Ask me about being in Jehovah's Witnesses

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Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

I've read a few things, but what is the JW stance on voting and lobbying? Like, participating in political processes? I've heard they're pretty down on it.

I know Xmas and birthdays are out; is there anytime when it's okay to celebrate as a JW? Or is it more of a "Jesus hates happiness" kind of thing?

Benne posted:

--Organ transplants haven't really come up in my personal experience or local area, but I've heard it's a thing on occasion. Basically it's more of a "case by case" thing where they're willing to overlook it if, say, a beloved elder needs a new kidney.

That sounds... really lovely.

Ham Equity fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Mar 19, 2015

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Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Keith Atherton posted:

The Kingdom Hall I'm talking about redid their exterior and roof a couple years ago and it was impressive as hell. It was a big project and they got it finished in a week. It reminded me of an Amish barn raising.

What are services like? I went to a Mormon Sunday service in high school and was surprised that it wasn't much different than the generic Protestant services I'd grown up with.

Edit: ^^^^ North Seattle is white as hell and LOTS of black people go to this church.

I feel like most of the JWs I see handing out literature around Seattle are black. There are two of us, so that makes it data, right?

# ¿ Mar 25, 2015 04:34

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Qu Appelle posted:

Speaking of the Seattle JW Scene - I've seen groups of people passively standing by 5 foot tall kiosks with literature, just waiting for people to approach them. Always in the same places, too - Rainier and Edmonds, in front of SCCC, Pine between 3rd and 4th, the ID by Uwajimaya. I've just seen this in the past year or so; is this a new type of prostelyzing that's on top of the door knocking? Or, are they moving to this mode instead of door knocking or other forms of outreach?

Also - do the JWs have any type of food restrictions? I find that to be a fascinating part of any religion, what the followers can and cannot consume, and why.

I think they target the light rail stations (thus being outside the Westlake one, and I've seen them outside the University Street Station, too).

# ¿ Mar 25, 2015 07:55

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

AGirlWonder posted:

The LDS Church in SLC is currently supporting a law against housing discrimination for LGBT people. It's kind of nice.

Also, they already believe that the Gospels have been mistranslated and only restored by Joseph Smith, Jr.'s translation, so I feel like that argument wouldn't go far.

Yeah, after they got burned by the whole "no black priests" thing, then burned by the Catholic Church on the Prop 8 thing, they've apparently learned their lesson and decided to get out in front of the gay thing while they still can.

Excuse me, I mean "God has given them Revelation on the gay thing."

# ¿ Apr 1, 2015 17:00

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Is anyone in here an actual practicing JW? And if so, how do you make that copacetic with being on SA?

# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 23:39

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