What happens when unexpected visitors knock on your door with religious pamphlets in hand? The way we respond reveals more about our character than we might realize.
On a beautiful Friday morning, while tending to my garden and dreaming of installing an old-fashioned clothesline, I heard that familiar knock at my door. Standing there were Lori and Lori – Jehovah's Witnesses I hadn't seen in about a year and a half. This chance encounter sparked a fascinating exploration into how different people handle religious solicitors.
Some hide behind curtains pretending not to be home. Others prepare theological counterarguments to convert the converters. Many respond with dismissiveness or even hostility. I discovered religious websites advising believers to treat Jehovah's Witnesses as "spreaders of evil work" who shouldn't even be greeted, while online forums debate just how rude is too rude when turning them away.
My approach? The Golden Rule – treating others as I would want to be treated if I were the one knocking on doors sharing deeply held beliefs. This simple principle from Luke 6:31 guides my interactions not just with Jehovah's Witnesses, but with everyone I encounter. I engage in pleasant conversation, listen respectfully, and when appropriate, honestly share my own Catholic faith without argument or condescension.
What's remarkable is how this basic human courtesy builds unexpected bridges. Lori and Lori began listening to my radio show after our pleasant conversations. Not because either of us changed our beliefs, but because genuine human connection transcends doctrinal differences.
Join me for this thoughtful discussion on human dignity, religious differences, and the power of simple respect – all wrapped up with some nostalgic music including Commander Cody's 1971 hit "Hot Rod Lincoln." Subscribe and share if you believe in the transformative power of treating each person with kindness, regardless of differences in belief.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
happy friday.
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To you, it's the past peepspodcast.
To you, it's the Pat's Peepspodcast Number 254 for Keep it
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Track, which I certainly am.
Keep it Track, may 2nd 2025.
Indeed, it is a Friday.
I'm so happy.
I love Fridays.
Everyone loves Fridays, don'tthey?
Looking out the studio windowinto the beautiful foothills of
Northern California where thesun is shining and everything is
green and gorgeous.
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Splendid day.
Thank you all in all, but Ithank you, a big thank you, as I
always try to do, to say thankyou for listening to my podcast.
Okay, getting more calls lastnight on my radio show.
By the way, my name is PatWalsh.
I always like to make sure thatyou know that I have a radio
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show as well.
Perhaps some of you listen tomy radio show, heard 7 to 10 pm,
monday through Friday, kfbk inSacramento, heard everywhere on
the free iHeart app.
And just like this, just likemy podcast, you can stream it
anywhere, including the freeiHeart app.
So a big deal.
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I'm putting together a thing forour Pats Peeps businesses.
We're going to meet at a wineryand kind of get to know each
other.
I'm excited about this Miner'sLeap Winery.
Loyal is a Pats Peeps.
He owns the Loyal Miner ownsMiner's Leap Winery.
Loyal is a Pat's Peeps he owns.
The Loyal Miner owns Miners'Leap Beautiful place in
Clarksburg, out by the river,out in the Delta.
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It is one of my favorite go-toplaces in terms of relaxation If
I want to get away somewhere inthis area.
I love going out there toClarksburg and to Miners' Leap.
So we're working on that andI'll let you know and all the
businesses.
If you're a Pats Peeps business, I'll let you know when we're
going to do that.
And if you want to be abusiness, fantastic, we'd love
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to have you as a Pats Peepsbusiness.
Also, I'm going to talk to acouple of friends about
addressing the SacramentoChamber of Commerce, roseville
Chamber of Commerce.
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce,roseville Chamber of Commerce.
You know and really get to knowa lot of these businesses and
hopefully invite and be able toinvite some of these businesses
into and hopefully they'llbelieve in what we're doing.
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Our mission is just to supportlocal business Anyhow.
So on this beautiful Friday I'mkind of cleaning up around the
house a little bit still, doinga little bit of gardening, just
because I know that perhaps thatsounds boring, but I can assure
you it's a beautiful day and mygarden is now starting to
blossom.
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It's taken a few years for itto really start blossoming like
the way it is, but it's startingto really look like this Irish
kind of a cottage type of afield that I'm trying to
accomplish.
So, as I'm doing that thismorning and I'm kind of weaving
in and out from the house doingsome housework, you know what I
want.
I am so old school Maybe Imentioned this before, I don't
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know, I don't.
I hate to repeat I want aclothesline.
I want a clothesline like anold fashioned clothesline.
I go out there and I've got acouple of things where I'll hang
pillowcases or whatever,because I just like it when it's
, you know that that nice breezeand it's springtime and I just
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really like drying my, my sheetsand pillowcases that way.
I know that's old school.
Well, pat, don't you have awasher and dryer?
You're dang right.
I do Really nice Samsung washerand dryer.
That just shrunk one of my nicet-shirts, so I got to, you know
, moisten it again and stretchit out a little bit and put it
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out on my little hanger outside.
But I want a clothesline.
That's what I want, and so,anyhow, I was out kind of doing
a couple of things like that.
And then I come back in thehouse and all of a sudden
there's a knock on my door.
I don't get a lot of people.
It always throws me off whensomeone knocks on my door that I
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wasn't expecting.
Generally, if someone knocks onmy door, I was kind of
expecting them, you know, out inmy mystery hut, out here in the
woods, out in the middle of theforest.
So I get this knock and itstartled me.
Good thing I wasn't walkingaround in my boxers by the way,
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I don't wear boxers, I'm a boxerbrief guy.
Not that anyone needed to knowthat, that just popped in my
head.
Tmi, whatever.
It's a Friday and I look up andwho's at my door and you know
who it is it's Lori and Lori.
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Now, lori and Lori.
I have not seen them at my door.
Probably oh I don't know, maybeI'm just guessing here year and
a half on the Lori Lori tracker, maybe two years, probably more
like a year and a half andsomewhere in that range.
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Okay, now, who are Lori and Lori?
Sounds like a great day,doesn't it?
Look, lori and Lori knocking onmy door.
How are you ladies?
Thank you for coming up to myhouse on a beautiful sunny day.
What can I do for you?
Well, the Jehovah's Witness,jehovah Witness, it's a
Jehovah's Witness, jehovahWitness, it's Jehovah's
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Witnesses Coming up to my door,and they used to come up to my
door Prior to that.
There was another gentleman whowould occasionally startle me
how you doing, pat?
He'd knock on my door, you know, hey.
And so like, what do you dowhen someone now I don't get a
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lot of solicitors, I don't get alot of people peddling things
at my door?
I'm not one of those guys, likeRichard, my late cousin who
just passed.
God rest his soul.
Man, you did not want to be asolicitor.
Going up to his door, he had asign out there.
He just said no peddling or nosolicitors.
I think no solicitors, youdidn't want to come calling.
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I'm not that guy, I am muchmore patient than that.
And so you know some peoplewell, they're just there, are
techniques If you don't want totalk to people, and some people
employ those techniques.
Talk to people, and some peopleemploy those techniques.
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And so I'm wondering I mighteven bring this up on my radio
show tonight how do you dealwith solicitors, or Jehovah's
Witnesses, let's say, whichessentially is sort of a.
I don't want to call themsolicitors, but in a way they
are.
And I have a technique that Iuse when I'm not going to say
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solicitors, because again, Idon't get many solicitors,
perhaps you do.
Do they even have that anymore?
Is anyone soliciting?
Do you have door to door?
I'm not even sure there is thatlike.
Is there is anyone knocking onyour door to sell you a Kirby
vacuum cleaner or you know thefuller brush man?
I don't.
Or Avon, what happened to Avon?
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But I don't know.
