Not to beat a dead horse, but:
The Governing Body are not inspired, not infallible, occasionally adjustments in understanding must be made.
Anything the Governing Body says must be obeyed, believed, trusted- because they are God's channel of truth.
Name Some JW "Double Standards"
by minimus 90 Replies latest jw friends
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Cellist
The one that bugs me today is the double standard that love2Bworldly said. JWs won't gather with their families for a meal at Christmas time. But they'll gather with other JWs and have turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Christmas day.
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freetosee
Jws don’t get drunk when drinking alc, they are just very tired after a long day in service!
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undercover
JWs won't gather with their families for a meal at Christmas time. But they'll gather with other JWs and have turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Christmas day.
Saw this one first hand myself...
My wife's family usually uses the holidays as an excuse to have over all the family. For years we spent every Xmas at my in-laws house along with other siblings and their kids. With the exception of there not being a tree, lights and presents, it had a very holiday feel about it. We even tuned the TV to the all day re-running of "A Christmas Story".
This year since I'm inactive and have obviously turned my back on Jehovah (their words) and because of some other family strife with daughters-in-law, my JW in-laws decided to not have the family over this year but instead had a big throw-down for all their friends from the hall complete with turkey, ham and pumpkin pie.
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minimus
You shouldn't buy or eat Halloween or XMas candy until AFTER the holidays.
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lonelysheep
Nothing that hasn't already been mentioned, but, these are the double standards that
bothered meI had to overcome with faith while studying to be a witness:Blood fractions were ok but I couldn't accept a blood transfusion if I needed it, let alone donate it. Blood fractions from other people were needed for that minor bending of the rule, though.
I would be disobeying jehovah if I went to Thanksgiving or XMas dinner at my non-jw family's but it was perfectly fine to be at my study conductor's home with about 15 other witnesses in order to have a 'nice dinner with all the fixins'.
Spending time with non-jw's was bad, but being with bad jw's was fine.
Attending college (more then 1 course a semester, anyways) meant you weren't putting jehovah first, but already having a degree or "some college" was perfectly fine.
It was ok to accept holiday gifts, but giving them was wrong.
Wedding anniversaries are cause for celebration, but the celebration of life is wrong.
Eating blood is wrong, but eating non-kosher meat is fine.
Write a letter disassociating yourself from your baptist, catholic, methodist, etc. church to join the jw's, fine. Write a letter disassociating yourself from the jw's, you're an apostate.
Read a book and use quotes from it to support your point that jw's are wrong about something, and you're an apostate. Read a paragraph from a book, take it out of context and use it to support that jw's are right, and you're knowledgeable and leading the flock appropriately.
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love2Bworldly
Oh I remembered another one. Some JWs would color Easter eggs, only they would do it several months after Easter and do it just for fun.
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minimus
Lonelysheep, WELL SAID! Here's another one: Keep a JW library but DON'T read or research any of the older publications!
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5go
You can accept money from the Government, but you can't vote
You forget your supposed to give any found money it to the WTS.
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poppers
This thread is the perfect summation of JWD - any lurker who reads this thread is surely doomed to leave the dubs.