by grumblecakes 139 Replies latest jw friends
Two Watchtower mantras that triggered my bullshit barometer to hit the Vomit Now Red Alert when I was a strapping young witness in the 1970s:
"Jehovah's people are the happiest people in the world"
or its dreary equivalent
"Jehovah's people are the most united people in the world"
jehovah.
i particularly hated hearing the females talking about "jehovah" as if he were their favourite family relative living in their spare bedroom.
also--being English ( living in the UK )---hearing the words " jehovah GARD". f' chrissakes.
wait on jehovah
did you get your time this month?
I got to get my time
brother don't forget to send in your time
field service
the anointed
our mother
the slave
the pioneer spirit
jehovah will provide
priviledge of service
he is really reaching out
service date
the truth
we are so close to the last days
when the great tribulation strikes...
get into jehovah's spiritual ark
apostates are mentally diseases
family worship
Their GOOF (Get-Out-Of Jail-Free) card:
E V I D E N T L Y
For those who were at DCs in the '70s:
"We abhor..."
Anyone remember that resolution?
Just in case it's been missed:
"bad association"
Some of my (not) favorites, some of which have been covered:
Jehovah - it's used far, far too often. I used to count how many times it would appear on a single WT page, for example. It's amazing how they over-use this name.
Fine - "brother, that was a fine talk", "what a fine meeting!" etc
Glean - One elder I knew used this term all the time.
Article titles that ended in - How? and - Why?
Assembly
Convention
Elders School
Beneficial
Mate
Momentary touching of breasts
Petting/Heavy Petting (great photo posted on an earlier reply)
Divine (seemed to be used in Convention titles all the time)
Scriptural Divorce
Approved Organizational Procedure
Mother (as in Jehovah's Organization is our Mother)
Work - as in "Preaching Work", Disciple-Making Work". They made the very word "Work" sickening.
Submission (Wifely Submission was probably the worst example)
Husbandly Head
Head - as in husbandly head, but also just the word "head", like hearing some sisters say "he's my head".
Like - as in "Christ-like" and other uses for like as a suffix.
Great list, I didn't see:
Where we are in the stream of time!
tidbit
Reading the Awake is the equivalent of a college education.
Saying "fortunate" instead of "lucky".
Correcting yourself and saying "fortunate" if you accidentally say "lucky".
(these two words are the same thing, idiots...)