But I don't live in the middleof a residential neighborhood.
I mean, little League ticketsare they doing that?
Are they coming to the doorselling Little League tickets?
Boy Scouts, do they do that?
What about anyone collectinglike paper boys?
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Does that exist?
Do any of those things existanymore?
Well, I don't know.
Does that exist?
Do any of those things existanymore?
Well, I don't know.
Perhaps I can get those answersand more on my show this
evening.
But I have a way.
But again, I'll stick for thismoment to Jehovah's Witnesses.
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I have a technique.
But before I tell you mytechnique, I thought I would
look around and just pull uprandom.
I thought I'd just bing thisand tell you what other people
do.
So I pulled up three or fourstories or conversations
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regarding Jehovah's Witnessesknocking on your door.
Let's see.
Here's one I'll just get.
And these again, these are justkind of at random.
Here's one this is from sothese are different points of
view, obviously Back in November18, 2021.
Back in November 18, 2021.
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This is from Devin, nicely,which is I don't know.
What does he write for DevinNicely?
Well, it's atadventchristianvoicescom.
All right, what to do whenJehovah's Witnesses knocks on
your door?
Here's what they say.
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It's a beautiful Saturdaymorning, all the household
chores have been completed, yourbright-eyed, bushy-tailed
coffee-in-hand birds are singing.
That sounds very familiar.
It's exactly what's happeningin my house, with the exception
of the part of your kids areactually being quiet for once.
No kids running around here.
Suddenly, there's a knock, likeI said, at the door.
Get up from your recliner.
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This is, according to whatthey're saying, all right, their
story, their article.
You just gotten perfectlycomfortable.
You peek through the blinds,discover two sharply dressed
people with a couple ofmagazines in their hands,
waiting for your door to open.
Jehovah's Witnesses are on yourfront porch.
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What do you do?
Do you pretend not to be home?
Do you go get your spouse todeal with it?
Sick the dog on him, activatethe trap door you installed on
the front porch.
You know, like Mr Whoopie.
Was it Mr Whoopie that used tohave the front?
I don't think he a trap door.
Mr Whoopi was a nice guy.
All right, fellas, I've got my3d BB.
Anyone get that reference atall?
Mr Whoopi, what a great name.
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So they say what have I told you?
There was a better way tointeract with these people,
after all.
They need to.
They need the gospel.
They do not, do they not, saysthe article.
And here they are.
They're at your house.
They're looking to have aspiritual conversation.
They need the gospel.
They do not, do they not, saysthe article.
And here they are, they're atyour house.
They're looking to have aspiritual conversation.
Granted, they say they areseeking to convert you.
Again, this is not my opinion.
This is from thisadventchristianvoicescom.
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They say they're seeking toconvert you to their false
religion, but you can take thesteering wheel of the dialogue
and use it to your advantage, or, they say in parenthesis, or
god's advantage as you attemptto point them to salvation.
I am indebted, says the article,to dr clay jones for his tactic
, for this tactic that I'm goingto share with you.
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It goes on to say now you mustnot forget that these people are
firm in their beliefs, so youlikely will not be able to
convert them during the shortvisit.
So, in other words, you turnthe tables.
I guess right Now you're givingthem the gospel, throwing them
off their tracks.
That was my little input there.
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The article goes on trying, youknow, uh, not be able to
convert them during the shortvisit that they make to your
residence.
However, you can, as greg cocoputs it, leave a stone in their
shoe, give them something tochew on as they're returning
home from their rounds.
And in this article, they'regoing to teach you something
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that you can use to do that.
Let's begin, and at first is thetactic that this tactic will
only be effective if you use thescriptures.
They call it.
The New World TranslationSounds sketchy.
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It says the writers of thetranslation of labored blah blah
.
Listen, I don't want to getinto all the minutia of this.
I just kind of want to give youthe basic point I'm trying to
make.
First, you need to set theplaying field.
You'll take their magazines orlisten to what they say, what
they want to tell you, but onlyif they will first answer one
specific question.
If they agree, ask them toborrow their copy of the NWT and
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tell them that you want a fewquestions for clarification, on
and on and on.
Okay, now ask them if your mainquestion, if you have two true
gods.
But in your scriptures, inIsaiah 43, 10, it says before me
no God was formed, and after methere was, there's been none.
And John 17, three says thismeans everlasting life and
they're coming to to you, theonly true God.
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So then why do you have two ifScripture says there's only one
true God?
So now they have a problem.
So it goes down this route.
Okay, that's just one from theAdvent Christian voices.
So now here's another one.
This is fromstepsoffaithmediumcom, the knock
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at the door, the secret todealing with Jehovah's Witnesses
, and it says whoevertransgresses and does not abide
in the doctrine of Christ doesnot have God.
John 10, 9.
Don't you love getting packagesthat says deliver to your door,
sort of like Christmas, isn'tit?
I don't know about you, but Iget a little happy.
Flutter my tummy, blah, blah,blah.
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It's exactly what happened,they say, when I knocked on the
door this week.
When I heard a knock on thedoor this week, my son's
birthday was coming up.
I had ordered something amazingfor him, of course, and I
rushed to the door super excitedthat his gift is finally there
and it's Jehovah's Witnesses.
It's a Jehovah's Witness inthis case.
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Goes on to say as a follower ofChrist, I found myself in a
tough spot.
Should I close the door on him.
Should I let him have his sayand then politely dismiss him,
or should I try to teach him thereal truth of the gospel?
So here you have the first twothat I pulled up, that I binged,
who are essentially sayinghere's what you do to handle it.
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You turn the tables, youprovide the gospel to them,
because that's what they'regoing to supposedly do to you.
So you turn the tables.
Now you're going to provide thegospel.
It says, just like so manyother things that happen in our
lives, the Bible has somethingto say about these door knockers
, and it gives us the secret todealing with them.
False teachers and Jehovah'sWitnesses, says
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stepsoffaithmediumcom.
In the second book of John, welearn how to handle these folks
like this, as well-intentionedas they may be.
The Bible calls Jehovah'sWitnesses and other groups like
them false teachers John 10, 7,.
For many deceivers have goneout into the world who do not
confess Jesus Christ as thecoming in the flesh.
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An antichrist, really, yep,says the article.
Anyone who does not confessthat Jesus is Lord and that he
died on the cross for our sinsis an antichrist.
Sounds harsh when we think ofpeople we love who are not saved
, doesn't it.
Yet anyone is an antichrist whodoes not believe in the full
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truth of Jesus Christ.
This applies not just toaverage unsaved people or
atheists.
It means false teachers likeJehovah's Witnesses too.
Again fromstepsoffaithmediumcom.
In the first book of John, johninstructs the church.
Well, listen again.
I don't want to get into all ofthis.
Okay, but true hospitality, itgoes on to say.
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When a Jehovah's Witness knockson the door, christians are
called to share love.
The catch is that we do it onlywithin the confines of sharing
truth.
We behave politely, but ourhospitality, our kindness,
inviting someone into your home,should be solely, according to
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this article, directed towardsothers who hold tight to the
complete biblical truth.
In other words, we don't haveto listen to whatever a Jehovah
Witness is preaching.
Now, the Jehovah Witnesses willclaim that they truly know the
Bible and what it says, and forthe most part, they're right.
They indeed, according to thisarticle, know more about the
Bible than many Christians,which is sad.
That could be an honest truthright there.
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But keep in mind that the Bibleand I'm not suggesting it is,
I'm just saying it could be, Idon't know Keep in mind that the
Bible they use in a screwed upversion pardon me, says the
article that convenientlychanges certain verses to suit
how they want to believe.
