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I have a question that I am not sure of the answer and just wondered if anyone might know.Since Jesus got baptised when he was 29 or so, then why do jw's baptise 12-14 year olds? Is this following his...
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Hey Ronnie...Ive wondered about this myself. As the JWs like to think of themselves as footstep followers of Christ and look to him as their chief exemplar...why dont they see the age of Jesus baptism...
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Greetings Ronnie,May peace be with you.To be honest, Ronnie, Jehovah's witnesses truly do not understand baptism and what it means to our Father. This is why for many reasons their baptisms occur in...
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this was the exact topic that got me to tell the two elders i met with to basically stick their religion you know where.just to let everyone know this is how it all started for me. i had studied for...
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Slightly changing tack - I always point out that Jesus also did his apprenticeship before becoming baptised ! It is not good enough to barely educate the youngsters and then just expect them to...
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Awesome question!i'm on my way to work, but i just want to say:all the studies i had with the jdubs, they always want to study what has all ready been studied by some one else's view. what i'm trying...
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Elvin, Thanks for sharing your story. I agree and that is a good point....I don't know where in the Bible it says you must go to 5 meetings a week as opposed to one or two or where it says you must go...
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Hi RonnieI know that the organisation has changed its stance on further education, but I STILL know brothers / sisters who will insist on their children not having any education above the bare...
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This is a very good question. I was baptized at 12, and I had not even had my first period yet. Yet, my parents thought it was a great idea and were so proud! I really did not know what I was getting...
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i do wish that people on this board would stop saying that the jws have changed their thinking about further education. because this is not true. i am holding in my hand right now the broucher by the...
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Brilliant question Ronnie, I too think they shouldnt even let young people consider baptism until they are in late adulthood. I was baptised at 14 and at the time, I thought I knew exactly what I was...
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Quote:i told these two idiots show me where it said that when anyone anywhere in the bible wanted to get baptized that the people doing the baptizing told them to go away and first tey have to go door...
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Good points about the education part and it is right. My family again is different because they firmly believe in higher education despite what the jw's say. The thing I was getting at is at least it...
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Quote:The thing I was getting at is at least it is better than it was 20 years ago on college. It probably is a little more relaxed than it was, but college is more of a necessity than it was 20 years...
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i'm sorry i just can not agree with you ronnie or others for that matter that things have changed in that the org. is more easy going on the education stance. after quoteing from their own lit. dated...
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by the way kingsmeg stated the one elder was a window washig pioneer. well the one that was doing most of the talking at my meeting was in his mid forties about my age and he was going back to live...
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Thank you thank you thank you thank you... I laughed till I cried:Quote:If Revelation 7 is to be taken literally, there would only be 144,000 Jewish male virgins taken from a square shaped earth that...
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Quote:By the way, in the back of the Kingdom Hall there is a rod for hanging coats, the shelf above it is for your brain, 'cause you won't be needing it anymore once you go in. Too funny! Too sad!!!...
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