No Sports Cars Please!

by snugglebunny 39 Replies latest jw friends

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  blondie

  Not policy, but some elders/COs thought from God's mouth to their lips...........

  A family member started regular pioneering and bought a good car within his limited range, 2 doors....yes many 2 door cars are cheaper than 4-door.

  One elder tried to enforce his personal policy on him...and was brought down on that by the congregation overseer who had just purchased a 2 door car himself.

  If they can't show you in writing....it ain't policy...of course there are always "special" elders and congregations that have their own rules.
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  fulano

  That's a Nice one Stan!
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  Crazyguy

  My former roommate was given a bad time for buying a sports car, took it back lost lots of money when he traded it back in for a four door.
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  Divergent

  My cong was full of practical & boring cars. Nothing interesting to see here... move on!
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  Londo111

  In my neck of the woods, two-door cars were called "Baptist cars".

  Four doors were always a consideration when buying a car because of field service.
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  AFRIKANMAN

  stan livedeath - you lucky bugger !
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  OneFingerSalute

  It was one of the things my first PO counseled me about: Get rid of my 2-door '73 Dodge Charger muscle car V8

  For me it was a '68 Dodge Charger. Blue, black top, and white interior. Also chastised for having a vehicle looking to worldly. Still don't have a four door vehicle.
  
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  BluesBrother

  This comment in a WT stuck in my mind ..

  Wt 1983 1/15 p24

  Is it not true that, upon observing the apparent advantages of having material things, newer ones in the way of the truth are inclined also to pursue materialistic goals, perhaps to their own spiritual disaster?7 The experience of a Christian elder in Germany, who also happens to be wealthy, is noteworthy. A Christian brother, knowing something about his financial status, asked him why he drove a Volkswagen (a less expensive car) and lived in a modest apartment. Becoming very serious, he answered: ‘Because if I drove a Mercedes Benz (a luxury car) and lived in an ostentatious manner, it could have a damaging effect on the spirituality of my Christian brothers and sisters.’ How different that attitude is from the world’s! To make a “showy display of one’s means of life” is the way of the world

  
  
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  My Name is of No Consequence

  Before my current car, I never had a 4-door. I had two convertibles and two hardtop 2-door cars. Nobody ever said anything to me directly.
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  stan livedeath

  off on field service ?