Name Some Trivial Things That Are Big Deals To JWs (page 7)

loosie

The big deal they make if you are seen alone in a car with a member fo the opposite sex.

Vehicles = a bed on four wheels.

(member of I can't do it during a 30 second red light class)

love2Bworldly

Ok what's the story with confetti? Don't tell me, it must be Pagan? Bunch of dopes.

loosie

I haven't heard about confetti... but I know you can't throw rice at a wedding because it's considered pagan.

The "return visits" column in the service report form.

I once had a visit from an elder after a CO had reviewed congregation files and pointed out that I'd only made one return visit in six months.

On the other hand - he didn't advise the elders to visit us and comfort spiritually when my father-in-law was in a coma and dying for 8 months.

I guess the latter fact wasn't allowed for in the congregation files. What a formalistic religion.

Pole

MsShockJock

I always had a problem with not saying God bless you when somebody sneezed. I had a job interview where the interviewer sneezed and I (the interviewee) just ignored it. I swear that's why I didn't get the job. I think it is really rude to not say bless you. Does god really care about something so trivial. I think not.

avishai

The big deal they make if you are seen alone in a car with a member fo the opposite sex.

Or anywhere.

My 19yr. old buddy was renting an attatched apartment from an 85 yr. old, 300 lb. sister who was crippled. They made him move out or be df'd.

Although, ironically, they did'nt have a problem with her renting to worldly guys. Bizarre.

Or their regs about "spending the night" In some cong.s, You could go hang out and screw someone silly during the day, and if your car was seen there during the day, no biggie. But if it was seen there at night....Well, ya get "gonged"

MsShockJock

I once gave a young brother 15 years my junior a ride home from an afternoon meeting. Rumors started flying that we were dating. Please.............

swiftbreeze

The word "dating" (thats so corny)

i remember when i was "dating" my future jw huband and we were out in service the "sisters" made a point not to let us sit next to each other in the car.

Aude_Sapere

Chaperones.

Back around 1985 there was a group of 10 or 12 of us that wanted to go away for a ski weekend during the winter holiday break (Christmas). At 25, I was the youngest in the group. The oldest was probably 40 or 50. The problem was that we were all single. Aparently the elders were giving the organizers a hard time and telling them that the trip had to be cancelled unless a married couple went along.

WTF??
We all would have lost our deposits on the trip. And have had to stay home at that horribly depressing time of year.

We ended up having to sponsor the 20-year-old and his 18 year-old wife to be our chaperones for that trip.

Tell me. How is it that these teenagers qualified just because they were married? I thought it was absurb and I was too embarrassed to tell anyone about this silly religious rule, ever.

Samuel Thorsen

Putting old WT mags in the trash bin.

Sitting besides a friend of the oposite sex at the meeting.

Saying "you too" or similar of someone says "Happy new year!" to you.

Name Some Trivial Things That Are Big Deals To JWs

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