hope you are all well,.
i was wondering within the organisation if there are any guidelines or grounds for nullifying a baptism.
see i grew up a jehovah's witness and was baptised at age 13, i didn't get baptised for the right reasons, i felt pressured to because my friends were getting baptised at the same time.
Also - I'd like to add - this is a a very damaging form of child abuse. Baptising minors is forcing adult issues on to them. The mental trauma of dealing with any issues arising from decisions made as a child is damaging.
There needs to be a class action taken by all of us affected - it would hopefully finish this cult off.
hope you are all well,.
i was wondering within the organisation if there are any guidelines or grounds for nullifying a baptism.
see i grew up a jehovah's witness and was baptised at age 13, i didn't get baptised for the right reasons, i felt pressured to because my friends were getting baptised at the same time.
It shouldn't even be an issue - 13 is a minor. If they stuck to baptising adults (maybe follow Jesus and aim for 30 years) they wouldn't be able to 'trap' individuals and instil fear into them.
This cult ruined my life, and the older I get, the more I realise that.
i drove through a nearby seaside town today.
it was starting to rain.
it was cold.
Remember when 'the message' was urgent lol...now they avoid the public like the plague. See them all the time, two dubs standing by a trolley, chatting away and drinking coffee until the next pair take over from them. Rinse and repeat.
i used a public washroom in a grocery store.
in the stall, someone left a tract on the baby changer.
my first thought was to trash it, instead i wrote cult on it and jwfacts.com on it.
Good grief, they're now 'counting time' while sitting on the toilet !
i have not seen jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood for several years now.
it appears that the cart witnessing has taken over.
congregations are being consolidated and witnesses are being forced to travel a greater distance than before.the burdens/privileges of elders seem to be ever increasing!.
I rarely see them walking the streets...can't recall the last time. I see the trolleys in towns/cities, but has anyone else noticed, they tend to set up where there is the least foot traffic, thereby not many people pass them. A couple of months ago I saw them set up by a bench on a main road where about five people walk past every hour...they were just sitting on the bench and chatting!
They used to always set up in my (previous) local town, always in the same spot, chatting amongst themselves and drinking coffee, waiting for the next ones to take over (It's a very urgent message, you know)...but they've disappeared in recent months.
jw funeral last night.
it was about half an hour from start to finish.
they opened with basic facts about the person.
Gosh...so much I recognise. My father's funeral was a one hour 'talk' at the KH, followed by a shorter talk at the crematorium. I don't recall anything about his life being mentioned, it was just a sales pitch. Sad.
My mother, who is very elderly, requested me to take her to the KH for her funeral...but her congregation has been moved now (that KH is on the market, as I mentioned in another thread), and she doesn't recognise/accept the Hall she now attends as a KH (obviously, her advanced age adds to her confusion). So what do I do (if she pre-deceased me) ?
Funnily enough Stan, I was considering the same myself, not telling the Congregation. I've seen my mother make them her whole life (at the expense of her family), and at the same time I've seen other elderly JWs discarded once they are considered a burden, but she always dismissed my observations...and now she is in that position but making excuses for them not visiting her anymore, e.g., 'they have families'...so did you mother, but we still came a poor second behind any of the JWs.
according to the org's website, various congregations will be moving in with other congregations, effective january 1st 2017.
(i've only highlighted a couple) in all probability, their own k.h.
is/has been sold.
Me too Stan...at the aforementioned pre-fab. I don't know if I have previously divulged my age (on here) and the age of my (then) husband. I look back now am angry at how I was co-erced into it.
according to the org's website, various congregations will be moving in with other congregations, effective january 1st 2017.
(i've only highlighted a couple) in all probability, their own k.h.
is/has been sold.
" i asked a couple what the money was going to be used for--" building halls in africa."
Im glad you said that too Stan, I had same thing said to me (but wasn't sure if the JW made it up), looks like it's a common excuse fed to the R&F
according to the org's website, various congregations will be moving in with other congregations, effective january 1st 2017.
(i've only highlighted a couple) in all probability, their own k.h.
is/has been sold.
Well, well, well...while I was perusing the Estate Agents site for my old hall, looks like they are marketing another one...
The one shared by Halesowen and Blackheath Congregations..
https://www.fishergerman.co.uk/commercial-property-sales/non-residential-institution-office-surgery-clinic-healthcare-for-sale-in-former-kingdom-hall-144a-coombs-road-halesowen-west-midlands/25131
Apologies...these aren't in London, but looks like they're taking the money in all over...
according to the org's website, various congregations will be moving in with other congregations, effective january 1st 2017.
(i've only highlighted a couple) in all probability, their own k.h.
is/has been sold.
Well...it's been a long time since I've been on this site (I'm soooo very angry at the moment, as it seems all the JW related crap has come back and overwhelmed me)...anyway...
My old Kingdom Hall is up for sale at £250,000, lol (it was a quick build on the site of a 'pre-fab' KH), the two congregations which shared it are now sharing with another local one...so (at least) three congregations in one hall. One JW told me it was being sold so more could be built in poorer countries...absolutely stupid.
I will try and find estate agent's link...
