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  I dont remember the date I was baptized....

  by flower in

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  you know how at every baptismal talk they say to the candidates that they should 'make a note of this date june, 4 whatever..ect'?

  and everyone knows that date for like the rest of their life?

  well i dont remember when i was baptized.

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  Hey closer2fine, I was also baptized at Buckingham Pa, in 1973.

  One thing that gets me is that the baptism decision is supposed to be the most important in life (according to the jws) and yet they persist in almost demanding that young teens and those even younger get baptized. Considering the weight of such a decision, I feel strongly that it ought to be put off until one is older, just like marriage (which the jws almost demand be put off until one is older and more experienced in life). So many kids are pressured to be baptized by adults that are supposedly looking out for them. And when the kid does put off making a dedication, the parents are often judged as being deficient spiritually, and so is the child.
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  JW Bosses

  by Liberated in

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  do they close up shop for the holidays?.

  as jw's we didn't mind having the day off and, judging from the holidays i was out in service as a new jw, most did not use that day to knock on doors.. but what if your boss is a jw and so are the employees, do they get the holiday off?

  and go out in field service?

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  I know of a couple of JW Bosses myself, and I would not want to work for them. Some other Jws who did had complaints about them. And yes, I think that they do at times take advantage of their fellow jws.

  I have another take on this, and that has to do with doing business with jws. For example, I had some work at home that I needed to hire out for. I contacted to jw friends who are in that line of work, and they put me off and put me off and never even came to give me estimates. Finally, I contacted a "worldly" contractor, and the estimate was given within a dew days and the work was done on schedule.

  I will not do business with jws for that reason, and I tell my jw friends that the brothers that I have tried to hire have proven unreliable. I honestly think that they take advantage of their own brothers, thinking that they can put them off almost indefinitley and that their brothers will understand. Well, quite frankly, I got fed up with that.
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  ANy ideas on ridding of dubs?

  by lydia in

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  anyone have any good ideas on how to keep dubs from constantly returning??

  they don't seem to leave the area alone with just requests and they are preying on those who live in a development that do not have the money to file a lawsuit.

  help!

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  All of the above are good suggestions. I have no new ones to add, but wanted to relate a thought that I have often had while going door-to-door and at times seeing signs on doors or property that would prohibit a JW visit: 'If more and more people would post such signs, what would we do then?'. In other words, neighbors could collaborate and effectively end the preaching work in their area. Sometimes I wonder why more people don't do so.
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  Jehovah's CheapA$$ Organization

  by metatron in

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  when i was twenty or so years younger, i should have.

  gotten a clue as to how cheap this organization is,.

  when a member of the governing body told us that our.

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  I was at the meeting when the letter was read telling the US branch that subscriptions would be discontinued.

  The US Postal Service has access to virtually every home in the US. It surprises me that the "Christian Congregation Of Jehovah's Witnesses" (as the letter stated) would not do just about anything to continue the flow of "spiritual food" in such a way, since using the Postal Service is a tremendous advantage in that regard.

  Perhaps it is the "bottom line" that counts most.

  And yes, Pastor Russell did indeed state that funds would not be begged for and that if funds were no longer available that God's use of the WT would end. Maybe that end is near.
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  JW Marraiges

  by sweetone2377 in

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  how many here were married as jw's to jw's??

  if so, what was your main purpose in getting married to this person?

  i ask this because, i married my dh so that i could get to know him.

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  The no sex before marriage teaching (common to many religions but seldom enforced judicially as it is with jws) seems to propel many young dubs into early marriages, as has already been noted by room215.
  And yes, there is that pioneer/bethel pressure too. I know of many jws who were married young in the 1970s and have been divorced for many years.
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  Dinosaurs killed in flood?

  by bboyneko in

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  i was thrift store shopping as i always do on saturdays, and came across some older jw literature (as i often do at thrift stores) it was a very simple tract, i forgot the title, but it had a picture of the flood, and if you look closely you see a dinosaur drwoning in the flood.

  was this really the official position of the society, and is that still the case?

  you'd have to be astoundingly ignorant of science to beleive dinosaurs walked the earth with man only 6,000 years ago.. -dan

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  A cover article of Awake addressed the matter of the dinosaurs; it was printed about 4-5 yrs ago. The article maintained that God "ended their [the dinosaur's] life" but it did not specify when. The article did say that scientific evidence shows that man and dinosaurs did NOT live at the same time, so any former teaching that they died at the flood has since been dropped, and rightfully so.
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  Catch phrases

  by DB in

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  i must say, i am enjoying some of the catch phrases, if you want to call them that, which appear after the signatures of some posters.

  examples: lauralisa's "if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off"; battman's "the only informed witness is a former witness", and many other examples that do not immediately come to mind, or that i cannot remember exactly (saintsatan has a good one about faith, but i forget the exact phrase at the moment).. anyone else notice these cool phrases, or have any favorites they'd like to mention?

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  I must say, I am enjoying some of the catch phrases, if you want to call them that, which appear after the signatures of some posters. Examples: Lauralisa's "If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off"; Battman's "the only informed Witness is a former Witness", and many other examples that do not immediately come to mind, or that I cannot remember exactly (SaintSatan has a good one about Faith, but I forget the exact phrase at the moment).
  Anyone else notice these cool phrases, or have any favorites they'd like to mention?
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  Why the bible does'nt make sense to me

  by Leander in

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  for some odd reason this morning when i woke up the first thing that came into my mind was the suffering and pain that humans deal with on a daily basis.

  again i'm not really sure what made me think about that so early in the morning.

  (maybe it was a dream i had).

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  Leander, you are on a roll, man. You've had some of the best posts in recent weeks, as far as I'm concerned. I have many of the same thoughts/questions.
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  Any suggestions on a Bible and a Bible commentary?

  by DB in

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  i currently use the new world translation of the holy scriptures, and it seems to be a pretty good bible.

  but i am looking for a good, modern-english version with which to do some comparison reading.

  plus, i am looking for a good bible commentary for research.

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  Hey guys/gals, thanks for the excellent suggestions!!
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  Any suggestions on a Bible and a Bible commentary?

  by DB in

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  i currently use the new world translation of the holy scriptures, and it seems to be a pretty good bible.

  but i am looking for a good, modern-english version with which to do some comparison reading.

  plus, i am looking for a good bible commentary for research.

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  I currently use the New World Translation Of The Holy Scriptures, and it seems to be a pretty good bible. But I am looking for a good, modern-English version with which to do some comparison reading. Plus, I am looking for a good bible commentary for research. Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations? Thanks!