Raised in 'The Truth'? Age baptized?
Have you ever wondered what the average age of those of us 'raised in the 'Truth' was when we were baptized? The posts I read here suggest that not many of us made it to voting age without having...
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Did I have one of the shortest baptismal careers? I was baptized at 14 only 3 years after my mum met the witnesses but Dfd at 16! So I don't count as being raised from birth into it.i did it...
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i was raised in the truth and i got baptized around the age of 15. only time i heard my parents say they were proud of me. of course it was a mistake and i got disfellowshipped at 18.
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zippo welcome to the threads hope you can "light things up around here" (zippo lighter reference pun lol)
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and welcome zippo!Wow an old thread! I love it when this happens. It's fun to see how many people have come and gone (hopefully with their heads on straight and able to function normally in the...
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I was 19. Everyone else was doing it. Why not join all my friends who loved the "Truth" when my love for Jehovah was just as deep. Then I began to think and analyze in college.. not good, for them
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Okay kids....get ready for this one. I was baptized at 9!!!!! I cannot believe no one said anything to me or allowed it to happen. My mom went over all of the questions with me and quizzed me on the...
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Raised in it, but never baptized. However, my unbaptized status seems to matter none to my parents, I'm pretty much treated the same as my DF'd sister.
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I was never baptised. Even though I am from a dynasty of borg members I just couldn't do it, despite the intense pressure. Had I been of a weaker disposition and not so obstinate I would have been...
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i was baptized at age of 1 in the Serbian Orthadox church then again as a JW at the young dump age of 13 when now i regret it and it was only so i did not have to a study with me. my dad was going to...
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Put another point on 14...wow... is that the 'magic age' or something... why 14?
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I also just turned 12. Who knows at age 12 what they want to do with the rest of their life.
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I know, right? I'm 28 and I'm just now figuring out what I want to do with my life...
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marcospolaca wrote:I know, right? I'm 28 and I'm just now figuring out what I want to do with my life...Same here. I was baptized at 12.
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It's worse then getting married at 12... at least if you get a divorce, you only lose one person and not everyone you've ever known...
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Apparently, I was among the "ancients"--17! I did it because my best friend was doing it, and I was going to look bad and not be "good association" for her if I didn't do it, too. I was being...
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Yeah... make a lifelong commitment as a minor, just so your friends don't shun you. That make perfect sense. @_@
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I was 13 when I was baptized. I joined the TMS at 8, though!
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Hi All, I got baptised at 15yrs old, firstly because I wanted to upset my mum who has recently been disfellowshiped (partly because I had to dobb her in for having her non JW boyfriend overnight), the...
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I was Baptized at 13. Seemed about right. For most kids in normal raised in truth families I'd say thats the right number.
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