Differences Between JWs in the US and Europe (page 3)

BroMac

BluesBrother:It can vary from congregation to congregation depending on the personality of the BOE and area by area....

This^^^^

And if that doesn't work: "it could be a cause for stumbling brother"

ÁrbolesdeArabia

Are the sterotypes true the Swedish, Norwegian and Finlandian brothers not knowing how to smile?

punkofnice

Blues Bro -

I have been shocked to read of some Stateside J W wives actually leaving their husbands because they renounce the faith. I have never known that here

I'm in the UK and my wife left me after I was forcibly DA'd.

Bugger! Perhaps I'm the first victim.

Oddly enough, a Jamaican chap said to me that you wouldn't think the JWs in the US and in the UK were the same culture. Goodness knows. F**k it all I say!

I'm in the UK and beards are frowned upon in a lot of congregations, others are less strict. Higher education is discouraged in talks/WT publications the same as anywhere else but a large number of teenagers, including elders children, attend college or university after school, its quite normal and the elders don't lose their positions. Most of the young ones spend their weekends partying -either house parties or pubs/clubs but as long as they keep up appearances at the hall - ministry, answering up, giving talks, then what they do the rest of the time is pretty much overlooked until someone gets caught or does something stupid or confesses. In my old hall, you had to be a MS or elder to even handle the mikes but in my new hall they let any brother who is regular do them.

franticfran

In the congregation we were in here in Scotland the elders were like chief inquisitors,what they said went,or you did! unless of course it was their friends or family in which case they were always a special case. Our son went to university and was immediately removed from the sound desk and they never stopped nagging the poor lad about "higher education" etc,it was a very uncomfortable time. Thank goodness were away from those hypocritical petty dictators. Free at last

BU2B

Your excellency, was that a joke or were you serious? How do you know that its ok for JWs in europe to look at softcore porn? Do you live there?

cobaltcupcake

The whole Puritan/Calvinist rigidity lingers in New England,especially the farther north you go. Extremely conservative.

There was a congregation in New Hampshire that kept a bunch of white dress shirts just in case the visiting speaker showed up unacceptably dressed.

My ex-husband grew a mustache when we were living in Boston. We went home to Maine to visit his family and his dad said, "So, when did you fall out of the truth, Dave?"

zed is dead

His Excellency is a troll.

He is from Nigeria and lives on $.50 a day. He only learned English 18 months ago, and knows about what kind of porn is approved in continental Europe.

zed

wha happened?

I remember some sisters from Scandenavia thought it odd that we didn't toast. Also not so hung up on wordly association. One would often bring her friend from the office to gatherings

Captain Obvious

Differences between JWs in the US and Europe?

A good 100lbs on average I'd say.

Differences Between JWs in the US and Europe