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  How many still live with consequenses made as a teen that still affect you?

  by megsmomma in

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  with so many of us having gotten baptised at a young age and now dealing with the results of it.... it made me wonder how many decisions made at a young age still could and do affect your life.. example: when i was 14 i thought it was a good idea to marry this weird brother that was our land lord.

  (thank goodness i was too young to do so) also, i thought it was a good idea to have pet monkeys....and a good idea to have my own apartment with several other young jw sisters...even thinking it would be a good idea to have babies.... i was too young to do any of those things...so i have no consequences from having those ideas....yet, getting dunked at that age was perfectly acceptable....and now i still pay the price.. are there any things you can think of that you would have done at a young age that could have made you pay for years to come?.

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  megsmomma

  Soooooooo......all of the "bad decisions" that affect us to this day are related to being a JW (for the most part) That is why it stinks so bad!
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  How many still live with consequenses made as a teen that still affect you?

  by megsmomma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with so many of us having gotten baptised at a young age and now dealing with the results of it.... it made me wonder how many decisions made at a young age still could and do affect your life.. example: when i was 14 i thought it was a good idea to marry this weird brother that was our land lord.

  (thank goodness i was too young to do so) also, i thought it was a good idea to have pet monkeys....and a good idea to have my own apartment with several other young jw sisters...even thinking it would be a good idea to have babies.... i was too young to do any of those things...so i have no consequences from having those ideas....yet, getting dunked at that age was perfectly acceptable....and now i still pay the price.. are there any things you can think of that you would have done at a young age that could have made you pay for years to come?.

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  megsmomma

  With so many of us having gotten baptised at a young age and now dealing with the results of it...

  It made me wonder how many decisions made at a young age still could and do affect your life.

  Example: When I was 14 I thought it was a good idea to marry this weird brother that was our land lord. (Thank goodness I was too young to do so) also, I thought it was a good idea to have pet monkeys....and a good idea to have my own apartment with several other young JW sisters...even thinking it would be a good idea to have babies...

  I was too young to do any of those things...so I have no consequences from having those ideas....yet, getting dunked at that age was perfectly acceptable....and now I still pay the price.

  Are there any things you can think of that you would have done at a young age that could have made you pay for years to come?
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  Got a Tract in my mailbox!

  by Nosferatu in

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  2. friends

  guess who i got a tract from?.

  ....and it wasn't the jws :).

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  megsmomma

  Did the tract move you?

  Did it have good information?

  Did you read it?
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  Baptisim BlackMail

  by OUTLAW in

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  you had to get baptised,because of parental pressure..you had to get baptised,to date a potential mate..you had to get baptised,to get married at the kingdom hall..you had to get baptised,to keep your marriage together..you had to get baptised or god would kill you at armageddon.....the list go`s on......wbt$ rules are such that,your life can be disrupted or destroyed unless your a baptised jehovah`s witness.....were you forced into being baptised?...outlaw

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  megsmomma

  Exactley Outlaw....I never remembered the date....didn't even try too.(On a side note... My mom doesn't know the date either.)

  On the day I was baptised....It was in MA and after I got changed and ready to go back to the assembly from the hotel.....No one waited for me...no one was friendly enough for me to talk to for a person to walk back with. I ended up lost and in an alley...pretty scared.......all alone.....And the Chuckey Cheese party was a big disappointment too....with my family all CRABBY because we had just spent all day at a convention.
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  Your Feelings On Getting Reinstated For Family Considerations

  by minimus in

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  i just read the mary/gumby where are they thread.

  i want to say right from the start that i like gumball very much.

  i've talked by phone to him in the past and we've had some discussions here over the years.

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  megsmomma

  I can understand it...and if I had to (like for my daughter) I would concider it.....However I would have to get really good at controlling the urge to roll my eyes all the time.Or make these facesAnd lastly.......

  I hope the ultimate reason for "going back" is accomplished....and worth the mental anxiety.(For all that do)
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  Have they denied this one yet?

  by Fatfreek in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "... shortly, within our twentieth century, the 'battle in the day of jehovah' will begin against the modern antitype of jerusalem, christendom.

  " the nations shall know that i am jehovah - how?

  1971, chap.

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  I think most JW's would say... "The battle against Christendom has begun"....because they really don't know what exactly that phrase actually means....ya know?
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  For my hairy argument...

  by Inquisitor in

  1. watchtower
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  can anyone come up with names of some famous people (dead or alive doesn't matter), respectable men (sorry ladies, but a bearded lady wouldn't help my case), who've grown beards or kept a moustache?

  thank you.. inq.

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  Tom Selleck came to my mind first too!

  Sean Connery
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  How many have/will/plan to attend a WNFJ convention in Penn?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know a few here have and do so - i have listened to tons of the audio testimonials and have even had one poster here offer me a place to stay should i decide to go in october.

  i just might go this time.. wnfj= witnesses now for jesus [ mostly former jw's and mormons] .

  jeff .

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  What are the conventions like? I have listened to testimonies on MM Outreach and they were very enjoyable and light hearted....not boring like the JW conventions....Is that what they are like? Are there a-lot of "talks"?
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  Poll:What is the "average" age of people's baptism in the org?

  by megsmomma in

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  i was 14....and that seems pretty common for those that were in it young....... .

  how in the world is a 14 year old ready to commit themselves to anything life altering?.

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  Happy Birthday!!
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  Did you take too much 'ownership' in the territory?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. experiences

  as a jw in the d2d work, i always had this feeling of special right to be there.

  i had worked the territory so often that i knew every house, sidewalk, what door to knock on, etc.. i noticed in myself a comfortable sense that i had some sort of 'right' to be there, not as if i was walking on someone elses property, though i knew that and respected their property - but a feeling of familiarity that looking back was out of bounds.

  almost like the territory was literally 'ours' - as in ownership.

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  megsmomma

  I think you conveyed it just right....and THAT is exactley how I felt too. We had a-lot of nerve, didn't we?!? I remember driving down a street in a recently worked territory, and it felt like I knew everything about all the people that lived there.