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  Can you be DFd if you were never really baptised?

  by Slidin Fast in

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  here's a question.

  i was baptised at a very early age.

  it may have been as early as ten years old.

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  Here's a question. I was baptised at a very early age. It may have been as early as ten years old. I am now in my sixties, I have been a pioneer, MS, elder, disfellowshipped, reinstated, a MS, an elder disfellowshipped, reinstated etc.etc. It has been like being in a washing machine on it's spin/rinse cycle.

  My point is, I have no idea when and where I was baptised, I just did it on the spur of the moment in a fit of youthful fervor. There were no questions or checks at that time, you just turned up and went to the pool. There is I am sure a date on my record card but I don't think it has any relationship to reality. I think if anyone researched it that there would have been no assembly or baptism on that date. Nobody alive could testify th the event least of all me.

  So the question is if I said that my baptism was not valid would that hold water? Does my tacit acceptance of appointments, removals, JCs and the like override the original lack of proof? Could I just claim I never had a valid baptism, I was never a real Dub, walk away without any repercussions?
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  Did you ever have a supernatural experience?

  by XPeterX in

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  ok i know some of you are going to mock me but i don't give a shit and you'd better get dafaq outta this thread if you don't beleive in this stuff.. .

  so,you ever seen somethin strange?shadow people?felt cold spots?touched by something you can't see?beaten by an unseen force?heard voices/whispers/growls/screams etc?are you sure about it or was it just your imagination?you ever been into the occult?c'mon share your experiences and stories!personally i've never had an encounter with the other side..

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  I was looking up in the sky when I saw a huge bird. It was much bigger than any thing I have ever seen in a garden or even in wild places. It was silver and roared as it went overhead.

  Funny, it had strange letters on its side R Y A N A I R.
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  Watchtower Study Science Class 101

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  so, i am reading facebook today, and someone posts this little doozy on her page:.

  just got done with watchtower study science class 101. so ya know how when u look at a rainbow it reminds u of jehovah's promise never to destroy the earth with a flood.

  we should probably do the same thing when watching the beautiful displays of the northern lights .

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  So many gems today. The wonderful 30,000 eyes of the dragonfly enabling it to avoid extinction. What a miracle of creation!

  Think of the word extinction. How did the wonders of creation help the 99% of species that are already extinct?

  If you don't believe that number there is no arguing against the thousands of extinct organisms in the fossil record. What went wrong with their miraculous design?

  The indisputable wonder of the living world is awe inspiring. Does it prove creation? That is an entirely different question.
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  Billy Connolly on Catholicism

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzw4i5qsoky.

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  I so love Billy. He just speaks the truth as he sees it.
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  Could we quantify how many posters their are from different nations ? Would you like to know ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  maybe its just me , i`m just curious as to how many people on this site are from australia as i am .

  how many from germany , italy , zambia , etc.

  etc.. do two or three "countries " seem to dominate the threads ?

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  Can we get a numerical idea of the numbers in each country? Perhaps we could do an annual report, percentage growth. What about opening branches? I know one or two for sale.
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  Self Destructing. oh-oh.

  by Captain Blithering in

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  2. friends

  yo dudes.. .

  i've been studying ttatt for nearly a year now, i'm pretty much convinced wt theology is a crock, but i can't just leave as i don't want to lose family, and i simply can't disappoint my elderly aging parent.. .

  i'm prepared for the long game fade (could be a few years), but have been sowing seeds with the wifey little bit by little bit.

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  CB - You have a PM.
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  USA, Oklahoma | Jehovah's Witness church elder Ronald Lawrence arrested over sex abuse claims dating back to 1980s

  by jwleaks in

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  usa, oklahoma | jehovah's witness church elder ronald lawrence arrested over sex abuse claims dating back to the 1980's.

  a 76-year-old mcalester man was arrested tuesday on 19 counts of sexual abuse after police received claims he molested several children while in a position of authority more than 30 years ago.. mcalester police detectives were alerted to the alleged sexual crimes conducted by ronald lawrence back in august when his first accuser reported abuse at the hands of a jehovah's witness church leader.. a woman now in her 40s told detectives lawrence, an elder at mcalester's kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses, abused her when she was just eight years old, inviting her to his home, where he fondled her and raped her in his bathtub, according to her testimony found in lawrence's arrest warrant, which was issued tuesday.. two other accusers, also in their 40s, then came forward with similar stories of abuse.

  both said they were very young, with one telling investigators the molestation took place from the time she was 10 until she was 13 years old.

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  Are you serious DD, surely you're comments are a send up! If so I laugh with you, if not ....help us all!
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  Well it is time for me to say GOODBYE!!!

  by mouthy in

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  it has been nice talking with you.but i seem to upset a few because of my faith.. so have a great christmas.... & be good, i wont be here to send you to your rooms .

  i have grown close to many of you.... if i have ever said anything to hurt you sorry!!!!.

  when i kick the bucket i am sure "mary" who ssometimes post will let you know.. mouthy grace gough.

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  Nill Illigitimi carborundum, Mouthy. Don't let the bastards grind you down.
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  Emergency relief fund for the Philippines. How will it work.

  by joe134cd in

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  2. experiences

  i was just thinking it will be interesting to see how the wts emergency relief fund will operate in the philippines.

  ok it worked well with the storm in florida, with cashing in on the insurance cheques.

  sorry to generalize, but americans have the disposable income, and the insurance polices for things like this - a thing the wtbts finds very attractive.

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  Gawd love us! Some here have beaten me to the post by citing JW.ORG, the "hot news" of a roof being blown off and " none of the members of the local congregation in Oshima were killed or injured". Similar news from India.

  What smug, uncaring, inhuman people. !0,000 plus die in the Philipines, millions are homeless. Even Jdubs thirsting for news are told nothing.

  What are we told about? A roof repair - hey diddly dee, what an achievement.

  Dub first responders will step over women and children, the old and dispossesed to help their spiritual family. What love? I am ashamed to breath the same air as them.
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  Genital Mutilation - Is anyone watching this?

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. child-abuse

  uk chanel 4 " the cruel cut".

  in the uk in black and asian communities female genital mutilation(fgm) or destruction of the clitoris and the labia of young girls is practised.

  this horror is common in the uk, it is illegal and has been for 28 years but there has not been one prosecution.. this got me thinking.

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  UK Chanel 4 " The Cruel Cut". Right here, right now. In the UK in black and Asian communities female genital mutilation(FGM) or destruction of the clitoris and the labia of young girls is practised. This horror is common in the UK, it is illegal and has been for 28 years but there has not been one prosecution.

  This got me thinking. Is male circumcision a sexual mutilation, an abuse in the same way? The programme stated that this has been practiced for 2500 years. Did it go on in Bible times? Are there bible references to it that slide under the radar? Was it just young male children that were mutilated. Should we be outraged that baby boys were cut without anaesthetic?

  I feel furious that FGM goes on now, in this country to kids in our streets, in our schools.

  Any thoughts?