Prince Comes A-Callin'
by Not that I've ever been a Prince fan, personally I think he is kind of weird, but I have heard many rumors stating that he was a Witness. You never know how true that stuff is but apparently according to this news story, it is.
Prince Comes A-Callin'
Next time the Jehovah's Witnesses appear at your door, you might want to see who their spokesman is before turning them away. A Jewish couple in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, received a shock on Oct. 5 when Prince showed up at their house to stump for the religious group, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "Doorbell rings. My husband runs upstairs and says, 'Prince is at the door!'" remembers the resident, identified as Rochelle.
The petite "Purple Rain" pop star's timing could have been better: Yom Kippur was about to start and a Vikings game was on TV. After Rochelle's initial shock wore off, she had little patience for Prince's spiel. "I said, 'You know what? You've walked into a Jewish household, and this is not something I'm interested in.'" The artist formerly known as a freaky symbol reportedly responded, "Can I just finish?" Prince gave his testimonial for about 25 minutes and left a pamphlet. "He didn't do anything wrong," insists Rochelle. "He was very kind." Prince's attorney tells the New York Daily News that his client is "very committed" to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
see story here or here.
I found this amusing because it is apparently exaggerated (a 25 minute presentation?)Must be kind of interesting to be his service partner, though.
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add a link to the article on this
that was the whole story. a link would take you to a page with other stories on it. you still want me to add?
well a link is important since you didn't write the article.
what about this story http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_829062.html
you mean for me to post the link in lieu of copy/pasting the story?
I think he wants you to post a link in the story... so you can show you are referencing an actual story and not just writing it yourself...
is this better?
yeah this is definitely exaggerated, which kind of makes me mad
i know, it annoys me too. I don't like the way the article protrays it but the householders are retarded too.
i dont' want to be perceived as defending the media's practice of grossly misrepresenting us most of the time, but, that said...theirs a chance that (1) he was at the door for 25 minutes (which wouldn't be surprising with the householder's antics), or (2) they kept talking to him for 25 minutes because they just wanted to keep him there as long as possible. Because, most JW's couldn't come up with a 25 min. presentation if they wanted to. But I've stayed at doors that long with an interested person.
Our circuit overseer went on 3 studies with Prince. Prince converted his studio into a place to have memorial since their kingdom hall was so small, that is also where he was baptized because he didn't want the media to come, so it was a private baptism. I know this is a fact because Brother Christian(that's our co) saw this first hand.
i'd be like yo prince dude, were those two girls in the cream video really twins? And how did you pronounce that retarded symbol? I mean what where you thinking.....
i would call him "tafkap" to his face
The symbol is not meant to be pronounced. You may simply call me The Artist.
dude please........................of all things
There's a music artist called "!!!" I don't know how they pronounce it. That'd be really nerve-racking, saying exclamation point exclamation point exclamation point, every time you wanna refer to them. Not that I need to refer to them. I never even heard any of their songs. Just know of there being such a group, and curious as to how they identify themselves, verbally.
somebody said that eric and gina kreigisch are in prince's hall
yup, and larry graham is in that same hall too...turns out they were out in service together the day of that newspaper article. weird, right?
that's so crazy
i hear that serena and venus williams are witnesses too...and lisa turtle from saved by the bell
I think Serena and Venus were witnesses and they're mother still is.
wow, really? Lisa Turtle?!?!? that would be awesome!
yeah I know a guy in Arizona, who knows her. She's a witness.
i've heard that about them too, but i've also heard of all 3 of them doing some questionable things so who knows what their story really is.
I saw that C.C. Sabathia was dating one of those girls...
i'm not sure who that is, but i know one of them was dating a worldly guy
i bro i know in patterson said that lark voorhees (aka lisa) went to tour at patterson but that she was not studying at the moment. That was like 1-2 years ago...
Both of those are true, although I dont' know if any of them are actually baptized. If you watch tennis, Serena is known for thanking Jehovah (I cringed typing that) after her victories. and for her family, etc...
