Proof that this organization is run by a bunch of old farts.
Juni
Ban on Jeans , T-Shirts & Shorts after the Convention
by dozy 85 Replies latest jw friends
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Gill
Purps - You genius you! 'The best criminals wear suits!'
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SirNose586
If you ditch the clothes, you also ditch the concentration you had for the program and you'll be more likely to talk about things that don't concern the convention.
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Brother Apostate
Thanks for another reminder why I left.
Matthew 23 addresses their mindset well:
1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5"Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'
8"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.[b] 11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.[c]
15"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16"Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.' 19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
23"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices —mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
33"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
BA- Of the wears what he pleases class
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Finally-Free
Only in Jehovah's organization™ can the vilest pedophile can gain respectability simply by putting on a tie!!!
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found-my-way
alrighty then, Im gonna wear the skimpiest thong bikini, just 2 strings and 3 tiny triangles, its not shorts, t-shirts or jeans, and just for a good witness, put my badge on it....
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POs Son
If you squint your eyes just right, you can see an ocean in that photo above. I'm sorry... what were we talking about again?
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Rebirth
The other day my husband was talking about my 6 yr old daughter and how she won't sit like a "lady" at the meeting. I informed my husband that wearing a dress is a male imposed idea and that maybe she should be allowed to wear pants. He just rolled his eyes. I was wondering why it is that JWs impose their idea of a female having to wear a dress or skirt. Why? What is wrong w/pants? Please don't say that pants are more sexual because that isn't true at all.
When my daughter goes to church w/me, I let her decide what she will wear and most of time she wears jeans. My other daughter, on the other hand, loves to dress up. I'm okay w/that, as long as it is her choice and not a group of men pushing their authority on my little girl. Maybe it is the years of being forced to wear dresses even when it was 20 below zero and you had to spend the day in the ministry, but I have a hard time even putting on a dress. Wearing a dress is similar to being raped to me. It is being forced to wear something based solely on your sex, even when it hurts you.
Being told that you can't wear a tee-shirt, jeans, or shorts is trying to keep the sheep in their place. Heaven forbid they actually start to feel normal. Keep the women in their dresses and the men in their dress pants so that they don't start to feel "off-duty." Barf. Barf.
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jambon1
This is totally outrageous. If I were still in though, I wonder what I would do?
If people dont just tell them to GTF over this BS then IMO it is the thin end of the wedge toward complete and utter life/mind control.
"Reach for the poison cup." "Oh yes, whatever you say GB, whatever you say!"
Shocking!
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truthseeker
They really are getting controlling aren't they?
As a brother, I never had an issue with women wearing pants - they look quite smart and professional. A threat to the male ego I s'pose according to the elders.