I hope you don't go thru with it. Hindsight is 20/20 and most everyone here was baptized and wish they could take it back. I would have taken getting kicked out of the house at 14 over getting baptized. And if i'd known TTATT back then i definately wouldn't have gotten baptized. You are in a far better position than most people here when they got baptized, because you already know TTATT.
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I'm getting baptized
by BlackWolf ini know i've started similar topics before but this time i'm serious.
my parents have been constantly pressuring me and after yesterday's watchtower study they asked me if i was going to be baptized this summer... and i said yes.
i probably should have thought about it more before making a final decision, but they're pretty much forcing me to do it anyway.
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Interesting Wallpaper
by NeonMadman inmy wife and i live in a small town in northern new jersey.
there is a building near our house that, many decades ago, used to be the local post office.
it sat idle for many years, but a couple of years ago, some folks bought it and renovated it into a nice little cafe.
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Don't tell the WT, they'll be printing experiences of how one of their articles ended up as wallpaper and someone came into the "truth" lol -
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To help our brothers displaced by the Fort McMurray wildfires you can donate to ...
by hoser inworldwide work fund.
yep they read a letter today after the sunday morning meeting.
they were also highly encouraging people to volunteer to go to the fort to clean up brothers houses.
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Awake #4/2016: Homosexuality
by Designer Stubble inthe new awake is up on jw.orgwith the legalization of gay marriage in many countries, they decided it was time to show: "what does thebible say about homosexuality?
"does the bible promote prejudice?still, some people would say that the bible promotes prejudice against homosexuals and that those who adhere to itsmoral code are intolerant.
‘the bible was written at a time when people were narrow-minded,’ they claim.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses strive to follow the Golden Rule
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
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Use of Tablets During Meeting
by Simon Templar inas i seem to remember, in april 2010 i bought one of the first ipads.
i saw the virtue of using it immediately.
it was wifi.
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We had an elder that used one on stage a few years ago. Then a letter from the society was read that they shouldn't be used on stage but could be used in the audience. A year later the light got super bright and they were allowed to be used on stage! Such a fast moving crazy train :) -
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New Spiritually Weak Label: Not Using Tablet/iPhone
by Doubtfully Yours inwith last night's meeting it became official: here in the states is a must to keep up with 'jehovah's org' that one fully jumps on board with this tablet/iphone crap.. so, now, all of us that up to this point have refused to follow the wtbts in their electronic/wireless revolution will deal with the browbeating from the 'spiritual' ones.. already receiving lots of grief from hubby and rest of the family/close friends when seen at the meetings with paper publications.
damn it!!!
am i alone in this resistance???!!!.
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We were told that the electronics are such a blessing because the WT can save so much money by not printing literature, and will have more money to build kingdumb halls. Because you know, they are building like crazy here in the states lol. -
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The new kids video is going viral, and it angered the Elf-Mom
by Captain Schmideo2 insaw this in my fb feed today... .
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New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org
by ttdtt inhttps://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/one-man-one-woman-marriage/.
disgusting!.
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Could be bad PR for them if the right person sees it.
I like how paradise is gonna have a security check point like at the airport now. Good job WT.
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After yesterdays shunning watchtower article
by dbq407 inmatthew 6:15 are jesus' own words on how to deal with a sinner.
15 “if your brother or sister[b] sins,[c] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you.
if they listen to you, you have won them over.
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One sister started a rumor that another sister didn't wear any underwear.
Haha, Always amazes me what these people let bother them. They really need to grow thicker skin, but i guess then they wouldn't have anything to gossip about.
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After yesterdays shunning watchtower article
by dbq407 inmatthew 6:15 are jesus' own words on how to deal with a sinner.
15 “if your brother or sister[b] sins,[c] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you.
if they listen to you, you have won them over.
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The same Watchtower urges Witnesses to turn a brother or sister in to the elders if that one is committing serious sin.
I can't remember even one time where a witness had an issue with someone, where they went to the person before the elders. Even in personal experience i have had the elders tell me someone was offended by something or saw me do something, and i ask them to have the person come to me first about the matter, but the elders never do that.