One rule that I never could understand is that if you were studying with an unbelieving husband, you could associate with him, even as couples, but if a person was considered a "weak" Witness, it was best to avoid any association until that person changed......What dumb rule or belief comes to your mind???
What Is The Stupidest Rule You've Encountered As a Witness?
by minimus 90 Replies latest jw friends
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Narkissos
Too great a choice!
Well... not clinking glasses when having a drink with some friends; not saying "bless you!" when someone sneezes (but this one is perhaps especially French, for the formula is "à vos souhaits" = "to your wishes")...
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FlyingHighNow
Don't read apostate literature. Throw it in the trash. Get caught with it in your house and you might just get the ax.
Heather
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BLISSISIGNORANCE
NO BIRTHDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! you could celebrate anniversaries but not birth days. Could never work that one out.
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JH
To shun people even if you don't know why. Shoot and ask questions later...
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jst2laws
Houston Texas, Bellaire congregation
You cannot listen to the radio out in service. It distracts you from the theocratic nature of the work.
Jst2
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minimus
Unless you committed the "unforgivable sin", once and elder----always an elder. But ministerial servants are always under the gun........Another thing: elders can gossip but no one else can.
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Special K
Not being able to talk to disfellowshipped ones....
It felt it so.. inhumane...when I didn't talk to them.
I would always meet their eyes with mine though.. and say hello.. (I guess that was wrong to the J.W's too)
sincerely
Special K
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FlyingHighNow
Oh yeah and then there's that rule that you can have only one husband at a time.
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minimus
It's ok to get "feeling good" on liquor but admitting that you were "a little drunk" gets you before the elders. If you "momentarily" touched a breast, it's "uncleanness". If you keep your hand on a breast past a "moment", it'sa "loose conduct". You can get disfellowshipped for phone or computer sex but not simply for masturbation. You can count a Bible Study only if you "study" with the person 3 consecutive times.