i've heard a few comments about watchtowers and awakes being left in doctor's offices, laundromats, etc.
maybe the witnesses are lazy in my home area, but i have never seen anything like that -- and i think, since i always look for something to read, i would have noticed.
strange.
... guess my area is "lucky", then. :) Actually, I have heard dubs around here say that theirs is a congregation "in trouble" because the numbers are dropping, hours are very low, etc. So it does make sense. I had just never even HEARD of mags in public places!
SLM
i've heard a few comments about watchtowers and awakes being left in doctor's offices, laundromats, etc.
maybe the witnesses are lazy in my home area, but i have never seen anything like that -- and i think, since i always look for something to read, i would have noticed.
strange.
I've heard a few comments about Watchtowers and Awakes being left in doctor's offices, laundromats, etc. Maybe the Witnesses are lazy in my home area, but I have never seen anything like that -- and I think, since I always look for something to read, I would have noticed. Strange. Is it just less common in rural areas?
Just a little observation for a Monday afternoon.
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it took over three years to do it, but i am *no longer* a newbie.. aren't you proud?
show me some love!.
Congrats!! I long for that day... :)
my husband was baptised right after he turned 11 years old.
this was highly unusual in his congregation (not sure what the average age is) as most people were at least 16 or 17 before they took the fatal plunge.
by the time my husband was 16, he realized what a huge mistake it was as he no longer wanted to have anything to do with it.
Interesting responses. Age 7! That's amazing to me. yikes.
I've heard from my husband another ex-JW friend (who was 14 when she was baptized and left at 18) both that they knew they "had to do it eventually" and didn't really see it as a decision. It was like, might as well do it now and get it out of the way. They both claim that's the mindset others their age had, too. Very sad.
I like the point that Jesus was 30. I'll have to bring that up sometime if my dub in-laws start talking about baptism... :)
SLM
my husband was baptised right after he turned 11 years old.
this was highly unusual in his congregation (not sure what the average age is) as most people were at least 16 or 17 before they took the fatal plunge.
by the time my husband was 16, he realized what a huge mistake it was as he no longer wanted to have anything to do with it.
Hello,
My husband was baptised right after he turned 11 years old. This was highly unusual in his congregation (not sure what the average age is) as most people were at least 16 or 17 before they took the fatal plunge. By the time my husband was 16, he realized what a huge mistake it was as he no longer wanted to have anything to do with it. He continued going to meetings until he was 21 and has since been inactive (two years, now).
I have raised the issue with his parents - basically asked them how on earth they could let their 11-year-old enter a LIFELONG commitment. I asked them if they would have let him get married at 11 - they said no, but that he was "ready" to be baptised then. I said, obviously not.
Now, he has not done anything to get disfellowshipped, so everyone is content to leave things as they are. But I predict someday, someone will want to cut him out. Is the person's age at baptism ever a possible consideration? I doubt it. But say they try to disfellowship him even 10 years from now (which is the soonest we'll probably even be living in that area again). How can they stand there and tell a 30-something-year-old that he is losing his family for a decision he made when he was 11? That seems so absurd. But, I guess that is the nature of the beast. Sigh.
How old were you when you were baptised? And do you know of any time a young age has helped the person when they want to get out?
Thanks,
SLM
my employers' intranet website recently posted for a position located in cincinnati (which is about a 2 hour drive from columbus, where i live).. the requirements/skills listed on the posting seemed right up my alley, so i submitted my app online.
today i get an email from the hr lady asking me when i can interview.. i'm so nervous about this!
i've never lived far from home, and i'm very close with my family, to be honest they're all i've got, i don't have friends or a social circle to speak of.
Hello, fellow Ohioan - I live in southeast Ohio. :)
2 hours isn't too bad. I think if you make the move, you'll still be able to visit home frequently. Best of luck with your choice and your interview!
SLM
january 4, 2004
to: all congregations and traveling overseers
dear brothers,
Wow... had me until the "changing doctrine" line... but my jaw was hanging open until then. Scary.
SLM
Back to school for me too... yaayyyyy....
are new year's resolutions of "pagan origin"?
or do they just not do it because wordly people do it?
just curious.
Thanks for all the responses. What's funny to me - having grown up as a non-Witness with many Witness friends - is that is was the WITNESS youth who introduced me to drinking and partying! go figure. :)
SLM
it's been a long time since i last posted here.
most of you probably don't remember me, but i'm a non-jw who has a very dear friend that is married to a jw.
this morning my friend called me.
Out of curiousity...
What kind of paperwork does one need to do to have that directive? Does it have to be authorized, or can it just be written and given to someone for safe keeping? I and my family are non-JWs, husband is an inactive JW... but his parents are still 100% in the faith, so I wouldn't want them making the decision.
Also - when it's critical, don't they automatically give you the blood unless you have a directive that says NOT to? Or do they wait and ask someone? And why would parents necessarily have that authority over adults?
Just curious. Scary thoughts.
SLM
