An elder having a knock-down, screaming free-for-all with his wife and kids in their front yard for all the neighbors to see....
Frannie B
What's the most hypocritical thing(s) you've ever seen a JW do?
by Steve Lowry 36 Replies latest jw friends
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frenchbabyface
From lady lee : My husband (now ex-husband) elder (now ex-elder) who abused me and our 2 daughters would go out and give other people marital advice or counsel them on how to raise their children ...
That was I guess, the most obvious hypocrisy we had to face at almost every meeting ... IT SUCKS ! ... Also Men could do what ever then wanted to their wifes (she was always guilty for some reasons !!!)
My sister Anne one day said (at something like 14 years old), I would never marri a JW they are too "dumb" she made sure to be DF just to find her husband (at 29 and get married at 30) ... She have been lucky he was the first one, and didn't even try to convince him to become a JW ... You know what ? He did it by himself ... PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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Big Tex
My MS rapist lauded for being a good father, so much so that he was given an interview segment on a circuit assembly entitled "Model Christian Families". He talked of studying not only the Bible but the Watchtower with us kids every week (lie), and how we made all the meetings (another lie; I went more than he did). Funny he forgot to mention the sexcapades of his youth or the things he and friends did to me or banning me from my mother's funeral.
He was applauded by the audience when he was finished. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
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Alana
I don't know if this would necessarily be the MOST hypocritical, as I'm sure there are other acts to choose from, but I know that one year I got really tweaked at a local MS. You see, we were going to celebrate my ex's parent's anniversary with a picnic out on the farm we lived on at the time (his dad was not a JW)....it happened to be July 3rd. We had some bring some cool fireworks to shoot off....just because we could in the country. Well, the MS heard about this and called to say that he didn't feel this was appropriate, because it could give the impression to 'neighbors' that we were celebrating the 4th of July....even if it was just the 3rd. He even said that we still planned to do this, that he and his wife would not be able to attend the picnic, as it would bother their consciences. I just said that we'd miss them.
What makes this hypocritical is that this same MS and all his family would always be sure to go to this one smorgasbord restaurant every year on their birthdays, to get a free meal! They would all go together and the 'birthday person' would get a free meal. I told him that the supposed impression we might make to neighbors miles away, wasn't as bad as the impression they would give to all in the restaurant, especially the cashier, that they were celebrating their birthdays. He got quiet....didn't say much, but that it wasn't the same, they knew they weren't celebrating, it was just a free meal. Yeah, right......well, we weren't celebrating either...it was just free fireworks. That shut him up, but it still was a "thing" in the congregation for a while......and how we were just so 'rebellious'. ha ha
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talesin
This is not the MOST hypocritical, but the closest to home.
My brother took me out for a beer to have a chat (after about 5 years of shunning me). On the way to the bar, he bought a pack of cigars for himself. While we were sitting in the club, having a smoke and a beer, he was telling me how I should "come back", how much happier I would be. He said he remained 'in' cause he didn't want to lose friends and family.
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seventeen years later - saw him for the first time since. "what, me? I never smoked. I never said I stayed in for family!"
WHAT-ever!
tal
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micheal
I know a sister who is the most self righteous thing on this planet. Not too long ago I found out that she commited insurance fraud, $10,000 worth!!!
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czarofmischief
The most hypocritical thing I've ever seen a witness do was something I did.
I was a real dub-weeb, and I made out with this girl and then promptly told her that I couldn't date her because I was a witness.
she rightfully threw me out of the room and I went on to get disfellowshipped for touching some OTHER girl's boobs.
Ahhh... those were the days...
CZAR
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Victorian sky
I caught an elder and his wife in a bold faced lie. When I called them on it, they denied it and later spread lies about me to the congregation just to shut me up. Little did they know that their hurtful behavior was the reason I started having doubts. - V Sky
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Steve Lowry
I'd like to add this one:
(Sorry, this is long)
In the early 1980’s my sister sent me a letter asking me not to visit her or any of her family any more as I had displeased Jehovah by leaving "His Godly Organization". (In 1979 I stopped going to the Hall and when the elders came to my house, I told em’ I didn’t believe in all that Watchtower crap anymore. For this, they DF’ed me.) The last time I saw my two nephews they were just little kids and my niece was about five, I guess. That’s been some twenty years ago now. I’ve never heard a word from any of them in all this time. So be it.
Late in 1995, my wife and I had a little girl. She came into the world hard, at 13 weeks premature and weighing in at 1lb /14oz! She was in the hospital for nine weeks. The day to day struggle for her to survive was hour to hour many, many times. My wife suffered kidney failure and was very sick with a condition called pre-eclampsia (sp?) During the time my baby was fighting to live and my wife was sick and recuperating, I never got a call or a even card or any kind of support from my sister. And it wasn’t cuz she didn’t know what was going on. She knew. Well, two months later we brought little Joy home and started learning how to care for a challenged infant. About this time my JW mother informed me my sister was making a bunch of stuff to send us for the baby. When we got it, it came with a little card she had written. It was written in a tone that there was an existing relationship. But there wasn’t. There also wasn’t the first word about the fifteen years or so she hadn’t contacted me in any way after her original letter. No apology, no regret, nothing. She said she was "a little worried there for a while" (the hospital I guess) but was relieved that everything turned out OK. Imagine how overwhelmed I was by her concern? Not! She asked if we would kiss the baby Aunt Dee? What? I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t good enough for her and her family, but she was good enough for mine! Hypocritical bitch. She just wanted to enjoy experiencing my little girl, like I would have enjoyed experiencing my nephews and niece growing up. You can’t have it both ways, honey. Too little, too late.
I kept one item and gave the rest of it away. I found out through my mom that my sister became real offended that we didn’t take any pictures of the baby with the gifts she had sent, to send along to her. Unbelievable.
It’s been eight years now since Joy was born, and I still won’t consider allowing my sister into my life or my child’s life in any way. And she won’t be able to in the future either.
BTW, Joy is a healthy happy little eight year old today.
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minimus
Elder tells everyone else how to raise their families while whole congregation thinks he's the worst family man around....Hear a Circuit Overseer tell me that he HATES service but criticize the congregation for not having a full share in the ministry......Watch elder's wife act holier-than-thou always yet tell everyone that she can't stand her husband.....See families refuse to celebrate Christmas, yet celebrate "Family Day" on the 26th of December with full gift-giving.....Same goes for birthdays....