Episodes of Craziness

by JWD 22 Replies latest jw friends

JWD

Over the last ten years or so I`ve seen and heard things which when
looked at objectively can only be termed `Craziness`.However, in some
cases these episodes of craziness might be viewed as wonderful testimonies to a strong commitment to Jahovah. After much thought I`ve
chosen to view these incidents as odd, un-natural... crazy. I could
give names and dates of the following incidents, but for the sake of
privacy, I won`t. Read them and judge for yourself if you think they
represent `Normal` conduct. And if you have similar episodes to pass
along, well, feel free.
Episode#1
A young lady who was receiving opposition for attending meetings at
the local KH learned to devise ways to get to the meetings.She would
say,`I`m going shopping` and then head off for the KH before her
husband noticed.On one occasion she went into the bathroom and crawled
out the window and scurried off to the Kingdom Hall.After her husband
realized that she had gone, he followed her to the Hall and after
convincing the bros. to let him in asked where his wife was.Everyone
pretended that they didn`t know.The husband went to the bathroom
where his wife was hiding in one of the stalls.Two sisters were standing guard on either side of the stall.They lied and told the husband that she wasn`t there. Perhaps they were thinking of Rahab?
Episode #2
The husband of Sister `H`, who had been in the Truth for 18 years,
started to collect books which were critical of the WT.In the
beginning he tried to talk to the sister about the information in
the books, but she invariably refused to listen,so he gave up.One
day after work he came home to find his wife making a bonfire in
their front lawn. She had pulled out all the books and critical
literature which he had collected and piled it in front of the
house in his absence and started a fire. Perhaps it was a burnt
offering to Jehovah? Ironically, shortly before that the WT had
run an article which talked about the intolerance of the Catholic
church in medevil Europe and included an illustration of them
burning books with opposing views.
Episode #3
One Sister `Y` was confronted by her husband with a book which had
been written by a journalist exposing problems within the WT.Sister
`Y` took the book and tore it into tiny pieces and scattered the
pieces of paper like confetti all over the house.
Episode #4
When Brother `K` told his elder that his parents had made him watch
a video which criticized the org.,the elder asked him WHY HE DIDN`T
THROW THE T.V. OUT THE WINDOW!
Episode #5
The grade school daughter of one sister brought a cake home from
school.It was a round cake.Fearing that it was a birthday cake the
sister decided to cut of the round edges and make it into a square
cake! After doing so, she declared that it was okay to eat it now
because it was no longer a birthday cake ...???
Have any other episodes you`d like to pass on...? JWD
Cautious

Had one seriously crazy one given to me as an example of what a good wife should emulate.
Sister B, who was married before she became a witness, had a husband who turned abusive when she began to study. Sometimes he would be very violent, but Sister B, being the spiritual person she was, decided she should stick with her husband. She put up with his abusive behaviour until one night he shot her, killing her, in front of their children.
It was about then I began to realise and question and ..... you know where that leads to!
BoozeRunner

Insanity is prevalent in the WTS "community". Check this story out.
Brother "X", 3rd generation JW and an elder, was unfairly deleted because he showed the PO from Society publications that he was handling a particular matter in the wrong way. The CO, a crony of the PO, allowed the deletion to stand.
Brother "X" of course, used proper channels to plead his case to the highest levels of the WTS, but to no avail. ALL CALLS FOR JUSTICE IN THIS MATTER WERE MET WITH STONEWALLING.
"X" eventually moved to a new congregation, where he explained his situation to the elders there. By now he was pretty fed up, and not attending many meetings. Disillusioned he began to speak ill of the WTS. His wife and one of his sisters(sibling "D"), who had previously backed his calls for justice, now turned their backs on him.
"D", who was engaged to an elder in "X"'s new congo, resfused to invite him to her wedding reception, but managed to invite his wife, who had walked out on him. She also managed to invite the brothers responsible for his unjust deletion.
btw...."D"'s fiance, had seen to it that prior to their wedding, that "X" was DISASSOCIATED...."X" had written NO SUCH LETTER, had joined no other religious organization, had not joined the military. His only sin???? Calls for justice from an organization which swears its moral fiber is superior to all mankind!!!
Boozy, who is "X"'s younger brother, and "D"'s older brother.
Roamingfeline

A young lady who was receiving opposition for attending meetings at
the local KH learned to devise ways to get to the meetings.She would
say,`I`m going shopping` and then head off for the KH before her
husband noticed.On one occasion she went into the bathroom and crawled
out the window and scurried off to the Kingdom Hall.After her husband
realized that she had gone, he followed her to the Hall and after
convincing the bros. to let him in asked where his wife was.Everyone
pretended that they didn`t know.The husband went to the bathroom
where his wife was hiding in one of the stalls.Two sisters were standing guard on either side of the stall.They lied and told the husband that she wasn`t there. Perhaps they were thinking of Rahab?

