hey did anyone ever not buy items or clothes with horseshoes on because they're a symbol of luck and jws don't believe in luck?.
hahaha i totally remember my mum seeing lovely greetings cards but as soon as she saw a horse shoe on it she would put it straight back on the shelf.
the same with necklaces and bracelets.
Hey did anyone ever not buy items or clothes with horseshoes on because they're a symbol of luck and JWs don't believe in luck?
Hahaha i totally remember my mum seeing lovely greetings cards but as soon as she saw a horse shoe on it she would put it straight back on the shelf. The same with necklaces and bracelets. What's the deal???
i was raised in from about 10. mum contacted by door to door work.
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I was raised in the religion. My dad left and came back when he married my mum and they came back in to it as I was being born. Shame.
this past weekend i attended the circuit assembly, and on the sunday they were interviewing a couple on the secrets to a successful marriage.
the first question asked by the speaker was, "how long have you 2 been married?
" the reply was 20 years....and 1 day.
Yeah we always had the stupid brothers and sisters anniversarys in the KH diary pretty much. And it was always the strongest families in the truth that got the biggest celebration. One family had its whole generation in the truth and the grandparents had there one thousandth anniversary and all the children and grandchildren learnt Morris dancing becuase the grand dad's name was Morris!!!!
They hired a hall, all the sisters made cakes (because that's all they're scripturally allowed to do) and the brothers put on the hard part, the entertainment, ya know with all the gadgets and equipment i.e. a CD Player.
They even rehearsed and performed plays and shows based on biblical stories.
prior to my fade i grew a goatee and, as was expected, most of the folks at the hall threw a fit.
but then one brother asked me something.
he said "is it worse for you to let something grow on your face that would do so naturally if it were not for shaving it, or would it be worse for a printing corporation to alter the historical jesus by portraying him in countless instances as a beardless fellow in order to promote their view of what a 'good witness' should look like?
PS what do you mean lol. I wish I did record all the shitty things they used to tell me off for but alas, no :P
this past weekend i attended the circuit assembly, and on the sunday they were interviewing a couple on the secrets to a successful marriage.
the first question asked by the speaker was, "how long have you 2 been married?
" the reply was 20 years....and 1 day.
Yeah I remember my dad having a problem with that, he always said they're the same as birthdays, but the fact that Jesus went to a wedding and nothing bad happened means that it's okay. But the two accounts of birthdays in the bible which bad things happened at makes it bad!
prior to my fade i grew a goatee and, as was expected, most of the folks at the hall threw a fit.
but then one brother asked me something.
he said "is it worse for you to let something grow on your face that would do so naturally if it were not for shaving it, or would it be worse for a printing corporation to alter the historical jesus by portraying him in countless instances as a beardless fellow in order to promote their view of what a 'good witness' should look like?
I remember wearing a really short mini skirt just before I left.
I knew I hated the religion and I wanted to make a point, but I wasn't brave enough to wear it to the KH so I wore it to a Sign Language lesson instead at which I knew 3 or 4 bro's and sisters would be there.
At the next meeting, the MS who was in the lesson, came up to me and said: "Sarah can I have a word. It's about your choice of dress on Tuesday night at BSL class. Now I know the world may be taking it's toll on you but you mustn't let little things like short skirts lead you away, it's very dangerous and can lead to other, more serious, things."
i know it was over ten years but it occured today that it was the first time i was shocked by the reaction of the the dubs.
the general opinion seemed to be that yes it was "sad" ... but actauly it was very good news that she had been killed now, because that meant that she would get a resserection!
and of course seeing that she had led such an immoral life, she would never have survived armargeddon had she lived!.
Wow I can't believe that. I don't recall what happened in my cong. I remember my mum being shocked and sad and to this day she watches everything on TV about Diana. I don't think our cong was that bothered :S
"we should be mindful".
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
"It's not appropriate..."
"Welcome Brothers" (when they mean sisters too)
"Let it reach our hearts and minds"
"Be sound in mind"
"The Dead tract" (The tract actually had a longer title but it was shorten to that phrase)
"What would Jehovah think?"
today, i was hanging out with my girlfriend and we were bored and cold, so we went over to my mom's kingdom hall just to show her what a cult looks like.
i was demonstrating to her how the witnesses use vague, emotion driven speech to try to conjure up the strong feelings in their members so they could control them easier, but i didn't pick this tiny tidbit up.
we kind of listened to the beat of the kingdom melody and we noticed something very odd.... the kingdom songs' cadences are the same rythmic cadences a hypnotist would use to hypnotize a person..
Wow, no offence but what's a cadence?
remember these silly tests they make you take?
i don't remember how often they were, but thinking back on them, boy does it seem silly!
sitting there for half an hour trying to remember stupid stuff as if you are in school.
Haha I put my hand up once and answered what I thought was a simple question because it was answered directly in the paragragh e.g. "There will be no more sickness in the Paradise" And the question was: "What won't there be any more of in the paradise?"
Becuase I was about 8 and I thought I was clever finding my own answer without mum or dad telling me if it was right or not, I answered and said: "There'll be no more sickness"
And the elder said: "No, there won't."
And I thought OMG I was wrong......he said NO arghhhh
I didn't look up for the rest of the study
