Unusual things that happen during prayers

by Simon 22 Replies latest jw friends

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  TD

  LOL Simon

  One of the Kingdom Halls I attended with my wife, some few years ago, was so small that it didn't need or have a PA system. I don't know if it was because of this, or if it was simply before JW's instituted some unwritten rule requiring prayers to be given from the podium, but at any rate, the one offering the final prayer would simply stand up from his chair to pray.

  One night an elderly fellow was called upon to give the final prayer. But when the song concluded another eqaully elderly gentleman with a similar last name (VanHorn & Vanderwall were their names) also stood up. One had been sitting clear at the back and the other had been sitting in the 2nd or 3rd row. Apparently, they were both somewhat hard of hearing because they gave their prayers at once, completely oblivious to each other

  Although this would have been embarassing rather than funny, (I've got a soft streak and can't stand to see old people embarassed like that) their prayers were so scripted that they were virtually identical. They prayed for the same things in the same order and said "Amen" almost in unison.
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  Gadget

  Although this would have been embarassing rather than funny, (I've got a soft streak and can't stand to see old people embarassed like that) their prayers were so scripted that they were virtually identical. They prayed for the same things in the same order and said "Amen" almost in unison.

  Scary.........
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  LittleToe

  Scary - naww.
  An absolute classic - definitely!!!
  LOLOLOLOL
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  freedom96

  I messed up once during a prayer before service, and started praying to Jesus.

  No one said a thing. Maybe they just were not paying attention.
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  Corvin

  With all the comotion the chairman just said "er ... amen".

  LMAO @Simon's story.
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  Undaunted Danny

  Circa 1963 In our old Kingdom Hall Bridgewater Massachusetts there was a hardline elder who would call on folks without their hand being raised.He did to a brother who had fallen asleep,

  in the MIDDLE of the Watchtower lesson and he jumped out of his slumber and gave the concluding prayer.
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  wannaexit

  During the prayers, somebody would always let one rip. One time the smell was so intense it made my eyes water. I spent the rest of that prayer trying to figure out who let out the stink bomb.

  wannaexit
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  myauntfanny

  danny LMAO that one made me spit applejuice on my keyboard, wish I'd seen it.
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  minimus

  I know of an elder that actually was suffering from early dementia, that repeated over and over again the same sentence. It was pitiful. I knew of an elder AND his wife that regularly farted (loud ones) while everyone's eyes were closed! He was the same guy that crapped in the Hall men's room and plugged up the toilet nearly once a month.
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  Farkel

  : Unusual things that happen during prayers

  Farting is obviously more noticable during prayers. Every time it happened when I was at the hall, someone would laugh out loud. I would assert that EVERYONE wanted to open their eyes and see who laughed, but opening one's eyes during a dub prayer is a sin so loathesome that no one ever did. It was customary in meetings if one passed gas to stare and scowl at someone else. Everybody farted of course, but no one actually was willing to admit to it.

  Which begs the question, "WHY is opening ones eyes during prayer so "evil?"

  Farkel