Did it happen? What did they say? I have my cranberry sauce, turkey, stuffing, and a big TV for watching football after the meal...can I use em?
defd phoning Bethel about Thanksgiving...
by wanderlustguy 14 Replies latest jw friends
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littlerockguy
As long as you are quiet about it and don't stumble anybody
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luna2
LOL You're so cute!
I remember dfed's post about Thanksgiving, but I don't remember reading the outcome or if he ever talked to anybody from Bethel or not.
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kid-A
It is odd though....it was right around the time he was supposed to make this call that he more or less disappeared from the board.......maybe the watchtower KGB showed up at his door one night and shipped him off to Siberia! LOL
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wanderlustguy
He posted today...have ot keep this at the top tomorow for him.
He tries to leave but he can't get away from Satan the Debil and the Demunz that are guiding the apoztates...
Cause we got mad apostate skillz...
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in a new york bethel minute
hmmmmmmm i dont remember what he was supposed to ask them?
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TheListener
I'm glad Defd is going to ask. Unfortunately I already know the answer he will get.
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Aude_Sapere
bttt
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defd
I did call but was told to call back later after lunch and I never called back. I do have the # still and will call. I have done research on it myself already but I need to do it again to be certain.
D.
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AuldSoul
I'm proud of you, defd. It is hard to work up enough nerve to question the Slave (Governing Body) directly.
Awake! 76 11/22 pp. 12-13 A National “Day of Thanks”—The Dream and the Reality
On the contrary, the idea of a single day of thanks undoubtedly would have reminded the early Christians of the pagan Romans, who held an annual thanksgiving celebration in December. A writer of the second century noted: “We [Christians] are accused of a lower sacrilege, because we do not celebrate along with you the holidays of the Cæsars in a manner forbidden alike by modesty, decency, and purity.”I noticed this doesn't say they didn't celebrate these holidays. The writer only addressed the "manner" with which these holidays were celebrated.
The only answer I was given over the phone about things like this was that these were conscience matters, entirely up to the individual. Until I started asking, "Would a baptized Witness celebrating Thanksgiving prompt an investivative committee?" Then I didn't get an answer at all. Was this similar to your findings, Listener?
I thought this was sad:
Watchtower 85 4/1 p. 24 Serving God as a Family
Then there was the occasion when a turkey dinner was served in the school cafeteria just before Thanksgiving vacation. Rick, who was in the first grade at the time, refused to eat it. Only after persistent explaining by the teacher that it was not Thanksgiving Day nor a real Thanksgiving dinner, and after a phone call to Carol, did Rick’s conscience allow him to eat that meal.Was it conscience or fear preventing him from eating? Did his conscience really change?
AuldSoul