Name things JW's avoid doing since they believe that the end is so close

by JH 16 Replies latest jw friends

• 

  Good Girl or Bad Girl?

  I think exercising is a big one. I know plenty of overweight JW's with really low self esteems but they just don't feel they have time to exercise with all the studying and reading and meditating and praying they have to do, plus the end is so close anyway.

  I was one of them, so I know this is true.

  And I think not having a college education is helpful to WTS in several ways: you are so overworked and underpaid you don't have time to think for yourself and realize the religion you belong to is a bogus cult AND you are are not educated to think for yourself so you don't even know you are not thinking for yourself.

  Does that make sense?
• 

  Good Girl or Bad Girl?

  I think exercising is a big one. I know plenty of overweight JW's with really low self esteems but they just don't feel they have time to exercise with all the studying and reading and meditating and praying they have to do, plus the end is so close anyway.

  I was one of them, so I know this is true.

  And I think not having a college education is helpful to WTS in several ways: you are so overworked and underpaid you don't have time to think for yourself and realize the religion you belong to is a bogus cult AND you are are not educated to think for yourself so you don't even know you are not thinking for yourself.

  Does that make sense?
• 

  OnTheWayOut

  Many of these are already posted, but it's what I thought about-

  Getting an education
  Planning for retirement
  Saving for the future
  Paying off debt
  Buying a house
  Dating/Getting married
  Having children
  Saving for children's education
  Taking a vacation
  Getting health insurance
  Fixing something around the home
  Flossing
  Dieting and exercising
  Getting a hobby
  Enjoying the weekend
  Reading a book for pleasure
• 

  144001

  Thinking.

  Recently, I visited a hall for the first time in over a decade, for a funeral aka marketing pitch. It struck me how robotic many of these people look. It's as if their brains have been taken out of their skulls.
• 

  Mysterious

  Medical procedures - braces for their kids, cosmetic work, new dentures, elective surgery

  Hobbies - musical instruments, crafts, gardening
• 

  heathen

  How bout buy a new suit and tie? LOL They damn sure don't do random acts of kindness for anybody , including each other. They avoid acting like human beings .
• 

  Good Girl or Bad Girl?

  Reading a book for pleasure

  Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I had to always be ashamed of whatever novel I was currently reading since it wasn't a Watchtower publication and I hadn't read ALL of mine yet!

  Please. It was my escape from reality. I had to do it or end up even crazier.