Experience at the Supermarket today

by betweenworlds 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  betweenworlds

  Just thought I'd share something that happened to me today in the supermarket...

  I went into the supermarket to pick up a few things today and ran into the wife of one of the elders from the local congregation. She was glad to see me in her usual stepford wife manner. Both this brother and his wife have been calling periodically, shepherding their butts off, but much to their chagrin it isn't working (I haven't been to the hall in over 8 months, and did not attend the memorial) A few months back, my friend from next door who is a born again christian, had some of her WOW worship music blaring in my living room, and the kids (hers and mine) were all dancing to it, when this brother and his wife called. I couldn't have planned it better if I had tried LOL! The look on their faces was priceless...but it was nothing like what happened today. After we said hello, my younger son, says to the elder "You know what?" (In his loudest voice possible) "We have All Dogs Go to Heaven!!!" Of course the elder, not knowing what All dogs go to heaven is (That cartoon from the late eighties, with voices ala Burt Reynolds and Dom Deloise)Imagines that I am now teaching my sons Doctrine from that mighty whore Babylon the grape <BWAHAHAHAHAH!> He immediately walked about 5 yards away from me and the boys and called to his wife saying..."Come over here right now", As if I had suddenly sprouted horns and a forked tail and might devour them at any moment! He didn't say another word to me, turned his back and walked away!!!!!!!!! OH MY GAWD! It took me a minute to realize what had even happened. What pathetic, paranoid, scared, superstitious, sad little lives these people live. They live every moment scared of losing their God's divine favour. Every waking moment is spent guilty, and worrying (I know cause I lived that was as a Jehovahs Witness for 30 years of my life)I am so grateful to be free in mind and spirit now. I am not affiliated with any religion now, and I don't believe I ever will be again. Religion is indeed a snare and racket (Or is that a rare and a snacket?) Anyhoo....the more I think about his reaction to a littles boys innocent statement the more I find it pathetic, but also pretty funny! Out of the mouth of babes!

  Thanks for listening all

  BW
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  CPiolo

  betweenworlds

  She was glad to see me in her usual stepford wife manner.

  Not everyone here is probably familiar to your reference, but for those of us old enough to remember the movie, it rings true. This was my very first impression of JWs many years ago on a visit with an old girlfriend (who was studying with them and had a JW mom) to fulfill a religious studies course in college. The "love bombing" and initial interest the congregation took in me seemed canned and reminded me immediately of the Stepford Wives.

  For those of you unfamiliar with the movie, the plot revolves around a couple who moves to a new town after the husband has been transferred. The town is peaceful, quiet, charming, and everyone is so very friendly. The wife becomes friends with a neighbor and they both feel that while all the other women are nice, there is something odd about them that they just can't put their finger on. The women who aren't odd, one by one begin to change so that they become as the others.

  It turns out that the men in town have making robotic replicas of their wives, who are kind and submissive, but lacking in personality and human-ness.

  CPiolo

  The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity. -- Oscar Wilde
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  betweenworlds

  Thanks for explaning that reference CP! I keep forgetting not everyone here is an old fart like m'self
  It's so funny, because when I WAS a Jehovah's Witness, that look was so obvious to me when I saw, say a penecostal...but now i see the same exact look in the eyes of the JWs when they come here! Amazing.

  BW