Will I make it to the new system? I remember one time I went with a bunch of JW's out to a Chinese restaurant and at the end of the meal; I opened up my fortune cookie and read it. This one pioneer sister went all over me for doing that; saying I could stumble someone, blah, blah, blah. She kept talking about it throughout the rest of the evening. I finally said; OK, so shoot me. I don't think what I did was so horrible. Then she raked me over the coals so badly; I was in tears. One of the other people with us told her to lay off; and she finally shut up. Years later I remember how hurt I was at that whole scene. I stayed with that group another 6 years before I saw the real new light.
So if I read the inside of my fortune cookie...
by TresHappy 9 Replies latest jw friends
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serendipity
She was way out of line to bug you about that. Very rude and unloving.
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liquidsky
No you won't make it into the new system, especially if you add the words "in bed" to the end of your fortune. Try it next time.
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lilybird
Some JWs are really judgemental.. even more than the average DUB.. they are just high on the power trip that the cult of JWS allows them to look down on everyone and feel superior..and they believe that because of their closeminded judgemental attitudes.. God will reward them with everlasting life..what a sad pathetic life they live...
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Synergy
Funny! My family was beyond even that. When we went to a Chinese restaurant we'd all turn our paper placemats with the Chinese Zodiac over so we wouldn't accidentally see it and the demons begin working on our mind. No, we weren't allowed to read our fortune cookie either. It was the same as playing with a Outija board and we'd get demonized. Hilarious now that I think of it. I wonder what the Chinese restaurant staff thought of us when she came to our table and us overdressed janitors were all sitting there with upside down placemats. Funny but sad that my family was so whacked out.
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Undecided
Things sure have changed since I was a little JW back in the 40s. We even had an Ouija board, Halloween mask, and gave a few Christmas gifts at school. We should have been Dfed.
Ken P.
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Elsewhere
Oh yeah! You gotta watch out for those eeeeevil cookies! One peek inside on and it's ALL OVER and you're doomed forever!!!
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TresHappy
I totally forgot about this incident until last night; hubby and I were eating Chinese take-out when I ate my fortune cookie and actually read the piece of paper. Something clicked in my long term memory and I told my husband about it...he told me those people are crazy. He asked me whatever happened to evil pioneer woman - OMG I don't even want to know!
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inbyathread
Tres - What did the fortune say?
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TresHappy
All those years ago it should have said - get the hell out of there...
Last night - I don't even remember!