Some outrageous counsel I received once ...

Frequent_Fader_Miles

I was reading an earlier thread about ridiculous counsel and I just HAD to share this one with everyone.

You know how sometimes around Christmas time merchandisers would package their products in a more "festive" wrapper? The largest bread company here does that every year. Well one yuletide season (when I was about 7 years old), I was helping myself to a couple slices of bread and my aunt saw me. She recoiled in absolute horror! There I was... caught red-handed ... eating out of a (get this) ... "christmas bag"!!!!

Of course she found it quite appropriate to counsel a 7-year-old child for eating out of a "christmas bag". Isn't counsel just great?

Tyrone van leyen

Sounds like she could use some counselling herself. It so sad when people make mountains out of complete tripe and rob others of joy. I still blame the watchtower though, they are the kings of the nut farm.

SirNose586

Well, what if every food product carried Christmas decorations around December? What would you do, just not eat anything from the store unless it were fruit or vegetable? That's what you'd have to do if you carry it to the nth degree...

lisavegas420

Back in the 60's in California, at Christmas time, you could buy trees that had been spray painted to look like they were covered in snow. They also had other colors.

I remember saying;..."Look at all the Christmas trees" My mother corrected me and said, "Those are Evergreens" I said..."Oh and ever blues, and ever pinks?"

lisa

bubble

Crazy brainwashed freak!!!!!

It's such a worry that she probably thought she was in the right too.

Pahpa

We once had a "sister" in our congregation who wouldn't let her kids eat Devil Food Cake!

Dismembered

Re: Some outrageous counsel I received once ...

Having beer breath at a meeting, and, being counseled by a renowned heavy drinker "elder". a.k.a. Mr Black Russian.

Dismembered

bluesapphire

I was once counseled by an elder while out in service because I called my 4 year old twin girls, "Come on guys." He said the word "guys" came from the word "gays". LOL

Another time I was counseled because my twins (3 years at the time) made too much noise with their colored pencils while circling the words "Jehovah" and "Jesus" at the book study.

Another time I was counseled because I showed too much of my - get this - "arms" while out in service in 100 degree heat!

Another time I was counseled because .... the list goes on and on. In the four years I was associated I was constantly picked on by elders, elders' wives and just an joe-blow who felt like counseling me or giving me advice. I musta' had a piece of tape on my forehead that said, "I'm a sucker for counsel!"

Warlock

You know how sometimes around Christmas time merchandisers would package their products in a more "festive" wrapper? The largest bread company here does that every year. Well one yuletide season (when I was about 7 years old), I was helping myself to a couple slices of bread and my aunt saw me. She recoiled in absolute horror! There I was... caught red-handed ... eating out of a (get this) ... "christmas bag"!!!!
Of course she found it quite appropriate to counsel a 7-year-old child for eating out of a "christmas bag". Isn't counsel just great?

I guess your aunt would drop dead if you worked at Starbucks, because in December all the employees wear red shirts.

Warlock

Bonnie_Clyde

My mother died shortly before Christmas. Some friends from my office sent flowers to the Kingdom Hall. The memorial was at the Kingdom Hall and, when I arrived ats the hall, I immediately went to the library and took the wrapped flowers out into the vestibule, unwrapped them and set them up on a ledge. One of the sisters was horrified. It was a poinsetta. She said, "Put those flowers down on the floor." I looked at her and replied, "Jehovah created those flowers."

She didn't say another word.

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