i have noticed, from reading posts on this and other related websites, what to me is an alarming practice taking place within the jw's.
and that is the baptism of kids.. on a recent discussion posted by pe ( video of the girl now forced to shun her sister) this child was baptised at 9 years old.
all of us who were baptised at a much older age know of the many questions one needs to give serious consideration and understanding of to become eligible for baptism, not to mention the two baptism questions asked before being dunked.. surely the organisation must know that children of such a young age are not mature enough to fully grasp the seriousness, demands and consequences of making such a decision.. another point; if jesus is the example to follow, then why did he only get baptised at age 30, and he was perfect!.
There is no way a child would understand the full ramifications of their decision to be baptised. Hell most adult JWs don't fully grasp the concepts of what it actually means to be a baptised dub.
I have witnessed four bible studies (not mine) get love bombed and fast tracked through to baptism only to be DFed or DA within a year or so of their baptism, that's how well they "understood" this religion they were saying yes to.
every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.
so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?
was he gay too?
Vidiot - people say the same about Hitler I believe, seems delusional psychopathic bastards can be quite charismatic.
dont worry, this is safe for work... :).
remember when we were jws and we were told not to "model ourselves after the world"?
meaning no tattoos, no non-approved hairstyles, clothing to be not too tight, not too short etc etc etc?
Yes, the idea of the "good JW man" would be like dating a good muslim man or a good "christian" man.
"Good" in the worst kind of way. No thankyou!
this poor girl was baptized at 9yo.
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she isnt old enough to buy alcohol, to vote, to decide her own medical treatment, to buy a pet, to travel alone... yet she was deemed old enough to dedicate her life to a religion that will cut her off from her family if she ever leaves.. here she is applauded for shunning her own sister who tried to keep in contact with her after waking up.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzgnfda8ki.
Chook - I view them as evil in cheap suits.
this poor girl was baptized at 9yo.
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she isnt old enough to buy alcohol, to vote, to decide her own medical treatment, to buy a pet, to travel alone... yet she was deemed old enough to dedicate her life to a religion that will cut her off from her family if she ever leaves.. here she is applauded for shunning her own sister who tried to keep in contact with her after waking up.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzgnfda8ki.
The real hero in this story is the shunned sister.
Woohoo you go girl, be sure to drop by JW.com to receive a hero's welcome!
every picture i have seen at him at beth shirim and other private places are with a bottle of alcohol.. while for me personally i couldn't care less anymore.... for jw's this is low moral character.
so i'm an going to guess he was a functioning alcoholic... how did that work with his closest workers?
was he gay too?
Whether Rutherford was a drunk ashole or a sober asshole he was still an asshole and sites like this and all the broken families are evidence of this psychopathic asshole.
the latest research article published at ajwrb estimates the number of jehovah's witnesses who have died from following or being coerced to follow watchtower's blood policy.
the numbers are staggering.
http://ajwrb.org/jehovahs-witnesses-and-blood-tens-of-thousands-dead-in-hidden-tragedy.
JD the WT Lawyer is in da house! Your handlers must be so proud.
this poor girl was baptized at 9yo.
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she isnt old enough to buy alcohol, to vote, to decide her own medical treatment, to buy a pet, to travel alone... yet she was deemed old enough to dedicate her life to a religion that will cut her off from her family if she ever leaves.. here she is applauded for shunning her own sister who tried to keep in contact with her after waking up.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzgnfda8ki.
Stan, stan stan, that be WT approved "modest clothing."
The sisters had no choice if they wanted to appear on the platform.
The more WT bangs on about stuff it knows nothing about, in this case tolerance, the more pressure it puts on individual JWs to toe the line with regards to adopting intolerant attitudes towards non-jw people.
The more intolerant individual JWs become towards those on the other side of the cult compound the more psychological discomfort it will produce as their individual conscience struggles to reconcile the JW attitudes in their everday life.
Because, let's face it, trying to incorporate your JWness into everyday life is like trying to jam a square peg into round hole - regardless of their fairytaly ending videos, it just doesn't work. The more individual JWs that feel this uncomfortable mismatch of intolerant ideology with workmates and classmates the more JWs might actually start to wake up.
Or, maybe I 'm just a crazy optimist.
hi i am just starting to rebuild my relationship with jehovah.
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i would like to hear from people who may be or have been in similar situations and now want to dedicate their lives to him..
Has justme returned to the building yet? I was interested in reading the responses.
