did any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
LOL@Nina's comment.
Here's another one:
JWs call at a door and a Warlock answers, and tells them that Satan has all the world's children under his control, except (of course) for JW kids. The Warlock then admonishes the JW's to be sure to tell this to their kids for their own protection (why he'd do that, I have no idea).
it was inevitable.
after dodging the bullet for a few weeks, the elders finally made their way to our house today.
the reason i think this to be so, is because he asked me what he should write down for my report.
Yesterday, I put a sticky note by my doorbell that said "JW Elders - do not call today". This because they have been at my door 5 times in the past 2 months - three visits from elders in my previous hall, and now two from elders in the new hall (my pub cards were sent without my final authorization; I said "I may be moving", and lo and behold, two weeks later, the elders from the new hall told me they got my records).
Well, they never saw my note, because I was in my car, warming it up, when they walked up and knocked on my window (startling me in the process). So that's 6 visits now - this time, they wanted to know which bookstudy I planned to attend. I haven't been at one in 9 months or so.
Well, I went to the PTalk yesterday for my first visit to this new hall, and left right after the talk. I think the elder who saw me leave could tell I was not in a good mood.
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now that you don't practise any kind of religion anymore, do you feel a certain emptyness as far as your spirituality is concerned?.
have we become like animals, without any spirituality?.
Good thread. Shakita, sorry to hear about your dad. Also, it is interesting how being out fishing was his spirtual experience in that sense. I know that when I am in a park, near nature in some other way, or gardening, I feel a contentment that can perhaps be thought of as spirtual.
I also agree with ascot, who mentions that what the jws consider as spirtual is always quantified in some way - attendance, service time, etc. Good point.
For me, right now I will say that fading from the jws and not beinge specially religious, I am very keenly aware that it is still important to do what is right. The jws often paint the picture that once you leave or decline in activity, you wil start doing all kinds of wrong things. If anything, I now feel even greater incentive to do what is right, I think because I now do it of my own initiative and not because someone is always prodding me to.
this is my very first post.
i am 24 year old and i have been disfellowshipped for the last 2 years.
i live in california.
Hi and welcome Angela!
One thing you may have already noted: here, we encourage you to do all the research you can, using whatever sources of info are available to you. Jehovah's Witnesses seldom do the same. Their idea of research is, for the most part, looking into their own publications for answers.
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anyone belong to an ultrconservative congregation?
or ultra liberal for that matter?
Obviously, this trhead will point out many, many man-made rules and edicts enforced by various congregations.
The ones I have been in have mostly been somewhat liberal, thankfully. But still, "immodest" dress by sisters was often a topic of conversation. One sister even passed me (an elder then) a note one time, complaining about another sister's skirt length.
did any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
gita, I have heard stuff like that from the platform too -
for example, a jw family's house was robbed while they were waiting for the elder/hubby/dad to leave an elder's meeting after the School/Service Meeting. Had that elder not had the elder's meeting, the story goes, the family may have been home when robbed.
There are not enough rolling eyeballs icons for this thread.
didn't anyone miss me?
i've missed you guys.
i seem to be unable to post when i'm at home.
((((((((Viv))))))))
I hope you are able to post here from home soon!
did any of you hear any of the urban legends that jw's used to scare people into being deathly afraid of demons?
for example i remeber hearing that a child brough a smurf doll to a meeting and upon hearing the name jehovah uttered it got up and walked out.
got any j-dub urban legends?
Here's one a heard some time ago:
A sister was in a subway and a guy looked to assault her, but then out of nowhere a dog appeared and scared the guy off. Then the sister turned around and the dog was gone.
i had just got home after running some errands when i noticed 2 sisters at my door.
i got out of my car and asked if i could help them.
they started with their typical opening.
I find it interesting that the brother (presumably an elder) said that "we TELL people in the congregation to report these matters to the police" and also that the congregation sent files to the police. I find both those assertions hard to believe.
It's interesting too that right way he blames things on 'disgruntled' ones.
however, while reading through the wts book study information for the week of march 3/2003, i came across a historical claim regarding the wts and its announcing of 1914 as the year of christs' presence in kingly power.
answer (according to the information given in paragraph 14): jehovah has become king since christ's kingly presence began in 1914. the cry that god (via christ) had become king in 1914 has been announced to mankind by the watch tower society since 1919.
*** the watchtower, march 1, 1923, p. 67 ***.
Good post and the research is greatly appreciated.
And the jws sitting at that bookstudy? They'll all accept it as fact, just as they always do, without any questions. Most of them are too young to remember anyway, and too tired to follow through, and too fearful to question anything in print anyway. So, it just gets accpeted without question, and the WTS can continue to make subtle changes and revise the past.
