How Long Did It Actually Take You To Leave The Organization?

by minimus 15 years ago 28 Replies latest 15 years ago jw friends

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  minimus 15 years ago

  I started reading "apostate" books when I was a teen at the library. It was more curiousity than anything else. At home, I used to read all the old publications and I'd notice how beliefs had changed.

  With Ray Franz's books that I read clandestinely, I started to realize the truth about "The Truth". Still, it took me years before I could finally make the break.

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  OUTLAW 15 years ago

  Once I decided to leave..I was gone..

  ............................. ...OUTLAW

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  snowbird 15 years ago

  For my daughter's sake, I hung around for a minute, trying desperately to make it not be so.

  No good.

  I had to exit.

  Syl

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  IronHill 15 years ago

  It took me seven years of doubting and questioning, before finally leaving it all behind.

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  blondie 15 years ago

  Once we decided we were gone....gone...gone

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  leavingwt 15 years ago

  Less than six months.

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  minimus 15 years ago

  You folks are good!

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  Backspacer 15 years ago

  3 years. Three... very.... loooonnnnngggggg years. It was painful to say the least but once I left, it felt so much better!

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  nomoreguilt 15 years ago

  Hey everyone! I guess it's time to see what's happening out here in good ole JWD! Sorry for my absence, just had other pressing matters in life, but I haven't forgotten all my dear friends in here. So, what's new? Like over the last year and a halk, LOL

  NMG

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  coffee_black 15 years ago

  From the time I allowed myself to honestly question...it took about 2 years. I had been raised as a jw, so it's all I ever knew. Gave it every possible benefit of the doubt, but in the end, my conscience wouldn't allow me to be part of it any more.

  Coffee

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