"This thread brought back a rather unpleasant memory from my past - I remember reading a Watchtower article once where a mother stated that she had carried her child in her belly and gone to every meeting for 9 months, and then when the child was born, he was already accustomed to the so-called "rhythm" of Dub life."
"Imagine being Dubified before you're born!"
SYN;
Talk about unpleasant memories......I'm afraid I can "go ya" one better! Somewhere around 1997 or 1998, I remember a comment during a Public Talk that dealt with "training a child up from infancy", and that this "training" should begin in the womb.
The speaker then brought out that the unborn child was keenly perceptive and could "receive beneficial training" from the mother during the meetings. The method?
By firmly tapping the mother's stomach with a pencil if the baby began to kick or "act up" while a meeting was in progress; to teach the baby that children are expected to remain still during Theocratic Meetings!
It made my skin crawl............
Ahhhhh, the wonderful world of wacky Watchtower wisdom!
Hugs,
Annie