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Mar 08, 03
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Jehova Witness
K, I have no problem with the beliefs of the Jehova Witness or of any religion. I believe there is a god. This is not bashing of religion Don't even bother going there. But I have a problem when they come a knocking on my door at 10 in the morning during the weekend.
There handing out pamphlets about there religion. To me this is unsolicated information. It would be different if I was a fellow member of this religion, but I'm not. I honestly wonder how they expect to find new members by going door to door. Do not push your views onto me. Forcing me will just make me not want to listen. Religion is the hardest thing for people to believe unless they have there own spirtitrual moment. (Ie. Death of a friend, scaried of the future etc....) To any religions that want to come to my door, go away! It should be noted that Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT a cult. A cult is a group or organization that follows and worships a particular leader. Jehovah's Witnesses are organized by a group of elderly men called the "governing body." Jehovah's Witnesses do not worship them, yet recognize God as their only leader. The governing body is merely responsible for content and distribution of the religion's literature. The governing body never calls attention to itself, and in fact, it is very rare, except in a few publications that one would ever hear about them. Hmmmm..... ~Tim Side note: Click here to read some funny stories of the JW. Last edited by dj4mula; Mar 08, 03 at 11:47 AM. 
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Mar 08, 03
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JW's have a belief that if they don't spread the word that they will not be accepted in to the gates of heaven at the time of the apocalypse.
If I'm not mistaken they also believe that only 10,000 people will be granted this honor. They feel that if they don't solicit that they're ruining they're chances. I'm sure a lot of them don't want to do it though... that's probably why you see them standing on a street corner at 5am sometimes, Technically they're doing it but there really isn't anyone around to see it. I totally believe in freedom of religion/beliefs. More so, I believe there is a god. I just don't choose to adhere to any one belief system because I feel that would make me ignorant of what other possibilities there might be. Anyways, my beliefs are just that, MINE! I don't go preaching them and I sure as hell don't go to anyones door to preach them. Bottom line, believe what you want, just don't invade peoples privacy to preach it. Trust me, if I want to know about your religion I'll find out about it on my own or go to your church/place of worship. All you're doing by preaching to me is pissing me off and most likely making me more close minded to your cause.
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Mar 08, 03
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I totally agree with you Tim.
I've found an effective way to get rid of them is one morning when they wake you up. Get angry and tell them to get the fuck off your property. (Or something along those lines, be sure to yell) My dad did that once about 4 years ago or so? Anyways, they havent' come back to my house ever. They go to my neighbours, and walk right past my house. No pamphlets nothing. It is kind of mean I know. But I really dislike when people try and push their beliefs on me. I don't push mine on them, don't do it to me. And of all things, don't come to my house trying to do it. We tried to tell them beforehand to just leave us alone, we're not interested. Never worked though. (maybe try that first? they might listen, if not resort to the first idea :P)
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Mar 08, 03
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haha.. my friends dad walkedout in his underwear when they came and started screaming at themm... from what i've heard they haven't returned
i agree with everyone.. i dont care what they are i just don't like the pushing like holy fuck thye are scary sometimes... the creep down my driveway everytime..take their time getting out (meanwhile anyone who's in my house runs up the stairs and hides..they come to the door *BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!!* they stand and wait...*BANG BANG BANG BANG!!* then after like 10 mins they walk away..get in their car and creep slowly back up my driveway while everyone in their car stares back at the house..one time they caught my sister poking her head through the curtains when we were watching them leave...they backed back down the driveway and started banging on the door so fucking hard we were totally freaked out so we locked ourselves in the bathroom.(me and my sister get scared easily)
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Mar 08, 03
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It's funny to see people getting all preachy about how they hate preachy people.
Don't answer your door. Nobody is forcing you to. I have so much respect for the people who stand day in, day out at broadway station. They get there really early (like around 7am) and stand in the cold, heat, rain, snow, wind...they get spat on, yelled at...and they're just standing there holding magazines, they're not up in your face. If you don't appreciate it, then don't, nobody is forcing you to give them the time of day. We live in a world that is really polarized as far as religious thought goes and it's causing too many wars, so why not put a cap on your ignorance.
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Mar 08, 03
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I have respect for the people who stand at skytrains on the streets as well. That doesn't seem very fun. But they still put up with it. So good for them. They can do all that if they want, but I still don't appreciate the people who come to the houses at early hours to do it.
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Mar 08, 03
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hahahhaha i have a funny story with Jehova's witnesses...