It's not the actual truth ofthe Lord.
So it goes on preventing thespread of evil work.
What do we do when the falseteachers knock on the door?
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The Bible, the real one, itsays, tells us whoever
transgresses, does not abide bythe doctrine of Christ, does not
have God.
He abides by the doctrine ofChrist as both the Father and
the Son.
If anyone comes to you and doesnot bring this doctrine, do not
receive him into your house,nor greet him, for he who greets
him shares in his evil deeds.
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Wow, wow, wow.
I want to highlight that Ireally want to highlight.
That Says yeah, you read thatright.
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If you engage with the falseteachers, according to the
article, like a Jehovah'sWitness, you are helping him
spread evil work.
When I read that I about felloff my chair.
According to this article,which I just about did, they say
we might actually be helpingthe Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons
or Muslims and many othersdestroy the basic truths of
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Christianity if we invite theminto our homes for a serious
conversation about God.
I don't know about you, butthat disturbs me, says the
article.
Again, we might actually behelping them destroy the basic
truths of Christianity if weinvite them into our homes for a
serious conversation about God,and that they're disturbed by
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that In a way.
I kind of agree with that in away.
And again, when I get to how Igreet or treat the Jehovah
Witnesses when they come to mydoor, we'll explore that even
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further, but I do find that very, very interesting.
Let's see.
We must be, it says, on guardagainst helping others spread
false teachings and lies aboutthe Lord, so don't invite them
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into your home.
Then the article not to readthe whole thing, but says I'll
make a confession.
I didn't invite them inside.
But I did engage with a guy atmy door and, with the Holy
Spirit's help I think, Isomewhat opened his eyes to what
the book of the Revelation.
So, essentially, there you go,you have people saying this
person saying look, you knowwhat?
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I'm kind of stunned that theywould say that.
And then the bottom line here inthe article is that here's what
they say the next time that aJehovah's witness knocks, the
best response is to not give one.
Don't open the door.
But if, by mistake, you do,they say be polite, respectful,
as you let them know you are notinterested in listening to them
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.
You can try to explain why, butit will very likely encourage
them more knowing you are aChristian and beware.
They say that you know we'retheir favorite target.
Some would say the articlewould say you know thanks, but
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no thanks.
They say to say to them thatkind of response is fine, wish
them a good day and close thedoor.
And then, finally, I'll justwrap it up this particular
article with this, because theywrap it up with this.
But it says, though we all callto share the good news and make
disciples of all the nations,handling it while standing at
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your front door is not the way.
Direct your hospitality toothers who share your beliefs
and the truth and nip the spreadof evil.
Work before you ever turn thedoorknob.
Evil work before you ever turnthe doorknob.
Here's one completely differentsite and someone else's opinion
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from redditcom forward slashatheism.
How rude is too rude.
Jehovah Witnesses keep knockingon my door Every day this week.
It rude.
Jehovah Witnesses keep knockingon my door every day this week.
It says Jehovah Witnesses haveknocked on my door.
These people are not genuine,they are manipulators.
They are annoying.
They all have the same script,starting with the question would
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you say that God is responsiblefor the bad things in our world
?
I have told off seven differentpairs of Jehovah's Witnesses
Now, with increasing fervor eachtime, says this person.
It is to the point they saythat when I see two black people
dressed in suits holdingpamphlets outside my door, I
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just open my door and tell themto get the F off my property.
They go on to say that in mymind, I'm not talking to people,
I'm talking to a system.
I'm talking to a system thathas corrupted people and turned
them into drones.
These drones are brain dead.
They talk from a script thatthey did not write.
Their reactions are programmedinto them.
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The system makes these pairs ofpeople act in ways normal
people don't.
And finally, it says thatsystem does not see me as a
person but as a resource to beexploited.
So I pose the question to youhow rude is too rude?
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You have one person that saysput up a no soliciting sign.
It's like my cousin did.
Then it says then when I knock,if you, if you feel like
opening the door, just point atthe sign and say can't you read?
It says they aren't trespassinguntil they go past the sign.
Um, then another one.
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Yep, unless you want to arguethe fine points of what defines
a solicitor, what JehovahWitnesses?
Like I said at the beginning,it is in a way, soliciting.
They're not trying to sell youanything except but they are
trying to sell you on thisreligion.
So you have to define thataccording to this person, what
is a solicitor?
What Jehovah's Witnesses?
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Compare them on a Saturdaymorning just post, no
trespassing.
Finally, one says make youreyes wide and smile and send
them running back to their cult.
I've heard people who, literally, I swear to you.
I've heard people say I answerthe door nude, I'll never see
him again.
I've heard people say thathere's how I handle it.
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You know, they just describedmy morning perfectly, except
that it's a Friday morning and,like I said, I'm doing a little
of this, a little of thathanging some clothes up, a
little gardening, enjoying thebirds singing and I get to knock
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.
Well, I go to the door.
Now I have never brought theminto my house only because you
know I can do this at the door.
You know, and it's not that I'mnot hospitable, I'm being very
hospitable, but I answer thedoor politely and I engage with
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them and I have a pleasantconversation with them and I
smile.
I believe in the Bible, so forme, the bottom line is the
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golden rule.
I'd like to call this podcastPat's Peeps 254, the golden rule
podcast.
Luke 631,.
The Bible specifically says,emphasizing it emphasizes
treating others as you wish tobe treated, a principle known as
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the Golden Rule.
Verses similar to ones inMatthew 7-12, mark 12-31,
highlighting the importance oflove, compassion and your
interactions with others.
Luke says and just as you wantmen to do to you, you also do to
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them.
Likewise, this verse directlystates the principle of treating
others as you would like to betreated, emphasizing again the
importance of empathy.
So in everything in Matthew,everything you do to others,
what you would have them do toyou For.
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This sums up the law and theprophets.
This verse further reinforcesthe golden rule, starting that
treating others with kindnessand respect fulfills the core
principles of the Old Testament,the law and the prophets In
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Mark.
The second is this you shalllove your neighbor as yourself.
This verse emphasizes theimportance of loving your
neighbor as you love yourself,highlighting the
interconnectedness of self-loveand love for others.
And there are other numerousverses throughout the Bible
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encouraging loving your neighbor, doing good to others,
forgiving them, furthersupporting the golden rule.
How would I want to be treatedif I walked up to your door and
I had a belief?
Okay, and I had a belief andyou treated me with complete and
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utter disrespect.
It doesn't matter what yourreligion is or who you are.
Some people are going to behurt by that in a way, and it's
very disrespectful.
That's the way I conduct myself.
I try to conduct myself in mylife.
It's how I conduct myself onthe radio.
It's how I conduct myself withinteracting with people the
golden rule.
How would I want to be treatedby you?
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I am filled with empathy,sometimes sympathy.
By the way, I will tell them inthe most polite way, as we're
having a really niceconversation, and I say you know
what?
I always have time for God.
I always have time.
I always have a few minutes ofmy day to talk about this.
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I tell them quite politely asyou know, I'm a Catholic.
You know witnesses, jehovah'sWitnesses.
Their beliefs revolve aroundthe nature of God, salvation,
religious practices.
Catholics we believe in theTrinity of God His Father, the
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Son, the Holy Spirit, the HolyGhost.
My mom would say it's the HolyGhost, god.
She had a much better voicethan that.
That's just my go-to mom'svoice.
She said don't say it's theFather, the Son, the Holy Spirit
.
It's the Father, the Son, theHoly Ghost.
It's the same thing and thechurch as the ultimate authority
on interpreting the Bible.
That's the Catholics.
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Jehovah's Witnesses deny theTrinity and reject the church's
authority.
