| Celebrate
Mother's Day |
| Celebrate
Father's Day |
| Celebrate
Grandparent's Day |
| Celebrate
Birthdays |
| Celebrate
Thanksgiving |
| Celebrate
New Year's Eve or Day |
| Celebrate
Christmas |
| Celebrate
Halloween |
| Celebrate
Easter |
| Celebrate
Flag Day |
| Celebrate
Independence Day (Fourth of July) |
| Celebrate
Hanukkah |
| Celebrate
St. Patrick's Day |
| Celebrate Valentine's Day |
| Celebrate "Any" Holiday |
| Sing
any Holiday Songs |
| Eat
Turkey on Thanksgiving |
| Create
Holiday artwork in school |
| Join
the Boy Scouts |
| Join
the Girl Scouts |
| Buy
Girl Scout Cookies |
| Become
a Cheerleader |
Attend
class reunions (No "Worldly" association) |
| Go
to the school prom |
| Play
School Sports (No competition allowed) |
| Play
Professional Sports |
| Join
any organization that has ties to Christianity |
| Shop
at the Salvation Army |
| Volunteer
for the Salvation Army |
| Donate
to Relief Organizations like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Charities and
more |
| Shop
at Church run thrift stores |
| Shop
at Church Garage Sales |
| Shop
at any Store that has Christian ties |
| Contribute
to the Red Cross |
| Attend
a Church School |
| Join
the YMCA |
| Join or work for
the Military ( work on military bases such as in the PX or clean homes on military bases) |
| Become
a Police Officer |
| Attend
Alcoholics Anonymous |
| Have
any job with a gun |
| Strike
against a Company |
| Salute
the Flag |
| Sing
the National Anthem |
| Go
to War |
| Wear
Clothing Associated with War; e.g. Combats or Army Tops |
| Work in the United Nations building |
| Karate - no martial arts of any kind |
| Vote (Conscience matter now to please Governments, you will be
ostracized if you do) |
| Run
for any Public Office |
| Campaign
for a Candidate |
| Contribute
to the Presidential Campaign Fund on your tax return |
| Can
join union, but not participate in its affairs |
| Run
for class president |
| Join
Sororities or Fraternities |
| Participate
in holiday parties at school |
| Buy
lottery tickets |
| Gamble |
| Play
Bingo |
| Can't
buy a raffle ticket |
| Date
without supervision - young or old |
| Date unless you are planning to marry them |
| Watch
R rated movies |
| Cannot
work on another Church |
| Own
a religious picture or statue |
| Smoke
cigarettes, pipes or a cigars |
| Sell cigarettes, pipes or a cigars |
| Accept
Blood |
| Donate
Blood |
| Store
your own blood before an operation |
| Eat blood sausages or sausages with "plasma" in ingredients |
| Use fertilizes in your garden which has blood products in them |
| Wear
blue jeans or casual clothes to the Kingdom Hall |
| Wear
pants to the Kingdom Hall if you are a female |
| Wear
skirts or dresses that are above the knee at any time |
| Wear
any type of long hair if you are a man |
| Wear
a beard in some Kingdom Halls and areas (judged hard) |
| Pierce
ears if male, other body parts if female |
| Have
any tattoos |
| Say
curse words |
| Can't
be hypnotized |
| Get
divorced unless scriptural (adultery or fornication is committed by one
partner) if you do divorce cannot remarry unless ex fornicates first |
| Toast
drinks (pagan origin) |
| Throw
rice at a wedding (pagan origin) |
| Say
"Bless You" when someone sneezes |
| Say
"Good Luck!", "Wish me Luck", "I was Lucky"
or "You were Lucky" |
| Tell
ghost stories |
| Practice
Yoga |
| Own
a Smurf |
| Eat
Lucky Charms Cereal (References to Magical) |
| Throw
a penny into a wishing well |
| Read
Horoscopes |
| Promote
anything Superstitious |
| Have
wind charms because they represent a pagan symbol for scaring away demons |
| Watch "Magic" acts or do "Magic" tricks |
| See a Medium or Fortune Teller |
| Watch
TV Shows or Movies, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Touched by an Angel",
"Bewitched" , "Harry Potter", any Occult type shows |
| Listen to certain classical music, like Shubert's Avé Maria. (Mary worship) |
| Have ethnic decorative items in the house like Tikis or African masks |
| Say
"It was fate" or mention anything to do with "fate" |
| Engage
in any risky acts such as: Sky Diving, Bungie Jumping & Hang Gliding |
| Have
Jesus as your Mediator and Savior |
| Can't partake in the Memorial of Jesus' death, by eating the unleavened
bread or drinking the wine; only allowed if you are from the elite group
of the 144,000 |
| A
woman can't hold a position of responsibility in the congregation |
| Wear
or own a Cross |
| Attend
another Church (Spiritual Fornication) |
| Have unauthorized Bible study groups |
| Associate
on a regular basis with nonbelievers |
| Associate
with ex-members |
| Associate
with disfellowshipped ones |
| Talk
with disfellowshipped ones |
| Sue
another Jehovah's Witness |
| Marry
a nonbeliever (If you do, you are judged hard by the congregation) |
| Marry
in another Church or attend a wedding in another Church |
| Have
a funeral in another Church or attend a funeral in another Church |
| Pray,
including holding your head down, when a nonbeliever prays |
| Study
other religious articles not from the Society |
| Read
negative information about the Society |
| Question
the Watchtower Society on anything |
| Exercise
your on conscience if it goes against the religion |
| Question
the Society or the Organization |
| Have
Christian freedom |
| If
you are a woman you can't pray aloud in the presence of men, without a covering
on your head |
| If
you are sick and need alternative medical help you can't get illegal medicines
from another country |
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Publication Abbreviations For The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society - WTBTS - Jehovah's Witnesses