Loved what you said :
Within hours, I was on the internet, seeking out like minded people, wondering if anyone else felt like I did. To my amazement I was not alone. Thousands of people have been disenfranchised and scarred by their experience as Jehovah’s Witnesses, who are not the most loving people on the earth, especially if you dare to disagree with them. If any doubting JW is reading this story, take heart. There are thousands, yes millions of people outside the JW organization, who will respect you and love you, not because you robotically share the same enforced beliefs, but because of a shared sense of humanity. While I spent my first 37 years of life as a JW I am not bitter. I am resolved to spend the rest of my life in ways that help my fellowman, not by insisting that people adopt my beliefs, but by genuinely caring for others, and doing what I can to help people. I've been out for 8 years now and I feel the same way, yes I hope all JW searching will read your story "Awakened at Gilead" nice, thanks for sharing that with us. Ruth