by flipper 138 Replies latest jw friends
I am mostly a lurker here, but I thought I'd join in this discussion.
Mother started studying in 1983 in FL, stopped for a while after we moved to NYC, then resumed studying (and including me this time) in 1987. Stopped again in 1993 and then resumed in 1994. She was baptized in 1995 and is still in, I was baptized one year later (1996) at the age of 17 and stayed with the group until 2009, leaving shortly after my 30th birthday, but I had pretty much stopped preaching by 2008.
CC
(born in) 1959
really stopped regular attendance in the 1980s
last meeting attended memorial 2002
how long was i in? to f...ing long
Left in March 2007, in for about 20 years, stated studying in order to marry my ex-wife.
Started studying in 1981...baptized and married onto the "truth" at age 17 in 1982...divorced and df'd in 1989, so in for 8 years.
Time to see my therapist again, will call first thing Monday morning. I think we may have to start all over again.
LOL at OutAtLast!
Parents started studying when I was a baby. All through my childhood I knew something wasn't right for me... even at 6 or 7 years old I wanted nothing to do with the KH and JWs (used to make up excuses and fake being sick to get out of going to the KH), but out of some sense of loyalty to my parents I stuck with it. I was baptized in 1987 - not because I wanted to be, but because it was expected of me. When I hit 18ish and set out on my own, I kept attending the KH, but irregularly... submitting fake monthly reports to stay off the inactive list etc etc. By 1993 I wasn't attending at all anymore, but putting up a facade for the family's sake. I fully 100% stopped going to a KH in 2002. I haven't been back to a KH in years... no wait... I did go back once (a couple of years ago) at my parent's request when I was visiting them... my parents made all sorts of excuses to the cong why I wasn't wearing a suit (I went in jeans and a t-shirt), and why I was sporting a goatee pretending the whole time that all was normal and I was just attending in a more liberal cong. elsewhere.
Oh, I'm new here by the way I'll introduce myself later.
Hey everybody ! Thanks for all the responses !
I'd like to give a warm welcome to JOE BLOW ! Welcome to the board, look forward to your posts and insights !
So- Here is an update as of Monday afternoon on how the statistics look up to this point of how many exited and what years.
50 or more years in the witnesses - 3 people
40 or more years in the witnesses - 8 people
30 or more years in the witnesses - 16 people
20 or more years in the witnesses - 21 people
10 or more years in the witnesses - 17 people
5 or more years in the witnesses - 3 people
0-4 years in the witnesses - 1 person
The years you exited :
2010 - 1 person
2009 - 7 people
2008 - 7 people
2007 - 7 people
2006 - 8 people
2005 - 7 people
2004 - 2 people
2003 - 1 person ( me ) LOL !
2002 - 3 people
2001 - 4 people
2000 - 2 people
1998 - 2 people
1997 - 2 people
1996 - 1 person
1995 - 2 people
1994 - 2 people
1993 - 3 people
1989 - 1 person
1988 - 2 people
1987 - 1 person
1984 - 2 people
1983 - 1 person
1982 - 1 person
1980 - 1 person
1978 - 2 people
1976 - 1 person
1973 - 1 person
Very interesting. Also - The statistics show that from 2000 through 2010 - 49 people have exited the JW cult. From 1973 through 1999 - 24 have left the cult. So- Keep the comments coming ! It's interesting to see when everybody left and how long you were in. And any comments on trends you see here would be helpful as well - anything you might notice
40 years in out in 1980
Woody
41 years in - 4 years out
I'm sorry i didn't say how many years a witness up until 96. I think i was baptised in 71 or 72 at the age of either 12,13 or 14 and i was raised as a witness from the age of 2
