Weird stuff individuals believe

This thread doesn't just have to be about JWs. It's about the weird stuff that isn't taught by the religion, but an individual believes it. My examples:

My ex thought it was wrong to have a pumpkin (that isn't carved) as a decoration. He also thought it was wrong to have any association with relatives who were never dubs.

One chick thought that "crap" was the german equivalent of sh*t. One lady wouldn't let her kids watch Star Wars (at any age).

What are some of the lame/weird things you've seen people be strict about?

One of the kids in our hall painted my mother's hubcaps bright yellow. An elderly sister complained that it was inappropriate for a Witness. Is there a rule in the Bible on hubcap colors?

I know somebody who didn't let her daughter watch The Little Mermaid cause it showed too much cleavage.....  Also while out in service one day I was talking to this little girl about 6 and we were talking about movies we had just watched. She asked "Have you seen Jumanji?" and I was like "yeah, it was a really cool movie, we really liked it" and she said "WE BURNED IT!!!!!"   AWKWARD!!!!

I once knew this woman who thought  that god didn't approve of blow jobs.

He also thought it was wrong to have any association with relatives who were never dubs.

That's what I was told.

Just about all movies, country, pop and rock music, any revealing clothing, (back in the early 80's one young married sister was criticized so much for wearing slitted skirts.  She sewed the slits up and was then criticized for how tight the skirts were).  Smurfs were demonized, and Life cereal had blood in it.  Playing and watching football was a sin.

oh yea all the usual. Smurfs are evil, oral sex can kill u, don't bath during your period, Star wars is an insult to creation, Blood transfusian can result in a personality change, Dr's are evil............the list is too long

A young sister in my congregation bought a bumper sticker for her car that read 'Heck, at least it's paid for' (yes, the car was an old pile of crap). She was spoken to very severely by an older sister about having a sticker with the word 'heck', as it's a substitute word for hell... and hell doesn't exist.

Just remembered another one... a sister who forbid her children from listening to the Julian Lennon song 'Saltwater' on account of the first couple of lines

We are a rock revolving, around the golden sun.

She said the song was advocating evolution.

Food manufacturers spike their products with blood cells just to trick dubs into eating blood!  It was in everything--hot dogs, cold cuts, crackers, Milky Way candy bars, etc.

Makers of health and beauty products use their profits for devil worship.

There was a craze for a while when all the kids had stars pasted on their ceilings that glowed in the dark. Some Dubs said this was wrong because you couldn't have an image of anything in creation.

We are a rock revolving, around the golden sun.

She said the song was advocating evolution.

Revolving?  Is that like re-evolving?

How about you have to be careful about accepting a gift from certain people, because it may be inhabited by a demon.  But if it's in new packaging, you don't have to worry.  Apparently demons cannot cross the shrink-wrap barrier.

Most have been mentioned.  Brings back bad memories!  How about not seeing "PG" movies?   Had an elder say that PG stood for putrid garbage.  What an idiot.

Oh I forgot one----Not being allowed to play with Barbie because she was to "suggestive".   LOL

Apparently demons cannot cross the shrink-wrap barrier

Then JWs should ahve their homes incased in shrink wrap.

I heard the PG thing = partly garbage

My sister & her then boyfriend (now husband) raised eyebrows by holding hands BEFORE THEY WERE ENGAGED!

How immoral of them

Was before my time, but dad used to like to tell a story about his mother.  Evidently, she believed you were safe under a tin roof during a lighting storm because the lightning would slide off.  Also, when he was a kid, if they got a cold during the winter, they had to run around the house barefoot in the snow after dark three times to make the cold go away.

A coworker, 50 year old male who should have known better, thought that he couldn't get AIDS/HIV unless he recieved anally. What a dufus!

Angie

Rocky_Girl, sex is a category unto itself. How many idiots still believe you can't get pregnant if you're a virgin/you do it standing up/ you're still wearing clothes/you're on your period/the stars aren't aligned/etc?

trinity.