Hank of hair and bag of bones!!!!!

by Gill 19 Replies latest jw friends

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  Gill

  The cong. we used to go to had some of the very early Bible Students and Jws in it. They used to attend the what was in those day, large assemblys at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester. The subject of whether someone should get married and have children was something that was always coming up especially in the run up to 1975. The old couple would regularly relate a phrase used several times at a particular assembly at the De Montfort Hall.

  'Should you, with the new world so close at hand be attatching yourself to a "hank of hair and a bag of bones". This phrase was, they said, directed mainly to the young brothers in the Assembly hall. So their girl friends were described as just a 'hank of hair and bag of bones!'

  Now how insulting is that. I was a child when I first heard this experience related and the sister regularly related it whenever this subject came up. She would tell us that though they did get married, she only had one child so that they could carry on pioneering.

  I still find this phrase insulting now, many years later.

  Any one else?
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  upside/down

  Funny how all the Dubs have so much "self-control" (birth control) in not having kids,

  but they can't seem to remain single (bunch a horn dawgs)!

  They feel so self-righteous in declaring "we're not having kids till the new system" (funny how so few of these are pioneers or missionaries, but rather DINK's), when in reality they mean, "we're too damn lazy and selfish and don't have any money to raise them right".

  Be honest, the average adult Dub is very "adolescent" in almost every way! YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT! lol

  u/d
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  upside/down

  Of course, there are the "opposite" ones too.

  They have kids to get out of having to do anything "theocratic"- kids are the perfect scapegoat!

  u/d
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  Leolaia

  I find that phrase so insulting, so it is ironic that I'm going to spend a week this summer (for vacation) staying at that guy's home (Rudyard Kipling). Not my choice, but it should be interesting nonetheless.
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  Gill

  Yes!

  Too selfish, is probably a lot truer than we think. I have a relative who FT pioneers and his wife. They are into every possbile mod con and extravagant holiday and admit to being too selfish to have children. She says of him, 'it's a good job we don't have children because if they were to put their grubby little hands on his speakers for his surround sound system he'd probably chop their hands off!'

  Christianity for you!
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  iiz2cool

  'Should you, with the new world so close at hand be attatching yourself to a "hank of hair and a bag of bones". This phrase was, they said, directed mainly to the young brothers in the Assembly hall. So their girl friends were described as just a 'hank of hair and bag of bones!'

  Funny how advice like this usually came from someone who was married. Just like admonition to pioneer? usually came from elders who worked full time, owned their own homes, and generally lived a very comfortable life.

  Walter
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  hillary_step

  Gill,

  They were just re-mouthing words uttered by the obnoxious Judge Rutherford at a Cedar Point Convention, copied of course from Kipling. The actual words are, "What is a woman anyway, but a hank of hair and a bag of bones". What he meant to say is, "What am I anyway but an arrogant, dishonest, drunken phoney"

  I have heard similar though not quite so bold sentiments as those spoken by Rutherford that similarly insulted and mocked woman at many meetings and assemblies of Jehovah's Witnesses. What would puzzle me was when looking around I and saw so many woman applauding or laughing along with the speaker as they were insulted. There is nothing more damaging to the self-esteem than persuading a person to mock their very existence. A loss of self-esteem is an essential emotional station that allows cults to thrive and flourish.

  HS
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  Elsewhere

  Hank of hair and bag of bones!!!!!

  It sounds like they were only interested in addressing the men effectivly making the women unimportant. If they saw the woman as important they would have warned the women about wanting some "Frank and Beans".
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  upside/down

  If they saw the woman as important they would have warned the women about wanting a "Frank and Beans".

  LMAO!

  u/d
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  Gill

  Leolaia and hilary_step - thanks for the info. I never realised those facts.

  Elsewhere --- oooooh aaaaaaaargh!

  iiz2cool - yup! Do as I say not as I do. Darn Pharisees!