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  Baptism Question question

  by mindmelda in

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  2. friends

  i was baptized at age 16 in 1976. i was baptized "old style" meaning before the 1985 change where one dedicates oneself to the organization in the baptism questions.

  i was baptized "in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit".. i have some questions:.

  can a minor (under age 18 in america) be held legally responsible for a public statement like answering the baptismal questions?

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  I went to an ACOC meeting the other day

  by mindmelda in

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  2. experiences

  i went to my first acoc (adult children of alcoholics) meeting friday.

  i think i had one of the most spiritually uplifting experiences of my life.

  i've never fet the intensity of love and acceptance at a kh that i felt at this meeting with a group of women that i'd only known an hour.

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  "Why God Won't Go Away"

  by mindmelda in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been reading a fascinating book, "why god won't go away" by andrew newberg m.d.

  and eugene d'aquili, m.d.

  ph.d. newberg is both a physician and an instructor of religious studies, dr. aquili (now deceased, he died before this book of his research was published) was a distinguished psychiatrist.. the book is about the biological and neurological basis for belief in god.

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  Sad for family that is still JW

  by mindmelda in

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  i talked to my parents and brother yesterday and it made me so sad.

  they're still drinking that koolaid.. but, then my brother started telling off color homophobic jokes and my mom was laughing at him.

  they have such contempt for anyone who the wts tells them to hate!.

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  The recession, has it affected you?

  by mindmelda in

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  2. friends

  it's affected my family a lot because my husband is in construction.

  he's doing commercial work now for a company after losing his own small business.. it's also the reason we moved 1600 miles to texas.. i see real problems ahead for the usa, the lack of employment is a huge factor that has yet to be addressed and unemployment is more severe than anticipated by the government.. so, what are your brilliant solutions for the recession?

  if you could sit down with the president and his staff and tell them what you think, what would you say?.

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  My own little GB memory

  by mindmelda in

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  2. experiences

  i just remembered this, as it happened back in the mid 70s.

  my parents had taken my younger brother and i to hear two "special" talks in salt lake city.. the featured speakers were knorr and raymond franz.. i remember being entranced by franz, who was one of the more concise speakers i'd ever heard, very sharp, and rather bored by knorr, who seemed elderly and vague.

  i was about 13/14 at the time but had these very distinct impressions.. anyway, after the talks, the crowds were pressing in to get a chance to shake the speakers hands, and my 12 year old brother (who had adhd and still does) pushed impulsively through the crowd and ran smack into knorr.

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  WTS, Faithful Slave or Evil Slave?

  by mindmelda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does the wts fit the description of the evil slave in jesus parable?.

  i'd like to see everyone that cares to discuss that.

  sometimes when i read that parable, it occurs to me that maybe it's the wts that better fits the description of the evil slave, the one who beat his brothers, abused them.

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  The Wise Old Lady

  by mindmelda in

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  "this is why we love old people".

  a farmer stopped by the local mechanic shop to have his truck fixed.. they couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and.

  the bucket.

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  Cognitive Dissonance

  by mindmelda in

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  2. friends

  i just got off the phone with my mom and during our conversation (which was good, actually, mostly personal, family stuff), i got a big hint of the cognitive dissonance that witnesses often operate under.

  you have to understand, my parents live in an area that is about 75% lds, or mormon.. she was mentioning a young lady my aunt is studying with, and she said the following.

  "she has a boyfriend, and your aunt met him.

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  This looks like a good place to introduce myself

  by mindmelda in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi, i'm 49 and have been an inactive witness for years now.

  i was baptized at age 16 about 33 years ago mainly to please my parents and to fit in, cuz everyone was doing it.

  and i was able to answer all those questions in the organization book because i have a near photographic memory, as it turns out.

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