Around here it was okay for brothers to work out - then a group of sisters decided to go - that got the elders going and they banned it saying the sisters would end up running off with the hunks at the gym. Apparently woman only use gyms to cruise.
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Talk: JWs are not go to a gym???
by WingCommander ini remember just a few short years back at my old congregation, there were a few younger brothers and sisters joining gyms and going to work out.
well, i guess the elders found out that everyone's free time wasn't being spent pioneering, so a talk (down to) was given one sunday on "not letting worldy pursuits take your eyes off the prize" or some shit like that.
the whole talk was about how we should devote all time to the wts and field service, and that going to or belong to a gym was just a worldly pursuit and that it was just making or bodies "showy".
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JW story on PBS
by wheelwithinwheel inkavanagh q.c.
: bearing witness
(drama) religious beliefs cause parents to refuse medical help for their ailing son.
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Kavanagh Q.C. : Bearing Witness (Drama) Religious beliefs cause parents to refuse medical help for their ailing son.
Jw's on PBS
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Brain Washing? Mind Control?
by Sirona indo the jehovahs witnesses use brain washing or mind control techniques?.
if a good dub attends 5 hours of meetings a week, does 2 hours of service a week and does 1 hour of personal study a week, this adds up to 416 hours a year of time thinking and being "taught" about jehovahs witness beliefs.
416 hours adds up to about 11 working weeks a year!
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Gig: It would follow that the journey out of the org. begins when the WT loses control of your BITE interesting!
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have you been tricked about honesty?
by wheelwithinwheel ini was brought up to believe i was part of the only honest group of people on the planet.
the worldly people were gougers, thieves and downright dishonest.
when wed go to the mall and some charity would ask for a donation, my parents would politely refuse, then tell us kids the charity was crooked and skimmed off most of the money for itself.
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I was brought up to believe I was part of the only honest group of people on the planet. The worldly people were gougers, thieves and downright dishonest. When wed go to the mall and some charity would ask for a donation, my parents would politely refuse, then tell us kids the charity was crooked and skimmed off most of the money for itself. Stories were told about some J.W finding a large sum of money and returning it. It was always emphasized that the only reason the money was returned was because this person was part of the uniquely honest organisation on earth.
Lately Ive realised that my parents and the WT may have been misleading me.
About a month ago I lost my wallet. It was returned intact along with some items that had fallen out of it. Surprisingly Id never seen this good Samaritan at the hall. The cross around her neck led me to conclude she is part of Babylon the Great. I cant imagine how this pagan lady could be so honest. She didnt even swipe my cash!
This morning on T.V I saw a story about a lady who returned $3300. This even though she is $15,000 in debt, her husband is unemployed and her baby is very sick. She said she didnt even think of keeping the money! What I cant understand is that the interview didnt even mention she was a J.W. ...... unless she isnt?
Maybe I was tricked and there are a lot of honest people out there.
Isnt is strange how the J.W.s are always harping on how the world is getting worse and worse degenerating they call it ..... but if you take off your WT-issued glasses you see all this good people. Too bad theyll all be destroyed at Armageddon.
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Two Elders Came to Visit this Afternoon
by Scully in..... and i missed it!!!
arggggggggggghhhhh.
anyway, hubby was out front fixing the christmas lights when two jws approached him in the driveway.
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Looks like you folks are about to become the latest victims of the old do a shepherding call around Christmas time elder trick These WT sniper attacks for apostates are the only reason youll ever get a visit from these twits.
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JW kids & Dec. stress
by wheelwithinwheel indecember used to be the worst month of the year for me.
i still remember making a santa out of a toilet paper roll, red crepe paper and some cotton in one of my first years of school.
when i brought it home, knowing it probably wasnt right, the parents reaction convinced me i was a real sinner.
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December used to be the worst month of the year for me.
I still remember making a Santa out of a toilet paper roll, red crepe paper and some cotton in one of my first years of school. When I brought it home, knowing it probably wasnt right, the parents reaction convinced me I was a real sinner.
From then on my sister and I were drilled on the evils of birthdays, paganism, Nimrodism and druidism; and the vital chronology proving Jesus was not born in Dec.
I began dreading the month of December: Christmas plays, decorating classrooms and the tree, art class, music class, gift exchanges, Christmas parties and the inevitable embarrassing questions and difficult situations that had to be explained to friends, other students, teachers and principals pretty much every year.
When I finished school and started work I still found my stomach getting queasy as December approached and rehearsing my lines like Merry Christmas Dah...thanks buddy; Christmas party? Wont be there, JW you know
I stopped going to the hall in 99 but I just realised that it is only this year that I can say my December stress level is completely normal.
Anyone else enjoying a relaxed holiday season?
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Pretty Cheap
by JH inlast time i set foot in a kingdom hall was in december 2001. it was sunday morning and i sat in the back as usual.
a handfull in the congregation greated me when i came in.
since it was the watchtower study, i needed a watchtower magazine to follow, but nobody had a copy for me.
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check out the quality of the new books - Reader's Digest waiting room format -
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KH parking attendants
by wheelwithinwheel inpushed this idea on his whole circuit.
2-4 brothers in the parking lot to welcome everyone in.
a good idea if it had stayed simple, but he insisted on a drivers ed.
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The C.O. pushed this idea on his whole circuit. 2-4 brothers in the parking lot to welcome everyone in. A good idea if it had stayed simple, but he insisted on a drivers ed. lesson every meeting. The group of brothers would surround your car, uttering commands, giving hand signals, to back you in, then 2-thump your trunk if your manoeuvres met their approval (frantic thumping meant you had to begin all over again). This became standard even though the parking lots were always half empty. At our hall the elders flung the C.Os idea on the scrap heap, but I had to go to another hall where they took it even further, wrenching your door open and prying you out of your car.
One day I went there with the parents and got so annoyed I rolled down my window and told the brother I was able to get my car into reverse all by myself because I came from a hall where everyone knew how to drive. My mother was appalled and told me I had a terrible attitude and that I was criticizing a loving provision.
Was every hall told to do this or were we just dealing with another cracked C.O.? (and yah, my mom is still devoted and submissive, and yah I guess Im still rebellious)
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WT goofie phrases.
by Pepper ini used to get into trouble for making light of the these phrases that some elders have told me are to be used only gods people.
lol that you all may know maybe:.
"well, brother that is very "commendable," just before the meeting ends the po says to those in attendance "brothers the time left is reduced," i once heard a co say to those seated during one of his talks "well now, we don't want to die at armageddon now do we, well of course not.
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field service
let's turn to...
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Being called brother/sister in public places
by JH inhow did you like being called brother or sister, when you were in public.
i remember once i was inside a bank waiting in line, and all of a sudden , a brother also waiting in line, said to me quite loud, hello brother x .
i felt like a jerk, being called brother in front of everyone there.
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There's always some birdbrains that don't know when to shut up. I was sitting in the rental board's waiting room which was full of people when 2 "brothers" walked in. As you can guess the room was real quiet, but the "brothers" turned up the volume to ministry school levels. They couldn't remember my first name, so called me "brother" then went on to ...what's happening in your cong. ... it just got worse and worse. On top of it they were dressed to let out the dog.
What also killed me was being stuck in a restaurant with someone who seems to have to have a real long conversation with "J" before diggin-in. One time the waitress wanted to ask this guy something about his order and stood at the table for what seemed 5 mins. while bro spiritual finished his thanksgiving. She gave me the 'is he o.k.' look so I said he's o.k. just come back later.