Shirley Lowery

Hello all my spiritual brothers and sisters! I would like to start this topic about "Single Spiritual Brothers and Sisters Over 50".  I myself turn 60 this coming year! The reason I'm writing about this topic is because sometimes as we try to keep ourselves spiritually strong serving Jehovah, being human, we experience, depression, and often feel lonely!  I know of several brothers and sisters including me,  who are searching for that special someone to be our spiritual mate and serve Jehovah together as one flesh! Most of us feel that loneliness even though we go to our secular jobs, and do our best to faithfully serve Jehovah! I myself hope to marry only in the lord someday!! I pray to Jehovah everyday to help me cope with this loneliness I often experience sometimes! The DVDS the faithful and discreet slave have recommended us to view searching for our spiritual mate, tell us to be patient and Jehovah knows our hearts, and he knows we need a helper, or mate to share our lives with! I  myself, try to be patient, but it's really hard trying to support myself, and waiting for my spiritual brother to find me!!  It's only human nature to experience that true love, true companionship with that special someone!!  Everyone tells me, wait on Jehovah, pray to Jehovah, which I do everyday, but, I also pray for my other spiritual brothers and sisters being held in prison, and to cope with whatever they're going  through during  these critical last days were living in!!  I hope this topic I'm writing about, seems interesting to you, I would love to hear your comments,  from any single  brother or sister or just personally get acquainted with you, as my spiritual brother or sister! Sometimes we need someone to vent our feelings to!     May Jehovah bless everyone of you, and I pray someday that Jehovah helps me, and you, find that special someone to share our lives with!!!  Agape love, Sister Shirley Lowery, Dallas, Texas!!!
 
 
 
 

Hello all my spiritual brothers and sisters! I would like to start this topic about "Single Spiritual Brothers and Sisters Over 50".  I myself turn 60 this coming year! The reason I'm writing about this topic is because sometimes as we try to keep ourselves spiritually strong serving Jehovah, being human, we experience, depression, and often feel lonely!  I know of several brothers and sisters including me,  who are searching for that special someone to be our spiritual mate and serve Jehovah together as one flesh! Most of us feel that loneliness even though we go to our secular jobs, and do our best to faithfully serve Jehovah! I myself hope to marry only in the lord someday!! I pray to Jehovah everyday to help me cope with this loneliness I often experience sometimes! The DVDS the faithful and discreet slave have recommended us to view searching for our spiritual mate, tell us to be patient and Jehovah knows our hearts, and he knows we need a helper, or mate to share our lives with! I  myself, try to be patient, but it's really hard trying to support myself, and waiting for my spiritual brother to find me!!  It's only human nature to experience that true love, true companionship with that special someone!!  Everyone tells me, wait on Jehovah, pray to Jehovah, which I do everyday, but, I also pray for my other spiritual brothers and sisters being held in prison, and to cope with whatever they're going  through during  these critical last days were living in!!  I hope this topic I'm writing about, seems interesting to you, I would love to hear your comments,  from any single  brother or sister or just personally get acquainted with you, as my spiritual brother or sister! Sometimes we need someone to vent our feelings to!     May Jehovah bless everyone of you, and I pray someday that Jehovah helps me, and you, find that special someone to share our lives with!!!  Agape love, Sister Shirley Lowery, Dallas, Texas!!!
 
 
 
 

