Posts by moomanchu

i've been involved with the witnessess since 1976. my ex-wife was a baptised sister who fell in with the wrong crowd and left the fruth when she should have been disfellowshipped.

thats another story.

after returning home in 1980 from working in the u.s. navy, i contacked her parents and in 1982 started studying for ernest.

At the start of his presidency, Rutherford would praise Charles Taze Russell, even stating that CTR was leading the Bible Students personally while being "beyond the vail"(from the heavens after his death). So for a while the Judge promoted remembering CTR. The reason he did this is because the brothers at Bethel still looked to CTR as their spiritual leader and held him in very high esteem.

In time Rutherford established himself without question as the new spiritual leader and president of the society.

However like first century Christians who followed different brothers like Apollos or Paul, there were still brothers at Bethel who still looked to CTR as their spiritual leader. The Judge decided the brothers were focusing on CTR to much (he called it creature worship). The Judge didn't want CTR becoming an icon, so he decided to try and get the brothers to forget about CTR.

Rutherford was aware that many members of the Bible students emulated CTR by growing beards. So in and effort to get CTR out of the consciousness of the Bible Students, the Judge ruled that beards were not allowed in the Bethel families. In a careful plan the Judge cut off the beards of Jesus, and Adam in WTS illustrations to reinforce the idea of no beards. Suddenly male facial hair was "un-Theocratic." Brothers were even told they couldn’t grow a mustache unless they wanted to lose there "privileges." The Bethel rules quickly trickled down to the congregations and the rest is history. The funny thing is if you ask a JW why they can't grow a beard there usual response is “we don't want to be associated with the hippie movement or uncleanness of the 60's”. They don't even realize that the beard ban was made way back in the 20’s. It wasn't until the 70's that the mustache rule was relaxed, this being because of the great popularity of facial hair in the 60's and 70's. The beard ban however still lingers on. The WT yearbook:

yb74 97-8 Germany (Part One) *** It was now possible to print TheWatchTower in our own factory. The first issue printed was that of July 15, 1923. Some three or four weeks later a large flatbed press with automatic feed was set up and work began on the first volume of StudiesintheScriptures. Right afterward the book TheHarpofGod was printed on the same machine. But more equipment was needed. For that reason Brother Balzereit asked Brother Rutherford for permission to buy a rotary press. Brother Rutherford saw the necessity and agreed, but on one condition. He had noticed thatover the years Brother Balzereit had grown a beard very similar to the one that had been worn by Brother Russell. His example soon caught on, for there were others who also wanted to look like Brother Russell. This could give rise to a tendency toward creature worship, and Brother Rutherford wanted to prevent this. So during his next visit, within hearing of all the Bible House family, he told Brother Balzereit that he could buy the rotary press but only on the condition that he shave off his beard. Brother Balzereit sadly agreed and afterward went to the barber. During the next few days there were several cases of mistaken identity and some funny situations because of the "stranger" who was sometimes not recognized by his fellow workers. Mystery solved

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Greetings from Candace Conti

by AndersonsInfo in

candace asked me to tell you thank you for all your kind expressions of support.

this really means a lot to her.

she wants you to know that she is coping well with all the stress and excitement, even though she's had years of anger and frustration because of being abused for so long, first by the molester, and then by the wt.

moomanchu

Candace,

I love that you prevailed against the Watchtower machine. Way to go!

I sent out your story to all my JW "friends" and family.

Isn't there a scripture that says that things done in darkness will come out in the light?

Their policies of protection of paedophiles will now be paraded out for all to see!

Quandry, were you thinking of this scripture?

Mark 4: 22 For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.

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New DVD "Become Jehovah's Friend"

by treadnh2o in

hey peeps,.

it's been a long while since i've posted (i am completely out - wife and kids still in) but thought you might this interesting.. they came home from the district convention yesterday with the new dvd intended for kids.

they popped it in right away and this is what happens:.

moomanchu

LEGO Kingdoms Blue Wizard

Wouldn't it be great if there was some kind of copyright infringement issue here?

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New DVD "Become Jehovah's Friend"

by treadnh2o in

hey peeps,.

it's been a long while since i've posted (i am completely out - wife and kids still in) but thought you might this interesting.. they came home from the district convention yesterday with the new dvd intended for kids.

they popped it in right away and this is what happens:.

moomanchu

Is this a worldwide release?

Seems like it is only targeted for the First World Countries.

Since the Watchtower is so picky about kids toys, maybe Caleb shouldn't have that Teddy Bear either.

Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is the person responsible for giving the teddy bear his name.

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this year's invitation to the Memorial

by stillin in

three choices were offered to the question, "how do you think of jesus?

" (something like that) "as a child in a manger?

" or "as a man dying on a cross?

moomanchu

For 98 years he has been a mighty reigning invisible arch angel king.

I wonder what the next 902 years of his reign will be like ?????

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Will you ever go back to the Jehovah's Witnesses?

by XPeterX in

jw
friends

discuss..

moomanchu

No that would make me,

like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly.

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Watch Out - Satan is watching you!

by usualusername in

jw
friends

as a witness eepcially during my teens - early twenties i believed that satan was watching me for my weaknesses.. .

this gave me a mild form of paranoia.. .

do you believe satan was watching you?.

moomanchu

Just yesterday my wife refused to say something out loud for fear "other" unseen forces would hear her.

She querried if offering a prayer prior to discussing the matter would prevent such.

I knew Jaydubeeyas that wouldn't pray out loud for help for personal weaknesses,

They reasoned that Satan would hear their prayer , and then know what their weakness was and then exploit it.

Personal weakness prayers were only allowed to be silent.