Warik, Freakmonster, Kneepads:
Or if you're my mother, you can earnestly try to engage the telemarketer in a conversation concerning the Jehovah's Witness faith. They're practically begging HER to let them go after a couple of minutes. The thing is, she's actually wanting to talk to them, not just using it as a ploy to get them off the phone. I've seen her do this more than once, and it cracks me up every time.
Freakmonster: Things may have changed in the several years it's been since I was last in a Kingdom Hall, but I know that in the early nineties the Witnesses went to a donation policy on publications. If anyone wanted literature, Witness or not, they could get it free of charge. Also, at their assemblies and conventions, all food that is served is paid for on a donation basis as well. I've seen this first hand myself. While I'm not so naive as to readily believe that noone high up on the ladder is making money, I don't think they've been exposed as of yet. It seems like something juicy like that would come out in "60 Minutes" or something.
I know the Witnesses use a version of the bible that they publish themselves, called "The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures". But I also know my mother, for one, will use the King James version in a bible study if that person so chooses.
The blood thing is a little far out- they have all sorts of "scientific" backing that says blood transfusions aren't necessary and that there are viable alternatives, but I'm not sure how much truth there is to this. Kneepads, maybe you can elaborate on this subject.
I think that Jehovah's Witness children are not raised with a very realistic view of the world. They seem to be given the impression that "worldly" people are almost malicious. And I'm still trying to understand the prohibition they place on playing sports in school. That seems to be pretty arbitrary to me. The way they don't celebrate birthdays doesn't make much sense either. Damn, what's wrong with celebrating the anniversary of your birth, anyway? Or Mother's Day, or Father's Day? Easter and Christmas are religiously based holidays, but it seems secular ones such as these could be celebrated by anyone. Sometimes I think it is just because they want to totally, needlessly separate themselves from us worldly folks.
I'll tell you one thing for sure- when I was a little kid (my mother 's been a Witness since 1988), that stuff about "the last days" scared the living shit out of me- I don't think you should ever scare little kids with crap like that. Since my dad is an agnostic, I was scared that when armageddon came he was going to be snuffed out with the last of the non-believers. I remember once when I was nine, I was laying in my bed crying about it one night and when my Dad found out why, he went downstairs and got into a hell of a good argument with my mother.
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