Now, I'll be the last person to tell you to become a JW, but in this particular instance, I believe it was the husband who was crazy. He was controlling and no doubt about it. Even if he didn't like his wife going to the KH, he didn't have the right to do what he did. As far as I know, the USA is still a free country and being married doesn't change that freedom.
One day after work he came home to find his wife making a bonfire in
their front lawn. She had pulled out all the books and critical
literature which he had collected and piled it in front of the
house in his absence and started a fire.
In this instance, the WIFE was showing definite controlling tactics. She was in the wrong, definitely. Just who was the adult, here? I would no more dream of burning something I didn't want my husband to read than I could flap my arms and fly to the moon. It's all a matter of basic respect for the other person's rights. The same goes for Episode three. These women exhibited very controlling behavior. Would they like for their husbands to rip THEIR literature to bits and pieces?
The last two are just ignorance in action. Okay, there's my .02.
RCat
JWD

Another episode of craziness.
Episode #6
Here in Japan there is a custom called `Otoshidama`.It is the custom
of giving a small envelope with money in it to children at or around
New Years. The whole New Years festival is considered by Japanese JWs
to have religious overtones, so most New Years related customs are
boycotted. The `Otoshidama` custom is avoided by most JWs. Then one
day I heard about sister `M`.She had 3 children who were of the
`Otoshidama`(envelope with money in it) receiving age, so when New
Years rolled around relatives came and gave them the little envelopes
with money in it. Normally, people reciprocate by giving the same type
of envelopes with money to the children of others, but sister `M` did
not. When asked by her non-JW husband why she didn`t give any
`Otoshidama` to the children of their relatives, she said it would
mean being involved with a `pagan custom` and wasn`t permitted for
JWs. So, the husband asked,`If that`s the case then why are you letting our children receive `Otoshidama`?` To which the wife replyed
`If others want to involve themselves with the pagan custom, it`s not
for me to stop them`. Thus she felt no qualms about allowing her kids
to receive the `Otoshidama` money while maintaining at the same time
that giving it would be a compromise...? Figure that one out. JWD
Prisca

JWD,
It's the same as being able to receive birthday presents, but not being able to give them, not even being able to wish a friend "happy birthday".
Today I shared in celebrating a co-worker's 21st birthday, and it was a very nice experience, to be able to share in someone else's happy day!
JWD

It`s always seemed strange to me that you can eat cake,lite candles
and give people presents 364 days a year, but not on the day they
were born. If it`s such an evil thing to do shouldn`t it be wrong
to do at any time? I mean is it okay to kill people on some days and
not others? Can you steal on certain days, but not on others? Does
real SIN change with the calender. Here in Japan it is common for
JWs to go out of their way to do something special for someone NEAR
their birthday, but not ON it!! Maybe former President Clinton joined
the Governing Body to help them decide when `celebration` is not
really celebration !!
One more uniquely Japanese episode of craziness. In Japan at New Years time people say `Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu`, which means
something like `A new year has opened, congradulations!` For several
days after January 1st every living soul in Japan says that when they meet someone, so naturally, the organization forbids JWs to say it.
They claim that it has overtones of `idolatry` hah!! (It was probably
the same brilliant Japanese scholar who massacred the Japanese version
of the NWT who came up with that idea). Anyway, since the person has
to respond when someone says ,`Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu`,they say
something which is completely out of place. They say `Kyonen Osewa Ni
Narimashita` which means I was very indebted to you last year. By
substituting one set phrase for the usual set phrase they feel like
they have been faithful to Jehovah. It`s a joke. The only thing it
does is make people feel awkward and out of place by making them say
something which makes them stand out as being a bit odd.
Just more craziness...!!! JWD
ozziepost

G'day JWD,
Here in Japan it is common for
JWs to go out of their way to do something special for someone NEAR
their birthday, but not ON it!!
This goes on here in Oz too. I suspect that it is pretty general around the world. I wonder what it really teaches our kids? In any case, what is wrong with celebrating a birthday? The Witnesses associate birthdays with wicked acts in the two Bible references, but close reading doesn't confirm their assertion. Just because bad happens on a day or at an event, doesn't make the day or event wrong, does it?
Cheers,
Ozzie
"Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading."
TERTULLIAN, Adversus Valentinianos
Seeker

This happens in the U.S. as well, especially with the holiday Thanksgiving. You'd think this is one holiday JWs could celebrate, since it's a day to give thanks for what we have, and really it originally is meant as a way of thanking God. You'd think this would be acceptable, but noooo, it's considered a 'national' holiday, and to celebrate it would mean JWs are taking part in nationalism...
Anyway, everyone eats turkey that day. Turkeys are much cheaper that time of year than the rest of the time. JWs being cheap, they want those turkeys too. So what many JWs do is buy a turkey then, but they eat it on the day before Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, any day but the day itself. And that's considered fine.
slipnslidemaster

It's the same as being able to receive birthday presents, but not being able to give them, not even being able to wish a friend "happy birthday".
Today I shared in celebrating a co-worker's 21st birthday, and it was a very nice experience, to be able to share in someone else's happy day!

Prisca, makes you crazy doesn't it??
Isn't celebrating birthdays awesome??!?!?
Slipnslidemaster: "While we are postponing, life speeds by."
- Seneca

Episodes of Craziness

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