LT,
Have you ever seen the Southpark episode where the new neighbors are Mormons? Very funny.
I was hoping they would make one of JW's.
EvilForce
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If God doesn't want brothers to have beards, why does it grow?
by JH in.
men have facial hair and women don't, and that's god who decided that.. so why can't brothers have beards or goatees.
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If God doesn't want brothers to have beards, why does it grow?
by JH in.
men have facial hair and women don't, and that's god who decided that.. so why can't brothers have beards or goatees.
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Do you wear your mormon brand underwear to temple? Do you wear them all the time? -
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If God doesn't want brothers to have beards, why does it grow?
by JH in.
men have facial hair and women don't, and that's god who decided that.. so why can't brothers have beards or goatees.
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EvilForce
While good ole Occum may be right...
I'm not sure it's an outright mind control technique. Remember when the Jewish leaders were trying to determine what was considered work on the Sabbath. So they had concluded that if you were sick, blowing your nose on the sabbath was to be considered work. So what you needed to do was to "pin" a hankerchief of some sort to the sleeve of your coat / shirt the night before the sabbath. So if you just simply wiped your nose with the cloth...this was not a Sabbath day violation.
The religion had become a "work based faith religion". And I think you are dead on accurate with that reasoning. The Dub's proclaim that faith without works is dead.
Also, when BOE's come up with "local suggestions" of how people are supposed to act, they always use the scripture...he who is faithful in the least is faithful in much. So if you are doing all the "little" things you must be doing the "big" things well. You cannot measure faith or good heartness per se, but it is easy to see if you are being faithful in the little crap like short hair, ties no matter what, skirts passed the knee etc...
The more you give up or give control of over to the church/God the better you must be since that's not what worldly people do. But in truth these prohibitions are probably based on man. As someone mentioned the beard / Russell issue that Rutherford hated. 10 to 1 odds that is why it is still uncouth these days.
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A cute story I heard about Mormonism.....(now I admit this may be an urban myth)
Once upon a time Joseph Smith used to have coffee klatches at his house after Sunday service....well Mrs. Smith had just bought new white / off white couch and chair set for the living room. Someone then proceeded to spill coffee on her new white furniture. Mrs. Smith then told Mr. Smith,,,,No more coffee for the after service get togethers since they stain my furniture. This is what started the no coffee, no caffiene prohibition.
Now a good friend of mine a former LDS member that has written a couple of books and quite the LDS historian has dismissed this story, but I thought it was fun, nonetheless. -
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If God doesn't want brothers to have beards, why does it grow?
by JH in.
men have facial hair and women don't, and that's god who decided that.. so why can't brothers have beards or goatees.
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EvilForce
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I think the Witnesses become very Puritanical in their approach. It is my opinion that most Dubs feel like they are sacrificing for God currently. It's not an easy thing to worship God. Therefore the little things which become "a labor of love" seem accurate. Many pioneers had this attitude...."Oh my gosh look at what I'm giving up to serve God". Or, "If I was worldy, I'd be out drinking every night trying to sleep with someone new all the time, if it wasn't for Jehovah". Comments like these left me stunned most of the time. That because they sacrificing so much to Jehovah they better be rewarded in the future. Like the Puritans of early American history music was bad, playing cards was bad, booze was bad. The amount of control given up equals the amount of spirituality you had. I think it's like an S&M fetish...the pain of serving God brings some mental reward somehow.
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Meat Tree
by EvilForce inthere was an elder that i was out in service with one afternoon and durin lunch we got into a discussion about vegetarianism.
i am a vegetarian and have been since having a "bad experience" with meat.
(i don't care if others eat it, i just don't like it...so no judgements from me.
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EvilForce
No I am not still active. However, that same evening I brought a bible study with me for the 1st time. The idea of a "meat tree" made this guy never come back.... The brother's comment about the meat tree of course brought other comments from the audience about what they were certain was going to be in the New System. I just remember some of them being just as bizarre as the "meat tree".
My favorite quote is "Meat tastes like murder.....and murder tastes good!"
My religious beliefs also now make me feel like eating meat isn't for me....except for some sushi now and again when I'm in Tokyo. Also, I try to avoid meat by-products when I can but sometimes they put fish sauce or something else in an otherwise completely vegetarian dish...so one can't go too crazy with it because it is so pervasive. -
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if you were still a jw.. would you pay for a permit to preach?
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it may happen in georgia
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I'm with you on the donation dealio..... I just paid for the magazines out of my own pocket since they were so inexpensive.
But I guess the old adage of you get what you pay for comes to mind :) -
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Talk about getting scared straight if I woke up with that guy in my bed!!!
But then again I go "limp" from just seeing him on TV. -
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That picture is creepier than the King on the new Burger King commercials.
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Meat Tree
by EvilForce inthere was an elder that i was out in service with one afternoon and durin lunch we got into a discussion about vegetarianism.
i am a vegetarian and have been since having a "bad experience" with meat.
(i don't care if others eat it, i just don't like it...so no judgements from me.
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But Robert...we'd be perfect!!! Why would science and technology continue....
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If God doesn't want brothers to have beards, why does it grow?
by JH in.
men have facial hair and women don't, and that's god who decided that.. so why can't brothers have beards or goatees.
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Because it keeps their minds off other things. By keeping JW's busy they don't think for themselves. And by the time they are appointed elders they are already operating in this mode. The concept that maybe Jehovah just doesn't care a whit about a particular issue seems almost heresy. Because they dwell on the shallow things of the mind....they don't delve into the deep, meaty, spiritual aspects of God's will....that's my 2 cents anyway.