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  List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. friends

  here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

  1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

  2. no going to home coming football games.

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  Sea Breeze

  I think some countries don't have police officers who wear a firearm.
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  Living your life according to the bible

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard it said [numerous times] that jws live their life according to the bible.. i have also heard [numerous times] that jws have restored the correct christian practice following the great apostasy [?which is a different topic].

  my question is 'is there any proof anywhere in history where jewish or christian people lived their life according to the scriptures?".

  ttwsyf.

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  Sea Breeze

  'Is there any proof anywhere in history where Jewish or Christian people lived their life according to the Scriptures?"

  Although some people are better than others, the correct answer is no. "There is no one righteous, no not one". "All our righteousnesses are like filthy rags". Even the Jews, with all there cool ancestors, miracles seen by God, meaningful holidays and law code couldn't do it.

  "Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it"- Acts 7

  This is why Jesus three times told Nocodemus that he must be born again. Jesus was sent to seek and destroy the sin nature inside of man, and not the sinner.
  
  "I have come not to condemn the world, but to save it". - Jesus

  Jesus changed the focus of salvation from works to belief. So, while I cannot always be obedient, I can always believe. That is something I CAN manage. God says I am his son, under his care, and heir to all that he owns for that simple act of my will.
  
  So, in a New Testament context, yes millions of people live a life of belief.... according to the NT scriptures.

  
  Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. - Romans 4: 4-5
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  List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

  1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

  2. no going to home coming football games.

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  Sea Breeze

  JTG,

  Sounds like your whole family got out... very rare. Good for you though!!

  I was castigated at school for not saluting the flag every Monday morning.

  Then was made to stand in the corner of every class until i peed myself as I was not allowed out of the classroom.

  Yea, the WT loved the abuse we received for being so anti-social and difficult to be around. My mother was spit on and called Nazi during WWII years. I was screamed at every morning during the flag salute in the 4th grade and told to go stand in the hall. All the while, the mostly childless task masters in Brooklyn raked in the publicity and congratulated themselves on their court victories for "freedom".
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  List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

  1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

  2. no going to home coming football games.

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  Sea Breeze

  Here's a few more:

  1. No shooting fireworks at 4th of July or New Year's

  2. No New Year's Eve Parties

  3. No large get-to-gethers

  4. No sleeping in on Saturday mornings

  5. Not allowed to call on the name of Jesus, only Jehovah

  6. Cannot work as an armed security guard

  7. Cannot eat birthday cake offered to you at the office

  8. Not allowed to let a non JW pray for you.

  9. Not allowed to accept or read Christian literature of any kind

  10. Not allowed to attend a wedding in a church

  11. Not allowed to wish someone "good luck"

  12. Not allowed to join the boy scouts or girl scouts

  13. Not allowed to give to the Salvation Army

  14. Not allowed to visit websites critical of the Watchtower

  15. Not allowed to attend class reunions (as if someone would want you there)

  16. Not allowed to think the Jews still have a national covenant with God

  17. Not allowed to receive a birthday gift or card at work.

  18. Not allowed to give to Toys for Tots for poor children

  19. Not allowed to get a tatoo

  20. Not allowed to join the Coast Guard

  21. Not allowed to work for the Border Control

  22. Not allowed to see a parent after age 18 who has joined another church
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  List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

  1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

  2. no going to home coming football games.

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  Sea Breeze

  My mother was baptized in 1942 and was severely critisized by her schoolmates for not saluting the flag. She was kicked out of school everyday and was one of the "Kingdom Kids" that had to be homescholled during the landmark flag salute case that went before the Supreme Court.
  
  It was just all for show, creating martyrs for publicity stunt artists. She would turn over in her grave if she saw this now.

  
  
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  List of Things We Were NOT Allowed To Do as JW's

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's my list of jw no-no's as i recall: .

  1. no giving or accepting valentine candy for students.

  2. no going to home coming football games.

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  Sea Breeze

  Here's my List of JW No-No's as I recall:

