In my country, averga baptismal age is some 16-18.... Very rare that someone below that age gets baptized.
InquiryMan
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Only JW "adults" getting baptized in France?
by Gayle intens of thousands of jehovah's witnesses meet in france(afp) 43 minutes ago.
paris tens of thousands of jehovah's witnesses gathered on saturday in cities across france for an annual international gathering, the religious movement said.. about 150,000 flocked to meetings with the main gathering in villepinte, in the paris region, attracting 50,000 followers.. several hundred jehovah's witnesses were baptised by being immersed in water during the event, which lasts the whole weekend.. those baptised were adults, following the example of christ.. jehovah's witnesses consider themselves the heirs of a primitive form of christianity.. their beliefs are strongly based on the text of the bible and they consider modern christian churches to have deviated from the book's true teachings.. followers reject the ideas of modern evolutionary theory and refuse blood transfusions.. they are perhaps best known for preaching on doorsteps, where they offer religious literature and attempt to convert people.. the movement emerged towards the end of the 19th century in the united states and arrived in france in 1906.. there are more than seven million jehovah's witnesses worldwide and around 150,000 in france.. the group's status varies from country to country.
they are given the same recognition as mainstream religions in austria and germany but are classed as a "recognised cult" in denmark.. in france, some of their branches have the status of "religious association" but the movement was also mentioned in a 1995 parliamentary report on sects.. google_ad_section_end(name=article) copyright 2009 afp.
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The Watchtower September 15, 2009 (PDF)
by possible-san innow, in my japanese forum, the watchtower september 15, 2009 (pdf, 33.8mb) is downloadable.. but only a registrant can access.. http://bb2.atbb.jp/strongwings/viewtopic.php?t=471.
if you are interested in that pdf file, i will upload it only for one week.. .
possible.
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InquiryMan
Please keep in mind that the articles are aimed at an international, global readership. When translated, I`d suppose that American names, sound "ethnic" or foreign to e.g. a Japanese or Scandinavian reader...
When a general article in the Watchtower e.g. are using names, experiences or quoted from a specific country, the article is most likely written or compiled in that country. E.g. in this issue, the first article is likely written in Poland.
The last article is a life story from Spain, and the name of the author is also given (or as told by)... That life story comes from Spain...
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The Social Structure in the Congregation
by Mary inever notice how the "happiest people on earth" are also the most class-oriented?
to say that jesus said his followers should all be on equal footing, it's incredible how much the r&f witness is not on equal footing.
the social structure in the congregation is more complex than the blueprints of a nuclear warhead, but just so that you "remember your place", see if you can find where your niche was/is:
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Honestly, this must reflect American JWism more than its European counterpart....
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InquiryMan
I guess forbidding must be a incorrect word.... Perhaps cautions, deems unnecessary etc would be a more balanced and correct wording.
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How many of you knew about the"Jesus is not your Mediator" teaching when you were JWs??
by Lady Liberty inhi everyone.... just curious how many of you knew when you were active, about the societys official teaching regarding jesus the mediator.
i was floored to find in my research, that they teach jesus is the mediator for the 144,000 only.
and it is only by our association with them that we might have salvation.. i don't know about you guys but i was blown away when i learned they taught this.
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I knew it... However, did not like it or even fully subscribed to it.
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What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....
by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up ini guess its time to throw my little story out there.
i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .
i only last august disassociated myself.
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InquiryMan
to the great majority of gays who simply find a partner, settle down, buy a house and travel a lot. But every gay i've ever spoken with and i've spoken with thousands agrees that 1) they were born gay and
Agree to that....
Am now extremely happy as a gay man, in a house, with a life partner, my children etc....
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New Stance on how to treat DF?
by InquiryMan ini talked to an ex-jw this weekend.
her sister had told her that there was a softening up on how to treat dfs family members at the assembly.
it was the impression her sister got from the drama.
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InquiryMan
It was like i suspected.. The sister "interpreting" the drama to her benefit, justifying her contact with her DF sister.
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New Stance on how to treat DF?
by InquiryMan ini talked to an ex-jw this weekend.
her sister had told her that there was a softening up on how to treat dfs family members at the assembly.
it was the impression her sister got from the drama.
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InquiryMan
On the other hand, if there was a softening up, that would truly benefit a lot of people...
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New Stance on how to treat DF?
by InquiryMan ini talked to an ex-jw this weekend.
her sister had told her that there was a softening up on how to treat dfs family members at the assembly.
it was the impression her sister got from the drama.
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InquiryMan
Hi!
I talked to an ex-JW this weekend. Her sister had told her that there was a softening up on how to treat DFs family members at the assembly. It was the impression her sister got from the drama. Is this an interpreation on her part, or have anyone got the same impression (related by people who have been at t he assembly)....
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New unique book on JWs published
by InquiryMan ina book on jws containing contributions from more than 10 professionals, giving different angles on jw doctrine, organization, life and culture has been published by the norwegian university press publishing ho... a jw is also contributing, allowing the jws to give a self-presentation.... it is rolf furuli who has written that part, he is also coordinator in an oslo congregation and is working at the university of oslo.. in fact, my parents intends to read the book, and that is good, cause it also mentions information not commonly known among regular jws, e.g.
mexico/malawi etc... it also gives the web address to a number of support web sites for "disgruntled" witnesses.. the book has come into existence also in cooperation with brooklyn hqs and the national branch office providing information and literature.. a good reading, accurate, containing less than five actual mistakes in close to 200 pages ;-)... (one minor one in the witness chapter.
he says in general witnesses are ambassadors of god s kingdom.. and shows this by reference to 2. cor.
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InquiryMan
I do not think any "known" apostates as such has influences the book... The book does refer to Raymond Franz and also Roar Henriksen and Wilting, known norwegian ex-witnesses.
Interestingly, when a regional newspaper made a review on the book, one of the co-authors was photographed inside a kingdom hall along with an elder an quoted the elders remark that he was looking forward to reading the book.