by RULES & REGULATIONS 25 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Which of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most? Rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.
Field Service
2 - 4 day assemblies
Giving Ministry School Talk - for men and women
Watching 12 years getting baptized
Watching young children getting disfellowshipped
5. Giving Ministry School Talk
4. Watching 12 year olds getting baptized
3. 2-4 day assemblies
2. Field Service
1. Watching young children getting disfellowshipped.
Field Service for sure
Assemblies = boring, but when I was a kid it was all about the food (real food not spiritual) they used to serve for me.
1. Watching young children getting disfellowshipped - This is the worst. How can the WTBTS get away with this barbaric rule?
2. Watching 12 years getting baptized- Being in servitude to a corporation where they take away the powers of the parents if little Johnny misbehaves.
3. Field Service- Waking the public at 9:00 a.m with an old 198 page book, Watchtower and Awake magazine while no one is interested
4. 2 - 4 day assemblies- sitting outside in a baseball stadium for 3 days in the middle of July with sun stoke
5. Giving Ministry School Talk - for men and women -watching 10 year old boys giving a talk from the podium while an adult sister cannot look at the audience while pretending she is in service or bible study
Field Service
During my final year as a JW I started having anxiety attacks out in field service.
2 - 4 day assemblies
I actually liked the 2 day, circuit assemblies. I stuffed myself with all that 'spiritual food'. I would even record them.
Giving Ministry School Talk - for men and women
I once gave a talk where I forgot to put on my tie. I was counseled, nicely, but I thought it was a somewhat trivial. I considered it amusing when I saw a sister, on stage, in her late 50s wear a head covering while talking to an elder who was half her age.
Watching 12 years getting baptized
Back in my day 14 years seemed to be the minimum. I believe I was 15 when I got baptized.
Watching young children getting disfellowshipped
The youngest df that I heard was about 14 and his younger brother who was not baptized and 11 was announced separately as disassociated.
Adding one that got awkwardly in the way all the time....bowing your head in a restaurant & thanking god for the food! Got to be so meaningless. Just holding that pose long enough to be sure everyone else had lifted their heads. Felt like a freak!
Other than that ....hated book study night the most.
clarity
When I was a believer, I didn't have a problem with any of these things, except watching a young person get DF'ed! Now that I've learned TTATT.....here is my rankings:
5.Giving Ministry School Talk
4. Field Service (No one answers anyhow.....plus fudging numbers isn't so difficult)
3. 2-4 day assemblies (That moment you realize you have nothing in common with a group of cultic people you will be wasting your weekend with....)
2. Watching 12 year-olds (I recently witnessed a 9 yr-old) getting baptized (because, these youths aren't qualified to drive a car.....much less are they prepared to make a sound, un-pressured decision of this magnitude....to become slaves of men, not to mention subject themselves to the emotional torment of a Judicial Committee)
1. Watching young children getting disfellowshipped
clarity, I hear you. We haven't attended for 10 years, but my in-laws insist on praying for food, either at home or when we dine out!
We just start eating now.....
