I won a small lottery it enabled me to not work for a couple of years, travel Africa and Europe. Parents had alway taught me not to buy raffle tickets and so I used to give a donation. One woman insisted on giving me a ticket. Mum and Dad didn't say a word. My picture made it to the local paper. I guess I was no longer used as an example on how people are bad and have a hard life when they leave the "toof"
JW's and the lottery
by cheen 32 Replies latest jw friends
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Dune
I've had daydreams where i win like $500 million the first time i play after leaving the WTBS. lol.
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BluesBrother
It didn't occur to either one of us that some judicial action was necessary. I think that indicates how low on the radar this "sin" is among dubs.
funnily enough, the last judicial committee that I was involved in was on this very topic. The erring one had, I was told, been buying scratch cards. In the UK it is a popular gamble to buy these cards which have lucky numbers revealed if you scratch off the coating. Anyway , during the discussion it yurned out that all he had done was make a small charity donation which gave you a lucky number card as a thank you. Hardly a big time high roller ! In order to not look silly I kept up the serious tone and we duly counselled him , but made apoint of how serious this was viewed..
All seems such a waste of time now.