At least most who are baptized young wake up and leave when they are in a position to make an informed decision, usually at 18, the first chance they have to get out. The bad things are that they have to realize that they wasted years of their lives and will probably loose the right to communicate with their "friends" and "family" , if you can call ones who let a book publishing company make their decisions for them.
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If there is one thing worth campaigning for within the JW religion...
by Mickey mouse in...i think it's discouraging the practice of baptising minors.
jws love to say "we don't have infant baptism" but given the fact that many witness children are baptised in their early teens or before, they may as well be infants.
since this action opens them to possible alienation from their family (due to judicial action), i think this is the achilles heal for the wbts.. .
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Dont shoot me!!
by angel eyes inok here we go...im going to put my head on the chopping board (so to speak).
i only came on here to meet new people and have chats etc...yes i am a jw and do love jah.....but im also just an average person who im pretty sure many of you would get on with if we had the time to chat about other things too.... i think some want me to go....sad but yes true.....if you all want me to go then i'll do that..im fine with it as i just want to please people...... i know jb and some say they want to go to my elders,and honestly im fine with that but surely if someone is threatening then they clearly dont want me on here...... time to go???????
or as big brother would say "who goes...you decide"?
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Yes, I probably was mistaken, and I do appoligize. Must have read that on PSChipper post. Sorry for the confusion.
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Is a Public Display of Rage, a D'fing Offense?
by jamiebowers inhttp://www.slate.com/id/2228410/.
cursing, then, is a sin among jehovah's witnesses, but it's a "nonjudicial" one-meaning it's not sufficiently grave to merit formal censure from witness elders and cannot lead to "disfellowshipping" (expulsion from the congregation).
infractions for which you might be disfellowshipped include abortion, sexual abuse, adultery, heresy, and murder.
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Are the two sisters baptized? I know that their dad is way into it and uses all of his TV time to the fullest with the hats and shirts, but what of the girls?
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"Hey mom, I'm home!"
by dissed ina jw called my wife to talk business yesterday, and voluntarily mentioned her son was living with them again.. now you have to understand, we have not associated with the jw's for 13 plus years.
so it took my wife by surprise that a jw, knowing our situation, would mention this.
but it gets better, there is more to this story.. she then volunteered, he's been living at home with them for over a year since.......bethel "re-assigned" him as she said sarcastically.. "how long was he at bethel?
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Many of us have been there, throwing away the best part of our lives. The only good part of it is that maybe he and some in the cong will see the real spirit behind the wbts.
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Is Billy Corgan a JW???
by Denial ini don't think so, but he's got some weird shit on his twitter: http://twitter.com/billy.
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"last night at sky's memorial was 1 of my proudest days as a human being, seeing ya ho wa's people together in peace.".
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I doubt he is a dub while holding a cross, even if it is made of fluorescent bulbs. BIG no-no in dub land.
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The beasties used to be the best. I still enjoy listening to some of their stuff.
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Dont shoot me!!
by angel eyes inok here we go...im going to put my head on the chopping board (so to speak).
i only came on here to meet new people and have chats etc...yes i am a jw and do love jah.....but im also just an average person who im pretty sure many of you would get on with if we had the time to chat about other things too.... i think some want me to go....sad but yes true.....if you all want me to go then i'll do that..im fine with it as i just want to please people...... i know jb and some say they want to go to my elders,and honestly im fine with that but surely if someone is threatening then they clearly dont want me on here...... time to go???????
or as big brother would say "who goes...you decide"?
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I don't care if you stay or go, it's your decision. I think that there alot of inaccuracies in your posts. One example is on this post you say you are new to JW's, but in a previous post you said that you were DF'ed twice. Is this correct? If it is, you can not be new to the "troof". Please tell me if I am mistaken.
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Who has given the masterbation talk on the TMS?
by Out at Last! ini had the "privelege" of giving the masterbation talk years ago.
when i looked at the talk slip and saw the theme, i thought at least they have an expert on the subject.
the best thing about it was that the point i was to be counseled on was gestures.
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Jwoods, the facts are correct, I am sorry I misspelled a word and offended you so. Get a life.
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Very few who are in with any position will step down. Do you know how long they have brown-nosed and played "I'm better than the rest of you", how many people they have climbed over and stepped on to get their position? They are supposed to serve the cong, but all most want is the status symbol and the title. I'm not saying all who hold postions are like this, but in my 28 years in, I know of 2 or 3 who thought they were doing what is right, and were actually good hearted men.
I have to agree with Creativhoney, if you are an elder still in, don't post on here about how sorry you are about what decisions you had to make on a JC. Have the balls to get yourself out of the position you are in so you will not have to do the same again in the future. Does this sound familiar, "Are you showing true repentance if you continue in your wrongdoing?"
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Senior fire hazard in my building
by Lady Lee ini live in an apartment building for seniors.
it is a requirement that residents must be able to care for themselves.. across the hall and two doors down there is an elderly woman who lives alone.
she is an alcoholic.. in the 5 years since i have been living here there have been numerous incidents where she gets drunk, puts something on the stove and passes out.
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I would first talk to the building manager to see if the stove can be removed or disconnected. She can use a microwave which would be much more safe and still have the ability to cook, without risking building and tennant safety.