Hello all my spiritual brothers and sisters! I would like to start this topic about "Single Spiritual Brothers and Sisters Over 50".  I myself turn 60 this coming year! The reason I'm writing about this topic is because sometimes as we try to keep ourselves spiritually strong serving Jehovah, being human, we experience, depression, and often feel lonely!  I know of several brothers and sisters including me,  who are searching for that special someone to be our spiritual mate and serve Jehovah together as one flesh! Most of us feel that loneliness even though we go to our secular jobs, and do our best to faithfully serve Jehovah! I myself hope to marry only in the lord someday!! I pray to Jehovah everyday to help me cope with this loneliness I often experience sometimes! The DVDS the faithful and discreet slave have recommended us to view searching for our spiritual mate, tell us to be patient and Jehovah knows our hearts, and he knows we need a helper, or mate to share our lives with! I  myself, try to be patient, but it's really hard trying to support myself, and waiting for my spiritual brother to find me!!  It's only human nature to experience that true love, true companionship with that special someone!!  Everyone tells me, wait on Jehovah, pray to Jehovah, which I do everyday, but, I also pray for my other spiritual brothers and sisters being held in prison, and to cope with whatever they're going  through during  these critical last days were living in!!  I hope this topic I'm writing about, seems interesting to you, I would love to hear your comments,  from any single  brother or sister or just personally get acquainted with you, as my spiritual brother or sister! Sometimes we need someone to vent our feelings to!     May Jehovah bless everyone of you, and I pray someday that Jehovah helps me, and you, find that special someone to share our lives with!!!  Agape love, Sister Shirley Lowery, Dallas, Texas!!!
 
 
 
 

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Baptized JW's
Serena Williams- tennis player ; 8 Grand Slam champion. Her "baptized" status is disputed since she has never been disfellowshipped for having a baby out of wedlock with Drake or her publicly nude photographs. Let's just say she is now the most famous celebrity who CLAIMS to be one.

Venus Williams - tennis player ; 5 time Grand Slam champion
Damon Wayans - TV and Film Comedy Star. Part of "The Wayans Brothers" TV show back in the 1990's. - Their father was a JW (someone mentioned even Anointed)
Michael Jackson (deceased)

Michael Jackson's Children and Mother Katherine Jackson

Rebbie Jackson - Singer, daughter of Katherine Jackson


Prince Rogers Nelson (deceased)

Marques Houston - Singer and former member of the kid group "Immature" (and his manager)
 
Coco Rocha - International Fashion Model

Terrence Howard - actor; Ray, Hustle & Flow, etc. Children and brother are JWs. Studied when he was 17 years old. (not himself a JW)
Bria Valente - Prince's Ex-GF back in 2007 - She has since remarried to another brother

George Benson - Musician / singer (see also: George Benson and Friends - Sing Praises to Jehovah)

"El General" - Panamanian singer

Bobby Martin - Grammy winning producer. 
Mateo - African Musician 
Aoife Ní Thuairisg - Irish Television Presenter
Tulsi Giri - Prime Minister of Nepal

Bill Underwood - Reporter for the Phoenix Times Examiner

Alexander P. Stewart - US Civil War Confederate General

Allison Lozz - Mexican Actress (former). recently left novelas (soap operas) to be a more active in the ministry

Maurizio Bianchi - Musician

Ivana Brkic - Croatian Musician

Angelo Palego - Leader of team searching for Noah's Ark

Firpo Carr - Historian, author of Germany's Black Holocaust: 1890-1945; Wicked Words: Poisoned Minds - Racism in the Dictionary; founder: Scholar Technological Institute of Research, Inc. (STIR)

Henry Carr - Olympian and NFL player (deceased)

Herman Pizzanelli - Leading Uruguayan concert guitarist in the 1960s (convert to JWs)

Willie Wise - NBA professional basketball player for Seattle Super Sonics and Denver Nuggets

Dave Meyers - Professional basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers in 1970s)

Mark McCumber - Professional golfer

Dave Pear - NFL professional football player for Colts, Buccaneers, and Raiders (convert)

Kid Gavilan - welterweight champion boxer; elected to boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 (convert to JWs)

Jorge Påez "El Maromero" - Boxing World Champion 
Pele Reid - Boxing Champion

Shont'e Peoples - professional football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders); convert to JWs

La Lupe - Cuban salsa singer (convert)

Janis Gill - ex wife of country music superstar, Vince Gill, is one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Vince Gill is NOT a Witness. He is strongly and violently opposed.