I heard that George Lucas grew up as a witness... kinda explains alot about the idea behind Star Wars. The force, a "chosen one", etc.
yeah......how bout NO? you pagan :)
a brother i know toured him at bethel and he also attended the memorial at the stanley theater. he is studying but he is not a witness. it's important to remember not to judge his heart condition. if you read about the material he put out a year or so ago for children it was loosely based on the truth. it would be hard to determine whether he's just doing this for PR or because he genuinely wants to serve Jehovah.
who are you talking about? prince, the tennis girls, saved by the bell girl? I can't follow these comments...
"him"--altho his sexuality has been debated...i'm talking about prince.
ha, That's too funny. The only reason I believe that he was baptized and they he is doing good, is because it came from my co. I never believed it until I heard brother christian tell me he went on 3 of his studies and verified it. But yah, he served in the circuit that the brother that was studying with prince was in. (did that make any sense at all?) He also said that if you saw "him" :) on the street, you would not recongnize(sp?) him because he has changed so much. We'll see i guess..right?
Yeah the whole thing is just shady to me. How I feel is that...if he came into the truth, than great. Especially since we all have seen, to one degree or another, how the truth can affect a person. For now, I just read stuff like this ( http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2043417 ) and don't know what to believe about his "spiritual status."
Nice. Brother Christian is gonna poop a brick when i tell him about that! haha. I'm with you. When i first heard that he was studying, i didn't believe it at all. but like you said weirder things have happened. This one sister in my hall is trying to convince me that brothers have been witnessing to the pope over the last year and he talks with them....If i hear it from the society or someone else that reputable, like the brother who actually talked to him and has photos to prove it, i'll believe it...but isn't that funny?
hahaha talking to the pope. yeah, i've also heard that prez bush accepted a knowledge book. very doubtful since the general public don't ususally have much access to these people
yah really, i think that if those things really happened, the experiences would be published in our publications, don't you think?
i heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger is running for governing body...
haha the governator
you do realize that that is a review of an album released November 20, 2001 right?
No, i didn't see any dates...I'm oblivious to most things...
yea...funny i searched for his web site to see if there was an offical press release or something: http://www.love4oneanother.com:81/.cobalt/error/forbidden.html
well, #1, this review is the oppinion of the reveiwer, so, what he takes from it might not at all be what prince intended...Plus, if there are unspiritual messages on this album, it could be that it was created and released before he took to the truth fully...never know
wt conductor - "could someone please read that scripture for us?"
prince raises hand...
wt conductor- "ah ok, how about the brother formally known as the artist formally known as prince"
haha i read this just a couple of days ago
a couple that was in my hall moved, and they came back to visit us again, they confirmed it, Prince is in thier cong. at every meeting, commmenting, going in service. i didn't belive it.
this topic is so dead. we need to get prince on here himself to confirm, otherwise we should just stop talking about it
he'll be at the bonfire.. i was told by my brother's service overseer, who has a newborn cousin in his hall.
i am prince. serve me
I haven't read anyone's comments, but I know a couple from Hackettstown who moved to Minnesota, and Prince is in their hall. So it's for real.
"Can I just finish?" My Reasoning book doesn't have that method to overcoming a conversation stopper ::madly flips through pages::
I remember when I was little I would place magazines cuz I was cute. So I guess if you are a little kid or Prince it's all good. But what name does he put on his time slip? Does he write "Prince" on the publisher line?
Amanda Prior and I were unstoppable for a long time when it came to placing magazines. No one would ever say no.
You know what, I asked Brother Christian what they called him. Like when he answers, do they say "brother prince", and he said no, and he told me his name, but i can't remember it for the life of me. its something real normal like dave, bob, paul or something i'm pretty sure. Nevermind, don't ask me, i don't know what i'm talking about anymore...ha
i dont know.. i think if prince ever came to my door preaching.. i'd just call it rubbish and sing him a song i wrote...
in my mind i was thinking how hard it must be for him to be a brother and the elders have never delt with this before. then i thought how when michael jackson was younger and he was in the truth so there are some elders who have delt with it.
then i imagined then flying the special elders into minnesota to help out the elders there and give them a proper training course in star care of jw's
sick i know but it gave me a laugh.
I think you think too much...
what's the point of them saying "the time could have been better. yom kippur was about to start and a ravens football game was on" like the football game has anything to do with why he was at their door.
and what does yom kippur being about to start have anything to do w/ anything for that matter?
well i mean i can see that a little bit cuz at least it has to do with religion.
they probably were being sarcastic