I have been contemplating this and I don't know if this has been covered or not. I have been thinking that if the facts of things were disclosed to me from the get go such as the WTS being associated with the UN, or the WTS blood guilt in connection with Malawi, or various other things that I feel were kept from me and countless others in the religion you would think that you could have some kind of recourse when DAing like bing able to overturn your baptism over on the grounds of false or misleading information or withholding valuable information. I know that I wouldn't took the plunge into baptism if I would have known then what I know now!
I have a question...
by Igot2bme 6 Replies latest jw friends
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jay88
Being truthful about the truth is not a selling point, plus it wasn' t you right to know.
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Igot2bme
That is where I have to disagree. It is my right to know. I and many other gave years to a religion who called themselves the truth. If they are not being truthful and not disclosing the info to us they in turn I feel make my baptism completly null and void.
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Little Imp
Good point. Surely, if one were baptised without being in possession of full and accurate information the baptism isn't valid.
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jgnat
The problem is, what court could you appeal to? The Watchtower society makes it's own rules. The elder's eyes will glaze over and they'll mark you as disassociated by your actions or some other nonsense.
The secular courts don't care because they keep their noses out of religion's business. They certainly don't recognize the baptism. Their advice would be, "buyer beware", and you can leave any time.
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jay88
After all, your relationship is with jehovah and not man. jehovah has commissioned the WTBS to watch over his earthly belongings, they make mistakes
Surely you do not want to be in opposition with jehovah's arrangement?
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Igot2bme
Well and the reason I have posed this question is because I am thinking serously about DAing myself not because I wanted to pursue a bad course or because of something I have done that was deemed inappropriate. I blame it on my strong sense of justice, but I faded because I found untruths associated with the Org. I wholeheartedly believed my religion was not blood guilty, because of the blood guilt that is on the Watchtowers hands I feel god is not with them. I know that life is not fair, but to shun someone for the wrongdoings perpetrated by the Org is morally sick and twisted.