so i sent in my letter of disassociation.
this is my first day not being a jw.
there is an unexpected feeling of exhilaration.
Congratulations tsof!
There is an unexpected feeling of exhilaration. I still can't believe it.
It was the same for me when I sent mine in a few years ago, and it was even
better when the elders came around to ask if I still meant it (dumbasses, I'd
only written it a few days befroe). Once they'd acknowledged it, and agreed
to announce me, that was it, I was free.
i sent out wedding invitations last week.
apparently they caused my parents to get a divorce.
i got an e-mail from my mother saying that she left my dad, is filing for divorce, and that dad thinks she left because she wants to go to my wedding and he won't let her.
(((renee))))
I am sorry to hear that. I hope that you have a truly wonderful wedding day,
with or without your family there.
It depends what you mean by disorderly.
I have seen parents thrash their children mercilessly for the most minor
of offences in the hall I used to attend, with the punishment being far more
than the "crime" deserved. I'd call that disorderly conduct, personally.
At times I felt like taking the parents outside and inflicting the same level
of punishment on them. I never did that, but I wish I had now.
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she is 21 and i am 40 years old.
recently, she let me know how .
It would depend on the respective ages.
If I was 70, for example, then I would have no qualms about dating a 50 year old.
At 40, I doubt I would have dated a 21 year old though.
as part of your "dedication and baptism" did you actually go to jehovah in prayer and "dedicate" your life to him prior to your baptism?
at the time when the elders were reviewing the "questions" with me, i hadn't a clue that i was supposed to do this until one of them asked directly.
i answered in the affirmative anyway ... wanting the incessant questioning to be over as quickly as possible.
Yes I did, and I meant every word of it at the time.
hi everyone, just a quick question here.
i was wondering if anyone knows much about the changes in the baptism talk?
ive heard that it was changed so that you now get baptised into the organisation or something?
Up to 1985 the questions were:
Are you able to answer "Yes" to the two questions regularly propounded when individuals present themselves for Christian baptism?
(1) Have you recognized yourself before Jehovah God as a sinner who needs salvation, and have you acknowledged to him that this salvation proceeds from him, the Father, through his Son Jesus Christ?
(2) On the basis of this faith in God and in his provision for salvation, have you dedicated yourself unreservedly to God to do his will henceforth as he reveals it to you through Jesus Christ and through the Bible under the enlightening power of the holy spirit?
From 1985 onwards:
On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?
The second is:
Do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in association with God's spirit-directed organization?
Having answered yes to these questions, candidates are in a right heart condition to undergo Christian baptism.
i am new, maybe this has been discussed, however, if i am not mistaken, witnesses are allowed now to accept blood fragments.
if it is, those fragments have to come from donated blood.
are witnesses allowed to donate blood?
Here is what's allowed
And what isn't allowed
Actually, their refusal to accept white blood cells, or leukocytes, is completely illogical,
as they do accept organ transplants, which contain more leukoctes than blood as they
are distributed through the body's tissue, so a jw who accepts an organ transplant is
willingly, and withthe watchtower's approval, allowing a banned component of blood
into his body. Also, I remember when they used to boast, and maybe they still do, that
not accepting blood made them less vulnerable to developing transfusion-borne AIDS,
yet hemophillia preparation, which they accept, is known to have been a major cause
of transfusion acquired AIDS.
But when has the watchtower really done or said anything logical regarding health
practices anyway?
finally, someone in holland (where floods weigh heavily on the collective subconscious) has built a 1/5 scale model of noah's ark.
this proves that noah built the original ark.
if noah hadn't built the original ark, how could someone build a 1/5 scale model of it?
There's big money to be made in repeating nonsense with "real" conviction.
You are right there, FNB, as the watchtower would no doubt confirm, or maybe not,
rumour has it they actually believe some of what they say.
Congratulations!!!!
Light sabre required now
i am new, maybe this has been discussed, however, if i am not mistaken, witnesses are allowed now to accept blood fragments.
if it is, those fragments have to come from donated blood.
are witnesses allowed to donate blood?
if a j.w. needs blood fragments, do their loving brothers and sisters rush out to donate?
No they don't. They can take blood fractions, as they call them, but can't donate any.
Can we say hypocrites? Sounds right to me
