Posts by Awake at last

when i joined this forum i was seeking more people who felt the same way i did in terms of seeing the jehovah's witness organization for what it truly was; a false prophet.. once i found like-minded members i slowly started to open up and participate more in trying to help others that were also exiting mentally and physically.

today, i offer support to anyone who desires it regardless of what they believe or not believe.. so what is your purpose on this board?.

support?

Awake at last

I thought I was the only one who thought the way I did and was miserable in the org. Since joining this site and others, I now know there is a whole lot of people feeling the way I do and they are from all over the world. Learning of the true history of the org from Russell onwards has been an eye opener as well as the picking apart of bible teachings.

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Question - thoughts on explaining your fading to teachers?

by elderINewton in

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weird/odd question, but with our family fading, and our daughter in school how or should one approach teachers with this?

our child is a little too young to understand why we are fading, but it proves challenging in school as they have been, well brainwashed, to say i shouldn't do that etc... .

i don't like explaining anything to teachers about the fade, etc.

Awake at last

At the beginning of this year, I spoke to the acting principal at my daughter's school. She was supportive and said she would have JW removed on the enrolment as her religion.

My daughter has mental problems so I explained a few things that are happening at home such as the changes we are making in our lives and beliefs and the difficulties of having believed for so many years, we are in our 50's and I am born in. She understood that we are telling our daughter one thing and then changing and it is a confusing time on top of everything else. I also mentioned about still supporting the other witness children in the school as they do not get to choose their religion and that people wake up in their own time and some never do. She was quite interested in our reasons and what we were doing and said that to come to her any time.

Our daughter is going to high school next year and the witnesses in our area are mostly home schooling for high school. I like the idea of putting C of C in the school library.

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Annulment of baptism for a minor?

by Tornintwo in

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i've seen references to baptism annulment on a few websites, does anyone know if there has ever been a successful annulment of a baptism?.

eg.

a minor claims they didn't understand a key wtbts teaching prior to baptism, is there any realistic chance of annulment?

Awake at last

The only case I ever knew of was in the 1980's a woman studied who had had a mental breakdown. One elder did not want her baptised but was overridden by the others. A while later she had a blood transfusion and had no idea of having done anything wrong. The kind elder who originally discouraged the baptism announced an annulment for her. She never returned to the meetings.

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On a need to know basis - The Letter

by no-zombie in

we've just had our sunday meeting and the letter was read out to the congregation.. however, there was no mention of the bethel lay-offs or the building program shut-downs.. looks like we are on a need to know basis, here in australia..

Awake at last

So the Australian Royal Commission never made it to the JWdotorg news page.....funny that!

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"The Shack" by William P Young helped me to Deal with Life's Big Questions

by HomebytheSea in

i would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way wt never could.

if helped me alot when i started questioning wt teachings.

has anyone else read it?

Awake at last

It was recommended by Alan Jones, a top rating breakfast radio host in Sydney, Australia a few years ago. I read it while I was still in. I never felt the same afterwards. I don't credit it to any awakening as I was already unhappy.

Definitely a good read and would recommend it. I am going to read it again soon.

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Let's Consolidate World Branch Layoff Threads - Oct 2015

by TheListener in

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there has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.

south africa.

united states.

Awake at last

Any word on what may be happening in Australia?

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Bethel Layoff Notices arrive under Bethellite doors

by Quarterback in

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just heard from a reliable source that some at the canadian branch have received their lay-off notices under their doors at bethel.

don't know what the letter looks like.

probably something like, " the tribe has spoken, bring us your torches"

Awake at last

Any word on what may happen to missionaries?

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FMF: A Wake Up Story

by freemindfade in

sorry for the length of this, i hope anyone stopping by to read will take the time and read it.

i haven't included any things i would consider "apostate" specifics about doctrines, or major scandals.

it's just a general layout of the path i took to becoming an exjw.

Awake at last

FMF, I can see why you didn't want to tell that story at first. For what it is worth, I believe it. After reading Ray Franz's book and the experience regarding the disfellowshipping of the 90 something year old brother after a lifetime of service and sacrifice for Jehovah in Brooklyn under the noses of the GB, nothing surprises me. Also I went to Brooklyn Bethel for a tour in 1995 and felt the "vibe". Not the vibe I expected. It was the beginning of my slackening off before any real research. The closer tot the top, it seems, the worse it is. When I came home to Australia, everyone thought I would be enthused for the org. The only thing I was enthused about was not going back.