i am hoping someone will take a look at this and be able to help me with my question.. i was baptized in 1973, you know, because i was a teenager and old enough to stand on my own when armageddon descended in 1975. .
perhaps elders, or any former elders especially, but anyone who was around then could help me with this question, because i honestly don't recall, and really need to know.. what were the baptismal questions the candidates responded to back then?
were we still asked if we repented of our sins, turned around, and were being baptized in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit?.
I was dipped as a JW in 1971 in Pittsburgh, PA. if you are sincere in your Christian beliefs, have the baptism redone in your church as I did in 2008. My life as a "real" Christian is better than ever even though I am soooooo very imperfect.
HappyDad
i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.
it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.
there were six of us, now only four.
So sorry for your loss LisaRose. I'm about to turn 70 and I think about my mortality more than ever. I can see myself slowing down. I'm sure your brother felt the same as he got older. At least he saw the TTATT in time.
Cherish the good memories of him.
HappyDad
so why is celebrating mother's day wrong according to witnesses?.
is it not an opportunity to show respect to the giver of life (mother) and therefore god, the originator of families?.
does it not give an opportunity for members of the family to give a hard working mother a day off?
I just wish my "df'd since 1971 for smoking" mother were still alive so that I could celebrate her worth as my mother. She died in 1998 and I am proud to say that when I was a brainwashed dub, I never once allowed the JW doctrine to affect my relationship with her. Screw you Watchtower!
HappyDad
my eyes for ttatt opened in 1995 with the generation change and the wt magazine stated "some witness thought that the generation started in 1914".
since 1997, with internet at low speed, i followed h2o hourglass, www.xjw.com and later on www.jehovahs-witness.net.. did a bachelor and post bachelor since then.. now, nearly completed with fading, i feel it's time to go on with my life and do some other things, spending more time with my wife abd children instead of thinking about jw topics in my head.
goal is being a better person and less grumpy at 45.... everything what could be said is already said.
My best to you Gorby.
I've been out for 15 years and never even think about it until I see some of them walking the streets or at the city park sitting with the literature cart. But I still check this site out each and every day and even several times a day because I learn a lot here. This site keeps me informed about the latest idiocy that comes from headquarters and reinforces the fact that I made the right decision to leave. Please come back from time to time because your posts have always been a pleasure to read.
HappyDad
is it possible that watchtower is in possession of prince's will and the legal department is waiting for the until things settle down to produce it?.
There is no will. Stop the conspiracy bull shit already and start thinking like a normal person.
HappyDad
my son graduates with his bachelors degree, cum laude!.
he is the first in my family to graduate with a four year degree.
and he is already in talks for a teaching job.. so, gerrit lush....up your nose with a rubber hose!
Captain Schmideo2,
I am very happy for you and wish you and your son much happiness.
Isn't it amazing what can be accomplished once the cult doesn't have a hold on us anymore?
Likewise.....I can't wait to post the same thing about my daughter when she graduates with her bachelors degree later this year. Only 20 plus years later than it should have taken.
She will finally have her degree at age 45 and it will be well worth it.
Our family passed a free ride to college for her in 1989 when she graduated high school because of this "explitive" cult we were in. It has since cost a fortune but my daughter and I have no regrets.
Long live all exjw's who are now awakened.
Let this post be a lesson for all you lurkers who still adhere to the brainwashing of higher education.
HappyDad
i ran into my old bible study at the kingdom hall recently, he was baptized as a jw 8 years ago.
we started talking about small things and catching up about our families and then the bombshell.. "my wife and i are deeply troubled by the watchtower change of doctrine, prophecy, and their history"!
"did you know about charles russell and his failed marriage... his view of pyramids... generation mistakes... and dates... that place in california for returning prophets..."and on and on he went.. i told him i knew all about it and then show him a publication on display in the foyer (i think it is divine plan of the ages), and it had a fold out of a pyramid and a description on bible verses that showed 1914 was the year the big a was going to happen.
Why on earth would a KH have on display in the foyer, a publication such as Divine Plan of the Ages?
Weren't they told to get rid of all those misguided publications some years back?
HappyDad
i was talking with a friend of mine who knows a few people in the home department at bethel.
apparently, prince was, as i noted in the title, on the board of directors.
he apparently was sort of a silent partner or advisor in the whole thing.
Ok............
I edited that post 4 times and the lyrics still come out jumbled. What gives?
HappyDad
i was talking with a friend of mine who knows a few people in the home department at bethel.
apparently, prince was, as i noted in the title, on the board of directors.
he apparently was sort of a silent partner or advisor in the whole thing.
The GB has today given permission for that submarine is to be painted yellow. Seems they identified with some of the lyrics and thought Prince was the man who sailed the seas and told them of his life. And who was also a great source of the sea of green.
In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed the sea, And he told us of his life, In the land of submarines And our friends are all on board, Many more of them live next door As we live a life of ease Everyone of us has all we need Sky of blue and sea of green $$$$$$$$$ In our yellow submarine
HappyDad
i was born into the elastic fact, tract & knock knock club, as it is known to some, but most often you will hear them referred to as "the worst thing i've ever been through.
"i had the typical jw early life of forced compliance by sadistic joy killing narcissists.
i learned early on that 'new light' doesn't come from stifled children and there was no suggestion box at my house.. when i was 6 my parents divorced and my mom quickly remarried and we moved from portland to the oregon coast.
Welcome nehew..
I had many a great phone call with Craig when I first came on this forum in 2004. He was someone that you would immediately take to because he understood where you were coming from. It is too bad that I was on the other side of the country.
Yeah, I miss him too.
HappyDad
