I was born in in 1974. Got baptized the month before I turned 20. Left for good the month before I turned 24. I started fading about 8 months before I Da ed. My mom tried to force me to go back and I Da ed instead.
How long were you a member of Jehovahs Witnesses?
by Quirky1 70 Replies latest jw friends
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donny
I was in for 10 loooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggggg years.
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Twitch
Born in
Never baptized
Moved out and stopped going at 18
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no more kool aid
Lifer, 43 years.
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tympan
Born in.
Baptised @ 17.
Pioneer/Bethel/Pioneer
Started fading @ 26
Last meeting @ 27
Never been back.
Now 42.
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Gordy
Contacted and started "Bible study" March 1971, aged 19.
Baptised January 6th, 1972
Stopped attending meetings August 1999
Disassociated September 2001.
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Casper
Baptised in 1984, faded in 1999...
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happpyexjw
Started studying with Mom at age 9, baptized at age 12 out at age 40...that was in 1990
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Scarred for life
Born in
Never baptised
Stopped attending meetings at around age 15
I don't remember an exact date or time that was my last meeting. I spent probably at least the last year that I was attending meetings just planning my life outside of the JWs and I spent all of the time I was at meetings in fantasyland. I don't think I even spoke to anyone at the KH the last year I was there.
Went back about 10 years ago to the congregation that I was born into for a cousin's funeral. I was flooded with negative memories. I was really surprised. It was the first time that I realized how much negative emotion I had bottled up about my JW upbringing and the cult as a whole. I thought I was going to have to go outside and throw up. And that's not normal for me.
I'll never go back again not even for a relative's funeral. I might attend a family gathering or a graveside service but I'll never set foot in a KH again.
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crapola
Mom was baptised when I was 5/ I was baptised when I was 14 . Now I'm 53 and have not been to a meeting since the last Memorial in 08.