I always thought that was one of the more blatantly stupid and pointless "rules" they had. My dad took a lot of flack in the seventies for having a moustache, but strangely enough, it was the one thing he refused to back down about. I love men with beards and think its really attractive.
brunnhilde
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My Kingdom Hall Beard
by Amazing inin mid-1975: i grew a mustache while i was a ministerial servant (california bay area).
i recall being asked to conduct the book study while my hair was growing.
several acted odd toward me because there was still an ongoing argument about whether having such facial hair was appropriate for men of good example.
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Old Bible Student Hunts Me Down
by bigmouth inwhen i first got the courage to sign up to jwd all sorts of emotions flooded in.
mostly i was angry at having wasted years of my life struggling to please the watchtower society and god.
in one of my first posts i asked if anyone had gone and apologised to former bible students for teaching them lies, and i thought perhaps i should.
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brunnhilde
I think its great you're trying to at least plant some seeds of doubt. Personally I can't hide my disgust about the dubs long enough to snooker them into reconsidering. The things they get away with, the things I swallowed whole, just makes me want to scrub the inside of my head with a steel brush!
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The New Watchtower Arrangement and Breakfast Cereal
by OUTLAW inin the near future there will be a watchtower that only jw`s can read.what you don`t know is,only jehovah`s witness`s with secret "decoder rings" can read it.....as many of you know,all dead jehovah`s witness`s are being sent to the wbt$.some will be stuffed and sent back to kindom halls.this will help bring up meeting attendance.the rest are being used in the new wbt$ breakfast cereal "dub puffs"..jehovah`s witness`s can get thier secret "decoder ring" by sending in 6 box tops from the new wbt$ breakfast cereal "dub puffs" and thier first born..buy "dub puffs" by the box or by the case..be the first to be able to read the watchtower in your kingdom hall!
!...outlaw
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brunnhilde
ROFLMAO, Outlaw!!! That is just good stuff!
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My Journey
by truthsetsonefree inmy journey.
as i stand on the #7 train going home after dropping my daughter off at school, i started thinking about this crowded train; and all of the people on it.
most are going to their jobs in manhattan.
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brunnhilde
I am standing up and CHEERING for you, TSOF!!!! We're out and we're free!
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If You've Faded, Do You Still Consider Yourself a Dub?
by brunnhilde ini've been thinking about this a lot, because i've chosen to fade and i would never refer to myself as a jdub, but i've read postings from others who do.
i would have written a letter a year ago but i've got older parents who are upset enough about me just not attending.
on another thread someone is also leaving and they were advised to tell the jc to do whatever, to not acknowledge that they have any authority.
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brunnhilde
Sassy, that's exactly where I am. I want to reject them so completely they'll never even think about trying to sucker me in again, but I know that's impossible. I've been following a thread on another board about a woman who just wants them to stop calling at her door. She can't understand why they will not just leave her alone. The dubs say it's holy spirit, I say they're emotional cockroaches!
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2 day assembly
by thebiggestlie inuggggh.... this is assembly weekend for me.... it's a funny feeling being in a hall with 800 brainwashed people feeling like your the only one who doesn't buy into the "truth"...,
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brunnhilde
ROFLMAO!!! Oh Mulan, if ONLY I had known about this when I was still a drone!!! I used to just balance my checkbook, but this sounds like it would have been WAY more fun!!!
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i'm still alive...
by thebiggestlie ini want to thank all of you for all your thoughtful pms.
i'll respond to them in time but can't at the moment.
i wanted to just check in and let you know that i'm doing relatively ok. the confrontation with my parents was a bit sticky.
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brunnhilde
I'm SO glad to hear you're ok. I feel sick for you and I hope things will ease up. At least you can still post so you have an outlet and some support. Keep us posted on how you're doing.
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I applied to a university yesterday.
by kwintestal inafter a few years of humming and hawing, i decided i would.
it was more of what i would take that held me back then if i should go.. i'm only 28, so i'm not too far behind.
we'll see how working full time and going to school will go.
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brunnhilde
That is TERRIFIC, Kwin!! I've been going to school and working full-time for the last year. It's wonderful, definitely exhausting, but I'm happier than I have EVER been. I took three classes this semester, and it might have been a little ambitious (I'm really wiped out!) but I"m also enjoying the "Sacred Texts From Around the World" class especially. We're in the middle of a section on Hinduism which is completely fascinating. We're heading into Buddhism next! Keep us posted on how it goes...
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UN-BE-FLIPPING-LIEVABLE chance JW meeting moments ago...
by Confession inthis is trippy.... the set-up: every weekend, 45 weekends per year, a company flies me to a different city in the u.s., and has me lead group presentations to families of college-bound high school students.
we then offer to sell them our college preparation program.. a few weekends ago we were in fresno, california.
he asked which organization it was.
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brunnhilde
I'm with Sue, that's creepy and pretty presumptuous - gee, how very Dubish...
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You don't want your kids to die, do you??
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in'if not, you better get them out to preach six hours a day during summer break!!'.
this is my first post here... i stopped associating a just about a year ago, serving as an elder (wt conductor) up until i stopped going.
multi-generational jw, baptized 1984, pioneered, all that stuff.
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brunnhilde
Just makes me sick, the casual way they hammer people with the emotional blackmail, and teach the R&F to use it on anyone who tries to get out. My mom just sent me a letter begging me to reconsider, for the sake of my precious little boy's life! I thought, you do realize that the God YOU worship is the one you believe will KILL him, right??