Hello all, i have been attending meetings for about two months, but have been reading about the truth for a year now. Our firstborn was on Oct 7th, this year ;) however, my wife is in a C.O.G.I.C. and because im not as humble as most, i often argue with her about the lies being told in her babylonian church. Now she wants to get our child "dedicated to god", which im not familar with but it sounds as if she is trying to get our child baptized...considering thats what happens when you get baptized anyway, you become dedicated. I tried showing her versus like Matthew 28:19, 20..& Acts 2:41, but she told me with or without my decision, that its going to happen anyway. It's like i have no say so with my own daughter. I cant physically force her to stop because thats what Jehovah gave us thats so special, free will. All i can do is pray. But now im starting to think, would i be held responsible for my child according to Deuteronomy 24:16.... my life is constantly being tested my the opposer... is there anyone who knows what to do?
Need information concerning my infant child
by willz 20 Replies latest jw friends
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helncon
Welcome Willz,
And congrates on the baby.
However i am a little confused with your situation unless i am not reading it right.
You are only studying with the jw's?
my wife is in a C.O.G.I.C.
I'm not sure what that is.
But im guessing that your wife wants your child to be baptised now which i am guessing is a whole lot different to being baptised as a jw.
I'm sure someone here can help you more than what i can
Regards
Helen
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Open mind
If you're looking for advice from true-believing, active JWs, this isn't the right web site.
Most people here no longer truly believe that Jehovah's Witnesses are God's one and only chosen religion.
But if you have any doubts about that yourself, then pull up a chair and start reading. You won't regret it. I sure haven't.
Open Mind
3rd generation JW, 1st generation free-thinker
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horrible life
Even with still believing in the JW, though not being regular, my husband wanted my daughter baptised as a Methodist. I figured "What the heck". Then I started researching the beliefs of the JW's, and what I found shocked me. I want to tell my father so badly. But he is a very intelligent man. I wonder if he knows already, and is just staying in, because of my mother, who would not listen to anyone.
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nvrgnbk
Teach your child about love.
Perhaps you and your wife can both take a break from religion and just put all of your energy and heart into your kid.
Best of success to all of you.
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MeneMene
I really don't see any difference in baptizing an infant as some religions do or baptizing children as young as 9 years old as the JWs do.
Neither child has any understanding what his life is being dedicated to. Jesus was not baptized until he was 30. Sounds about the right age to me.
We have heard of situations where JWs baptize young children then disfellowship and shun them when they are still young children. The Watchtower Society holds disfellowshipping over each member's head as a threat to obey them completely.
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Quandry
Welcome to the forum.
I wouldn't worry too much about the wife wanting your infant to be "dedicated" to God. First, she is mom, and this action will make her feel as if her child is "protected" and "safe" which will in turn make her less anxious as a new mom.
Second, the Watchtower Society also advocates child baptism, sometimes as young as seven or eight years old.
How could a person of this tender age possibly make lifelong decisions? How could they understand fully that it entails future disfellowshipping and shunning by all the members of their religion if they make a decision based on partial knowledge and when they grow old enough to thoroughly investigate the history of the religion, and its teachings, find that they don't feel the same way?
Hope this helps.
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changeling
HI! Welcome!
I think you are on the wrong forum, though. Most here are exJW's.
On the baby baptism thing: What's the difference? Do you think Jehovah will be displeased with your daughter? Don't you think that's silly, considering she does not have a say in the matter?
Stick around here, you may be surprised at what you might learn.
changeling
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blueviceroy
I understand your concern , and share my concern with your choice of beliefs , Have you ever educated yourself about all the major religions in the world ?
Before you decided on this one did you do any objective research or did you just join it without any thought?
Do you have any experiential knowledge on the veracity of your chosen beliefs or do you just accept them as they are given to you because someone told you it was true?
I wish you the very best in life as fellow human and I hope you will consider my questions.