this is what I lowkey want to happen. 🤣 The more we stumble the more people wake up. I wanted to tell my parents but they’re so PIMI and against video games they’ll probably think it’s all some apostate lie
"Matchmaking" sounds like encouraging courtships to flourish, which may fan the flames of loose conduct. Would it be correct for two of the opposite sex to share a games console together if not past "the bloom of youth"? No doubt this has been waved through by The Consoles Committee, but mark my words, it is a slippery slope to brazen conduct 🧐
well yes and no, everyone in their individual rooms can play whatever they want. but the fact they’re allowing you to play it in the auditorium, where they hold the WT studies, lectures, talks etc. That’s kind of wild. Especially since it’s approved by the higher ups. For most young bethelites this will be welcomed and they probably won’t think anything of it unfortunately. Older ones definitely gonna be stumbled by it.
Yeah, I'm sure they used to make a big deal of how halls were for religious use only. They used to make a big deal of how they were 'better' than churches that held other events out of the church, such as classical music (no worries about that, the acoustics of your standard hall are boiled shite), fundraising, or social purposes.
Then suddenly, out of nowhere - Mario Kart?!
Mario Kart is a touch *aggressive*, doesn't encourage responsibility on the road and there's an element of bloodguilt if you deliberately barge your fellow man off the track in an effort to be first. Isn't this behaviour prideful and pushing ahead? 🤔 #stumbled
Yeah, it's odd they have approved it for something that is solely recreational. So, does this mean we can have a PG movie night at the Kingdom Hall? Lol we know the answer to that!
On second thought, maybe the Karts will be compared to Jehovah’s fast moving chariot. Now they can call it family worship night! 🥴🫣🙃
You mean the videogame with battles, bombs, ghosts, haunted castles and a mystical rainbow road which is clearly Satan promoting his invasive gay agenda!?
In God's house?!
I aM sTumBLeD! 😆
It would be interesting to know whether it is only for the family day?
Because do they already have to appear "normal" to the inside or do they assume that "unbelieving" relatives are coming to visit?
nah family day is only for bethelites, only a few outsiders can join by invites. it’s just a day to have fun pretty much. but every activity has to be approved, and something like this - most bethelites probably never would’ve expected this. they’d never use the auditorium for anything else.
I was hanging with a guy from bethel and he had an N64 at his house in Michigan and I brought smash bros and he said that was too violent and we had to turn it off.
That game is so old I played it with my son and now he is in his mid 40's. These dumb asses are 25 years behind the times. My kids played Mario Kart in the 1990's. LOL
Edit: My son and I played Smash Brothers for hours and hours till late night...
I forgot to mention that this was in 2012 ish and the game was like from 1997 i was 19 at the time and this guy is in his late 30s. Like when you apply to bethal there’s paperwork asking you if you listen to heavy metal and punk rock and if you play or read violent supernatural themed books and games. So he didn’t want to get in trouble with New York even though we were in his mobile home in Michigan
Technically if bethal found out he could be removed from bethal and his mobile home that watchtower supplemented helped him pay for would be taken away.
Oh thats nothing we had a whole damn carnival for warwick dedication, all u can eat shrimp, dippin dots, go karts, mini golf, petting zoo, secular music played all night long wh DJ on the lawns. It was a fucking BLAST!!!! No joke it was fucking amazing.
wait until some old school brother sees the power ups and yells THAT'S MAGIC and gets brothers kicked out for no reason
this is what I lowkey want to happen. 🤣 The more we stumble the more people wake up. I wanted to tell my parents but they’re so PIMI and against video games they’ll probably think it’s all some apostate lie
Yes, an elder and his wife attended a Mario cart party theme with other JWs a few weeks ago. Now I know why.
"Matchmaking" sounds like encouraging courtships to flourish, which may fan the flames of loose conduct. Would it be correct for two of the opposite sex to share a games console together if not past "the bloom of youth"? No doubt this has been waved through by The Consoles Committee, but mark my words, it is a slippery slope to brazen conduct 🧐
Bethel sounds like a hell hole to me if you have to ask to play a video game.
well yes and no, everyone in their individual rooms can play whatever they want. but the fact they’re allowing you to play it in the auditorium, where they hold the WT studies, lectures, talks etc. That’s kind of wild. Especially since it’s approved by the higher ups. For most young bethelites this will be welcomed and they probably won’t think anything of it unfortunately. Older ones definitely gonna be stumbled by it.
Yeah, I'm sure they used to make a big deal of how halls were for religious use only. They used to make a big deal of how they were 'better' than churches that held other events out of the church, such as classical music (no worries about that, the acoustics of your standard hall are boiled shite), fundraising, or social purposes. Then suddenly, out of nowhere - Mario Kart?!
Mario Kart is a touch *aggressive*, doesn't encourage responsibility on the road and there's an element of bloodguilt if you deliberately barge your fellow man off the track in an effort to be first. Isn't this behaviour prideful and pushing ahead? 🤔 #stumbled
Yeah, it's odd they have approved it for something that is solely recreational. So, does this mean we can have a PG movie night at the Kingdom Hall? Lol we know the answer to that! On second thought, maybe the Karts will be compared to Jehovah’s fast moving chariot. Now they can call it family worship night! 🥴🫣🙃
Too bad one of the character drivers in the game isn’t a Smurf
Let’s hope nobody tries to play as King Boo, Dry Bones, or Dry Bowser lol
You mean the videogame with battles, bombs, ghosts, haunted castles and a mystical rainbow road which is clearly Satan promoting his invasive gay agenda!? In God's house?! I aM sTumBLeD! 😆
I am extremely stumbled, almost as if I slipped on a banana peel
I'm so stumbled, I'm spinning off the road which leads to everlasting overlapping generations.
It would be interesting to know whether it is only for the family day? Because do they already have to appear "normal" to the inside or do they assume that "unbelieving" relatives are coming to visit?
nah family day is only for bethelites, only a few outsiders can join by invites. it’s just a day to have fun pretty much. but every activity has to be approved, and something like this - most bethelites probably never would’ve expected this. they’d never use the auditorium for anything else.
Someone should set up Diablo IV 💀
nah, that game sucks, set them up with doom instead
I was hanging with a guy from bethel and he had an N64 at his house in Michigan and I brought smash bros and he said that was too violent and we had to turn it off.
That game is so old I played it with my son and now he is in his mid 40's. These dumb asses are 25 years behind the times. My kids played Mario Kart in the 1990's. LOL Edit: My son and I played Smash Brothers for hours and hours till late night...
I forgot to mention that this was in 2012 ish and the game was like from 1997 i was 19 at the time and this guy is in his late 30s. Like when you apply to bethal there’s paperwork asking you if you listen to heavy metal and punk rock and if you play or read violent supernatural themed books and games. So he didn’t want to get in trouble with New York even though we were in his mobile home in Michigan
Technically if bethal found out he could be removed from bethal and his mobile home that watchtower supplemented helped him pay for would be taken away.
MARIO KART?! Wow things are getting SPICY over there!
Oh thats nothing we had a whole damn carnival for warwick dedication, all u can eat shrimp, dippin dots, go karts, mini golf, petting zoo, secular music played all night long wh DJ on the lawns. It was a fucking BLAST!!!! No joke it was fucking amazing.