Absolutely agree - what can I add? There must be at LEAST one Sister Porker (and no offence meant to anyone overweight, I'm just highlighting the 'fibs' they obviously tell) in each Congregation who has dieted/hardly eaten for 20 years and managed to INCREASE by 3 stone. BUT IT ISN'T because she eats too much...yeah right, show me the 'token' fat people in Belsen.
Did it ever occur you were defiling your body too?
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sinis
One characteristic of the org. is judging others and condemning them. Sometimes we carry that negative habit with us right out of the organization. If YOU smoke or overeat, you deal with your problem. Leave everyone else alone. It's hard enough to try to overcome those problems without being called a hypocrite. Smoking is addictive and very hard to overcome. The fact that overweight people go on many diets in their lifetimes, and still gain the weight back shows that food addiction is extremely hard to overcome too. Let's all cut everyone some slack and hope they do the same for us.
I disagree. I've smoked for a while now, and really only smoke a cig or two a month - no desire to do more. I believe it becomes a crutch for most people which induces a psychological addiction. In fact recent studies have concluded that Nicotine is very beneficial and actually helps increase neuron firing in the brain, which in turns helps with memory retention. The article concluded that nicotine gum is beneficial and no more addictive than caffeine. I have tried the gum and cigs and can attest that I am not addicted...
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zack
If you live long enough, it will kill you.
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MidwichCuckoo
I would like to add that I think that picking out smoking (as the WTBTS has) as 'defiling' the body is ridiculous. Just look at the 'Continentals' - heavy smokers BUT combined with their Mediterranean diet, they live longer, and are healthier, than the Brits. Brits and USAnians eat poor food, and lots of it - the WTBTS only pick up on things that cost MONEY.
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The Dragon
Yeah...but weak people enslaved by these habits...have guilty coinsciences that make them easy prey to anyone selling redemption for their service and money.
Sick shit imo.
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brinjen
This has always been one of those issues that rang alarms with me as well. As its been pointed out many times (above) over eating and obesity are just as (if not more) unhealthy as smoking. Yet they always target smoking as 'defiling your body', but not gluttony. Hyprocrites.
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The Dragon
Disfellowship fat people?
It would hurt attendance too much.
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brinjen
Disfellowship fat people?
It would hurt attendance too much.
Good point.
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Frequent_Fader_Miles
Maybe the Society should stipulate that interested persons who are overweight should slim down to their ideal weight before taking the questions for baptism. I guess that would've counted me out of the JW ranks.
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avidbiblereader
It has occurred to me that we do many things that defile out body but in looking at WT teaching and the scripture they use for defilement
2 Cor 7:1 Therefore, since we have these promises, beloved ones, let us cleanse ourselves of every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God’s fear.
There was never a point in the scripture that says people who do defile themselves should be DF, there is another scripture that talks about perfecting ourselves in Gods fear or imitation of Him
Matt 5:43-48 43 “Y OU heard that it was said, ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 However, I say to YOU : Continue to love YOUR enemies and to pray for those persecuting YOU ; 45 that YOU may prove yourselves sons of YOUR Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. 46 For if YOU love those loving YOU , what reward do YOU have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing? 47 And if YOU greet YOUR brothers only, what extraordinary thing are YOU doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing? 48 Y OU must accordingly be perfect, as YOUR heavenly Father is perfect.
Ironic or funny they don't DF people for not acting loving towards their neighbors, for talking to pagans, for not being kind.
Seems to me this is another one pulled out of the hat and a double standard.
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