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  What does your baptism mean to you now?

  by GiftsinMen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was baptised on 1st sept 1990, 25years ago today.

  it is still a date with deep meaning for me.

  i never dedicated my life to serving any man or any organisation, this was my choice - as a grown adult - to serve my god through jesus christ.

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  Xanthippe

  I can't work out if you are just back-pedalling or if you are really totally unaware of the opinion you were conveying by your words.

  Ok let's rationally look at Christian baptism. At the time it was explained to me that immersion, going fully under water then coming up again, symbolised dying to my past way of life and starting a new way of life. Now what was so wrong with the life of that fifteen-year-old girl who loved flowers and animals and mountains? Why did that life have to die? Plus why does any powerful being want me to dedicate my life to him, doesn't he have his own life, why does he want to play with mine?
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  What does your baptism mean to you now?

  by GiftsinMen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was baptised on 1st sept 1990, 25years ago today.

  it is still a date with deep meaning for me.

  i never dedicated my life to serving any man or any organisation, this was my choice - as a grown adult - to serve my god through jesus christ.

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  Xanthippe

  I know some have been left with no belief in a God at all or only think of Him as a tortuous monster and I believe this alone identifies the Borg as the evil anti-christ. I had to lock away my heart and soul for safe-keeping whilst I allowed the burning rage to surface and run its course.... My God knows me well and no idiot elders or bonkers organisation can ever change that.

  I am not offended GiM. Why would you think that? But if you look at what you have just written and particularly what I have quoted above you give the strong impression you think we have stopped believing in God because of the Borg.
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  What does your baptism mean to you now?

  by GiftsinMen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was baptised on 1st sept 1990, 25years ago today.

  it is still a date with deep meaning for me.

  i never dedicated my life to serving any man or any organisation, this was my choice - as a grown adult - to serve my god through jesus christ.

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  Xanthippe

  I agree with Nic, I am not like a person who's been put off marriage by an abusive partner. I have come to the conclusion that I no longer need religion not because of an abusive cult but because of years of study, research and a great deal of thought. You ask about my baptism which to me was a weird ritual from a two thousand year old religion.

  However I look at religion anthropologically, it's where we have come from and hopefully we will grow out of the need for setting rules for other people. Mainly because to me life is about personal growth and what growth can there be if a religion tells you how to behave with every decision you make in life.

  I know you will say it's not about religion it's about a personal relationship with your God. I am truly glad if that works for you but it no longer works for me.
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  I almost gave up today except for a girl her tried to throw herself infront of two cars.............

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this may sound insane but i literally have blood on my hands as i have just come home from a counselling session that went wrong...i wanted to collate all that has happened and record it...hospital policy is against it.

  i said "what am i alive for then if not to tell the truth" she tut tutted and i walked out sadly in despair.. when i got to the ground floor there was a young girl screaming her head off.

  she was afraid, that is all she was...........afraid.

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  Xanthippe

  I think you're a very loving person and you did a wonderful thing. Just be careful now approaching the mental health authority because it is governed by strict laws and you don't want to find yourself in trouble. Look after yourself now, you've done a great deal to help and I think you need to step back and take care of You. ❤️
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  The social institution of the Kingdom Hall.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it is a warm sunny day, blue skies and i am excited by the prospect this sunday holds.

  will i dismantle a motorbike?

  paint a picture?

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  Xanthippe

  Glad you're enjoying life without meetings The Rebel. Also thanks for this thread I love knowing what everyone does in their spare time it's so interesting. It was August bank holiday here in the UK yesterday and it rained most of the day.

  I went to an amateur painting exhibition of over a thousand paintings at a local village hall. Some of them were very good but I didn't buy anything. Then I had tea and cake at a stately home and went home out of the rain. Years ago I would have been getting my hours in, not anymore!
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  Intro and Thoughts

  by ThinkerBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking on the board for almost a year now and i think i'm ready to come out of hiding (although, i'm so nervous as i type this).

  i'm not ready to share everything about my story, but the basics are that i'm a born-in, elder's kid, baptized as a teenager because i was tired of hearing people ask me "all your friends are baptized, when are you going to get baptized?

  ", married an unbeliever (was df, but came back shortly after) and we have two kids.

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  Xanthippe

  Welcome ThinkerBelle. Sounds like you have a good support system in your husband and inlaws to help with your fade. Looking forward to your thoughts on the forum.
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  Hello

  by Munster Abu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  new here but looking forward to joining in some of the discussions with you all.. a small bit about me: i'm shane.

  was raised as a jw in the uk by my mum (single parent family) from about 2 years of age.

  got baptised at 15 for all the wrong reasons.

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  Xanthippe

  Welcome Shane. Looking forward to your posts.
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  Jean Smith's

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  memorial service - did anyone go?

  this may mean something in the uk.

  there were 600 in attendance (why do they always count?

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  Xanthippe

  I thought it might be cancer. Brent is still alive isn't he? I wonder if they mentioned Jean was a brilliant artist. Unless I misunderstood what Brent told me when they stayed with us she did it professionally before she started pioneering.
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Xanthippe

  They're one of my favourites LisaRose. So beautiful in the woods I wanted them in my garden. I hope they come back they were full of seeds.
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  Jean Smith's

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  memorial service - did anyone go?

  this may mean something in the uk.

  there were 600 in attendance (why do they always count?

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  Xanthippe

  That's very young these days. Very sad. Was it an illness?