We've known many people who were baptized too young only to leave later.
A lot of Ex JWs we've spoken to resent the fact that they were baptized when they were too young to know any better which is entirely understandable.
Number one, you usually get baptized younger because of social pressure...even coercion...from the congregation. Number two, you often answer their questions as a tick-box exercise and not necessarily because you believe it.
It's similar to someone being tortured admitting to a crime because it stops the torture. That's a gruesome example...but I hope you get where I'm coming from.
And when the person grows up and they realize they are in a cult and want to leave...or even if they just decide it isn't for them...well, it's too late.
The only way out is loosing your people and being shunned.
Young people shouldn't be allowed to get baptized. They point the fingers at religions that observe infant baptism when what they're doing is even more sinister given its controlling nature. Kids and teenagers don't have a choice. They have the illusion of choice. This is why we call it an illegitimate contract.
Did you guys get baptized young or know youngsters who signed their lives away and lose everyone they know when they got older and left?
Let us know. It's good to read the comments and know that we are not alone :)
11 сен 2024
