that we need to target pre-teens and teenagers. I like "Wouldn't you rather be out playing?" or even "Meetings are boring!"
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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions
by theron ware infor three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.
our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).
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theron ware
I posted about my first experience. You can see the conversation (with pictures) here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/255104/1/Then-1960-and-now-2013
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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions
by theron ware infor three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.
our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).
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@Bobcat
The UBM was offended, and he let them know it. The attendant was embarrassed and apologized.
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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions
by theron ware infor three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.
our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).
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@processor. Interesting video!
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Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions
by theron ware infor three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.
our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).
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For three weekends this summer, a friend and I protested outside district assemblies being held in the Tucson Convention Center. Our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.
This was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph). As soon as we arrived and took up our position outside the building, a group of three or four very serious-looking "brothers" with ATTENDANT badges came out of the building and took up positions in front of us, with their backs toward us, forming what amounted to a human chain that blocked us from view of anyone who walked in our direction. If we moved to the left, the attendants would also move to the left. If we moved to the right, they moved to the right. They made sure that no one looked at us or our posters, and certainly that no one talked to us. If anyone got too close to us, one of the attendants would take that person by the arm and escort them away. When one UBM stopped to talk to us, an attendant tried to move him. What an embarassment that turned out to be! In fact, the whole charade was an embarassment for the witnesses, and we think they knew it. We also think that somewhere higher up in the organization, a decision was made to stop this ridiculous practice because it clearly was doing them more harm than good.
At the third assembly, which ended today, we showed up for arrival and/or lunch and/or departure times all three days. Not a single attendant bothered us! People seemed much more relaxed as they passed by. Many read our posters. Some smiled and said hello. A few even stopped to talk with us (though admittedly to argue). It seemed like such a friendly crowd, compared with the previous two weekends, when people passed looking down grimly as they passed.
Do you think there was "new light" on handling protesters?