Jehovah's Witnesses

[ailbhe]

They just showed up. One of them said "We're Jehovah's Witnesses, would you like to know more about how we can help you?" and I said "No thanks," and they went away.

Has there been a policy change?

Comments

[arky72.livejournal.com]

Lucky you!

Last time they came here, I burned the bottom out of a saucepan while I tried to get rid of them!

[megabitch.livejournal.com]

Ring them up and demand reparations ;)

[da-pol.livejournal.com]

If I were guessing, I'd reckon it's a combination of the fact you were polite combined with your accent.

Not wanting to throw stereotypes around too much, but I suspect that a good few Irish people are rather more than your average Witness can handle and they decided to cut their losses.

[barakta]

I usually fail to parse what they are saying, and then realise they are JWs and sort of stutter "erm, I'm not really into this stuff, thanks" and close the door.

I've never had a problem with them being persistent, although one lot got me the one time I couldn't find my hearing aid in time to answer the door. I thought it was a delivery so had an amusing time trying to explain that I couldn't hear a word they said and "are you gas meter readers?". Eventually they scribbled "we are JWs we'll send signing JWs". I just smiled and closed the door.

Two years on, we've never been sent signing JWs although I know a lot of them do sign classes as there's been a few in every one of my classes. This I am grateful for, because I do not want to have to spell out "no, thanks I am an evil bisexual living with my girlfriend" in BSL!

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

I do not want to have to spell out "no, thanks I am an evil bisexual living with my girlfriend" in BSL

Oh, go on, learn it so you can do it really fast.
I would myself, except I'm not bi and I married my gf. Up to others to judge the evil bit.
Are there special signs for swearing in BSL, apart from spelling it out, or the ones everybody else uses too?

[barakta]

*grins*

Swearing in BSL is weird because there are signs for some swear words but they don't mean the literal same as the English. The sign for 'fuck' is only ever used as an expletive insult eg 'fuck you', it is never used in the 'to have sex' context so 'I want to fuck you' doesn't work. The is also a sign which is loosly translated as 'bastard or bitch' which is a mild expletive insult with the same emphasis as the UK "Oh bii-itch!" (I realise there is a UK/US divide on the severity of bitch as a word) which I've seen people throw at one another.

I would have to ask deaf friends for more on that as there is very little written about taboo/rude signs - my current sign tutor won't tell us what any of them mean other than "You've signed a rude word, stop it" which leaves the student wondering which sign was rude and of course what it means. There is a book of sexual/taboo signs which was groundbreaking for its day but written in about 1989 or something and it shows. Lots of sexual health signs in there, the correct signs and slang ones as AIDS education was just beginning to kick off in England. The 10-20 years out of dateness shows, in that there are signs I don't think any young deaf person I know has seen or used - kind of like the English words 'wog' or 'mongol' - we know what they mean, but would never use them.

A little more verbose than you bargained for I'm sure, but it's made me think and I'll definitely be obtaining a copy of the taboo/sexual signs book for my bookshelf! I have to read the scary linguistics and pass my level 2 exam first though!

Slam the door in their face

[exjehovah.livejournal.com]

I myself was born a JW and went door to door for 33 wasted years of my life!

Up close and personal Jehovah's Witnesses can be wolves in sheep's clothing.

Think about this-When the devil comes knocking on your door he may not have the 'dark goth look'.They could be smartly dressed and wielding the Christian Bible.

I have Jehovah's Witnesses family in the usa who practice the Watchtower JW enforced ritual shunning that i have not seen or heard from in 15 years.

The central CORE dogma of the Watchtower is Jesus second coming (invisibly) in 1914 and is a lie.Jehovah's Witnesses are a spin-off of the man made Millerite movement of 1840.

A destructive cult of false teachings, that frequently result in spiritual and psychological abuse, as well as needless deaths (bogus blood transfusion ban).

Yes,you can 'check out anytime you want but you can never leave',because they can and will hold your family hostage.

The world has the Internet now,and there are tens of thousands of pages up from disgruntled ex-Jehovah's Witnesses like myself who have been abused by the Watchtower cult.

Jehovah's Witnesses are often a mouth that prays a hand that kills.The Watchtower is a truly Orwellian world.
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