Growing up we had the occasional family study though thankfully it was sporadic. That one hour always felt so long and boring, I couldn't wait for it to end so that we could watch TV. Anybody else feel the joy?
Family studies- the longest nights of your life?
by JimmyPage 4 Replies latest jw friends
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StAnn
Yeah, and my dad wasn't technically a JW, so my mother sat there with a cloth diaper on her head and "conducted" the study. All I could think about during those studies was, why is Mom wearing a diaper on her head?
StAnn
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WTWizard
Well, now with that "family worship", it is not just an hour. It is the whole f***ing evening! And don't even THINK of going to bed early to cut it short!
You are supposed to rush through supper on Tuesday evening (Thursday, if you have Tuesday boasting sessions), and waste the whole evening studying Washtowel publications and the Not Well Translated Version of the Unholy Scriptures. You are supposed to practice field circus (of course, it will not work in the field). You are supposed to prepare your Washtowel and Book Study as a family. You are supposed to re-enact dramas found in the Washtowels.
Problem: Who is going to find the material to fill all the time? By the time you reach 8:00 or so, you are going to be out of fresh material. You can only practice field circus so many times before it becomes tedious, and it never works that way in the field.
One solution: Study the Bible itself. Study as much about Jesus as you can get your hands on, preferably from independent sources. The goal should be to become an expert on Jesus and his teachings. There is a pretty good chance that, if you do that, you are going to either become an atheist or realize that God is not as righteous as He claims to be, and that His "love" is nothing more than a scam.
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JimmyPage
Jesus is just alright with me. It's the Hebrew scriptures that are hard to swallow.
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passwordprotected
My dad used to study the Bible with me. Like, s'rsly. Eventually he moved on to the pre-baptism books, but for quite a while we worked our way through the Bible, starting Genesis, reading it verse by verse and just talking about what we were reading. I was able to ask anything.
Joking apart, some of the best times with my dad - he'd get really enthusiastic and animated as we'd talk about what we were reading - and I honestly believe it was those 'studies' that built my love for the Bible at an early age.