Fedor Chistyakov - Russian Singer

Richard Cameron - Dutch Musician

Valerie Campbell - Mother of Naomi Campbell

Tom Edur - Former NHL ice hockey player

Mrs.Ida Eisenhower - (Mother of President Dwight D Eisenhower)

Leopold Engleitner - Buchenwald concentration camp survivor and centenarian
 
Mickey Spillane - Novelist

Larry Graham - Sly & the Family Stone

Danny Granger - Indiana Pacers small forward; Professional Basketball Player
Teresa Graves - Reputedly the first black woman to play the lead in a police movie, also a singer


Gary Gygax - Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons 


Scott Johnson - Actor

Phillip Landry - Musican

Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Japanese musician, name comes from the Book of Isaiah

Margaret Keane - "Big Eyes" artist who said converting "changed her life."

Peter Knowles - Famous soccer player in England who quit his football career in 1970 aged 24 to join the Jehovah's Witnesses

Brian Locking - Bass guitarist with The Shadows for eighteen months, but left to Jehovah's Witnesses activities.

Hank Marvin - Lead guitarist for The Shadows


Bohumil Müller - Czech survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and underground religious leader under Communism.

Viv Nicholson - famous London lottery winner in 1961. She then became a devout JW. The musical Spend, Spend, Spend was based on her story.

Evelyn Ntoko (first wife of Nelson Mandela)

Lieby Piliso - Nelson Mandela's younger sister

Ken Richmond - The man who banged the gong in the Rank Organisation film logo from 1955 onward.

Gevorg Petrosyanm -The Georgian-Armenian “Caruso,” who drives a taxi, but dreams of the stage

Miu Sakamoto - Japanese Singer, a Daughter of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano

Damo Suzuki (Converted in the 1970s, current membership status uncertain)

Bobby Tambling - English footballer

Phil Terry - member of the 60's R&B group The Intruders.

David Thomas - Avant-garde rocker, "Jehovah's Kingdom come"[2][3]

Jean Terrell - Replaced Diana Ross in the Supremes in 1970.

Akira Toriyama - Japanese Mangaka(Cartoonist), Author of Dragon Ball(Manga)

Yoshito Usui - Japanese Mangaka, Author of Crayon Shin-chan

Reena Virk - Canadian child murder victim

Lark Voorhies - actress, Saved By The Bell

Lou Whitaker - Former MLB baseball player for the Detroit Tigers.

Chet Lemon - played with the Detroit Tigers along with Lou Whitaker

Akiko Yano - Japanese Singer, Former wife of Ryuichi Sakamoto

Solveig Romero - Mexico and Switzerland, Actress and wife of Martin Campbell, the director of James Bond Casino Royale

Chuck Winfield - Former Trumpet player for Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

Rosalia Valdez - Former actress who left fame in Mexico to become a witness, daughter of famous Tin Tan Valdez.

Carmina Villarroel - Filipino actress

Patience Dlaminh - a weather forecast reporter in South Africa / Regional 'celebrity'

Red Shea - Guitarist for Gordon Lightfoot (passed away in 2008)

Tom Reynolds - He was one of the singers in the late 60's early 70's band 'Hamilton, Joe,Frank, & Reynolds.

Toun Oni - Nigerian actress (featured in the TV drama 'fuji house of commotion') She was an active witness before her death a few months ago. In fact, she died of heart problems during the Lekki assembly hall construction work.

Paul i.k Dairo (used to be one of Nigeria's top musicians); Last i heard of him, he is one of Jehovah witnesses.

Wolf-Ekkehard Lonnig - a scientist from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Germany

Hayden Covington - leading attorney for the Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower Society; won multiple U.S. Supreme Court cases; represented Muhammad Ali in court [not sure if he left eventually or not?]

