Name Some JW "Double Standards" (page 3)

blondie

Sports:

Young people can't play sports in school but:

Elders can go golfing on Sunday afternoons

Elders can go to the big university "football, basketball, soccer" games at $200 a pop and take some favored brothers.

Elders can deck out the family room in the team colors and paraphenalia and invite over the favored few to watch on their big screen TV and run around town with their team flag flying on their vehicle.

Elders/MS can have Super Bowl parties where everyone gets splotched.

Blondie

Mary

Double standards? In this religion?! No way!! Well, maybe just one or two:

All "worldly" people should thoroughly check the history of whatever religion they belong to, and don't just take the word of the priest or minister.
All Jehovah's Witnesses are ordered NOT to thoroughly check the history of the religion and must take the GB's word that it's "the Truth".
Celebrating your wedding anniversary and having baby showers is fine, even though it makes you the center of attention;
Celebrating your birthday is a disfellowshipping offense because it makes you the center of attention;
We are not under obligation to follow the Ten Commandments, because the laws in the Old Testament don't apply to us;
You cannot get a tatoo, because there's a scripture somewhere in the Old Testament telling you not to.
Charles Russell celebrated Christmas and Birthdays (knowing they were pagan) but this didn't bother Jesus or Jehovah, because apparently he's in heaven ruling with them as we speak.
If you celebrate Christmas or your Birthday, you'll be disfellowshipped and are going straight to hell in a hand-bag.
The Catholic Church harbors pedophiles, proving that they are hypocrites and are not God's Chosen Ones;
The Borg harbours pedophiles, but they're not really---it's just apostates and Satan de Debbil who are trying to make them look bad;
The Millerites predicted that Jesus would return in 1844. He didn't, and this proved them to be false prophets;
The Borg predicted that Jesus would return in 1914, 1915, 1925, 1942, and 1975. He didn't, but that just means that "new light" was shed upon them.
You can't take a blood transfusion to save your life---even if it means your death;
No Dub gives a shit if you order a rare-cooked steak at a restaurant, with blood oozing out of it.
The Pharisees were horrible leaders, binding heavy loads and man made rule upon the rank and file Jew. These Jews were made to feel like shit when they didn't live up to the Pharisees expectations.
The Borg leaders bind heavy loads and man made rules upon the rank and file Witness, but we're just "lacking in appreciation" if we don't do all that they say.
A Catholic who leaves the Church and becomes a Witness, has become a true Christian and will be rewarded with everlasting life;
A Witness who leaves the Borg and becomes a Catholic is an apostate and the only thing that prevents him from being stoned to death, are the laws of the land which prevent the Borg from doing this.
Any Catholic, Protestant, or any other religious person, who lives a good life, does charity work, raises their children in a good home, pays their taxes, goes to church, is not a drunk, drug addict, or adulterer, will still die at Armageddon, because they didn't go out in Service every stinking Saturday morning.
Any Witness who's a drunk, a pedophile, an adulterer, a thief, a liar, who does no charity work, beats his wife and kids and is a lousy worker, will make it through Armageddon if he's at all the meetings and gets 10 hours of Service in every month.
If you're raised a Witness and you get a PhD, you're "puffed up with knowledge" and will be virtually shunned.
If you're raised in another religion and become a Dub and you already have a PhD, you'll be welcomed with open arms.
The Govering Body got some "new light" that teaches that "this generation" that Jesus was talking about, is not the generation of 1914
Apparently, that light wasn't quite bright enough because they still teach that "when these things START to occur, lift your heads up, because your deliverance is getting near", it's still referring to the generation of 1914.
Any scripture in the Old Testament that speaks favourably of Israel, it's forshadowing the Dubs;
Any scripture in the Old Testament that speaks negatively of Israel, is forshadowing Apostate Christendom;
When scientists say that the earth is billions of years old, they don't bat an eyelash;
When archaeologists find human remans that are older than 6,000 years, it's Satan de Debbil planting this stuff in the ground, presumably with a shovel, just to make us look bad.
You're not allowed to celebrate Mothers Day or Fathers Day because "honour is only supposed to go to Jehovah."
One of the Ten Commandments was "honour your father and your mother."

Other than that, there's NO double standards in this religion at all!!

minimus

I don't think celebrating a birthday is a disfellowshipping offense......MARY, I LOVE YOUR LIST!

love2Bworldly

It's not ok to party with worldly relatives or friends on holidays because it's an evil pagan holiday and it's bad association;

It's ok to party with the "friends" on holidays because it's upbuilding association and one has to eat food anyway so it can be viewed as a regular gathering

Fleshybirdfodder

Wow Mary... took the words right outta my mouth!!!