so yeah a man with his wife, all decked out in nice clothes, clean shaven (hopefully his wife too  ok j/k j/k) looking nice and friendly show up at my front door 10 in the morning while i was half asleep in bed in my room.... so my mom comes and opens the door, and i remember my mom gasping in such an intense voice "MR DYKE!!!" hahaha waking up to that name was pretty intense cuz he happened to be the dean of discipline at my high school and damn it was a time i was regularly getting sent to his office, getting in shit all the time... hahaha oh good times it was! but hahahaha i i heard his voice from my room and i was scared shitless wondering what the fuck i did to have him show up at my front door! then i heard laughing and my moms big sighs of relief... and heard "jehova this jehova that". so the dean of discipline shows up at my front door with his wife preaching about jehovas witness... hahhahaha i'm sure he musta been embarassed as hell seeing my mom and dad at the front door when it musta been only a few months before that they were in his office hearing about what a horrible kid i was
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Mar 08, 03
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Anyways, I lived in Mission and I was on my way to a friends house walking through your standard subdivision. A couple and their little girl who couldn't have been more than 4 or 5 walked up to me. The husband says to me "My daughter has something to say to you" Obviously I'm going to listen to her. The little girls says to me "Jesus loves you and blah blah blah." I wish I could remember exactly but this was a long time ago. Either way, they had made her rehearse this whole paragraph. She then gave me a pamphlet. At that point I turned to the father and told him that he should be ashamed for getting his child to his dirty work. I can't begin to explain how angry I was... they knew that no respectable person would ever tell off a little girl. What's your answer to that? I was approached on a street. I didn't answer my door..... Say what you will, but I think that JW's are a little less respectful of other peoples privacy/beliefs than you think.
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Mar 08, 03
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so there was this girl....(don't the best stories start like this?) when i was in grade 11.
she was greek, and a complete knockout. she was in grade 12 and happened to be in the cast of the school play, which i was also in. in fact, we played an elderly couple, so as time went on we grew pretty close since we had lots of scenes together. she was a pretty cool person and i think she found it a relief that i didn't instantly hit on her, because she got a lot of it. so anyways, we hang out a lot, do a run of shows for 3 or 4 weeks. were getting super 'friendly', as in 'help me with my costume rawb! you will probably see me in various states of undress!' friendly (which, in stage terms, is only marginally friendly, but it matters what context you put it in). then we go on tour up the sunshine coast. still friendly. other shows, still friendly. painfully. .... then there's the wrap up party. liquor is had. cuddles are had. this shit is looking locked down. as everyone is getting blitz, we're sneaking out. we're in her car driving back to my house because the party is turning lame. she asks me where i live... me: '1279 smythe st' her: 'oh really? i know exactly where that is!' me: 'really? did you grow up around there?' her: 'nonono, my church was canvassing there... im a jehova's witness' of course this is highschool and i had a hearty laugh, because it was just crazy. what a funny joke. hee hee. hot greek girl as a jehova's witness. she might as well said she was santa claus and she remembered me from christmas. me: 'oh we shoot all the jehova's witnesses that come to our door!' her: *silence* me: *realization i fucked up... bad* her: 'well.. uhm.. i guess its good i didnt knock on your door...' me: *mentally murdering self* so there wasn't any talk for the rest of the time home. she dropped me off and we exchanged crotch-chillingly pleasant goodbyes. and then she left. and we never really talked after that. i think she's a model now. Last edited by rawb; Mar 08, 03 at 06:02 PM.
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Mar 09, 03
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it's nice to live in a townhouse... or apartment... hahaha
you should just say ur christian, catholic, buddhist, atheist blah blah wutever and if a tru god is out there, ten we'll all unite in the end kuz there's the basic knowledge of a god and goin to a good place in the end oh ya 10,000 JH"s making it to heaven.... i heard it was like 400 hahah survivalof the fittest
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Mar 11, 03
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rawb just think, if you did not blow it you might have gotten to fuck her that night,,, made her sin and hopefully converted her to a hedonists
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Mar 11, 03
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144,000 or some thing wierd like that.
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Mar 11, 03
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Over all I also don't see the difference between Christians, JW, commercialism, science, atheist, humanist, new age, raver promoters, spiritualism, or any thing people believe about or have ideals of. They have all been pushed in my face.
But in a smaller frame of mind, I kinda see a little difference with JW and Christians. in the way JW are heavily pushed in to active preaching, where as most Christians don't knock on you door at 10am, if they even talk about it at all.
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Mar 11, 03
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but christianity has a major influence on our laws and morals
why else would two boys not be allowed to get married in bc? "We need to recognize that a government that would deny a gay man the right to bridal registry is a fascist state." — Margaret Cho
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Mar 11, 03
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^why would you want to get maried any way... ether guy & guy, guy & girl, girl & girl? What a nasty out dated concept in the first place.
Oh yea, the whole anti-guy & guy thing is a Jewish law long before Christ. Now if our laws from a few other faiths, they'd just kill you for being gay. Last edited by Crazy Dave; Mar 11, 03 at 01:35 PM.
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Mar 11, 03
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the jewish beliefs were not the ones that had an influence on our society though. it was when the roman empire was converted by christianity that homophobic laws began to appear.
and i would love to be married. that is something that is special to me and many others, even though it might not be to you :)
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Mar 11, 03
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where do you think the christian laws come from? And yea the jewish and the islamic laws are very anti-gay.
Like I said most place in the world out side of the christain/western end,,, you'd be put to death for being gay. Then again what's to stop you from getting a spiritual wedding?
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Mar 11, 03
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nothing is stopping me from having a spiritual wedding. actually i would prefer to have a handfasting
but my complaint is not being able to have is recognized when you think about the influences that many of the major religions have over society, jw's are really not all that bad
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Mar 11, 03
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Mar 12, 03
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Christianity has thousands of different sub-groups, JWs is just another one of them.
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