Chappel Fisher - Country Music DJ in Florida, USA

Michael Worilds - NFL Player

Tony Garcia - Artist, DJ, Producer, Re-mixer, Arranger, Composer,Writer of Dance Music EDM, Funk Melody Freestyle Music Owner of High Power Records


Honorable B. Dwight Goains - US Federal Judge

Micaiah and Tabitha Bethune - Owners of the Fashion Industry "The Wild Life Reserve" out of New Orleans

Alex Rance - Soccer Star

Pavel Pavlov & Aleksandr Kryukov - Ukrainian YouTube Stars
Minh Hung Godenzi - Miss Hong Kong 1984
Danny Collision - NBA Player currently in California
Clarion Chukwurah - Nollywood Actress
Irina Bohr - Russian singer
Alisson Euler de Freitas Castro - Brazilian Footballer
Carlos Gonzaga - Brazilian Singer
Andriy Mykolayovych Nesmachniy (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Несмачний)
PC-One - Star of Slam in Haiti
Jacy Brean - Author 
Mina Godenzi - Actress, Model and Miss Hong Kong
Phillip Ingram - Musician
Ramón Gómez Valdés de Castillo aka "Don Ramón" - Famous Mexican Actor
Kenya Moore - not sure as to her current status though. 
Anneliese Zelina - Model
Nicolas King - Singer
Rob Richie - Major league baseball player with the Detroit Tigers

Darren Collison

 
 
Raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses
President Dwight D. Eisenhower - WWII General and 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
Luke Evans - Actor
Toni Braxton - Singer
Michael Sam - First Gay NFL football player


Nathan Day, frontman of grunge / Britpop group Darlia - "I grew up with a family whose parents were Jehovah’s Witnesses, so I felt very isolated."
Kia Kahlo - Witness to rap
Jacqueline Woodson

Meg Myers - Musician / Singer
Nathan Haines - Saxophonist
Shushila Takao - Actress in New Zealand show "Filthy Rich"
Kim Holland - Dutch Porn Actress

Little Scream - Montreal musician

Kelsey Lu - Fashion model
Rebekah Vardy - I'm a Celeb star
Alex Avery - Comedian in Portland, OR
 
List of former Jehovah's Witnesses
Michelle Rodriguez - actress, raised by mother
Donald Glover - (aka Childish Gambino)

Gregg Alexander - The New Radicals' lead singer; raised by mother

Carol M. Swain - political scientist; professor at Vanderbilt University; author of Black Faces, Black Interests and The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration; left the Witnesses at the age of 20, in 1975 (Ms. Swain was born in 1954 into an extremely poor household in rural Virginia, not far from Roanoke. She grew up with 11 brothers and sisters, dropped out of school in the ninth grade and married at age 16 -- in part, she says, because she saw no need to plan for a lengthy future. She was a Jehovah's Witness, and she believed that Armageddon would begin in 1975)

Peter Andre - Singer raised in Australia, presently living in London with wife pin up model *Jordan

Naomi Campbell- Supermodel; Raised by mother

Geri Halliwell - Singer (Spice Girls); Raised as a Jehovah's Witness[verification needed]

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - American writer of Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses(converted to Catholicism)

Nancy Garrido - the now infamous kidnapper of Jaycee Dugard

Latoya Jackson

Michael Jackson - Michael became a Jehovah's Witness but disassociated himself shortly after his hit album, Thriller

Olin R. Moyle - Former Watchtower Chief Attorney

Dave Mustaine - Guitarist (ex-Metallica; Megadeth; ex- MD .45)

Miki Nakatani - JapaneseActress, Raised as a Jehovah's Witness

Gloria Naylor - novelist, author of The Women of Brewster Place (1982, American Book Award)

Patti Smith - Singer and poet

Leo Volpe

Jill Scott-Singer; raised as one of Jehovah's Witness

Hinano Yoshikawa - Japanese Fashion model and actress, Raised as a Jehovah's Witness

K-os - Canadian R&B artist ; Raised Jehovah's Witness

Rene Montes de Oca Martija - dissident human-rights activist in Cuba (son of JW)

Selena Quintanilla Perez - Tejano singer ; raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses

Sherri Shepherd from The View. Her father is an elder in his congregation.

