(factuality note: in this thread i will talk about my "aunt".
in actuality this relative was either my aunt, uncle or cousin.).
my aunt died several years ago.
If my Aunt was still alive I would CERTAINLY now have tried to reconnect with her.
But since she died before I awakened to The Truth about The Truth, I don't see much point in driving the spike into my elderly JW Mom's heart.
"Hey Mom, you shunnned your sibling for your whole life in a way that even CURRENT Watchtower rules don't completely endorse. "
(I think most elders I know wouldn't go along with a 6 year old getting baptized.)
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(factuality note: in this thread i will talk about my "aunt".
in actuality this relative was either my aunt, uncle or cousin.).
my aunt died several years ago.
OK, time to stop being such a stickler for rules.
(Besides, I've got to get to bed soon.)
The winnner is!......................
Bsmart!!!!!!
Yeah, you nailed it. 6 years old.
Notice what the current "light" is on infant baptism:
*** w06 4/1 p. 28 par. 9 Meeting the Requirements for Christian Baptism ***
Before getting baptized, however, a youngster should have a personal relationship with Jehovah, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of the Scriptures, and a clear comprehension of what dedication involves, as is the case with adults.
***************************
Anyway, when my wife mentioned that maybe 6 years old is a little bit young, guess what my parent's reply was?
"Oh well. Aunt _ _ _ _ _ _ always used that as an excuse. She always liked to say that she was was baptized way too young. But she never really wanted to be a Witness anyway."
Uh, Hello!?! Can you even hear yourself? On the whole, my aunt never wanted to be a JW. But she made an emotional decision when she was six and for that, she gets shunned for her entire life.
Brilliant.
And loving.
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(factuality note: in this thread i will talk about my "aunt".
in actuality this relative was either my aunt, uncle or cousin.).
my aunt died several years ago.
Hint: Bsmart is very.... smart.
(factuality note: in this thread i will talk about my "aunt".
in actuality this relative was either my aunt, uncle or cousin.).
my aunt died several years ago.
C'mon bsmart, which is it?
6?
or
"or so"?
Ya gotta commit to a number or ya don't get the prize!
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(factuality note: in this thread i will talk about my "aunt".
in actuality this relative was either my aunt, uncle or cousin.).
my aunt died several years ago.
(Factuality Note: In this thread I will talk about my "aunt". In actuality this relative was either my aunt, uncle or cousin.)
My aunt died several years ago. She was disfellowshipped for my entire life. My parents enforced the JW shunning policy with the same ruthlessness they did on ALL DFed people including my older brother.
In a recent conversation with one of my parents, an interesting tidbit came to light that I'd never heard before. I always knew my aunt was DFed somewhere around the ripe old age of 18. But, I never knew how old she was when she got baptized.
Care to guess?
First right answer gets an extra day of eternal life petting fictitious vegetarian lions.
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i was internet-free, phone-free, television-free from wednesday noon up until today, monday morning.
the wife and i celebrated our 20 years of marriage during the turkey holiday and got away from it all.
tell me, someone, if i missed anything important in the news and what stuff i may have missed on jwn..
Congratulations to OTWO & Mrs. OTWO!!
We were also out of town, celebrating Un-Thanksgiving with JW relatives. So these little apostate grapes were spared the winepress of God's Armageddon fury as well.
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every wt magazine has at least one article that asks this question at the end of one of the study articles.
sometimes these questions are in the books such as this week's book study.
they spiced it up a little bit for this book study though.
About 4 or 5 years ago, there was some "counsel" given to elders during the CO visits advising the elders to take the lead in giving "little kid" comments. I think the idea was that if a high-and-mighty elder can give a "Jehovah" or "Live Forever" comment, then the R&F wouldn't feel stupid giving those kind of parroted answers either.
And yes, I obediently barked out quite a few one word answers to show how "receptive" I was to the counsel.
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http://myriadhues.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/coffee-cup-analogy/.
a group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer.
conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.. offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.. when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said: if you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.
Thanks Jeff for an excellent Pre-Thanksgiving post.
om
monday, november 22. youhadnohope.-eph.2:12.. jehovah's witnesses accept medical help and various forms of treatment.
our journal awake!
often contains articles on health matters.
Some JWs are MORE obsessed with making sure they survive until Armageddon than the general population IMO. They are concerned that if they die before the Big A, they won't be able to be with their spouse in the New World.
Just my $.02. My Mom is a poster child for JW hypo-chondria.
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review comments will be headed by comments.
of the congregation on earth.
holy spirit...not through the gb?.
Thanks Blondie for all your hard work.
We're having dinner with JW family this evening and your comments will come in handy.
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