Additionally, jehovah'sWitnesses do not believe in
hellfire, the immortality of thesoul or certain traditional
Christian holidays.
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So that's sort the one of thebasic differences.
Catholics believe thatsalvation is achieved through
the faith in Jesus Christ andadherence to the church's
teachings and sacraments.
Joel, the witnesses believesalvation is attained through
faith in Jesus Christ is the sonof God, and adherence to the
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teachings of the Bible as theyinterpret it.
The Catholics observe the sevensacraments.
Wow, I'm doing a whole religiouspodcast.
I've never done this before.
Anyhow, I don't have to gothrough all of this.
All I have to do is tell youthis you know I could get into
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the holidays, the scripturesCatholics.
We celebrate traditionalChristian holidays Christmas,
easter.
Jehovah's Witnesses do notcelebrate these.
They don't celebrate birthdays.
They view them as pagan.
But the bottom line is I treatthem like people.
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The golden rule do unto others.
I want them to leave here going.
You know, the man was honest.
He told us that he's Catholic.
He didn't argue with us.
We engaged in conversationsabout other things.
They asked me about my trip toItaly.
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It turns out that Lori and Loriactually started listening to
my radio show after we had apleasant discussion one day.
We've never argued overreligion or anything else.
They give me the pamphlet.
They want me to do a little qrcode, watch a video.
You know what?
Okay now, so to go back to someof these writings whoever
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transgresses according to thejehovah's Witnesses and does not
or I guess this is one of theChristian, this was
stepsoffaithmediumcom.
Whoever transgresses and doesnot abide in the doctrine of
Christ does not have God.
He who abides in the doctrineof Christ is both the Father and
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the Son.
If anyone comes to you and doesnot bring this doctrine, do not
receive him into your house,nor greet him or share in his
evil deeds.
Then there was the other onethat you know you're helping to
spread the evil deeds and Idon't know that I can just
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straight up go along with that.
Again, it's the golden rule howpeople want to be treated.
Well, it takes a few minutes,we have a pleasant conversation
and we go about our differentways.
So there you go.
Well, I don't think I've everreally gotten.
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In fact, I know I've never goabout our different ways.
So there you go.
Wow, I don't think I've everreally gotten.
In fact, I know I've never gotinto a conversation like this on
my podcast Feels good.
Now I'm looking at my records.
I accidentally pulled three ofthem out today.
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You've got to be kidding me.
The ones that I pulled out here.
You must be kidding me, I swearto you.
The first one that I pulled out, after talking about all of
that, is a song called BootyButt.
I'm not kidding.
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Booty Butt, march 15th, what isit?
You can barely read thatsticker 1971.
I'm not going to play BootyButt after talking about that,
I'm not.
I'm not gonna play booty buttafter talking about that.
Not, I'm gonna play this onebooty butt.
From religion to booty butt,from the golden rule to booty
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butts, ray charles.
But you know we do have tolisten to booty butt this week,
though, you know.
I mean, is this the laughbutton?
Oh no, no, hey, everybody, yougot to listen to Booty Butt.
Thank you so much.
I never get to use thesebuttons.
Booty Butt, thank you.
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So this record here is on MCA.
I would recognize this oneanywhere.
I think this must be.
I don't think this is a radioDJ copy.
I think this was sold in thestores.
It is in impeccable condition.
By the way, I remember whenthis song was a big hit on the
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radio too, and it does have aB-side.
Maybe we'll play the B-side too.
So this song, I know this songwas covered many times by
different artists, including, Ithink, pat Travers' first album.
He did the cover of this song.
It's an American.
It's a song written bysinger-songwriter Charlie Ryan,
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first released in 1955, writtenas an answer song to Archie
Shibley's 1950 hit Hot Rod RaceWent to number 29.
Good old Archie Shibley.
If anyone remembers old Archie,so this song, you're going to
get it right away.
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What I'm talking aboutDescribes a drive north on US
Route 99, which was apredecessor to Interstate 5.
If you live in NorthernCalifornia you know these
highways very well.
Ran from San Pedro, la, overthe Grapevine Hill.
Soon, as it becomes this hotrod race, it ends in very
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serious consequences and you'llknow it as soon as I tell you
this.
The car race described betweentwo hot rod cars, the Ford Model
A with a Lincoln motor and aCadillac.
The Ford has got 12 cylinders,it's got the overdrive, it's got
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the four barrel 411 gear ratioSafety tubes.
The original version was arockabilly version released in
1955.
This version, however, thereare no radio station stickers or
anything on this.
So it tells me that this waseither purchased at a record
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store and it was just on theshelf with these other records.
I'm not really sure exactly,but this is a 1971 version and
I've seen these guys in concertand I'll tell you what.
I'm a big fan of their music.
It's a country rock band andthis was from their album Lost
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in the Ozone.
Oh my God, I haven't heard thatsong before.
Lost in the ozone again.
Lost in the ozone again.
I'm drinking wine, I'm drinkinggin.
Lost in the ozone again, boy,drinking wine, I'm drinking gin.
Lost in the ozone again, boy, Ihaven't heard that forever.
That became the most successfulversion of this song, reached
number 9 on the Billboard Hot100.
Number 28, adult Contemporary.
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Number 7 in Canada and rankedas number 69 on the US Billboard
End Hot 100 singles of 1972.
It is Commander Cody and hisLost Planet Airmen Hot Rod
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Lincoln.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
If you don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln.
Have you heard the story of thehot rod race with the Fords and
the Lincolns was set in thepace.
That story is true.
I'm here to say I was drivingthat Model A.
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It's got a Lincoln motor andit's really suped up.
That Model A body makes it looklike a pup's.
Got eight cylinders and usesthem all.
Got overdrive, just won't stall.
With a four-barrel carb and adual exhaust.
With four living gears you canreally get lost.
Got safety tubes, but I ain'tscared.
The brakes are good tires, fair.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
Pulled out of san pedro late one night, the moon
and the stars was shining likethey was standing still.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
All of a sudden, in the wink of an eye, a cadillac
sedan passed us by, said boys,it's a marvel for me, by then
the taillight was all you couldsee.
Now the fellas had rid me forbeing behind.
So I thought I'd make the linkand unwind.
So my foot off the gas andalive, I shoved it on down into
overdrive, rounded up to 110, myspeedometer said that I hit top
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end.
My foot was glued back, led tothe floor.
That's all there is, and thereain't no more.
Now.
The boys all thought, lost mysense and telephone poles looked
like a picket fence.
They said slow down.
I see spots.
The lines on the road just looklike that.
Took a corner side swipe.
The truck crossed my fingers,just for luck.
My fenders was clicking.
The garden rail post.
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The guy beside me was white asa ghost so you're probably
pretty familiar with that one.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
All right, I don't have the rights to that, not
trying to make anything off ofthat, just trying to educate
about the song.
Here's the flip side of thatrecord.
Okay, the flip side of that 45,.
This song here adopts a 1940shipster style sound.
I remember this song as well.
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I remember this Again.
I haven't heard this songforever.
I remember this Again.
I haven't heard this songforever.
It's a song written in 1940 byDan Ray Huey, prince and Ray
McKinley.
Follows the Americanboogie-woogie tradition of
syncopated piano music.
Okay, so this is the flip sideof Hot Rod Lincoln.
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It's Commander Cody and hisLost Planet Airmen.
It's a song called it's Nevermind, I won't get to go there, I
just had a thought that I'llleave it alone.
But it is a song called Beat Me, daddy.
8 to the Bar.
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Well, now there's a littlehonky-tonky village in Texas.
Where's the?
