by bluecanary 57 Replies latest jw experiences
I was always accused of being a bad seed. The black sheep. The failure. It was the one thing I could do to make my parents proud. I really wanted to do the right thing. But I also wanted to marry the congregation hearthrob (who is no longer a hearthrob ). I also wanted a 95' Mustang So I studied the questions and passed the test. My parents still weren't proud & I didn't even get a new dress for the
occasion
homeschool, so did the Mustang work out?
i have no flukkin clue......sept i was fourth gen and my freinds were doin it......i was 15............and stoopid.......oompa
To be accepted and be a real functioning part of the IN group, and to be acceptable to my mom.
I was 4th generation and 17 years old. I craved the acceptance and approval of my family. I wanted to be popular, too.
I got baptized because I did not want to die at Armageddon
I was 12, my best friend told me she was planning on getting baptized at the district convention and so I decided that would be a good time for me to do it too. Since I knew I would some day anyway.
My elder/father (who was sexually abusing my younger sister) went through the questions in the "Lamp" book (I think that's what it was) no other elders were ever involved.
I knew I had to make a dedication in prayer, but when it got to that point, I remember lying in bed with my heart pounding, scared to death to make that commitment. If I'd had more sense, I would have known that was a big red flag right there, but I was only 12.
Got to the convention, best friend had changed her mind and not bothered to tell me. One of the two questions that were asked of the baptismal candidates at that time was, "Have you made request to God for a clean conscience?" I was panic-stricken, I didn't know I was supposed to make such a request! I said, "yes" anyway, just didn't know what to do at that point.
I'd had a near drowning accident the summer before, and for months I couldn't put my face in the shower water, let alone get into a swimming pool. But I did and felt fairly calm which I attributed to Jehovah's help. Got dunked, no fanfare afterward from my family (no surprise there) and life went on as usual.
Exactly as they stated in the latest Watchtower, why not to.....family tradition, 1975 was a year away and I might mention, pressure, pressure, pressure!
I believe I had just turned 15. I knew all the right answers to the 80 questions, it was just parroting. Nothing but getting my parents off my back. When you had to shout at the assembly,...."Yes"...I did not say a word. I also crossed my fingers behind my back, ....as if that did any good.
r.
"No one will marry you if you aren't baptized. "
I almost got baptized for that very reason. Thank God he broke off the engagement 5 months before the wedding. He did it in a jerky but that's what jerks do. So glad I didn't marry him.
Josie
LoL, Blue. No, I didnt get the mustang. Or the congregation heartthrob thank goodness!
