JW urban legends

by kurtbethel 24 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • kurtbethel
    kurtbethel

    I scraped these off of a JW message group, and they are too over the top to not pass along. It is interesting to see that JWs pass along these yarns just as their worldly friends do. Most of them have that vague "friend of a friend" quality that urban legends are well know for having. Enjoy!

    DOES JEHOVAH KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, AND DOES HE HELP?
    (As told by Bro. Spangenberg, C.0.)

    1. The bomb planted in the Kingdom Hall in Australia , where one Brother was killed,=2 0was meant to kill everyone, and would have; but the bomb rolled backwards so the force or the blast was away from the friends,rather than aimed at them.

    2. A new Hall was built in Brooklyn . However, a large tree was Inconveniently located in the center of the parking lot, and a city Ordinance forbade it's removal. That night, a storm blew it down, and it conveniently fell in the middle of the street. No harm came to the Hall. Because it blocked the street, the city of New York had to remove it, at no expense to the brothers.

    3. In Florida, a Hall building was delayed, because the basement hadn't been back filled and the brothers had no means to do so. While the inspectors were at the site, a bulldozer showed up, did the job, and drove off. He returned to tell his boss; he'd finished the job at the Hall. The boss replied, 'Hall!? I told you to go to the mall!' The job was done at No expense to the brothers.

    4. The brothers were building a 2-day project, and were short of roof trusses. None could be obtained for 3 days. Nearby, a semi-truck overturned, blocking traffic. What was it carrying? Trusses! The police wanted them removed. The brothers moved in and hauled them away. Although some were damaged, enough were gathered to finish the project, at no cost To the brothers.

    5. A Hall project was planned on an island. However, no sand was available for the mortar. (Many of th ese islands are formed from coral.). The only sand was on property owned by the Catholic priest, and he wouldn't sell to the brothers. A storm came up and washed the sand from the priest's land to where it was available to the friends. The project was completed, And everyone was happy but the priest.

    6. In Poland, where the work was, at the time, done underground, 3 elders were working on a country road. The sky was cloudy. Suddenly a bolt of lightning killed the middle brother. The other 2 hurriedly hid his body in the bushes, to go and remove literature, etc. From his home before the officials came. (The officials would take over any possessions they found and would give them to whomever they felt could use them. ) Among his possessions were found a complete list of all the Witnesses from miles around. He was not a brother, but an imposter, planning to turn this list over to the police! As Bro. Lauriz says, if these hadn't come from Bethel , we'd never believe them!

    7. In a country where the work is banned, a brother was trying to get through a series of roadblocks, with the trunk of his car loaded with literature. He was stopped by a policeman who asked him if he would take him to a certain destination as his car was broke down. The Brother agreed, the policeman got in the car, took his policeman's hat off and put it on the dashboard of the car as they drove along. They passed through five road blocks and each time they were waved to go on through because of the policeman being with him. When they reached the end, the policeman thanked him and got out. The Brother asked him what the roadblocks were for and he said, 'Oh, those Jehovah's Witnesses try to get through with their literature and this is set up to stop them.' So he had escorted the Brother right through with his literature!

  • mindmelda
    mindmelda

    It's funny how when something goes horribly wrong on a KH build, you never hear THAT circulated. But, it does. LOL I was involved in one where two sisters, both elder's wives, got into a screaming match about what color the carpet should be. Then, when one wanted cedar shakes for decoration inside, the other snidely remarked for years afterward that so and so had made the KH look like a taco stand!

    Both apparently fancied themselves interior decorators. I guess that's why elders wives aren't asked to do this stuff anymore. KHs come with sample kits of pre selected decor that are chosen from now, from what I understand.

    But, remember the good old days back in the 70s when they used to bring kegs of beer at the KH builds? Well, they did at all the ones I remember. Ah, good times.

  • BonaFide
    BonaFide

    I have heard all of those several times. I believed them too.

    Another one I heard: This sister was preaching to this guy who was known as a rapist and murderer. He was polite to her. Later, two elders came to his door and asked him why he didnt attack the sister. He said, "What, with those two giant guys standing right behind her?" (Angels)

    A thief was ransacking a house when the person came home. He hid under the bed, and he heard the Witness reading the Bible. About stealing. So he waited until they left, then he looked up the Witnesses and became one

    BF

  • WTWizard
    WTWizard

    I bet that, if they plant a bomb in my Kingdumb Hell or fly a plane into it, that I will not even be hurt (unless it is an exceptionally forceful blast), because I will not even be there. As for the "brother" being killed as a punishment for secret sin or being a slacker, what about the ones that missed that boasting session altogether? They wouldn't have even had a scratch from the blast.

    "Secret" sins? Slacker? The last time I did even token field circus was in June 2005, and I didn't even report it. I attended my last boasting session on the REJECT Jesus Party of 2005. The time before, was in late 2004. The last time I attended a boasting session other than a book study was in the spring of 2004. And I "worship the sun", play rap music and heavy metal (including blatantly satanic music), have a Ouija board, post on apostate boards and look at apostate web sites, and belong to a "secret society" whose mission is to get people to think for themselves. And I did not die in any bomb or plane flyings into a Kingdumb Hell or A$$embly Hell.

  • MidwichCuckoo
    MidwichCuckoo

    Lol - JWs LIVE for this stuff. If the bulldozer chap (number 3) misheard his boss, thinking he said 'Hall', that could mean too many places and would need clarifying. It's very clever that the dubs know what passed between this worker and his boss after said (imaginary) job was done, lol.

    Even in their urban legends they manage to focus on cost/money (''The job was done at no expense to the brothers'' etc).

  • LouBelle
    LouBelle

    Bona Fide - yes heard those 2.

    Another one: 2 sisters were doing the house to house work and were chatting to a rather rough guy. When they mentioned gods' name was Jehovah, he said that that name was fit for a dog. Called his dog jehovah. The dog turned on him, went for his neck and killed him Praise jah indeed.

  • wha happened?
    wha happened?

    Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarf!

  • four candles
    four candles

    But,notice numbers 4 and 5,stealing roof trusses and sand....tut tut bruvs,nasty business.

  • smiddy
    smiddy

    during world war 2 the gestapo were searching for wt literature and the angels blinded them so as not to find it hidden in a house they were searching in germany.

  • steve2
    steve2

    Processed food to keep the little babies happy.

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