The Old the Young, and the Forum (page 3)

ozziepost

Sometimes I feel young, some days I feel old!

Some posters make me feel young, some make me feel old!

bitter mango

i was 17 when i started posting here. now 18 - soon to be 19 .

larc

Raised in it. Got baptized at the are of ten - my choice. First doubts at the age of 18. Fought off doubts by pioneering. Started fading at the age of 22. Started reading here 2 years ago. I am 61.

Dutchie

Bitter Mango, I had no idea you were so young. Just a baby, really.

You have wisdom far beyond your years.

Baptized at 13, started having doubts shortly thereafter, but hung in there until I was 28. Began being sporadically inactive shortly thereafter, but didn't leave for good until I was 37. Spent 15 years thinking I was the only one out there, and then I found the Net. I'm now 55.

KKLUV155

I was raised in the "truth", Got baptised at 19 ( b/c of peer presure), faded away at 21, got married to a "worldly" man at 22, started going to non-denominational church 1 1/2 years ago, found this sight in June of this year, been here ever since, Now 32 years old.

kkluv

Mac

46 going on 20

out about 14 yrs.

posting a couple mo.

abbagail

Spring 1977 = Age 24, first learned the truth from a co-worker who gave me books/Bible, but I wasn't ready to jump in yet.
Spring 1979 = Age 26, sought out the JWs, 1st memorial, started studying.
Summer 1980 = Moved back to home state where I wouldn't know anybody but dubs, left all wordlies behind.
November 1980 = Age 28, Baptized, good little dub for 10 years, aux. off and on.
June 1990 = Age 37, DF'd after turning myself in for "Loving My Neighbor" (to borrow Englishman's phrase).
1990-2001 = Age 48, still thought the truth was the truth all those years, attended parts of conventions in '95 & '98; memorials '99 &
'00.
November 2001 = Age 49, Found Silent Lambs. Eyes slowly opening ever since.
May 2002 = Age 49, signed up and began posting here after Dateline. Master Member waiting for the next level...

Grits

mrs rocky2

Grandfather was a witness, and one uncle. My uncle would come by the house after a meeting and say that they took the last count for Armageddon and we weren't there to be counted. I think I was 8 when an older couple in the hall, 'anointed' they were, started picking us up for meetings. Was 10 when my oldest brother invited a pioneer couple to study with us. Started giving talks in the Theocratic School when I was 11. Baptized at 14. My dad reactivated (he had been inactive since high school) and was quickly appointed as an elder.

Started having serious doubts about 10 years ago, but kept them to myself. Emotionally left the Witnesses about 5 years ago, and have been fading away since. Stopped publishing 5 years ago. Haven't been inside the KH for 2 1/2 years.

Found this forum a couple of years ago but only lurked, was too afraid to post. Finally started posting November of last year. Love this place. I am 44.

Mrs Rocky

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