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Thread started 05/26/16 8:28pm

dallywally

Prince was a Jehovah's Witness

Does anyone know what Prince's religion was really about? Why was he interested in the JW's?

"Who really was he inside?"
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Reply #1 posted 05/26/16 8:33pm

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dallywally said:

Does anyone know what Prince's religion was really about? Why was he interested in the JW's?

Larry Graham got him involved with the JWs. They have a lot of beliefs that mainstream Christianity don't agree with. If you want to find out what they are about Google them. There's tons of info on them.

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Reply #2 posted 05/26/16 8:33pm

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Reply #4 posted 05/26/16 8:43pm

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hmmm Not sure, hopefully we learn the truth (no pun intended)

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Reply #5 posted 05/26/16 9:13pm

dallywally

Check out this video I found about him trying to preach as a JW. https://www.youtube.com/w...gckzxyppdc

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Reply #6 posted 05/26/16 9:15pm

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Found this in the bowels of the org. Hope this helps reading http://prince.org/msg/7/360826

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Reply #7 posted 05/26/16 9:27pm

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Found this in the bowels of the org. Hope this helps reading http://prince.org/msg/7/360826

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Reply #8 posted 05/26/16 9:38pm

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Why not go to the source??

www.jw.org

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Reply #9 posted 05/26/16 10:39pm

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Or you could just go to their website - jw.org.

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Reply #10 posted 05/27/16 5:14am

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Or you could just go to their website - jw.org.

I already posted that!!

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Reply #11 posted 05/27/16 7:06am

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WHY was the thread: "News report on Prince and his JW church" deleted?

RIP Prince. We will NEVER forget you. Thank you so much.

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We are gathered here today 2 get through this thing called: 'Life'."
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Reply #12 posted 05/27/16 7:16am

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WHY was the thread: "News report on Prince and his JW church" deleted?


How many threads about JW do we need posted in the wrong forum?

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Reply #13 posted 05/27/16 7:20am

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mailaccount63 said:

WHY was the thread: "News report on Prince and his JW church" deleted?


How many threads about JW do we need posted in the wrong forum?


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http://thejehovahswitness...usions.php


Where should they be posted?

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Reply #14 posted 05/27/16 3:41pm

dallywally

To those posting about the Religion's site, you should get a different perspective as well. https://www.youtube.com/w...GaN0zYJlMs

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Reply #15 posted 05/27/16 8:20pm

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Check out this video I found about him trying to preach as a JW. https://www.youtube.com/w...gckzxyppdc

That was possibly the most vapid video I've ever seen. No insight at all was gained from it.

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Reply #16 posted 05/27/16 8:40pm

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I never thought it was about much more than order for him, from time to time.

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Reply #17 posted 05/27/16 11:07pm

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Prince does an amazing sermon type speech related to some of his beliefs on the
"ONE SONG" which is said to be from "The Secret Vault". I found it extremely interesting and so well articulated, not to mention he always sounds hot no matter what he's saying. love You can find it on a popular video sharing site. cool

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Reply #18 posted 05/27/16 11:17pm

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To those posting about the Religion's site, you should get a different perspective as well. https://www.youtube.com/w...GaN0zYJlMs



He asked what they were about, everything they believe is on their site along with their explanation as to why. Why go listen to someone who *thinks* they know, but really don't know about the religion and actively spreads misinformation? Or someone who does know, but is butthurt about being disfellowshipped and their family/friend's DECISION not to associate with them and so puts a negative spin and actively lies about the doctrine? Of all the things people have said about Jehovah's Witnesses and claimed that they believe on this site, about 99.8% have been wrong either out of misunderstanding or malice. Comments on these forums would have you believe they adhere to some kind of Christian version of Sharia Law, hate Jesus, worship a pagan God, and refuse all medical treatment - none of that is true in any sense. People on here act like they're scientologists or something; they cannot force anyone to convert, in fact the aggression and vigilantism that many seem to be associated with is actually AGAINST their doctrine - they talk about this it's looked down upon. One has to choose to be involved - if they think you're not really about it or that you're forcing yourself to do it, they will not let you get baptized.


I know people like to get anecdotal about that time Jehovah's Witnesses "wouldn't leave them alone", but it's not the doctrine - just like any other religion, you've got old zealots running around acting like they've got all the answers and need to save *you* in particular by never shutting up. Unfortunely, those people tend to be slightly more common in this religion because of the emphasis on your "spiritual conscience" and zeal and they tend to be the ones hellbent on going out in field service *everyday*, but if you look who it is, it's almost always old people (people in their 50s+) trying to shove it down people's throat - the younger adults of the crowd tend to be a lot more reasonable and the kids too unless force fed to the point of weirdness by their parents, which is not usually the case.

In reality, a lot of people are just upset about that literal one time a Jehovah's Witness knocked on their door in the morning and they pretended to be asleep and just wanna join the bashing bandwagon. Jehovah's Witnesses are really NOT that different from the Mormons, but they get all the crap. They're regular people just like everybody else, you walk past them on the street, you sit in Starbucks at the table across from them, you talk to them at work/school/wherever etc... people don't hate them until they find out they're a Jehovah's Witness, then they proceed to make up all this crap about what that "weird" dude believes and the stories roll in.
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Reply #19 posted 05/28/16 12:04am

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^ People are free to read about both sides of the argument - and then make up their own minds.

I've always found Jehovah's Witnesses to be respectful and have never forced their views on me. The last time two Witnesses knocked on our door, they referred to a passge in the bible. I enquired whether they were using the New World Translation and they were genuinely surprised that I knew about it and asked how I knew about different versions. I explained that I had first read about The New World Translation as a result of listening to Prince's music and particularly around the time of 'The Rainbow Children' being released. I asked them if they had ever heard the album and invited them in to listen to it, but they declined my offer.

They also said I was welcome to visit a local Kingdom Hall at any time, and I thanked them for the offer. I said that I would be happy to think about that but also likewise invited them to come with me to our local village church and we could perhaps then talk about out shared experiences afterwards, but again they declined my offer.

Anyway, this thread gives the OP the opportunity to research through the various links posted.

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