by minimus 9 Replies latest jw friends
I remember i couldn't get involved with any Christmas songs while in school but I could sing "Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow" because TECHNICALLY it wasn't a real "Christmas" song.
Looking back, what silly things did you allow or not allow on the grounds of "conscience"?
I always went to see (and/or rented) any movie. I always felt this was an area the Borg should not be involved with. A number of times I saw other witnesses at R rated movies.
When I was young I recall a few things my parents wouldn't allow because it was "wordly"...
- No watching Happy Days - those teens have girlfriends and they show kissing
- No watching Three's Company - 2 women and a man living together is sinful
- Grade 4...doing aerobics to Physical by Olivia Newton John in gym class...remember skipping out because my parents told me it was a bad song
- Won Michael Jackson's Thriller in a science fair. Had to trade with another kid for....Hall & Oates greatest hits! Ugh.
I smoked, drank, watched porn, went to strip bars, cussed, listened to "demonic" music, smoked a few joints, flirted with waitresses and lied about my field circus time. None of these things bothered my conscience.
I stopped most of that when I quit the cult. Now I'm just plain boring.
W
Loved the Ms.Saigon soundtrack. Would sing to my heart's content...Of course there is one cuss word in it and I used to turn down the volume and turn it right back up after it was said.
Here are some of the stupid things they ruined my enjoyment of:
1** Listening to music. Something like 80% of all pop songs were "bad". They told me that Michael Jackson disassociated himself in 1985 (it was actually 1987) to make me throw away my We Are the World 12" single, and that listening to pre-1985 Michael Jackson from records I already owned was "supporting that apostate". Also, selling my "bad" albums "passed my sin onto others".
2** Anything that had to do with Christmas or Easter. They had Easter eggs that they tried playing the "stumbling others" card with, and they wanted me to have zero tolerance for Christmas music (even the ones that were actually winter-seasonal). No distinction between just not doing it and not even tolerating it around, especially with Christmas.
3** A good number of video games they told me were too violent. And I mean the ones like Missile Command and Defender, not the ones like Mortal Kombat. Besides, "our time is for field circus".
4** The pig that dragged me into the cancer wanted to set me up with specific brands and types of everything I consumed, but ran out of time (moved out of the territory and I would not get dragged to his new territory) before completing this. He wanted me to use liquid laundry soap (at the time, powders were superior). Eventually, he was going to get me to switch to his brands and types for no good reason, and get in trouble if the brand, type, size, and/or source ever disappeared.
Along with this, they wanted every little movement I made while out in field circus to fit perfectly with their plans, for me to wear only white dress shirts with a T-shirt under it, specific shoes that were crap, and that every syllable I said had to be exactly what I was supposed to (and usually did not work).
Wiz, that pig sounded like a wacko!
All scary movies, loved scary movies, king kong, frankinstien, wolfman....An older witness lady took me to see Hush Hush SWeet Charlette SCARY !!!one time I picked a Godzilla movie and she took me to see it, she was soooooo coooool They don't make witness's like her anymore
Bewitched .....loved that show would sneak and watch it.........
I had a good voice back then and wanted to sing those Christmas songs no no no
Sound of music school play that should be ok right? no no no there were NUNS in it!!!!!!
Not only were there nuns in The Sound of Music, but the Nazis were the bad guys.
Mustn't violate neutrality in your musical watching, you know.
Just kidding.
No one told me that.
But I wouldn't be surprised...
Nazis no no NO!!!! lol
