Baptize 'em young, keep 'em outta Sports - My notes from the last assembly (page 3)

Honesty

The uncle then went home and cried; he knew he had lost his brother to a cult.

So true. How many more of our families is this destructive cult going to claim and destroy?

Dear mzsweetz, my post was mostly a description of what I saw and heard. What is wrong with discussing the WTS policies in an open forum? I would take care with assuming things if I were you. It can make an AZZ out of U and ME. For example, I love God and have faithfully followed Him for over twenty years. I don't love the Watchtower society, though. They hate people like me. They said so at the assembly.

Also, lots of different religions are "picked on". Check out the thread below. If you ever bother to come back to see my comments.

http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/religion_and_spirituality/opposing_views/

Dear JWD friends. What do JW boys and men do to relieve their aggression, if they don't have sports?

Big Dog

JGNAT, to answer your question they relieve their agression at the pick up games and acted like complete assholes for the most part. I remember playing pick up games, whatever, football, basketball, etc. and the brothers just acting like idiots with the way they played trying to show their manliness as they had no other place to strut their stuff. I played organized sports and I was like, ugh, asshole, we aren't allowed to headslap when we wear helmets, or chop block, or clip etc.

Or for some of the lower life forms they took it out by pounding on their wife and kids, if not physically, mentally and emotionally. Sports are catharitic, they allow us (especially men) dispose of our natural aggression in a controlled environment and learn some lessons about winning, losing and sportsmanship.

adelmaal

Dear JWD friends. What do JW boys and men do to relieve their aggression, if they don't have sports?

I was a JW woman but my hunch is that they secretly masterbate to relieve aggression and tension

adelmaal

The topic of this post scares me because my daughter is just turning 10 (I think I'll have her post an it's my birthday post Friday night :) and her JW family on my ex's side is constantly pushing these ideas down her throat. I will probably have to push the issue in a court of law if they try to convince her to get baptized before she is 18. They, of course, never cooperate when we want to put her into sports (even though she wants to participate) when something interferes with their time with her (1/2 time) so she is not able to play sports. Hopefully, as she gets older she will find the courage to stand up to them for her rights and she will be able to get more involved.

I was somewhat relieved the other night when my husband (never been a JW) was asking her about the Memorial and what it is all about. She really doesn't understand any of why they celebrate the Memorial or what it is all about. I think she tunes most of what she hears out when she is at the meetings. She said she likes to go to the Memorial because she can get all dressed up and it is the shortest meeting of the year! LOL.

Hopefully, I can over the years show her what their beliefs are and counteract them with the Bible and all the other hosts of opinions in this world about God, life, etc. I'm more and more thinking she will be able to learn to think for herself and she will not be sucked in so long as she has me and the rest of my family to balance her out.

mstweetz: Stick around awhile and you will see what people here really believe. We come from all walks of life and we have had real world experience with Jehovah's Witnesses (lots of us having been one in our past). I personally believe in God, have Jesus as my mediator and saviour and am so happy to look forward to life in heaven. I have read the Bible since I left that religion and have found that it reads quite differently without a WT/Awake! in your hand to explain it to you Welcome to the board and I hope you stay for awhile and get to know the wonderful people here. BTW... The word apostate purely means you have deserted a cause, religion, political party or friend. It has nothing to do with belief or disbelief in God. It has everything to do with disbelief in a manmade system of beliefs or organization. It's not the BIG BAD word that JWs have made it out to be...

Definition of Apostate:
deserter: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
not faithful to religion or party or cause

Actually the whole reference to deserting one's friend really makes me think JWs are practicing apostate thinking when they desert you for disagreeing with their beliefs. A friend should be a friend regardless of his/her belief system but try leaving that religion and your deepest and truest of friends will desert you in a heartbeat.

rocketman

Here's my guess: Of the four youngsters mentioned at that assembly, two will end up committing fornication and get publicly reproved or df'd. Another will become a member of this board someday. And the remaining one will become an overbearing, strict jw parent - and of course be viewed as a 'fine example' in the congregation.

Whiskeyjack

Been there, got the T-shirt, still trying to recover!

I was fifteen (one of the youngest in my Hall) but it seems to me that even JW kids used to wait until 17/18 years in the '60's /'70's.. Can any senior members comment on whether this is a new trend?

W.

jgnat

bttt, just because.

Because I think my comments are hitting at some important memories.

Jim_TX

"Dear JWD friends. What do JW boys and men do to relieve their aggression, if they don't have sports?"

Well... for me... since I wasn't allowed to look at girls... 'worldy' OR JW - I did a lot of what they now call 'power walking'. Got pretty good at it. Very few could keep up with me.

I also ran track in High School - 11th grade - the coach let me do that - (Thank you Coach Lampe) - and I was able to do _something_ during P.E. whilst the others were playing some sort of sport - which I was no good at.

I also rode my bicycle a lot.

I also withdrew into myself... at one time going beyond introverted... to catatonic. But that's another story.

No sports though... unless it was at home. I remember my mom got us a basketball hoop which we put up... but I was so lowsy at tossing a ball through the hoop... I think it rusted. (the hoop - not the ball.)

Oh well...

Regards,

Jim TX

jeanniebeanz

Yeah, I was one of those youngsters that they used to parade in front of all the normal kids to make them feel bad for being normal. How embarrasing to look back on it and find that i was part of the guilt trip for people.

Makes me feel like I need a bath...

J

Baptize 'em young, keep 'em outta Sports - My notes from the last assembly

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