i started with christians in mind, but broadened the scope to include all faiths.. question is posed to help solve a dilemma:.
if yes what is that age and what is the scriptural basis.. if no why do believers insist on forcing their children to become believers at a very young age?
if when they turn adults and decide that they want to worship a particular deity, that deity will welcome them regardless of age.. without a doubt, the mind of a child is like a sponge and activities and surrounding at a young age leave a lasting impression on the path to adulthood.. if we, as parents, are striving to provide a well-balanced upbringing, strive to teach our children diversity, insist on or live to provide a better life for our offspring, why on earth are we indoctrinating them with a set of one-sided values that are often tattooed on them for life?.
I spoke with a JW relative last year about marriage vs baptism age and how no one is encouraged to marry until mature etc, and so many young teenagers take the dip. I asked which is more important, and the response was all over the place. No real answer however. How they could shun a sibling who was no longer sinning (married 6 months after living together- the cause of DF). Just blows my mind.
Not a real answer for your topic, sorry
this is another quote taken from be careful what you pray for... by larry dossey.
it's a bit long but i thought it was interesting.
no doubt each reader of this account will perceive it in different ways, but i think the questions are worthy of consideration.
the mind is a wondrous thing
i know it may not mean anything to the boys in brooklyn but it's therapeutic.
thinking of sending in on the anniversary of my dunking, may 30.. i hereby declare my baptism null and void on the primary grounds that i took this action before i reached the legal age of consent.
secondary grounds include lack of full disclosure of the terms involved.
They require new members to remove themselves from church congregation lists officially. So if you want closure for whatever purpose do the same to them. Do it for yourself. Finish it well.
Peace to you.
dear friends:.
forty-five years ago i was out in service with an elder, and we came upon a house where the owners kindly received us.
this was not so unusual as the family was jehovah's witnesses.
Good wishes to Mike, and to you dear CoCo. A good friend is a blessing in itself.
sorry i couldn't resist!
lol.
sorry if this joke has already been told here :-/.
Liar, liar, pants on fire!
in george orwell's novel 'nineteen eighty-four' the capitulation of the principal protagonist is portrayed in his willingness to assent to the proposition that two and two make five.
once he had denied objective reality, his mental conquest was complete and he was no longer truly the master of his own mind.
nineteen eighty-four is in many ways, a very depressing read.. a charge commonly leveled at jehovah's witnesses is that the type of mind control envisioned by orwell has been and continues to be used on them.
Whatever happened to Alice?
okay so i think it might be the concussion making me go on this rant...not too sure.. the girl scouts started selling their cookies yesterday and for the first time in my life i will be ordering cookies.....i mean wtf is so wrong with ordering cookies from them?
i love the thin mint's and guess what?
you can only buy them from girl scouts!!!!!!.
Read the first page last night, and today I went to Walmart and those evil girlscouts and those stacks of cookies were out front. I went right up and got myself some thin mints and the $7.00 for two boxes was a bargain! Num!
are these phrases witness specfic?.
"maintain our integrity".
"honest hearted ones" (what exactly is an "honest heart", anyway?
They are weak in the "TRUTH"
like the topic says: have you ever heard of someone.
being disfellowshipped or reproved for voting?.
[ink].
I remember (40+) years ago a couple who made no bones about being registered , They felt that they got notices about (homeowners) property issues etc that they were interested in. They didn't vote (as far as anyone knew) but were on the rolls. They were prominent in the area.
at the meetings i hear from time to time that everlasting life is a free gift from jehovah, but from a jehovahs witness point of view is it really?.
you will not receive the "gift" if:.
you miss meetings.
If you do any of those things you will be counselled regarding being weak in the "truth" and may be marked as such.
