After 1976, I let my hair grow long.
What Little Rebellious Things Did You Do When Still A JW?
by Seeker4 55 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Newborn
Pleasuring myself
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oompa
Seeker, were i to ponder your question.....and write it all down.......the world itself would not be able hold the great number of scrolls..........
my list started in 3rd grade when i figured our real fast somethings was wrong......i did not like feelling like a freak.....so whenever there was a flag salute or pledge of allegience....i always at least stood up......hail ya i gave valentines (i had to i had a gf there)....and if the teacher forgot to drag me to the damm library i got birthday cake and sang happy birthday.....
you would think that with a quick start to apostacy like that......it would not have taken me 37 years to finially say....ENOUGH!!! THIS IS BULL$HIT!!!!...........oompa
I you want I can post grade by grade... and year by year till i get to age 45 and make this at least a 75 page thread
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Seeker4
My birthday is April 1 (no surprise there, eh!!) , and I had a close classmate who's b'day was April 3. During my last few years of high school, a favorite teacher always threw a party for us on April 2. Which I attended.
I think when someone commented earlier in this thread that most JWs do things not approved by the WTS, that that was true. They are loyal, as it were, to the concept of the WTS, but rebellious of the rules.
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isaacaustin
I did not wear my convention badge. I rarely wore a jacket.
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Seeker4
Our family was one of those that went back to the hotel, changed into casual clothes, and then went out to supper or the mall after the DC program. I thought it was silly, this staying in your suit and wearing your name tag thing after the program.
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undercover
I listened to "debasing" music. I had quite the music collection for a dub. I did purge it a time or two after pangs of guilt after particularly damning talks at a convention, but then common sense would take over again and I would end up replacing the lost music.
I went to concerts. Not the symphony, mind you, but rock concerts. I saw KISS, AC/DC and many others that were always on the JW "hit" list (the JW hit list being the opposite of Dick Clark's or Casey Kasem's). Not that I enjoyed all of them (KISS was horrible) but it was the act of rebellion that was more important than the actual "act" that was on stage.
I drove muscle cars. Mustangs, Camaros, Firebirds...hopped up and ready to race. I didn't own a four door car until I got married. Later I switched to motorcycles.
Rented R-rated movies. It wasn't until later that I actually grew a pair and went to R-rated moves at the theater.
Masturbation...nuf said about that...
Wore jewelry...bracelets and necklaces. I don't know about now, but when I was younger, it was big taboo for a male JW to wear anything more than a watch and wedding ring.
Except for actual meetings or field service, I never dressed in a way to be associated with a fundemental church group. After convention sessions, I changed clothes before going out to eat or to the bars (yep...we would go bar hopping after conventions). At home, as soon as a meeting was over, I was off to home to change before doing anything else.
I never wore the name badge either, before during or after a session. Hated them then, hate them now. Even now, when I'm at an event where they hand out name tags, be it social or work related, I stick it in my pocket and refuse to wear it. On the rare occassion where someone forces me to wear it, I put it on upside down or put a fake name on it. It's silly and stupid, but for some reason, I really loathe name tags. And I think it goes back to the JW thing.
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happy1975
Let's see, where to begin???
-short skirts
-no name badge
-awesome music (led zep, ac/dc, etc....)
-I tend to swear like a sailor
-Watched porn regularly with DH.
Happy
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crapola
I watched soap operas. Still do!
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zagor
I've jumped out of a plane, in days after that joined local martial arts club. In short while after that I stopped going to meetings all together, but yeah, I'd say these were the two things that were definite not-for-witness things I did while still in.