Celebrate Mother's Day |
Celebrate Father's Day |
Celebrate Grandparent's Day |
Celebrate Birthdays |
Celebrate Thanksgiving |
Celebrate New Year's Eve or Day |
Celebrate Christmas |
Celebrate Halloween |
Celebrate Easter |
Celebrate Flag Day |
Celebrate Independence Day (Fourth of July) |
Celebrate Hanukkah |
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day |
Celebrate Valentine's Day |
Celebrate "Any" Holiday |
Sing any Holiday Songs |
Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving |
Create Holiday artwork in school |
Join the Boy Scouts |
Join the Girl Scouts |
Buy Girl Scout Cookies |
Become a Cheerleader |
Attend class reunions (No "Worldly" association) |
Go to the school prom |
Play School Sports (No competition allowed) |
Play Professional Sports |
Join any organization that has ties to Christianity |
Shop at the Salvation Army |
Volunteer for the Salvation Army |
Donate to Relief Organizations like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Charities and more |
Shop at Church run thrift stores |
Shop at Church Garage Sales |
Shop at any Store that has Christian ties |
Contribute to the Red Cross |
Attend a Church School |
Join the YMCA |
Join the Military |
Become a Police Officer |
Attend Alcoholics Anonymous |
Have any job with a gun |
Strike against a Company |
Salute the Flag |
Can't Stand at Public Events while others are Standing to salute the Flag |
Sing the National Anthem |
Go to War |
Wear Clothing Associated with War; e.g. Combats or Army Tops |
Learn karate |
Vote (Conscience matter now to please Governments, you will be ostracized if you do) |
Run for any Public Office |
Campaign for a Candidate |
Contribute to the Presidential Campaign Fund on your tax return |
Can join union, but not participate in its affairs |
Run for class president |
Join Sororities or Fraternities |
Participate in holiday parties at school |
Buy lottery tickets |
Gamble |
Play Bingo |
Can't buy a raffle ticket |
Date without supervision - young or old |
Watch R rated movies |
Cannot work on another Church if it's a regular customer |
Own a religious picture or statue |
Smoke cigarettes, pipes or a cigars |
Sell cigarettes, pipes or a cigars |
Accept Blood |
Donate Blood |
Store your own blood before an operation |
Wear blue jeans or casual clothes to the Kingdom Hall |
Wear pants to the Kingdom Hall if you are a female |
Wear skirts or dresses that are above the knee at any time |
Wear any type of long hair if you are a man |
Wear a beard in some Kingdom Halls and areas (judged hard) |
Pierce ears if male, other body parts if female |
Have any tattoos |
Say curse words |
Can't be hypnotized |
Get divorced unless scriptural (adultery or fornication is committed by one partner) if you do divorce cannot remarry unless ex fornicates first |
Toast drinks (pagan origin) |
Throw rice at a wedding (pagan origin) |
Say "Bless You" when someone sneezes |
Say "Good Luck!", "Wish me Luck", "I was Lucky" or "You were Lucky" |
Tell ghost stories |
Practice Yoga |
Own a Smurf |
Eat Lucky Charms Cereal (References to Magical) |
Throw a penny into a wishing well |
Read Horoscopes |
Promote anything Superstitious |
Have wind charms because they represent a pagan symbol for scaring away demons |
Watch TV shows, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Touched by an Angel", or "Bewitched" |
Say "It was fate" or mention anything to do with "fate" |
Engage in any risky acts such as: Sky Diving, Bungie Jumping & Hang Gliding |
Have Jesus as your Mediator and Savior |
Can't partake in the Memorial of Jesus' death, by eating the unleavened bread or drinking the wine; only allowed if you are from the elite group of the 144,000 |
A woman can't hold a position of responsibility in the congregation |
Wear or own a Cross |
Attend another Church (Spiritual Fornication) |
Associate on a regular basis with nonbelievers |
Associate with ex-members |
Associate with disfellowshipped ones |
Talk with disfellowshipped ones |
Sue another Jehovah's Witness |
Marry a nonbeliever (If you do, you are judged hard by the congregation) |
Marry in another Church or attend a wedding in another Church |
Have a funeral in another Church or attend a funeral in another Church |
Pray, including holding your head down, when a nonbeliever prays |
Study other religious articles not from the Society |
Read negative information about the Society |
Question the Watchtower Society on anything |
Exercise your on conscience if it goes against the religion |
Question the Society or the Organization |
Have Christian freedom |
If you are a woman you can't pray aloud in the presence of men, without a covering on your head |
If you are sick and need alternative medical help you can't get illegal medicines from another country |