When they always say at a JW wedding that “the bride and groom have requested that there be no throwing of any rice or confetti,” it always bothers me because, for starters, it’s really dishonest because I’m sure no bride or groom actually passes on such a specific request – in reality it’s a standard announcement to be made at all JW weddings just because throwing rice or confetti would be considered to be one of the zillion things from “false religion” (I guess they don’t care about the wedding rings!) – and secondly, because it’s yet another example of how profoundly legalistic and petty the WTS is about everything.
It’s all the contrived and controlling rules about all the little things that get me, such as clinking glasses or proposing a toast being considered a kind of crime in JW land. And, of course, if you were to go outside the grounds during the noon break at a district convention to have lunch in a restaurant, or even if you were to just buy a hotdog from a vending stand that was on the convention grounds, you would be pretty well considered to have sinned against the holy spirit. (And don’t get me started about beards and birthdays.)
Actually, all that silly corporate totalitarian stuff does affect my eyebrows – but it makes them cross downwards, not raise up. The only thing it raises is my temperature under the collar!