What rules do you think we would have had in a watchtower run new system? When my local assembly hall was built it had grounds around it , which had a very large amount of money spent on them.Brothers would come every week to look after them.You would think then that you could have a taste of the new system in these surroundings.The assembly hall with its large gardens could be a glimpse into the new system.The brothers and sisters just like the cover of the paradise tract sitting on the grass.But you havent bargined of the insanity of watchtower rules.We were told DONT WALK ON THE GRASS. Now why in Gods name build an enormass garden around the assembly hall only to be told you carn't use it?All you could do was stand on the concrete pathway and look. So then am I to conclude that in the new system the society was planning not to let us walk on the grass? Were we to stick to path ways between the gigantic planned suburban houses Built to watchtower design.Was the paradise just to look at while we went to Continus assemblies and meetings conducted bible studies with the ressurected and hope we would make it through the final test?Maybe this was to be the final test.Touch the grass and you've got a bolt of lightening on your head. What other rules would we have had in the new system do you think?
Dont walk on the grass.New system rules.
by sleepy 12 Replies latest jw friends
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undercover
It's kinda like the episode of Star Trek where the space hippies were looking for the planet Eden. It was supposed to be a paradise like Adam and Eve lived in. They stole a star ship and navigated their way to the mythical planet only to find that the acids in the plants was poisonious and deadly. Maybe they're just trying to protect us from the paradisaic plant acid.
I remember as a kid that we were told that we would speak only Hebrew and that we would have to learn it or be left behind. All other languages would become obsolete. I think some wanted to even go ahead and get a jump start on it and learn some before the big A. As a kid, I absolutely dreaded the idea of learning Hebrew. It scared me to death to think that I might not be able to learn it well enough to be included in the new system.
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Nicolas
"I remember as a kid that we were told that we would speak only Hebrew and that we would have to learn it or be left behind. All other languages would become obsolete. I think some wanted to even go ahead and get a jump start on it and learn some before the big A. As a kid, I absolutely dreaded the idea of learning Hebrew. It scared me to death to think that I might not be able to learn it well enough to be included in the new system."
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shamus
Jehovah shmehovah.
"Please, wearing clothing is optional." I sure wouldn't want to see some of those uglies nekid, myself included!
Now, pray tell, I am going to hijack this thread. Just what the hell were you supposed to do all day? Eat fruit, play with tigers, garden, WHAT WHAT WHAT?
Study insects? Clean up bird shit? Worry about what your neighbours thought about you, lest you be stoned to death?
Be married and never have sex, because the erf would be full. "Honey, I sure wish that I could jump your bones, but, you know, I don't want any more kids, and if we do, then we'll be killed."
Let's sit about and have some more fruit. Oh, brother and sister nosey are coming over. And they're the nekid type, so don't look at her boobs too much. Boy, brother XXX sure has a small penis, eh? Oh, honey, do you have any watermelon? How about some cabbage? Yes, I think carrots would be lovely, thanks. Do you enjoy brussell sprouts? I think that they would love some brussell sprouts. What will we speak of? Oh, let's talk of lovely things, like how big my cantalopes are. My, they sure grew big in the garden this year! (of course you dont' mean anything sexual, because you'd be killed instantly). After we're done, we can go visit the cheezy waterfall just down the path from us. It's such a garden! Oooh, look, someone planted a new papaya tree. Look, the tigers are eating straw again. Isn't that lovely. I sure miss my computer. I sure miss my car. But this is so much better; living like a freakin' hippie. I don't miss sex at all! My wee wee doesn't even seem to work now. It may as well fall off. PRAISE JAH!
Well, that was a nice visit. I guess tomorrow I'll go do some more dammed gardening again. Jeez, I hate gardening. I hate it so much... that's all I do! I garden and garden AND GARDEN AND GARDEN! Working with wood sucks, too. I chopped my finger off, and bingo! It grew back! Whoopity freakin' doo! I built this house, it's all done, there's nothing to do. Ther'es no news, there's nothing to do. Just garden, garden, garden, play with the stinky tigers and snakes and garden stupid canataloupe. Eat it, go back out gardening. Look at insects, look at that stupid waterfall again for the thousandth time! Oh, there's that weirdo naked couple again... wow! What's new? Oh, nothing. Just gardening. My, my rhutabaga's are sure doing well this year, as is everything else. Oh, did you hear? My husband's weiner fell off. Lack of use. He's out playing with the hippo's, again. Or the snakes. Or he's at that stupid waterfall again. It hasn't changed in years./... yet there's nothing else to do. I baked some bread, do you want some?
I just can't fathom it. I don't want to live in that stupid, idiodic world.
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shamus
Looks at the picture above... NOW THAT'S LIVIN! PRAISE JEHOBAH!
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shamus
Whatcha doin' babay???? Ohhhh, I'm looking at a squirell! Whacha doing doll??? Oh, I'm fascinated by this orange. It looks so orangey!
Whoops! The squirrell crapped on me.
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Mulan
I never heard that we had to speak Hebrew. Damn! I might have questioned sooner if I had heard that one.
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seattleniceguy
Sorry, this isn't totally on topic, but I just have to say about the language thing...
In my experience, the older Witnesses (or the frustrated ones that couldn't learn a second language the normal way) were big on all people switching to a single tongue miraculously. I always privately dismissed that idea as nonsensical, because even if it happened, it would only be a matter of time until languages splintered again as they do in the normal course of events. Look at Latin. It's still around today, it just happens to look like Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian (and a couple others).
SNG
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Atilla
BTT, well sorta.
On one of the tours of Bethel back in 96, think it was the Watchtower farms, we were walking around and stupid me I stepped of the pavement sidewalk onto the grass. Instantly, the guide stopped what she was doing and said, please don't step on the grass. Oh, I accidently stepped on the grass two more times during the tour of course subsequently followed by the please don't step on the grass.
So, I'm not sure if the WT has a thing with grass, or maybe they just really like their grass.
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candidlynuts
its a test.. you know.. " he that is faithful in what is little....." LOL