Caption Time Again - Hobbies are a Waste of Time (page 2)

proandcon

"Boxing up our hobbies is "theovratic service"...we can each count 2 hours !! Let's go get some coffee and a donut... I have 20 more hobbies to box up. Making the national average is pretty easy!"

Wasanelder Once

alt

Oh those tricky apostates, always thinking up evil things to do to Mother.

W.Once

"Says Alicia M. of Texas, USA: 'My husband and I love finding ways to simplify our lives in our service to Jehovah. One way is to destroy the last remaining vestiges of any discernible personality! At the loving encouragement of the elders, we decided to make sure that theocratic activites occupy 100% of our free time. God loves a servant who is devoid of personal opinion and backbone."

compound complex

Dear jgnat,

Hello again, CoCo here. As I didn't see it posted, I wanted to mention Karl Klein's comment on hobbies. It has been stated elsewhere already. He said that if you have a tendancy toward apostacy, you should take up a hobby and avoid getting too deeply into Bible study. He was a friend of mine at Bethel, a fellow musician. He was a cellist and I was his accompanist on the piano. We would travel to different congregations, and he would give a very enjoyable discourse on music. Then we would perform a musical selection to enhance his presentation. I cannot speak for him, but my multiple hobbies have not prevented my descent into the realms of the dread "A"! Maybe, unwittingly, K.K. was simply a maverick and in some ways head and shoulders above the ridiculously-restrictive management of the JW lifestyle. That's just my impression of him as a friend.

Free and loving it,

CoCo

OUTLAW

Everything is a waste of time except peddling worthless WBTS literature and going to meetings..Stop everything your doing..Even going to the bathroom is a waste of time..Now crap in your pants and get to the Kingdom Hall..LOL!!...OUTLAW

Bonnie_Clyde

I remember that article. Just about the same time our local paper had an article about a family who liked to share time together out on the golf course. Three of the four members were JW elders. I had such a desire to attend the WT study and comment that it would be a theocratic thing to put our golf clubs away so we could spend more time in the ministry.

Mary

kwintestal

"Honey, don't you think we should give up our box taping hobby and go out in service?"

daniel-p

The original picture and caption is so twisted it makes me sick. One of the major signs of a cult is forcing its adherents to make needless sacrifices and making everything look like it will either help or hurt your spirituality - that way they can exercise complete control on people. It just goes to show how the interests of the WTS is to have complete control over its followers - and that's it.

A simple diversion like a personal hobby isn't acceptable if it "takes" time away form service, studying, reading the Bible, preparing for meetings, etc.

I've seen other pictures where a kid is tossing his video game console and games into the garbage - same thing.

It really show how the WTS demands a mentally spartan life - where there is God and the WT, and then everything else, the worldly belongings and activites.

OH, and here's my caption:

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LittleToe

Kwin:

" Darling, it feels good knowing that we're giving up all your sexy lingerie for Jah!!!"

Caption Time Again - Hobbies are a Waste of Time