Just in case it was all true and my younger siblings had already gotten baptized...so the pressure was on. I wasn't even "dedicated" when I was baptized, simply answered a bunch of questions and was dunked.
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Why were you baptized?
by bluecanary ininspired by another thread.. i was baptized at 12 years old.
i had a cousin, two years older than me, who was prettier, more outgoing and more popular in the hall than i was.
i couldn't beat her at any of that stuff, but i figured i could be a better jw than she was.
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A good friend of mine was df'd this week.
by wha happened? ina good friend of mine was df'd this week.
he did so much for this organization.
as an accomplished musician and composer, he has contributed so much over the years.his work is in most of the homes of an avg jw.
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Wondering which song it he wrote also...can't wait to see the new songbook to see which songs have been removed.
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Lurkers Please Read
by IWillBeDubbedNoMore inthe definition of an apostate is one who has abandoned his religious faith.
i was baptized in 1974. the religion i joined believed that jesus selected the bible students in 1919 to do a separating work.
we had to preach to find the sheep like ones.
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Thankfully, my father didn't listen and got married and had children and saved for retirement. So many listened to their dribble and missed out on having a happy family life and saving for their retirement. Now they are struggling.
I know a LOT of folks that did not plan or save for retirement and some that still do not. In their mind its a measure of how much faith you have in Jehovah and his promise to care for you. These same folks are always looking for hand-outs and then claiming that Jehovah blessed them when someone helps them out.
To the original point of this thread, I've seen the org changes during the time I was associated with the org. Yep, its a man-made religion.
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WuzLoveDubs said it all...
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When you were in, did you have the Watchtower study underlined?
by asilentone inwhat happens if you don't?
did they treat you differently?.
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shopaholic
Yes, how else would everyone know that you actually studied? After I stopped for awhile after graduating college until the elders said it looked like the I didn't study. Even though I gave good comments, they didn't want people to get the idea that I was "winging it".
I stopped a few years later...ito me ts a worthless exercise just to make others happy.
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How often do you take shower?
by asilentone infor me, i shower daily.
do any of you shower more than one time a day?.
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shopaholic
Daily, but twice a day during the summer or if I workout in the evenings.
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My Assignment For Ray Franz
by sacolton intoday i met the widow of ed dunlap, who was of the watchtower writing committee and a great thinker.
he found that the watchtower was not in harmony with the scriptures, so they disfellowshipped him.
when ray franz was disfellowshipped, it was ed who took him in and gave ray a job and a place to stay.
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sacolton, very nice of you!!!
In regards to your wife, didn't you give her a birthday party or something? It was something with presents that JWs are not suppose to celebrate. I thought she was left the JWs and was happily out with you. Her lost!
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Michael Jackson cries after celebrating first christmas
by shopaholic ini know you all are tired of hearing about michael jackson but after seeing this video, i was reminded of the guilt that lingers after the leaving the jw religion.
as i understand it, his primary reason for leaving was because latoya was df'd and he didn't like having to chose between religion and family.
sounds familiar?.
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I know you all are tired of hearing about Michael Jackson but after seeing this video, I was reminded of the guilt that lingers after the leaving the JW religion. As I understand it, his primary reason for leaving was because LaToya was DF'd and he didn't like having to chose between religion and family. Sounds familiar?
This clip shows a side of him that we rarely saw...its from a FOX special that showed a collection of his home movies.
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Something funny about masturbation
by skyman inwe had a family in the congregation years ago that was over sensitive about sex.
everything about sex was bad.
i noticed one of their teenage boy?s going into the back room before every meeting for weeks.
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shopaholic
Ha...I thought the boy was doing it in the KH...LOL...it was just the meeting with the elders
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shopaholic
Truthlover,
The JWs needed a few more liberal folks like you when one of my relatives died.
A relative was disfellowshipped after decades of faithful service. About a year later she submitted a letter of reinstatement and was denied. She never stopped attending meetings. Again she submitted a letter of reinstatement and was denied. She died several months later.
Several of her children were active witnesses. They could not find a JW to give the funeral talk (not even the JW elders/MS in our family). Someone from the funeral home gave the service and kept it "religion neutral". According to her JW children the only encouragement they received from JWs were along the lines of "Maybe your mother will be resurrected since she was working towards reinstatement". No cards or flowers. No one from their or their mom's congregations attended the wake or funeral (as far as they knew). The only seen JWs were relatives (and not all of them attended). However, non-JW family\friends attended in full force from all over the country.
Her pioneering daughter contacted her mom's congregation to alert them about her mom's death and that she would contact them later with the arrangements for an announcement. They informed her an announcement would not be made since her mom was not in good standing with the congregation at the time of her death.
In regards to MJ...the JWs on the west coast tend to be more liberal anyway, so I'm sure she'll get some cards...but in the JW world Michael doesn't exist.