Saturday morning the weather was too bad to go out.

I was bored with nothing to do.


Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

I opened it to find a young, well dressed man standing there who said:

“Hello sir, I'm a Jehovah's Witness.”

So I said, "Come in and sit down.”

I offered him a fresh cup of coffee and asked, "What do you want to talk about?”

He said, "Beats the shit out of me. Never got this far before.."

Are they allowed to drink coffee or am I confusing them with Mormons?
Peter.

Exclusive Bretherens dont drink tea or coffee

They only don't drink in front of another one. That's why you don't go fishing with just one, they'll drink all your beer, take two and they wont drink in front of one another.

What’s the difference between coffee and coke?
Coffee: some drink it and others don’t for different reasons - Mormons don’t for religious purpose
Coke: same but Mormons drink it
Beats me

Not humor, but have a good friend that had a gorgeous wife. She was a JW. She got some kind of cancer and as I understand her religion would not allow normal medical treatment. She died in her late 40s with two early teen kids.
Stupid!

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Originally posted by boarkiller:
What’s the difference between coffee and coke?
Coffee: some drink it and others don’t for different reasons - Mormons don’t for religious purpose
Coke: same but Mormons drink it
Beats me

The difference is that the Mormon Church owns stock in Coca Cola.

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Originally posted by df06:
Not humor, but have a good friend that had a gorgeous wife. She was a JW. She got some kind of cancer and as I understand her religion would not allow normal medical treatment. She died in her late 40s with two early teen kids.
Stupid!

Every JW I've ever met had no problem with most medical care they just won't accept a blood transfusion.

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Originally posted by boarkiller:
What’s the difference between coffee and coke?
Coffee: some drink it and others don’t for different reasons - Mormons don’t for religious purpose
Coke: same but Mormons drink it
Beats me

Mormon Church Doctrine has specific admonitions concerning Tea, Coffee, Tobacco and Alcohol...they do not however have a specific doctrine concerning caffeine. It's sorta splitting hairs but it is what the church teaches them. So some caffeine drinks are fine but Coffee and Tea are not on the okay list.

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Originally posted by Fjold:
The difference is that the Mormon Church owns stock in Coca Cola.

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It is the Church's practice to automatically liquidate all stocks/bonds provided to the donations in kind office as soon as they can be sold. Any stock donations made to the Church are never held by the Church or its corporations, but are converted into cash and then used for Church purposes.

https://www.fairmormon.org/ans..._in_Church_practices

Before anyone gets the wrong idea I am not Mormon or JW, I just don't like mis-information spread around like it is fact when it is so easy to find the truth.

My ex would invite them in + tell them 1st thing out of the box,"I went to 12 years of Catholic school,what can you tell me?"They usually backed up at that point.

I engaged a Jehovah's Witness for over half an hour once on my front porch. In a snowstorm. In 8 degrees. With me in my warm insulated overalls. And him in a flimsy jacket.

Never saw him again...

I certainly don't know what stocks any churches have or how long they hold them. Don't know if true or not, have heard only a very select few get to see the financial records of the Mormon church. Would IRS investigate a tax exempt organization? Would what gets reported be accurate?

The original joke was indeed funny.

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The original joke was indeed funny.

That!!!

carpetman,word is that Veral Smith (of mould making +lube fame) was imprisoned by the IRS due to his business belonging to the church.I bought a LOT of blue lube from his wife while he was in stir;we all gotta help.Anyone heard any new news on this?

Wife hates them with a passion, since she worked in a hospital and watched one young man die after refusing blood transfusions. Just old enough to make that decision for himself.

Grizz

I sent the jw's over to my brother in law's. That was many years ago.

Dave

Norman Conquest---I heard that Veral Smiths church group misinformed him that income tax was optional. He tried not paying and went to the pen. He didn't learn, after being released and on probation, he again tried avoiding taxes by claiming the business was owned by the church. He went back to the pen. I give him credit. He wrote a "book" which I don't know at what phase a pamphlet becomes a book but I'd say if it's a book it just barely made it. Obviously no proof reader as it's filled with misspellings. No load data. He is able to sell this for more than a Lyman reloading manual which is several times larger, has pictures and is filled with load data.

When I was a small child, a JW (or Mormon) not sure which, knocked on the door while my mother was taking a bath. Of course, I let him in. He had to be amazed, since we lived directly across the street from a Catholic Church and convent. My mother was equally amazed when she emerged in a towel wanting to know who I was talking to.

Never did that again!

Actually, when I was a kid, we had a pair of Mormons, they always come in pairs, drop by. Not much about religion, but the first time I ever heard about the M1 thumb. They were both just out of the military and doing their mission.

Grizz

carpetman,true on his book,although I buy a lot of books + glean what I can.Along with the lube I bought an A/L mould for 160G. 7MM + had him do a chamber mike for my sizing dies for my 7x57 AI.He does/did good work.Sorry about his legal issuses. None of us WANT to pay taxes;it's just called rent.You either pay,move,or get evicted (in whatever form).

When I was in my teens and still living at home, I was cleaning my 6" Colt Python .357 for a match I was to shoot that afternoon, hearing a knock at the door, ( and not really thinking about what I had in my hand )I went to answer the door only to find two women and a baby in a pram with a handful of religious pamphlets. Needless to say they made a hasty "we'll come back later" and departed.......funny, they never did come back

Roger

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I consider myself to be a tolerant man. I do not prostelize my views to others and expect them to grant me the same courtesy. I live in what used to be a semi rural area and we get very little solicitation.
Once many years ago I saw the JWs (Jehovah Witnesses)in my subdivision and knew they would be at my house soon. My house sits aways back from the road and that gives me some time to observe visitors coming up the driveway. I saw the aforementioned JWs coming towards the house. I whistled for Greta, my AKC champion Rottweiler who outside the house was the epitome of a well socialized dog. Inside the house she was a true Rottweiler until you were properly introduced and then all was well. As they approached the door, I gave Greta the schutzhund command to be ready. The doorbell rang and I grabbed Greta's collar and opened the door. Being greeted by 90 lbs. of snarling Rottweiler ,they said they were JWs and when I said I was not interested, they immediately vacated the premises. I have not been approached by the JWs since that time nor have I been approached by any other solicitors. Word of mouth maybe? I do enjoy my privacy. Jerry Hoover