by minimus 60 Replies latest jw friends
I couldn't think of any rules in my hall. not that they were less strict, it just seems like they were not fussy over minor details. the one exception, which I have written about before, was the local needs talk on the use of tampons. that was a major scandal in my hall.
Huh? Havent heard that one yet? What rule?
Stephanie, in my hall it was "advised" that the sisters, especially unmarried ones, should not use tampons during their periods. If I remember correctly I think that the daughter of an elder was out in field service and her cycle started, so she ducked into the nearest McDonalds restroom. She didn't have a napkin on her so she asked the sister who was with her if she had one and the sister handed her a tampon. The elder's daughter was "stumbled" and told her father who then held a local needs talk on the subject the following week (I was never one to pay much attention to the service meeting so I can't remember what exactly he said, but there was some mention of self-gratification caused by using tampons) You had to see the number of women gathered around the body of elders that night following the meeting, asking all kinds of questions, it was quite a scene. The elder who gave the talk was an ignorant buffoon.
The tampon rule might have been because they jammed up the septic system. Where I work, there are signs in the stalls in the women's restroom asking you to put them in the provided bag and put them in the container on the side rather than flushing them down the toilet. I can see that not working and the "brothers" demanding that sisters not use them. Like they are going to do an inspection....
I can remember being told to take the dirty diapers home and not dispose of them at the KH too.
Remember the men get to make the rules....
Blondie
I was never one to pay much attention to the service meeting so I can't remember what exactly he said, but there was some mention of self-gratification caused by using tampons)
OMFG!
Man! How can people be so ignorant!
*sigh*
Self-gratification caused by using a tampon? But, but...
I feel bad for the wife of the ignorant buffoon brother who came up with that one.
just having an independant thought.
only can give a talk w/ a suit no sports jacket
WELCOME Opium!...ZW, I thought the suit rule was dumb too.
LMAO... I can just see a moron elder who has never been married (therefore a virgin) being assigned the task of "examining" the sisters to make sure they are not using tampons. All of the married elders don't want to have anything to do with it!
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0999/cotton.html
TAMPONS: "Satan's Little Cotton Fingers!"
Landover Ladies Vow to "Stop Satan From Pulling The Strings!"
Ladies of Landover member Mrs. Taffy Davenport-Gaines Crockett, visiting the Landover Christian Pharmacy recently to refill the church tract display, happened upon a shocking sight. A young woman was visibly upset and arguing loudly with pharmacist Emma Mae Martin. What Mrs. Crockett discovered next sickened her unto the point of nausea.
"The young woman was trying to buy tampons," Mrs. Crockett said, barely able to hold back tears. "I snatched that girl by the hair and pulled her outside... there were children present! Can you imagine how they'd be damaged by hearing such evil ideas?"
?I explained to this young lady that we do not carry such phallic devices as tampons and when attending to her monthly curse," Mrs. Martin said, adding that "Satan himself controls the manufacturing of those things." The young woman then began to verbally abuse her, she said.
"A Godly woman is only to use a Maxi-Pad," Mrs. Crockett stated. "Why, they even have them with little angel wings now! I handed her a box and told her unless she wanted my handprint across her face she was never to utter that evil T word again!? The as yet unidentified woman then fled the store in humiliation. Landover Security sketch artists are preparing a likeness to aid in identifying the young woman. Her salvation status is unknown, but based on this event, it is likely she is Hellbound.
"Toxic Shock Syndrome is God's way of punishing unsaved harlots who choose Satan?s cotton fingers over a Godly pad," Pastor Deacon Fred stated upon hearing of the event. "These playthings of Satan are created under the guise of a ladies hygiene product to bring unsuspecting women and young girls to the fold of the Devil."
Church members are commanded to talk to your teen-age daughters, and search their rooms if you have to. "Souls are at stake and God is taking names," added Pastor Wiley.
Mrs. Crockett has organized the Ladies of Landover Phone Bank to spread the word, and has called for both a letter writing protest campaign and a boycott on all stores who are found to carry these satanic sexual devices. Manufacturers who create such vile products will also be targeted for salvation, or, failing that, closure.
Mrs. Crockett has secured six 24-foot trucks for use in her new ministry, "Stop Satan From Pulling The Strings." She and the other Ladies of Landover plan a nationwide tour, going city to city, pulling what she calls "The Devil's delight" from store shelves once clerks are distracted. Upon the ladies' return, Mrs. Crockett plans a large bonfire.
?We shall pray over the flames as we watch these evil devices go back to the fiery pits of hell from whence they came,? Mrs. Crockett said during her church news conference, adding, "these things are created by Satan for pleasure, and young women are succumbing to the Devil without even realizing it. This is one battle Satan will NOT win!" Her statements drew a standing ovation from the congregation.
All church members are encouraged to join in the BBQ and bring a covered dish as we celebrate yet another Victory over Satan. Marshmallows for roasting over the bonfire will be provided by The Ladies of Landover. Due to the nature of this event, the roasting of hot dogs will be prohibited for obvious reasons.
no tampons? Seriously?
If I had heard that, you bet my whole family would be talking to the elder that came up with that rule. My father had 3 daughters and a wife who swore by the allmighty tampon and no way in HELL would he have thought that tempons should not be allowed. HOLY CRAP, I am in shock. SHOCK I tell you!
