A little anger now is better than getting baptized and kicked out then listening to his pressure to return for ever! Just deal with it with honesty.
Wasanelder Once
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My Dad wants to study with me
by BlackWolf inso my parents continue to pester me about getting baptized.
the other day my dad told me that i was old enough to make a decision, and was wondering why i wasn't ready (assembly is in a few weeks) so i told him calmly that i have many doubts and if i were to get baptized it has to be 100 percent my idea.
he was a little annoyed by this, and now wants to study the "is there a creator that cares about you" book (which is complete bs) with me.
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Awww, my baptism song! It was so moving. Hook line and sinker, they got me. Now its like fingernails on a chalkboard. Make it go away! ...
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Living Vicariously Through the Sheep.
by donny inwhen i got baptized as a jehovah’s witness in the summer of 83, my honeymoon period lasted about two years before i began to wonder if the society and its adherents were all it claimed to be.
no of the things i encountered for the first few years was really faith shattering, they simply just made me pause and think.
after a short while, i would file those issues in the back of my brain files and move forward.. .
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1. It was a typical WT invasion of privacy to grill a person and make any record of it.
2. The elder was irresponsible to put those reports in your hands.
3. You had no right reading it.
Never once in a judicial hearing did we ever dig for that sort of detail and NEVER wrote anything like that. You got an a-1 pervert there chum.
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Im Going To Approach A Witnessing Cart Today
by pale.emperor inthe city in which i work is flooded with those witnessing carts.
today im going to approach one of them and pretend i dont know what they believe.
gonna try and record it if i can.
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"Then I will run them over with a steamroller!" lol
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A Taxonomy of WT Presidents/GB
by breakfast of champions in[this is what happens when the semester ends.
idle hands.
so i was thinking of how you would categorize the presidents of the wt, and i came up with this:.
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Russell = Egotistical fanatic
Rutherford = Self appointed fascist prophet and Opportunist
Knorr = Goosestepping inheritor of the status quo
Franz = Delusional Bible reading Watchtower wizard.
Herd = Just happy to join the club with the big white boys.
Jackson = Makes a marsupial look bright.
Splane = Obviously an accountant who found his way to being a WT "yes" man.
Losch = Goebbels evil religious twin.
Sanderson = Girls just want to have fun!
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Wow what do you think true story
by poopie inthis is an actual case.
a jw was recently disfellowshipped heres the reason.
he was and elder and regular pioneer at the time baprized 40 years he decides to rent a room from a women who rents rooms out to singles ,he moves in and there's another guy there also renting a room he happens to be disfellowshipped .
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and I have a goose that lays golden eggs! I'll loan the ex-elder a half dozen.
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Beatles poster was "Demonized". We had to take it down. How about you?
by Wasanelder Once inin 1967 richard avedon published a poster of his portraits of the beatles.
my jw aunt attacked it for being spiritualistic!
the "third" eye on george's palm was spiritualistic!
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In 1967 Richard Avedon published a poster of his portraits of the Beatles. (see below). My JW aunt attacked it for being spiritualistic! The "third" eye on George's palm was spiritualistic! We were inviting demons into the house! We should get rid of it now! My parents were just learning and my mom took it to heart. My dad was/is skeptical to this day. At 10 years old I didn't know what to think. I liked the poster though. How was if for you when it came to images that Uber dubs call "demonized"? What did they discourage you from having and enjoying?
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What do you think .
by smiddy inwhat is the one thing a male escapes from,then spends the rest of his life trying to get back into ..
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Debt?
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My presentation (new one here!)
by Skepsis ini registered in the board and i wanted to present myself.. i used to visit this forum some time ago and even register an account but then i tried to convince myself all was ok in the congregation.
now, i'm coming back :).
i live in a southern european nation, i'm a young jw, a good example in the congregation serving as a regular pioneer and ms. for all in the congregation i'm the good guy, one of the best examples in the area i live.
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Skepsis, its hard to balance the rational understanding of real life with the fictional world of the Watchtower. In time reality will be the better choice. Some find it better to jump into a body of cold water, others just take their time and acclimate to it. You know yourself, do it at your own pace. Just know that no one in the organization is pivotal. Once one steps aside another steps in, no one misses you for long, trust me. Live your life and don't give all those precious years to the men in New York state.
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They Offered Their Son Willingly—To Bethelite Brothers
by betterdaze inthey offered themselves willingly—in new yorkricky, a construction project manager in hawaii, was invited to serve as a commuter bethelite to assist with the warwick project.
his wife, kendra, wanted him to accept the invitation.
however, they had a legitimate concern: the welfare of their 11-year-old son, jacob.
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Lostandfound, some JW's came from the "World" and have a bankroll because they were not janitors before becoming zealots. The WT would never tell you that of course. Could be?