  1. No giving or accepting Valentine Candy for students

  2. No going to Home Coming Football games

  3. No School Sports

  4. No friends that are not JW's

  5. No birthdays

  6. No Mothers Day or Father's Day

  7. No Thanksgiving Day

  8. No Christmas

  9. No voting

  10. No Military Involvement

  11. Cannot be a Police Officer

  12. Cannot be a community leader or run for office

  13. No dating Christians or anyone not a JW

  14. Cannot sing the National Anthem

  15. Cannot celebrate Veterans Day

  16. Cannot say "Bless You" when someone sneezes

  17. No garage sale shopping because items might be demonized

  18. No blood transfusions

  19. No giving to charities

  20. No partaking of the New Covenant bread & wine "for the forgiveness of sins) Mt. 26: 27-28

  21. Cannot preach the ministry of reconciliation since that supossedly ended in 1935

  22. No beards allowed.

  23. No smoking

  24. No working for a Christian affiliated organization like the YMCA

  25. No communicating with those who leave the Watchtower for Conscience Reasons (Mentally Diseased)

  26. No college or university education
  

  27. No praying to Jesus

  28. Cannot worship Jesus

  29. No school prom attendance

  30. Cannot salute the flag of your country

  31. Can...(Cannot)... Can...Perform Alternative Sevice In Place Of Military Service.

  32. Cannot own a gun (Hunting Bow and Knives Are OK)

  33. Cannot personally accept any of the promises in the New Testament (only for the GB - the remnanat of the 144K)

  34. Cannot study bible with friends apart from a Watchtower service.

  35. Cannot accept Jesus as your Mediator

  36. Cannot give your spouse a gift on Mothers Day or Fathers Day

  37. Cannot sing or listen to any gospel song

  38. Cannot attend ANY Christian event

  39. Cannot Celebrate Christs' Birth

  40. Not allowed to be class president as a student

  41. Not allowed to join a political party

  42. Not allowed to have a personal relationship with Jesus.

  43. Not allowed to sing to Jesus or talk to him in anyway.

  44. Not allowed to change to a different church.

  45. Not allowed to participate in most extracirricular activities at school

  46. Not allowed to thank military verterans for their service.

  47. Not allowed to read anything critical of the Watchtower

  48. Not allowed to read Christian essays or commenrtaries.

  49. No baby dedications

  50. Not allowed to get baptized until fully indoctrinated into Watchtower Ideology

  51. Cannot listen to Contemporary Christian Music

  52. Cannot watch church services on TV

  53. Cannot attend family reunions with Non-JW relatives

  54. Cannot watch movies with A Christian moral theme like "Miracle on 34th Street"

  55. Cannot say "amen" if in a situation when a Christian prays

  56. Not allowed to give to charities like Red Cross in times of disasters

  57. Cannot marry anyone not a JW

  58. Not allowed to critisize the Governing Body in anyway.

  59. Not allowed to engage in "Independent Thinking"

  60. Not allowed to use the word: Grace

  61. Not allowed to "Come to Jesus" so he can give you rest.

  62. Not allowed to wear casual clothes to services

  63. No Resurrection Day services

  64. Not allowed to wear or own a cross.

  66. Not allowed to say God Bless You.

  67. Not allowed to sing Star Spangled Banner

  68. No Christmas carols allowed

  69. No telling the truth "to those not entitled to it".

  Can you remember anything else we weren't allowed to do?
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  Living your life according to the bible

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard it said [numerous times] that jws live their life according to the bible.. i have also heard [numerous times] that jws have restored the correct christian practice following the great apostasy [?which is a different topic].

  my question is 'is there any proof anywhere in history where jewish or christian people lived their life according to the scriptures?".

  ttwsyf.

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  Sea Breeze

  We can be certain that the books of the bible were regarded as such since the begining.

  
  

  The Muratorian Fragment lists 22 of the 27 NT books as canonical. It dates to 170 AD.

  The document is called a fragment because portions of the document have been torn off. The well known biblical scholar Westcott states that the missing books were probably included initially because the document is torn where they should have been listed.
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  Hobbies

  by peacefulpete in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think it's been a while since this was asked.

  tell us your hobbies, interests, pastimes, whatever you find enjoyable as a diversion from work and school.

  i am lucky enough to live in a small cabin on a lake, i enjoy rowing my old boat and fishing, i play with car projects, and we travel as much as we can.

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  Sea Breeze

  Gotta man cave out in the woods. Dogs love it. Kids come with their friends sometimes.

  sort of a hobbie property.
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | december 2022.

  6 jehovah has created us to find enjoyment in our work.

  (eccl.

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  Sea Breeze

  Filling those needs will mean a lot of rewarding work. Just as Adam and Eve were to cultivate their garden home, we will have the privilege of cultivating the Paradise earth.

  Why not just get some training and do your hard work now instead of then? Then, you can get that lake-front property the old-fashioned way - Earn It!

  Poor JW's - enslaved to greed, incompetinence and ignorance.... all fed by a steady diet of lies.

  It never dawns on them that their slavemasters living in a resort on a picruresque lake in upper NY state are liviing it up at their expense now. .

  
  

  
  

  What an ego trip these guys are on.
  
  
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  Russia's War on JWs and other Cults Intensifies.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. social
  2. current

  what this guy publicises many russians will believe is solid truth.. i wouldn't want to be a jw in the former ussr countries these days.. https://bitterwinter.org/russia-sensational-revelations-jehovahs-witnesses-prepare-an-anti-putin-coup/.

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  Sea Breeze

  anti-government/terrorist activity in Russia includes the messages about Armageddon they’re spreading to which they are terrorizing their believers and children

  Yes, its pretty hard core mental abuse just as they say. Kids are forced to grow up as pariahs in their community and be force-fed a diet of images of death and destructiod upon everyone who isn't a JW.