Jill Scott - a singer,poet & actress from USA, she played in the movie - 'why did i get married'

Maureen Mwanawasa, wife of late Zambian president, though she disassociated herself, but she still attends meetings. the late president was also studying with JWs, his mother was a JW. his children also attend meetings, i think one is a publisher.

Thandiwe Banda our current Zambian first lady who was a JW until recently when she disassociated herself. Reportedly a former pioneer.

Mamontha Modise was a JW. travels all over the world to report current news 2 South Africans.

Ja Rule - Rapper - raised a jehovahs witness and is no longer one, in an interview he said his mother was disfellowshipped

Jaywon; currently a musician, was raised a witness, later decided to follow a way of life thats suits him.

Rick Haynes - Musician

Travis Scott - NFL football player for Rams (raised JW)

Scott Cheshire - Gotham City Writers
Eddie Griffin - Comedian
Leaders of the music band Shakespeare's Unit
 
Rumors of:
Eddie Murphy - Not verified yet

Josh Groban - We don't know what to think yet.. ? Some have suspicions....

Omarion - I believe he is only "studying"
 
Jackie Chan - (I still don't believe the photo)
 
Please Read
Some people have wondered if we have listed people who simply studied briefly with Jehovah's Witnesses. As far as we know, this is not the case. Anybody can sit down and meet with Jehovah's Witnesses to study their beliefs. In no way would we consider that grounds for identifying somebody as a Jehovah's Witness. All of the people listed on our page have actually been considered Jehovah's Witnesses or considered themselves adherents of the faith, either by way of having been raised in the faith or because they were an active convert to the faith.
Of course no insult is meant to Jehovah's Witnesses or anybody else by hosting this list. Personally, reading the biographies and faith statements of many famous Jehovah's Witnesses has helped tear down some stereotypes for me. It simply isn't true, for example, that this faith necessarily stifles creativity or achievement. Clearly, many adherents to the faith (including people raised in it as well as converts who chose to become Witnesses as adults) have been very famous creative people or have been very successful, as measured by worldly standards.
Regardless of the obvious tensions between the pressures of worldly fame, versus remaining active in a religious faith which expects all of its members to live according to the highest Biblical standards of ethics and morality, there are indeed many "famous" adherents who have strived to remain faithful. Even for those who have failed to balance fame and success with the demands of their faith, the teachings and values they were raised with or embraced at some point as an adult remain forever an influence in their lives. Were this not true, these individuals would not be listed here at all. This list is based on what famous people themselves have said to interviewers and to the public. We have no access to actual Jehovah's Witness membership or attendance records. If a celebrity or famous person doesn't talk publicly about their experiences as a Jehovah's Witness, we would have no way of knowing about this part of their lives.
The actions of a single individual should never be used to judge an entire group of people, and I believe most people realize this. Anybody who does try to condemn Jehovah's Witnesses by the behavior of their "worst" lapsed members or former members will stand instantly condemned themselves. This is because the cumulative behavior of the famous (and infamous) members of the group the accuser belongs to is far worse than anything they will be able to dig up relating to people who have been Jehovah's Witnesses. This is true of essentially any sufficiently large religious group. It is true also of anti-religious people, who are nearly always wise enough to avoid condemning entire groups by the actions of individuals, lest they be asked to answer for the hundreds of millions of murders perpetrated by Lenin, Pol Pot, Stalin, Adolph Hitler, Mao, Mussolini, Nicolae Ceausescu, Joseph Goebbels, Maximillien Robespierre, etc.
 

Add 2 years: Evil-Merodach "After reigning but two years King Evil-Merodach was murdered" Babylon the Great Has Fallen - God's Kingdom Rules p.184
Add 2 or 12 or 18 years -  wp_E_20111001

I meant to as of Monday, and accidentally put in if Monday!!!