Speaker 2 (40:26):
guy who plays the best piano by far.
He can play piano any way youlike him, but the way he plays
it best is they do the bar.
When he jams, it's a bar, he'sa daddy of them.
All the people gather aroundwhen he gets on the stand and
when he plays he gets a hang.
The rhythm he plays puts himcatching a tram.
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Nobody there bothers to dance,and when they jam with a bass
guitar, they're howling oh beatme, daddy.
Hey to the bar as they blink,blink.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
Thank you for listening.
I greatly appreciate it.
A Pat's Peeps number 254.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Happy Friday.
See you on the radio.
Steel guitar radio.
happy friday.
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To you, it's the past peepspodcast.
To you, it's the Pat's Peepspodcast Number 254 for Keep it
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Track, which I certainly am.
Keep it Track, may 2nd 2025.
Indeed, it is a Friday.
I'm so happy.
I love Fridays.
Everyone loves Fridays, don'tthey?
Looking out the studio windowinto the beautiful foothills of
Northern California where thesun is shining and everything is
green and gorgeous.
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Splendid day.
Thank you all in all, but Ithank you, a big thank you, as I
always try to do, to say thankyou for listening to my podcast.
Okay, getting more calls lastnight on my radio show.
By the way, my name is PatWalsh.
I always like to make sure thatyou know that I have a radio
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show as well.
Perhaps some of you listen tomy radio show, heard 7 to 10 pm,
monday through Friday, kfbk inSacramento, heard everywhere on
the free iHeart app.
And just like this, just likemy podcast, you can stream it
anywhere, including the freeiHeart app.
So a big deal.
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I'm putting together a thing forour Pats Peeps businesses.
We're going to meet at a wineryand kind of get to know each
other.
I'm excited about this Miner'sLeap Winery.
Loyal is a Pats Peeps.
He owns the Loyal Miner ownsMiner's Leap Winery.
Loyal is a Pat's Peeps he owns.
The Loyal Miner owns Miners'Leap Beautiful place in
Clarksburg, out by the river,out in the Delta.
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It is one of my favorite go-toplaces in terms of relaxation If
I want to get away somewhere inthis area.
I love going out there toClarksburg and to Miners' Leap.
So we're working on that andI'll let you know and all the
businesses.
If you're a Pats Peeps business, I'll let you know when we're
going to do that.
And if you want to be abusiness, fantastic, we'd love
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to have you as a Pats Peepsbusiness.
Also, I'm going to talk to acouple of friends about
addressing the SacramentoChamber of Commerce, roseville
Chamber of Commerce.
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce,roseville Chamber of Commerce.
You know and really get to knowa lot of these businesses and
hopefully invite and be able toinvite some of these businesses
into and hopefully they'llbelieve in what we're doing.
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Our mission is just to supportlocal business Anyhow.
So on this beautiful Friday I'mkind of cleaning up around the
house a little bit still, doinga little bit of gardening, just
because I know that perhaps thatsounds boring, but I can assure
you it's a beautiful day and mygarden is now starting to
blossom.
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It's taken a few years for itto really start blossoming like
the way it is, but it's startingto really look like this Irish
kind of a cottage type of afield that I'm trying to
accomplish.
So, as I'm doing that thismorning and I'm kind of weaving
in and out from the house doingsome housework, you know what I
want.
I am so old school Maybe Imentioned this before, I don't
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know, I don't.
I hate to repeat I want aclothesline.
I want a clothesline like anold fashioned clothesline.
I go out there and I've got acouple of things where I'll hang
pillowcases or whatever,because I just like it when it's
, you know that that nice breezeand it's springtime and I just
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really like drying my, my sheetsand pillowcases that way.
I know that's old school.
Well, pat, don't you have awasher and dryer?
You're dang right.
I do Really nice Samsung washerand dryer.
That just shrunk one of my nicet-shirts, so I got to, you know
, moisten it again and stretchit out a little bit and put it
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out on my little hanger outside.
But I want a clothesline.
That's what I want, and so,anyhow, I was out kind of doing
a couple of things like that.
And then I come back in thehouse and all of a sudden
there's a knock on my door.
I don't get a lot of people.
It always throws me off whensomeone knocks on my door that I
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wasn't expecting.
Generally, if someone knocks onmy door, I was kind of
expecting them, you know, out inmy mystery hut, out here in the
woods, out in the middle of theforest.
So I get this knock and itstartled me.
Good thing I wasn't walkingaround in my boxers by the way,
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I don't wear boxers, I'm a boxerbrief guy.
Not that anyone needed to knowthat, that just popped in my
head.
Tmi, whatever.
It's a Friday and I look up andwho's at my door and you know
who it is it's Lori and Lori.
(05:11):
Now, lori and Lori.
I have not seen them at my door.
Probably oh I don't know, maybeI'm just guessing here year and
a half on the Lori Lori tracker, maybe two years, probably more
like a year and a half andsomewhere in that range.
(05:32):
Okay, now, who are Lori and Lori?
Sounds like a great day,doesn't it?
Look, lori and Lori knocking onmy door.
How are you ladies?
Thank you for coming up to myhouse on a beautiful sunny day.
What can I do for you?
Well, the Jehovah's Witness,jehovah Witness, it's a
Jehovah's Witness, jehovahWitness, it's Jehovah's
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Witnesses Coming up to my door,and they used to come up to my
door Prior to that.
There was another gentleman whowould occasionally startle me
how you doing, pat?
He'd knock on my door, you know, hey.
And so like, what do you dowhen someone now I don't get a
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lot of solicitors, I don't get alot of people peddling things
at my door?
I'm not one of those guys, likeRichard, my late cousin who
just passed.
God rest his soul.
Man, you did not want to be asolicitor.
Going up to his door, he had asign out there.
He just said no peddling or nosolicitors.
I think no solicitors, youdidn't want to come calling.
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I'm not that guy, I am muchmore patient than that.
And so you know some peoplewell, they're just there, are
techniques If you don't want totalk to people, and some people
employ those techniques.
Talk to people, and some peopleemploy those techniques.
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And so I'm wondering I mighteven bring this up on my radio
show tonight how do you dealwith solicitors, or Jehovah's
Witnesses, let's say, whichessentially is sort of a.
I don't want to call themsolicitors, but in a way they
are.
And I have a technique that Iuse when I'm not going to say
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solicitors, because again, Idon't get many solicitors,
perhaps you do.
Do they even have that anymore?
Is anyone soliciting?
Do you have door to door?
I'm not even sure there is thatlike.
Is there is anyone knocking onyour door to sell you a Kirby
vacuum cleaner or you know thefuller brush man?
I don't.
Or Avon, what happened to Avon?
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But I don't know.
But I don't live in the middleof a residential neighborhood.
I mean, little League ticketsare they doing that?
Are they coming to the doorselling Little League tickets?
Boy Scouts, do they do that?
What about anyone collectinglike paper boys?
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Does that exist?
Do any of those things existanymore?
Well, I don't know.
Does that exist?
Do any of those things existanymore?
Well, I don't know.
Perhaps I can get those answersand more on my show this
evening.
But I have a way.
But again, I'll stick for thismoment to Jehovah's Witnesses.
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I have a technique.
But before I tell you mytechnique, I thought I would
look around and just pull uprandom.
I thought I'd just bing thisand tell you what other people
do.
So I pulled up three or fourstories or conversations
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regarding Jehovah's Witnessesknocking on your door.
Let's see.
Here's one I'll just get.
And these again, these are justkind of at random.
Here's one this is from sothese are different points of
view, obviously Back in November18, 2021.
Back in November 18, 2021.
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This is from Devin, nicely,which is I don't know.
