by Nexus 21 Replies latest jw friends
Greetings one and all :)
I recently managed to find this rather lovely forum after much digging through the dirt that is the WBTS and I am very glad I did. Although I never went as far as becoming a baptised minister, I had been attending meetings for almost a year now. So here I am, and I guess this is my attempt at saying hey :)
Looking forwards to talking to you all in the future.
Very nice to have you here and look forward to hearing your story. I'm curious, you'd been going for a year and decided not to get dunked...what held ya back? Again, welcome!
Hi there. Welcome!
zoiks
Welcome! Tell your story.
'Hey' is a Georgia expression. Is that where you are from?
Outaservice
Nope, Im from the happy go lucky UK :) I think there were a few reasons that stopped the dunking and ironcially they were mostly problems they presented me with rather than me having a problem with them.
First of all I have, wait for it.... long hair. Now after reading through the bible, their literature and everything else people cared to direct my attention to, I could find no reason at all why I should have to cut it, other than the fact that it ment i didn't look like 'them'. So this of course cause alot of problems.
Secondly I was always asking questions, and while their answers seemed to deal with things practically, I have always had a problem with any relgion that has any form of disfellowshiping. I personally think it is a disgusting practice and had alot of problems trying to work out why such 'loving' people would put someone though this.
There were a few other little things too, I never really felt like I fitted in with the people around me, probably because I wasn't stepping on eggshells around everyone but hey ho.
I have always had a problem with any relgion that has any form of disfellowshiping.
Great for you. Thrilled that you found your freedom before putting the chains of belief slavery on.
Welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
Glad you asked question prior to baptism...had you gone ahead and been baptised, you would have been "encouraged" to stop asking them.
Thanks all :) Nice to be here :)
Thanks all :) Nice to be here :)
