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  Can anyone tell me any narrative of having successfully avoided Baptism while being raised JW?

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  i just worry for my stepkids about their future that way..

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  My Mom actually did not encourage child baptism - she felt this was a decision that should be made as an adult. She used Jesus as the example.

  Whew! I am so glad she did.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses A Cult?

  by What Now? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across a great quote.... the distinction between cult and religion lies squarely in how those leaving or those wanting to leave are treated.. hits the nail on the head for me!.

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  Hassan's B.I.T.E Model is a good indication. JWs hit every one of his criteria.
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  Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!

  by song19 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.

  theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .

  we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.

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  Want to hear something funny ?

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband just won the city wide holiday light display for christmas i am so proud .

  just a few short years ago i was the one that put a strand of white lights around the porch railing ,and a couple of lighted deer in the yard ....that brought the elders around real quick (after three years of silence ) at that time my husband was still holding onto the notion his faith was not bond to a cult .

  it didn't take long after the 'loving sheparding call' for him to see things in another light.

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  Love it!
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  Why JW marriage is a huge problem for the organization.

  by kneehighmiah in

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  2. friends

  the difficulty of finding a marriage mate is well known for sisters.

  but i would say it's hard for brothers also.

  i was talking to a jw last night.

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  Years ago there was an extremely attactive woman in my parent's congregation. She was browbeaten for being beautiful. The elders were constantly telling her she was dressing too sensually, etc. But regardless of how much dowdy dressing she wore, her beauty overcame it and the Witnesses didn't know how to deal with it. She was married with children as well. Not sure if she is still in as I believe they moved away.

  To the comment about beauty being in the eye of the beholder, I can verify that. I have been told I am pretty, beautiful, gorgeous, attractive as well as ugly, overweight, and unattractive. * Heaven shrugs her shoulders * . Whatever.
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  If you don't have an "electronic device" you aren't ready for service!

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the feb 2015 km, page 2:.

  have a publisher demonstrate how he.

  prepares for the ministry by reviewing the tracts,.

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  Kinda scary, considering that dialing 9-1-1 (particularly when one's life depends on it) requires the use of an electronic device...

  Vidiot, you are so correct. This is why he is in a nursing home now and not allowed to venture out on his own. I didn't even get him a phone in his room because he doesn't have a clue how to use it and can't get to it. Dementia has a way of creating Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses whether they like it or not.

  I suspect his status with the Borg is 'inactive' at best; I'm pretty sure he is no longer considered a Ministerial Servant.
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  Are you an "out of the closet" atheist?

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
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  i'm atheist and not ashamed of it.

  however, it is so politically incorrect, especially where i live.

  i have a legitimate concern that being out of the closet too much will hurt my career or neighborly relations--i know for a fact it probably would.. i'm really cautious about who i tell.. how about you?

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  Are you an "out of the closet" atheist?

  Only if people play the religion card with me. If people don't go there, I don't either.
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  If you don't have an "electronic device" you aren't ready for service!

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the feb 2015 km, page 2:.

  have a publisher demonstrate how he.

  prepares for the ministry by reviewing the tracts,.

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  fastjehu 3 hits for "latest gadget"

  Thanks for those references fastjehu, and the other ones you found JW GoneBad.

  Seems the doublespeak applies to this as well then. Counsel not to get the latest gadgets, but then pressure to have them to keep up with the KM presentations and jw tv

  The browbeating continues.

  
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  If you don't have an "electronic device" you aren't ready for service!

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the feb 2015 km, page 2:.

  have a publisher demonstrate how he.

  prepares for the ministry by reviewing the tracts,.

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  Even if my Father's life depended on it, there is no way he'd be able to use an electronic device or go out in Field Serve-Us.
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  Praise Jibbers Crabst! (The oatmeal)

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is too funny.

  pay attention to sign language girl, she is soo funny.

  and praise jibbers crabs!.

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  The Bombardier Beetle... another loving provision from Jehovah :