Hello to all my spiritual brothers and sisters! As if Monday, August 15, 2016 at 10:19 p.m. I became a grandmother for the fourth time! My fourth grandchild, Ameliah Grace Cash was born! My son called me and said: Mom your a grandma! I was half asleep and I said: I am! Then he sent me a text  message including her first photo of her taken from the hospital! She's beautiful!!  I'm one proud happy grandmother for the fourth time! Also, another upcoming event is our 2016 "REMAIN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH" REGIONAL CONVENTION. which starts this Friday! On Saturday, a sister, her granddaughter, and grandson are getting baptized from our congregation! I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! I know I will the next three days taking in my new spiritual food, the drama, videos, and new releases, and volunteering for cleaning, and most of all enjoying my spiritual association with all my spiritual brothers and sisters!!! Agape love, Shirley

I meant to as of Monday, and accidentally put in if Monday!!!

Hello to all my spiritual brothers and sisters! As if Monday, August 15, 2016 at 10:19 p.m. I became a grandmother for the fourth time! My fourth grandchild, Ameliah Grace Cash was born! My son called me and said: Mom your a grandma! I was half asleep and I said: I am! Then he sent me a text  message including her first photo of her taken from the hospital! She's beautiful!!  I'm one proud happy grandmother for the fourth time! Also, another upcoming event is our 2016 "REMAIN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH" REGIONAL CONVENTION. which starts this Friday! On Saturday, a sister, her granddaughter, and grandson are getting baptized from our congregation! I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! I know I will the next three days taking in my new spiritual food, the drama, videos, and new releases, and volunteering for cleaning, and most of all enjoying my spiritual association with all my spiritual brothers and sisters!!! Agape love, Shirley

Hello to all my spiritual brothers and sisters! As if Monday, August 15, 2016 at 10:19 p.m. I became a grandmother for the fourth time! My fourth grandchild, Ameliah Grace Cash was born! My son called me and said: Mom your a grandma! I was half asleep and I said: I am! Then he sent me a text  message including her first photo of her taken from the hospital! She's beautiful!!  I'm one proud happy grandmother for the fourth time! Also, another upcoming event is our 2016 "REMAIN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH" REGIONAL CONVENTION. which starts this Friday! On Saturday, a sister, her granddaughter, and grandson are getting baptized from our congregation! I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! I know I will the next three days taking in my new spiritual food, the drama, videos, and new releases, and volunteering for cleaning, and most of all enjoying my spiritual association with all my spiritual brothers and sisters!!! Agape love, Shirley

This list has now been moved into our wiki here
 

According to the INSIGHT ON THE SCRIPTURES Vol.2, page 1225 in the HIGHLIGHTS OF ZECHARIAH, This was a prophecy about "Sprout" which was Jesus Christ! As all these eight visions come true The man named Sprout will build Jehovah's temple and serve as king- priest!  There were eight visions! The  third vision  was referring to the young man with a measuring rope prepares to measure Jerusalem, but an angel foretells more growth as well as Jehovah's protection for the city. As in Zechariah 2:1 states: a man with a measuring line in his hand... but the INSIGHT ON THE SCRIPTURES refers to the man as a young man; and the measuring line to a measuring rope! I hope this research I looked into answers your question! Agape love, Shirley

I  want  send  a  beautiful  weekend - rose  to  all  my  Brothers  &  Sisters ❤
with  the  best  wishes  from  Germany  ;-)
 

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Larry  Graham  As  Prince’s  Bible Teacher !
Prince  “Deeply Interested”  In  Spiritual  Things,  I  read  in  a  report...
 

