Times change, rules change...
The corrected list from a previous post.
* = What i've seen JW's doing (and not just a few either) against the society.
BECOME A JW AND YOU CAN'T
Celebrate Mother's Day
Celebrate Father's Day
Celebrate Grandparent's Day
Celebrate Birthdays
Celebrate Thanksgiving
* Celebrate New Year's Day
Celebrate Christmas
Celebrate Halloween
Celebrate Easter
Celebrate Flag Day
Celebrate Independence Day (Fourth of July)
Celebrate Hanukkah
* Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
* Celebrate Valentine's Day
* Celebrate "Any" Holiday
Sing any Holiday Songs
Eat turkey on Thanksgiving
* Join the Boy Scouts
* Join the Girl Scouts
Become a Cheerleader
* Attend class reunions (No "Worldly" association)
* Go to the school prom
* Play School Sports (No competition allowed)
* Play Professional Sports
* Join any organization that has ties to Christianity
* Shop at the Salvation Army
* Volunteer for the Salvation Army
* Shop at Church run thrift stores
* Shop at Church Garage Sales
* Shop at any Store that has Christian ties
* Contribute to the Red Cross
* Join the YMCA
Join the Military
* Attend Alcoholics Anonymous
Salute the Flag
Sing the National Anthem
Go to War
* Own a Gun
* Learn karate
Vote (Conscience matter now to please Governments, you will be ostracized if you do)
Run for any Public Office
Campaign for a Candidate
* Can join union, but not participate in its affairs
Buy lottery tickets
Gamble
* Date without supervision - young or old
* Watch R rated movies
* Cannot work on another Church if it's a regular customer
Smoke cigarettes, pipes or a cigars
* Sell cigarettes, pipes or a cigars
Accept Blood
Donate Blood
* Wear blue jeans or casual clothes to the Kingdom Hall
Wear pants to the Kingdom Hall if you are a female
* Wear skirts or dresses that are above the knee at any time
* Wear any type of long hair if you are a man
* Wear a beard in some Kingdom Halls and areas (judged hard)
* Pierce ears if male, other body parts if female
* Have any Tattoos
* Say curse words
Toast drinks (pagan origin)
Throw rice at a wedding (pagan origin)
Say "Bless You" when someone sneezes
Say "Good Luck!", "Wish me Luck", "I was Lucky" or "You were Lucky"
Tell ghost stories
* Practice Yoga
* Own a Smurf
* Watch TV shows, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Touched by an Angel", or "Bewitched"
Say "It was fate" or mention anything to do with "fate"
* Engage in any risky acts such as: Sky Diving, Bungie Jumping & Hang Gliding
* Have Jesus as your Mediator and Savior
Wear or own a Cross
* Attend another Church (Spiritual Fornication)
* Associate on a regular basis with nonbelievers
* Associate with ex-members
* Associate with disfellowshipped ones
* Talk with disfellowshipped ones
* Marry a nonbeliever (If you do, you are judged hard by the congregation)
* Marry in another Church or attend a wedding in another Church
* Have a funeral in another Church or attend a funeral in another Church
* Pray, including holding your head down, when a nonbeliever prays
* Study other religious articles not from the Society
* Read negative information about the Society
* Question the Watchtower Society on anything
* Exercise your on conscience if it goes against the religion
* Question Anything!
* Have Christian freedom
* If you are a woman you can't pray in the presence of men, without a covering on your head
Become a Jehovah's Witness and you shouldn't....
.... if you do you will be looked down upon* Discuss politics
* Get on the Internet
* Attend social functions organized by your place of work
* Associate with worldly neighbors
* Attend College (The Society has lightened up on this somewhat, but if you attend you are not putting Kingdom interests first, and will be judged.)Become a Jehovah's Witness and you have to....
* Attend several regular meetings each week
* Go out in field service regularly to recruit new members
* Report your field service activity to the congregation each month
* Attend regular scheduled conventions
* Give talks at the congregation (whether young or old, male or female)
* Read and fully understand their teachings
* Prepare for each meeting
* Study with family
* Fully accept the Watchtower's authority and rules (no exceptions)
* Dress according to their rules at the Kingdom Halls, Service and conventions (no exceptions)Women and small girls must wear dresses
Men must wear dress pants with dress shirts and ties* Associate only with fellow members
* Report on fellow members including your family, if they are caught doing something against Society's rules
* You have to sing at the meetings (even if you have a bad voice) - or you are looked down upon
