real questions from the readers (page 3)

bigdreaux

dawg, are you referring to the bedroom laws? from what i understand, it destroyed alot of marriages, then they just said, oh, never mind. bastards.

emptywords

At Bethel they can do all the research for us, so we don't have to waste time reading things like Time magazine that take time away from our wholehearted service to Jehovah God.

Just keep your nose in the WT publications, you'll be safer that way.

They want you to be watchtower literate and library illiterate. I once told an elder in the field that I looked up all the encylopedia quotes, and he looked at me astonished and squinted, said oh thats good, I'm surprised they still quote them.

bigdreaux

dawg, got the e-mail, not the letter.

Heather

As you know...we can't put the t.p. roll on with the top hanging over...that would make the number 6 and as we all know thats a debil number....so to be a good jdub always re-load the t.p. with the tail hanging under

B_Deserter

Oh this is insane. At least it's helped me make my decision to go further away from this garbage. This is the classic Watchtower tactic: giving orders by not giving orders. They write an article about a subject that contains nothing but negative statements about said subject, then, at the end--because they don't have a biblical basis for banning it and they know it--say "it's your choice." Of course witnesses are good at reading between the lines so they impose a self-inflicted ban on it.

greendawn

Anything with a pep up effect is bad, they might as well give up chocolate since it contains a mild brain stimulant similar caffeine called theobromine.

slmdf

I wonder what they are doing at the Big House in Brooklyn? Those boys drink coffee like it's water up there at breakfast!

Jdubs feel that Bethel sets the standard, so if Bethel get's rid of caffeinated coffee at morning worship, surely the stance is that it truly is bad.

Anyone with Bethel connections.... can you find out and let us know what they say????

WTWizard

That is the first step. What is going to happen now is many hounders are going to start hounding people for drinking coffee or tea or eating chocolate. They will lose "privileges". And hounder-hounders are going to start looking down on those who consume coffee, tea, colas, and/or chocolate. Some will take it too far, disfellowshipping those who use these items. It's only a matter of time before the Governing Body formalizes a total ban on caffeine. Then they will be on par with the Mormons on that issue.

This is going to create many problems where none needed to exist. The first, and the most obvious, is that it will eliminate the coffee breaks. Now, you will go out in service at 9:00 AM and have no excuse to stop before noon. People are going to have a miserable time staying awake during this period, especially since they expect people to go beyond their normal limits. A few are going to get in car crashes because they couldn't have that cup of coffee to make the last 60 miles after the Grand Boasting Session to keep them from falling asleep at the wheel. For those, what good is avoiding a possible health risk of one or two cups of coffee after they get killed or seriously injured in a crash?

Another problem is that there are many that enjoy coffee, tea, or chocolate. I, for one, eat chocolate for the taste alone (independent of the mild stimulant effect, which for me is not a problem). Many enjoy their flavored coffees. And now Mr Slime Jaracz is about to take away the one pleasure that many of them still enjoy. Take away the coffee (and the coffee breaks, and you are going to p*$% off a lot of people in the misery. Plus, some need that little bit of pleasure that a Coke or coffee will give them, or that little bit of chocolate. You can't tell me that a little bit of chocolate is like a cigarette: chocolate is not that addictive, and it is certainly not going to kill you anywhere near as quickly.

What about the health effects? I have been reading, both in mainstream and alternative sources, that a little caffeine is not going to hurt most people. True, some are unduly sensitive and need to be more careful. However, the average person is not going to be hurt by a cup of coffee or a bit of chocolate. In fact, I have been reading (again, in both mainstream and alternative sources) that a bit of dark chocolate is good for your health. And so is a few cups of green tea, which contains caffeine. Even coffee is not all bad news: there is some evidence that light consumption of coffee is actually good for you. The only caution is if you measure your consumption in pots and not cups, you may need to cut back. And if you eat chocolate by the pound, you can expect to get fat.

This is another example of wretched integration of two rules. First, they want people to do ever more. They push people to the point where they need chemicals to do it. And now they are soon going to ban those chemicals (yes, for now it's a conscience matter but remember what happened to organ transplants in 1967). And, when pioneers are not able to complete their hours without the help of caffeine, they are going to have a stroke. And I don't know of anyone that wants to get up and work straight through from 9:00 AM until lunch and then from 1 PM through supper or meeting time every day. This is worse than most secular jobs: Those usually give you a coffee break in midpoint in your shift.

Perhaps here is a time where we need to brew a giant pot of death brew (coffee) immediately after they ban it. And then put Ted Jaracz in the middle of it. He is going to swallow some, and then we'll nail him for it. Plus his white shirt will be stained and stink. We'll get him for that, too. And when he begs for mercy, we'll give him the same level of mercy that he has given us: none.

bigdreaux

ah, but heather, if you hang the toilet paper so it hangs from the top, this makes a number 9. 9 is bigger than 7 which represents perfection. so, if you make a number 9 with your t.p. your saying your better than god. your apostacey is much worse than we thought sister heather. we have decided to disfellowship you. we don't need a j.c. for this one. there is obviously no hope for you.

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