jws look down on others for saying, "bless you" if someone sneezes.
it has something to do with the demons.
another example is that it is considered satanic if a man took his hat off for a lady!
Watching R rated movies = no matter what they are about
EXCEPT Schindlers List because that was considered historical
This one goes way back and I think its been let go now but anyone remember when you couldnt sign the card on your gift for a baby shower? That was considered to be "showy" and immodest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzaw1xe8q70.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqru9keiw4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsfyfiyzgg.
Funny thing is, other than us talking about it, most JWs dont seem aware that any of this has happened.
I dont see or hear anything about this anywhere else.
I have sent the videos to some friends that are still in and their opinion seems to be that these are isloated random incidents.
I cant see how that could possibly be true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzaw1xe8q70.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqru9keiw4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsfyfiyzgg.
Thank you for taking the time to put all of these in one spot.
You truly make good on your name "Infowarrior"!
It is a new and confusing day to be a JW.
jws look down on others for saying, "bless you" if someone sneezes.
it has something to do with the demons.
another example is that it is considered satanic if a man took his hat off for a lady!
Not serving alchohol at a witness wedding reception.
Everyone just goes home and drinks later...........
the watchtower religion is a family destroying cult.
i'm sure many of us know of people who gave their lives to the cult then have nothing and get nothing in the form of help from jw's.. i know a man who gave up a very good job with great benefits many years ago because the watchtower had a conflict with his noble occupation.
of course the end was coming very soon so the man took a meager retirement and quit because of the watchtower.
Corban....
you would think that what they are exposed to more would wake up and leave, why not?
thoughts..
Jam, I am sorry about the baby that died.
I agree that at some point elders are just so overloaded and busy that they dont take time to nourish themselves spiritually.
It is very similar to what you see among lower ranking law enforcement officers.
A bit of a power trip, hard work and high chance of burnout.
i know that many many have had crushes on me..
minimus, you have found me out!
And here I thought my crush on you was a BIG secret.....
reading others typically crazy jw experiences has made me remember one particularly distressing experience.... i did a careful fade long before i had even heard of the term and i didn't know of anyone else who did it.. i was an unwanted stepchild, and in all honesty a very difficult one i suspect, i had two much younger siblings, and was always excluded and the black sheep, as ina serious uber jw there is no room for any sort of noncomity, and i was never destined to stay a jw, or have anytime for religion i suspect.. i went to my grandmothers funeral, and the elder giving her talk, a very nice man, after all the preaching mentioned her two grandchildren of one gender...she had three and i am of the other gender.. it was a lightning bolt moment, i got up and walked out.... .
now with the benefit of hindsight it was no more than what i should have expected.... funny how things bring long forgotten memories up....
Completely unacceptable. Says everything about them.
By the way Mikado, in my experience, it is the "difficult" children who are the most sensitive and the most brilliant,
well guys, i finally got back from the dc or whatever it's called nowadays.
it wasn't really as bad as i expected but still, it was pretty bad.
the first interesting thing happened on the road.
I have read about that group but never knew anyone personally to have an experience with them. Very interesting!
a big discussion driving back from the regional convention about what exactly was meant about pets.. the warning was obvious to me.
don't get pets, they cost time and money and you would do better to spend your time and money supporting the organization and going in field service.. as to the wine and beer, because the bro during his soliloquy admitted that the first thing he would like to do is relax after a hectic day at work with a glass of wine or beer, his conscience was traumatized.
however he came up with a perfect idea, he'd go tend the garden (obviously a solution for a married bro) or hit some golfballs at the driving range (maybe he's not married).. maybe jesus should have told the wine guzzlers at cana to sober up and go till the fields.. .
Anyone else notice that in all of Blondies quotes there was the factor of either time or money mentioned.
Fitting as that is what THEY are asking for from people also.
All their other reasoning is just fluff.
And why mention golf? The gardening I get but golf is an expensive sport to get in to. Why not tennis or jogging?
Could it possibly be because they only speak of what they know?
