Yesterday, I was sincerely shocked. A JW arrived on my doorstep
with a bored nine year old son in tow. I was astounded. It was the very first
time in 40 years of dealing with these people that I have met an intelligent
one. The vast majority are sheep who follow lines of patter with which they have
been thoroughly indoctrinated. Move beyond this patter and they
flounder.
This misguided gent was actually capable of debate - something
never previously witnessed.
He did have to lie, however, a far from unknown characteristic
within my personal experience of JWs. When cornered on the translation of John
1:1. He insisted that half of Bible translations add the redundant
indefinite article.
Being a fair man - I checked. New World translation (specially made
to JW specification) = One. The next twenty three translations I checked before
getting bored - all omitted it!
Hardly 50%, huh?
This was a senior person in the organisation, though.
Scary.