What does he write for DevinNicely?
Well, it's atadventchristianvoicescom.
All right, what to do whenJehovah's Witnesses knocks on
your door?
Here's what they say.
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It's a beautiful Saturdaymorning, all the household
chores have been completed, yourbright-eyed, bushy-tailed
coffee-in-hand birds are singing.
That sounds very familiar.
It's exactly what's happeningin my house, with the exception
of the part of your kids areactually being quiet for once.
No kids running around here.
Suddenly, there's a knock, likeI said, at the door.
Get up from your recliner.
(10:10):
This is, according to whatthey're saying, all right, their
story, their article.
You just gotten perfectlycomfortable.
You peek through the blinds,discover two sharply dressed
people with a couple ofmagazines in their hands,
waiting for your door to open.
Jehovah's Witnesses are on yourfront porch.
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What do you do?
Do you pretend not to be home?
Do you go get your spouse todeal with it?
Sick the dog on him, activatethe trap door you installed on
the front porch.
You know, like Mr Whoopie.
Was it Mr Whoopie that used tohave the front?
I don't think he a trap door.
Mr Whoopi was a nice guy.
All right, fellas, I've got my3d BB.
Anyone get that reference atall?
Mr Whoopi, what a great name.
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So they say what have I told you?
There was a better way tointeract with these people,
after all.
They need to.
They need the gospel.
They do not, do they not, saysthe article.
And here they are.
They're at your house.
They're looking to have aspiritual conversation.
They need the gospel.
They do not, do they not, saysthe article.
And here they are, they're atyour house.
They're looking to have aspiritual conversation.
Granted, they say they areseeking to convert you.
Again, this is not my opinion.
This is from thisadventchristianvoicescom.
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They say they're seeking toconvert you to their false
religion, but you can take thesteering wheel of the dialogue
and use it to your advantage, or, they say in parenthesis, or
god's advantage as you attemptto point them to salvation.
I am indebted, says the article,to dr clay jones for his tactic
, for this tactic that I'm goingto share with you.
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It goes on to say now you mustnot forget that these people are
firm in their beliefs, so youlikely will not be able to
convert them during the shortvisit.
So, in other words, you turnthe tables.
I guess right Now you're givingthem the gospel, throwing them
off their tracks.
That was my little input there.
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The article goes on trying, youknow, uh, not be able to
convert them during the shortvisit that they make to your
residence.
However, you can, as greg cocoputs it, leave a stone in their
shoe, give them something tochew on as they're returning
home from their rounds.
And in this article, they'regoing to teach you something
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that you can use to do that.
Let's begin, and at first is thetactic that this tactic will
only be effective if you use thescriptures.
They call it.
The New World TranslationSounds sketchy.
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It says the writers of thetranslation of labored blah blah
.
Listen, I don't want to getinto all the minutia of this.
I just kind of want to give youthe basic point I'm trying to
make.
First, you need to set theplaying field.
You'll take their magazines orlisten to what they say, what
they want to tell you, but onlyif they will first answer one
specific question.
If they agree, ask them toborrow their copy of the NWT and
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tell them that you want a fewquestions for clarification, on
and on and on.
Okay, now ask them if your mainquestion, if you have two true
gods.
But in your scriptures, inIsaiah 43, 10, it says before me
no God was formed, and after methere was, there's been none.
And John 17, three says thismeans everlasting life and
they're coming to to you, theonly true God.
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So then why do you have two ifScripture says there's only one
true God?
So now they have a problem.
So it goes down this route.
Okay, that's just one from theAdvent Christian voices.
So now here's another one.
This is fromstepsoffaithmediumcom, the knock
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at the door, the secret todealing with Jehovah's Witnesses
, and it says whoevertransgresses and does not abide
in the doctrine of Christ doesnot have God.
John 10, 9.
Don't you love getting packagesthat says deliver to your door,
sort of like Christmas, isn'tit?
I don't know about you, but Iget a little happy.
Flutter my tummy, blah, blah,blah.
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It's exactly what happened,they say, when I knocked on the
door this week.
When I heard a knock on thedoor this week, my son's
birthday was coming up.
I had ordered something amazingfor him, of course, and I
rushed to the door super excitedthat his gift is finally there
and it's Jehovah's Witnesses.
It's a Jehovah's Witness inthis case.
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Goes on to say as a follower ofChrist, I found myself in a
tough spot.
Should I close the door on him.
Should I let him have his sayand then politely dismiss him,
or should I try to teach him thereal truth of the gospel?
So here you have the first twothat I pulled up, that I binged,
who are essentially sayinghere's what you do to handle it.
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You turn the tables, youprovide the gospel to them,
because that's what they'regoing to supposedly do to you.
So you turn the tables.
Now you're going to provide thegospel.
It says, just like so manyother things that happen in our
lives, the Bible has somethingto say about these door knockers
, and it gives us the secret todealing with them.
False teachers and Jehovah'sWitnesses, says
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stepsoffaithmediumcom.
In the second book of John, welearn how to handle these folks
like this, as well-intentionedas they may be.
The Bible calls Jehovah'sWitnesses and other groups like
them false teachers John 10, 7,.
For many deceivers have goneout into the world who do not
confess Jesus Christ as thecoming in the flesh.
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An antichrist, really, yep,says the article.
Anyone who does not confessthat Jesus is Lord and that he
died on the cross for our sinsis an antichrist.
Sounds harsh when we think ofpeople we love who are not saved
, doesn't it.
Yet anyone is an antichrist whodoes not believe in the full
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truth of Jesus Christ.
This applies not just toaverage unsaved people or
atheists.
It means false teachers likeJehovah's Witnesses too.
Again fromstepsoffaithmediumcom.
In the first book of John, johninstructs the church.
Well, listen again.
I don't want to get into all ofthis.
Okay, but true hospitality, itgoes on to say.
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When a Jehovah's Witness knockson the door, christians are
called to share love.
The catch is that we do it onlywithin the confines of sharing
truth.
We behave politely, but ourhospitality, our kindness,
inviting someone into your home,should be solely, according to
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this article, directed towardsothers who hold tight to the
complete biblical truth.
In other words, we don't haveto listen to whatever a Jehovah
Witness is preaching.
Now, the Jehovah Witnesses willclaim that they truly know the
Bible and what it says, and forthe most part, they're right.
They indeed, according to thisarticle, know more about the
Bible than many Christians,which is sad.
That could be an honest truthright there.
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But keep in mind that the Bibleand I'm not suggesting it is,
I'm just saying it could be, Idon't know Keep in mind that the
Bible they use in a screwed upversion pardon me, says the
article that convenientlychanges certain verses to suit
how they want to believe.
It's not the actual truth ofthe Lord.
So it goes on preventing thespread of evil work.
What do we do when the falseteachers knock on the door?
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The Bible, the real one, itsays, tells us whoever
transgresses, does not abide bythe doctrine of Christ, does not
have God.
He abides by the doctrine ofChrist as both the Father and
the Son.
If anyone comes to you and doesnot bring this doctrine, do not
receive him into your house,nor greet him, for he who greets
him shares in his evil deeds.
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Wow, wow, wow.
I want to highlight that Ireally want to highlight.
That Says yeah, you read thatright.
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If you engage with the falseteachers, according to the
article, like a Jehovah'sWitness, you are helping him
spread evil work.
When I read that I about felloff my chair.
According to this article,which I just about did, they say
we might actually be helpingthe Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons
or Muslims and many othersdestroy the basic truths of
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Christianity if we invite theminto our homes for a serious
conversation about God.
I don't know about you, butthat disturbs me, says the
article.
