There are three Jehovian Witnesses practicing , "cart witnessing" outside the tram stop by the entrance to Nottingham Goose Fair.
I don't know if it is a regular "Witness" spot or they were there for the fair .
I asked if I could take their photo , the man on the left said it was unusual to be asked , people normally just took their photo.
The denomination requires adherence to a strict moral code, which forbids premarital sex, homosexuality, gender transitioning, adultery, smoking, drunkenness and drug abuse, and blood transfusions. So now you know !
I’ve never seen them at venue’s before. We sometimes still get get them going house to house. I can always remember when I was a student nurse, doing my theatres allocation at the LRI & there was a guy rushed back to theatre as an emergency, haemorrhaging profusely from a tonsillectomy earlier in the day. Long story short, he needed a blood transfusion & he got one. I believe the blood transfusion thing can be over ridden in dire cases.Regardless, it certainly was , but then the world was a different place than today I suppose!
My mother-in-law was a JW and other members of the family were/are. I know all about them and ask politely not to go on about it! They would love to convert you!
Oh for a moment there, I thought we were going to get the full stranger narrative and I'd find out more about these odd souls that have become such a common sight around towns. Obvs I know all about their dos and don'ts... One of the motivators must be a natural need for certainty in an unavoidably uncertain world, driving people to embrace the more black and white religious practices. Wish I could, would make my life less worrisome I'm sure 🤣
We used to get them regularly at the farm. Quite often young well dressed, they were invariably polite & when they realised I wasn’t interested they went no problem but Harry uses to take pity & get into conversation with them.
I must admit I admire them very much as it takes courage to do cart work…I never heard that expression before!
@boxplayer Box' , I was with my 23month old granddaughter so getting three backstories was gong to be difficult, plus I may have got a hard sell on the JW
I must admit I admire them very much as it takes courage to do cart work…I never heard that expression before!
I seem to remember my mum dabbled in the JW doctrine for a while but very quickly realised it was not for her!