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  Name Some Stupid Watchtower Rules or Ideas

  by minimus in

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  there's a lot.. one rule that is dumb is that a brother must wear a suit for a sunday public talk that he is giving.

  any other time, the brother could wear a suit coat with a different pair of pants and not be counseled for it.. another dumb idea is that you cannot date a person unless you seriously might marry them.

  if you're on a date, you were supposed to always have a chaperone and holding hands might not be allowed as well as sitting together.. what other dumb rules and ideas can you add?.

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  in some congregations there are still live music...I played piano before I left 1,5y ago
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  A little happy news about my Mom

  by finding my way in

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  my mom who has shunned me off and on for 4 years had decided about a month and a half ago to fully shun me.

  no responses to e-mails or anything.

  it's rough, but i've been dealing with it.. i know she loves me and thinks she's doing the right thing.

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  I'm so happy for you...thanks for letting us know...hope it keeps getting better!

  I'm waiting for my sister to give me some sign she knows I exists...I'm sending texts and e-mails regularly...she has never responded but I'll continue...

  Good luck

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  Name Some Stupid Watchtower Rules or Ideas

  by minimus in

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  there's a lot.. one rule that is dumb is that a brother must wear a suit for a sunday public talk that he is giving.

  any other time, the brother could wear a suit coat with a different pair of pants and not be counseled for it.. another dumb idea is that you cannot date a person unless you seriously might marry them.

  if you're on a date, you were supposed to always have a chaperone and holding hands might not be allowed as well as sitting together.. what other dumb rules and ideas can you add?.

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  • have to be a "good" witness to play in the orchestra, be in Drama, interviews, demonstrations etc etc
  • can't have contact with family and friends if they leave the org
  • should preferably not go to the toilet during the long am/pm sessions at assemblies and have to be there in time for song and prayer...God will not be pleased if you miss it...it's his party for gods sake!!
  • you should preferably not have a TV, computer or radio in your home / read bible and lit 24/7
  • don't watch Dirty Dancing coz then you'll immediately become a fornicator
  • wordly people are evil and dangerous
  • we don't trust anyone of you to think or act for yourself
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  "Make the truth your own

  by Newborn in

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  shun the world leave it alone.

  if your body members you control.

  you make sure that the truth is your own".

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  Gee Sylvia!!!! hahaha

  (but that used to be my favourite)

  Highdose, true. I wonder if they can control their body members? (guess not)

  Sorry Cantleave

  Sixofnine, guess it's not impossible!
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  "Make the truth your own

  by Newborn in

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  shun the world leave it alone.

  if your body members you control.

  you make sure that the truth is your own".

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  Sacolton I know!

  All part of the brainwashing!!!
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  Were you always honest with your reports?

  by Newborn in

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  i was.... the last years i only did 4-5 hours max/month and they offered me pioneer support...huh...which i refused btw.. now i regret i didn't just put 20-30 hours every month without in fact going out in the booring service at all!!!

  just to keep them happy.. .

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  in addition:

  if you go by twos, both report the same hours so in reality all hours should be devided by half...at least!!!
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  "Make the truth your own

  by Newborn in

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  shun the world leave it alone.

  if your body members you control.

  you make sure that the truth is your own".

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  shun the world leave it alone

  if your body members you control

  you make sure that the truth is your own"

  song lyrics that gives me the creep (how come I still remember them)
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  underling++ = spirtuality++

  by highdose in

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  dos anyone remember how the dubs used to try and show how spirtual they were by how much they had underlined their watchtower?.

  this also happened to their bibles too, i saw one that was almost unreadable due to the mass of neon coloured highlighters and scribbles in the margin, myself i used to think "oooh they must be sooo spirtual!

  " but really... how hard is it to agree with brain washing when your brain washed yourself?

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  Not to mention how spiritual you were if you brought and used the big study version of the bible!!!

  Hey, that heavy book can bring back pains to anyone!!
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  A gun was pulled on my mum.

  by LouBelle in

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  11 am in the morning, a very busy road, a very busy banks' parking lot.

  my mother walked down the stairs to her car and saw a masked man run around her car and come up to her.

  he pointed a gun at her chest.

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  Thank god your mum is alright!!! That's really scarry...
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  wife took it pretty well i guess...it's over...

  by oompa in

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  i guess it only took three years, but they were hell in so many ways for both of us...she was not happy and lived in denial as much as possible...i was not happy and lived in a bottle as much as possible and glad that is over for me....but it was one of the saddest things i have ever experienced in my life....as was the visit to my parents before i told her....but yes...she said she kind of expected it...was thinking something was going to happen soon as she noticed i had more and more trouble saying i love you back to her when she said it on the phone at the end of goodbyes...and when i was leaving the house...i had noticed it for over a year and it was killing me..... i told her how sorry i was for changing so much again....and that she still walks on water...and is a great person and so pretty....and that she will be ok because she was happy single before me for many years and had all she needs for that again...her closeness to jehovah and her freinds in the congregation...she is very close to both and will be ok i hope...it was very surreal....very calm...very sad.

  my bitterness and disdain for wt rules came through when talking to my parents and i was very open about how i feel as to their upcoming shunning of me, and how it feels to my son since he was just 17....and how the fear of losing them had kept me trying in my marriage for the past few years...dad was firm in his position of future action....mom said they will still always love me...and will still talk to me until i get dfd.....oh how this hurts.....dad said there is a name for people who only live for themselves and deny god but could not think of what it was....i told him i was not living just for myself...that i am a good person and there are values from him and the bible i hope i always have....i cry so hard as i type this and tell you just so you can know how painful this is....i told him i so loved the rule of treating others how you want to be treated and have always done that...even allowing myself to be wronged on so many occasions to keep peace....... he said that was a good rule....i agreed and said it was a big one too....and that while i could do it...treat him the way i would like to be treated...he would not be able to!.......left as i became emotional...big hug from mom, but i just barely put an arm on dad............oompa.

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