My Last Conversation With Prince, R.I.P.    ( Neil Strauss,  April 21, 2016 )
I just heard moments ago the tragic news that Prince, one of the greatest recording and live artists of our time, passed away.
Over the years of writing about music,  I’ve interviewed him, seen him perform big and small shows,  and even run afoul of him.
The following obituary of sorts is from my last encounter with him, when the tables got turned. Instead of me interviewing Prince, somehow he started interviewing me.  However, his questions were often more revealing about his character than answers would be in a normal interview.
The location was a Los Angeles club, where Prince sat with his entourage in a roped-off section, sporting a pencil-thin mustache, and a 80s puffy black shirt with vertical white vents. Suddenly, he started barraging me with questions, carefully evaluating each answer, as if he were giving me a test.
Because  Prince  doesn’t  allow  reporters  to  record  his  voice,  the following is paraphrased and reconstructed from notes made at the time.
Prince: So what else do you do?
Me: I also write books.
What are they about?
The last one was called The Game. I spent two years studying the techniques of the world’s greatest pick up artists.
What were the others about?
I wrote books about people in entertainment. I did one with Motley Crue, another with Jenna Jameson, and some others about music.
So you write rock books?
I guess I mostly write about the dark side.
Why the dark side?
Because it’s more interesting.
But the light side can be interesting too.
I suppose it can be. I never thought of that.
Do you believe in God?
I definitely believe in something greater than ourselves, but it depends on how you define God. (pause) Why did you ask that question?
Because it lets me know what someone is about. If you think about it, the light side can be just as interesting as the dark side.
Maybe I should write a book about that.
If you want to write a book about a mystery, I have one for you. Do you like mysteries?
I love mysteries. That’s what storytelling is all about.
Have you ever studied the Bible?
I’ve read the Bible, but never studied it.
What do you mean by the Bible?
The old and new testaments.
Which version of the Bible did you read?
The King James.
The New World version is the most accurate version. It’s also the best. It doesn’t have the thee’s and thou’s. It’s just ordinary language. Do you pray?
I don’t pray. I’ve meditated though.
Why not?
I wasn’t raised to.
Are your parents religious?
Yes, but they didn’t really practice.
What did they do?
It was more important as a community to them.
Why is that important?
Perhaps as a sense of identity?
Isn’t that racism?
I don’t think it’s about race. It does seem to be an unfortunate trait of human nature though to make divisions and pick sides, whether it’s shirts versus skins or different sports teams.
Want to hear the mystery?
I’m ready.
The mystery is  (long, dramatic pause): Why has the name God been slowly removed from the Bible?
What do you mean?
They have slowly taken the name God out of the Bible and replaced it with Lord. Do you know why?
Probably to give themselves more power?
It’s about power, and people wanting to control others.
Why do you think they want power?
I don’t know. I think the problem with organized religion is that people who go to worship often need a conduit to God, or an authority telling them what’s right and wrong. And that authority is sometimes abused.
But you need an authority, otherwise who are you responsible to?
You’re responsible to yourself.
And the being who created the world and the trees and the oceans, you just ignore?   Oh, I thought you meant a human authority.
You can be responsible to God. Gratitude is very important.
(Prince begins talking in a hushed voice about the death of his father, and how it was hard for him. The club, unfortunately, is loud, and I’m not able to make out every word he says.)
Everyone has a rock bottom. We know what the rock bottom is.
But what’s the limit to happiness?
Has anyone reached the rock top?  I wonder what that would be.
From here, the discussion turns to Jehovah’s Witnesses, 9/11, violence in society, and a dozen other related subjects. At one point, he gestures to his band, the New Power Generation, and the rest of his entourage, and explains . . .
 We like to talk like this. We can talk forever about what’s wrong, but we like to think about solutions. Most people don’t want to talk about politics and religion. They say, “Let’s talk about something else.”
But what else is there? That’s what our civilization is about.
That’s right.
So let me ask you something: Do you think God is looking after each and every individual, or does he sometimes have to harm an individual in order to serve the greater good of the universe?
When everyone recognizes Jehovah’s name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.
Really ?   -  That’s it.
It’s really that simple.
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Prince -  Jehovah`s Witness Died...  Remembering our dear brother Prince ❤
R.I.P.  //  REST  IN  PEACE.....    or    RESURRECTION  IN  PARADISE....  ;o)
 

Prince - Jehovah`s Witness Died...  Remembering our dear Brother Prince ❤
An  especially  video !