Again, we might actually behelping them destroy the basic
truths of Christianity if weinvite them into our homes for a
serious conversation about God,and that they're disturbed by
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that In a way.
I kind of agree with that in away.
And again, when I get to how Igreet or treat the Jehovah
Witnesses when they come to mydoor, we'll explore that even
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further, but I do find that very, very interesting.
Let's see.
We must be, it says, on guardagainst helping others spread
false teachings and lies aboutthe Lord, so don't invite them
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into your home.
Then the article not to readthe whole thing, but says I'll
make a confession.
I didn't invite them inside.
But I did engage with a guy atmy door and, with the Holy
Spirit's help I think, Isomewhat opened his eyes to what
the book of the Revelation.
So, essentially, there you go,you have people saying this
person saying look, you knowwhat?
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I'm kind of stunned that theywould say that.
And then the bottom line here inthe article is that here's what
they say the next time that aJehovah's witness knocks, the
best response is to not give one.
Don't open the door.
But if, by mistake, you do,they say be polite, respectful,
as you let them know you are notinterested in listening to them
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.
You can try to explain why, butit will very likely encourage
them more knowing you are aChristian and beware.
They say that you know we'retheir favorite target.
Some would say the articlewould say you know thanks, but
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no thanks.
They say to say to them thatkind of response is fine, wish
them a good day and close thedoor.
And then, finally, I'll justwrap it up this particular
article with this, because theywrap it up with this.
But it says, though we all callto share the good news and make
disciples of all the nations,handling it while standing at
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your front door is not the way.
Direct your hospitality toothers who share your beliefs
and the truth and nip the spreadof evil.
Work before you ever turn thedoorknob.
Evil work before you ever turnthe doorknob.
Here's one completely differentsite and someone else's opinion
(21:36):
from redditcom forward slashatheism.
How rude is too rude.
Jehovah Witnesses keep knockingon my door Every day this week.
It rude.
Jehovah Witnesses keep knockingon my door every day this week.
It says Jehovah Witnesses haveknocked on my door.
These people are not genuine,they are manipulators.
They are annoying.
They all have the same script,starting with the question would
(21:58):
you say that God is responsiblefor the bad things in our world
?
I have told off seven differentpairs of Jehovah's Witnesses
Now, with increasing fervor eachtime, says this person.
It is to the point they saythat when I see two black people
dressed in suits holdingpamphlets outside my door, I
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just open my door and tell themto get the F off my property.
They go on to say that in mymind, I'm not talking to people,
I'm talking to a system.
I'm talking to a system thathas corrupted people and turned
them into drones.
These drones are brain dead.
They talk from a script thatthey did not write.
Their reactions are programmedinto them.
(22:42):
The system makes these pairs ofpeople act in ways normal
people don't.
And finally, it says thatsystem does not see me as a
person but as a resource to beexploited.
So I pose the question to youhow rude is too rude?
(23:02):
You have one person that saysput up a no soliciting sign.
It's like my cousin did.
Then it says then when I knock,if you, if you feel like
opening the door, just point atthe sign and say can't you read?
It says they aren't trespassinguntil they go past the sign.
Um, then another one.
(23:24):
Yep, unless you want to arguethe fine points of what defines
a solicitor, what JehovahWitnesses?
Like I said at the beginning,it is in a way, soliciting.
They're not trying to sell youanything except but they are
trying to sell you on thisreligion.
So you have to define thataccording to this person, what
is a solicitor?
What Jehovah's Witnesses?
(23:45):
Compare them on a Saturdaymorning just post, no
trespassing.
Finally, one says make youreyes wide and smile and send
them running back to their cult.
I've heard people who, literally, I swear to you.
I've heard people say I answerthe door nude, I'll never see
him again.
I've heard people say thathere's how I handle it.
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You know, they just describedmy morning perfectly, except
that it's a Friday morning and,like I said, I'm doing a little
of this, a little of thathanging some clothes up, a
little gardening, enjoying thebirds singing and I get to knock
(24:38):
.
Well, I go to the door.
Now I have never brought theminto my house only because you
know I can do this at the door.
You know, and it's not that I'mnot hospitable, I'm being very
hospitable, but I answer thedoor politely and I engage with
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them and I have a pleasantconversation with them and I
smile.
I believe in the Bible, so forme, the bottom line is the
(25:35):
golden rule.
I'd like to call this podcastPat's Peeps 254, the golden rule
podcast.
Luke 631,.
The Bible specifically says,emphasizing it emphasizes
treating others as you wish tobe treated, a principle known as
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the Golden Rule.
Verses similar to ones inMatthew 7-12, mark 12-31,
highlighting the importance oflove, compassion and your
interactions with others.
Luke says and just as you wantmen to do to you, you also do to
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them.
Likewise, this verse directlystates the principle of treating
others as you would like to betreated, emphasizing again the
importance of empathy.
So in everything in Matthew,everything you do to others,
what you would have them do toyou For.
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This sums up the law and theprophets.
This verse further reinforcesthe golden rule, starting that
treating others with kindnessand respect fulfills the core
principles of the Old Testament,the law and the prophets In
(27:03):
Mark.
The second is this you shalllove your neighbor as yourself.
This verse emphasizes theimportance of loving your
neighbor as you love yourself,highlighting the
interconnectedness of self-loveand love for others.
And there are other numerousverses throughout the Bible
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encouraging loving your neighbor, doing good to others,
forgiving them, furthersupporting the golden rule.
How would I want to be treatedif I walked up to your door and
I had a belief?
Okay, and I had a belief andyou treated me with complete and
(27:49):
utter disrespect.
It doesn't matter what yourreligion is or who you are.
Some people are going to behurt by that in a way, and it's
very disrespectful.
That's the way I conduct myself.
I try to conduct myself in mylife.
It's how I conduct myself onthe radio.
It's how I conduct myself withinteracting with people the
golden rule.
How would I want to be treatedby you?
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I am filled with empathy,sometimes sympathy.
By the way, I will tell them inthe most polite way, as we're
having a really niceconversation, and I say you know
what?
I always have time for God.
I always have time.
I always have a few minutes ofmy day to talk about this.
(28:33):
I tell them quite politely asyou know, I'm a Catholic.
You know witnesses, jehovah'sWitnesses.
Their beliefs revolve aroundthe nature of God, salvation,
religious practices.
Catholics we believe in theTrinity of God His Father, the
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Son, the Holy Spirit, the HolyGhost.
My mom would say it's the HolyGhost, god.
She had a much better voicethan that.
That's just my go-to mom'svoice.
She said don't say it's theFather, the Son, the Holy Spirit
.
It's the Father, the Son, theHoly Ghost.
It's the same thing and thechurch as the ultimate authority
on interpreting the Bible.
That's the Catholics.
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Jehovah's Witnesses deny theTrinity and reject the church's
authority.
Additionally, jehovah'sWitnesses do not believe in
hellfire, the immortality of thesoul or certain traditional
Christian holidays.
(29:36):
So that's sort the one of thebasic differences.
Catholics believe thatsalvation is achieved through
the faith in Jesus Christ andadherence to the church's
teachings and sacraments.
Joel, the witnesses believesalvation is attained through
faith in Jesus Christ is the sonof God, and adherence to the
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teachings of the Bible as theyinterpret it.
The Catholics observe the sevensacraments.
Wow, I'm doing a whole religiouspodcast.
I've never done this before.
Anyhow, I don't have to gothrough all of this.
All I have to do is tell youthis you know I could get into
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the holidays, the scripturesCatholics.
We celebrate traditionalChristian holidays Christmas,
easter.