FBF

love2Bworldly

Mary--you rock!!!

Fleshybirdfodder--I really crack up every time I see your forum name.

minimus

Going out to dinner, sharing association----even liquor is wrong with an "unbeliever" BUT if he is the non JW husband of a JW wife, it's good to befriend him in this way.

StillGroggy

A JW in america will be considered bad association for watching any R-rated film, but in Canada, where there's no rating system, Elders watch the same film with immunity.

owenfieldreams

it's frowned upon to save, earn, and invest for retirement(greed), but the org always has their hand out for money and even has a charitable giving office so they get your stocks, bonds, and real estate when you dy.

becca1

Building on Blondie's comment: Witness kids can't go to pep rallys - but adults can act like crazed lunatics in behalf of their favorite team.

Witness kids can't got to prom - but adults can go to call reunions.

Name Some JW "Double Standards"

All "worldly" people should thoroughly check the history of whatever religion they belong to, and don't just take the word of the priest or minister.

All Jehovah's Witnesses are ordered NOT to thoroughly check the history of the religion and must take the GB's word that it's "the Truth".

Celebrating your wedding anniversary and having baby showers is fine, even though it makes you the center of attention;

Celebrating your birthday is a disfellowshipping offense because it makes you the center of attention;

We are not under obligation to follow the Ten Commandments, because the laws in the Old Testament don't apply to us;

You cannot get a tatoo, because there's a scripture somewhere in the Old Testament telling you not to.

Charles Russell celebrated Christmas and Birthdays (knowing they were pagan) but this didn't bother Jesus or Jehovah, because apparently he's in heaven ruling with them as we speak.

If you celebrate Christmas or your Birthday, you'll be disfellowshipped and are going straight to hell in a hand-bag.

The Catholic Church harbors pedophiles, proving that they are hypocrites and are not God's Chosen Ones;

The Borg harbours pedophiles, but they're not really---it's just apostates and Satan de Debbil who are trying to make them look bad;

The Millerites predicted that Jesus would return in 1844. He didn't, and this proved them to be false prophets;

The Borg predicted that Jesus would return in 1914, 1915, 1925, 1942, and 1975. He didn't, but that just means that "new light" was shed upon them.

You can't take a blood transfusion to save your life---even if it means your death;

No Dub gives a shit if you order a rare-cooked steak at a restaurant, with blood oozing out of it.

The Pharisees were horrible leaders, binding heavy loads and man made rule upon the rank and file Jew. These Jews were made to feel like shit when they didn't live up to the Pharisees expectations.

The Borg leaders bind heavy loads and man made rules upon the rank and file Witness, but we're just "lacking in appreciation" if we don't do all that they say.

A Catholic who leaves the Church and becomes a Witness, has become a true Christian and will be rewarded with everlasting life;

A Witness who leaves the Borg and becomes a Catholic is an apostate and the only thing that prevents him from being stoned to death, are the laws of the land which prevent the Borg from doing this.

Any Witness who's a drunk, a pedophile, an adulterer, a thief, a liar, who does no charity work, beats his wife and kids and is a lousy worker, will make it through Armageddon if he's at all the meetings and gets 10 hours of Service in every month.

If you're raised a Witness and you get a PhD, you're "puffed up with knowledge" and will be virtually shunned.

If you're raised in another religion and become a Dub and you already have a PhD, you'll be welcomed with open arms.

The Govering Body got some "new light" that teaches that "this generation" that Jesus was talking about, is not the generation of 1914

Apparently, that light wasn't quite bright enough because they still teach that "when these things START to occur, lift your heads up, because your deliverance is getting near", it's still referring to the generation of 1914.

Any scripture in the Old Testament that speaks favourably of Israel, it's forshadowing the Dubs;

Any scripture in the Old Testament that speaks negatively of Israel, is forshadowing Apostate Christendom;

When scientists say that the earth is billions of years old, they don't bat an eyelash;

When archaeologists find human remans that are older than 6,000 years, it's Satan de Debbil planting this stuff in the ground, presumably with a shovel, just to make us look bad.

You're not allowed to celebrate Mothers Day or Fathers Day because "honour is only supposed to go to Jehovah."

One of the Ten Commandments was "honour your father and your mother."

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