Jehovah's Witnesses do notcelebrate these.
They don't celebrate birthdays.
They view them as pagan.
But the bottom line is I treatthem like people.
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The golden rule do unto others.
I want them to leave here going.
You know, the man was honest.
He told us that he's Catholic.
He didn't argue with us.
We engaged in conversationsabout other things.
They asked me about my trip toItaly.
(31:03):
It turns out that Lori and Loriactually started listening to
my radio show after we had apleasant discussion one day.
We've never argued overreligion or anything else.
They give me the pamphlet.
They want me to do a little qrcode, watch a video.
You know what?
Okay now, so to go back to someof these writings whoever
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transgresses according to thejehovah's Witnesses and does not
or I guess this is one of theChristian, this was
stepsoffaithmediumcom.
Whoever transgresses and doesnot abide in the doctrine of
Christ does not have God.
He who abides in the doctrineof Christ is both the Father and
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the Son.
If anyone comes to you and doesnot bring this doctrine, do not
receive him into your house,nor greet him or share in his
evil deeds.
Then there was the other onethat you know you're helping to
spread the evil deeds and Idon't know that I can just
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straight up go along with that.
Again, it's the golden rule howpeople want to be treated.
Well, it takes a few minutes,we have a pleasant conversation
and we go about our differentways.
So there you go.
Well, I don't think I've everreally gotten.
(32:35):
In fact, I know I've never goabout our different ways.
So there you go.
Wow, I don't think I've everreally gotten.
In fact, I know I've never gotinto a conversation like this on
my podcast Feels good.
Now I'm looking at my records.
I accidentally pulled three ofthem out today.
(33:02):
You've got to be kidding me.
The ones that I pulled out here.
You must be kidding me, I swearto you.
The first one that I pulled out, after talking about all of
that, is a song called BootyButt.
I'm not kidding.
(33:22):
Booty Butt, march 15th, what isit?
You can barely read thatsticker 1971.
I'm not going to play BootyButt after talking about that,
I'm not.
I'm not gonna play booty buttafter talking about that.
Not, I'm gonna play this onebooty butt.
From religion to booty butt,from the golden rule to booty
(33:45):
butts, ray charles.
But you know we do have tolisten to booty butt this week,
though, you know.
I mean, is this the laughbutton?
Oh no, no, hey, everybody, yougot to listen to Booty Butt.
Thank you so much.
I never get to use thesebuttons.
Booty Butt, thank you.
(34:11):
So this record here is on MCA.
I would recognize this oneanywhere.
I think this must be.
I don't think this is a radioDJ copy.
I think this was sold in thestores.
It is in impeccable condition.
By the way, I remember whenthis song was a big hit on the
(34:32):
radio too, and it does have aB-side.
Maybe we'll play the B-side too.
So this song, I know this songwas covered many times by
different artists, including, Ithink, pat Travers' first album.
He did the cover of this song.
It's an American.
It's a song written bysinger-songwriter Charlie Ryan,
(34:56):
first released in 1955, writtenas an answer song to Archie
Shibley's 1950 hit Hot Rod RaceWent to number 29.
Good old Archie Shibley.
If anyone remembers old Archie,so this song, you're going to
get it right away.
(35:16):
What I'm talking aboutDescribes a drive north on US
Route 99, which was apredecessor to Interstate 5.
If you live in NorthernCalifornia you know these
highways very well.
Ran from San Pedro, la, overthe Grapevine Hill.
Soon, as it becomes this hotrod race, it ends in very
(35:37):
serious consequences and you'llknow it as soon as I tell you
this.
The car race described betweentwo hot rod cars, the Ford Model
A with a Lincoln motor and aCadillac.
The Ford has got 12 cylinders,it's got the overdrive, it's got
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the four barrel 411 gear ratioSafety tubes.
The original version was arockabilly version released in
1955.
This version, however, thereare no radio station stickers or
anything on this.
So it tells me that this waseither purchased at a record
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store and it was just on theshelf with these other records.
I'm not really sure exactly,but this is a 1971 version and
I've seen these guys in concertand I'll tell you what.
I'm a big fan of their music.
It's a country rock band andthis was from their album Lost
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in the Ozone.
Oh my God, I haven't heard thatsong before.
Lost in the ozone again.
Lost in the ozone again.
I'm drinking wine, I'm drinkinggin.
Lost in the ozone again, boy,drinking wine, I'm drinking gin.
Lost in the ozone again, boy, Ihaven't heard that forever.
That became the most successfulversion of this song, reached
number 9 on the Billboard Hot100.
Number 28, adult Contemporary.
(37:04):
Number 7 in Canada and rankedas number 69 on the US Billboard
End Hot 100 singles of 1972.
It is Commander Cody and hisLost Planet Airmen Hot Rod
(37:24):
Lincoln.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
If you don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln.
Have you heard the story of thehot rod race with the Fords and
the Lincolns was set in thepace.
That story is true.
I'm here to say I was drivingthat Model A.
(37:45):
It's got a Lincoln motor andit's really suped up.
That Model A body makes it looklike a pup's.
Got eight cylinders and usesthem all.
Got overdrive, just won't stall.
With a four-barrel carb and adual exhaust.
With four living gears you canreally get lost.
Got safety tubes, but I ain'tscared.
The brakes are good tires, fair.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
Pulled out of san pedro late one night, the moon
and the stars was shining likethey was standing still.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
All of a sudden, in the wink of an eye, a cadillac
sedan passed us by, said boys,it's a marvel for me, by then
the taillight was all you couldsee.
Now the fellas had rid me forbeing behind.
So I thought I'd make the linkand unwind.
So my foot off the gas andalive, I shoved it on down into
overdrive, rounded up to 110, myspeedometer said that I hit top
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end.
My foot was glued back, led tothe floor.
That's all there is, and thereain't no more.
Now.
The boys all thought, lost mysense and telephone poles looked
like a picket fence.
They said slow down.
I see spots.
The lines on the road just looklike that.
Took a corner side swipe.
The truck crossed my fingers,just for luck.
My fenders was clicking.
The garden rail post.
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The guy beside me was white asa ghost so you're probably
pretty familiar with that one.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
All right, I don't have the rights to that, not
trying to make anything off ofthat, just trying to educate
about the song.
Here's the flip side of thatrecord.
Okay, the flip side of that 45,.
This song here adopts a 1940shipster style sound.
I remember this song as well.
(39:29):
I remember this Again.
I haven't heard this songforever.
I remember this Again.
I haven't heard this songforever.
It's a song written in 1940 byDan Ray Huey, prince and Ray
McKinley.
Follows the Americanboogie-woogie tradition of
syncopated piano music.
Okay, so this is the flip sideof Hot Rod Lincoln.
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It's Commander Cody and hisLost Planet Airmen.
It's a song called it's Nevermind, I won't get to go there, I
just had a thought that I'llleave it alone.
But it is a song called Beat Me, daddy.
8 to the Bar.
(40:22):
Well, now there's a littlehonky-tonky village in Texas.
Where's the?
Speaker 2 (40:26):
guy who plays the best piano by far.
He can play piano any way youlike him, but the way he plays
it best is they do the bar.
When he jams, it's a bar, he'sa daddy of them.
All the people gather aroundwhen he gets on the stand and
when he plays he gets a hang.
The rhythm he plays puts himcatching a tram.
(40:46):
Nobody there bothers to dance,and when they jam with a bass
guitar, they're howling oh beatme, daddy.
Hey to the bar as they blink,blink.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
Thank you for listening.
I greatly appreciate it.
A Pat's Peeps number 254.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Happy Friday.
See you on the radio.
Steel guitar radio.
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