converted , baptized 1957, faded since 1963, willing to be df since 2013, still counted* as jw. 57 years in
* long time fader totally out mentally, internet marginal, late factor.
Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 155 Replies latest jw friends
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Crazyguy
Raised since about age 5, baptized in 1990, wasnt spirtual but a believer till 2012 got spiritual, then woke up left in 2013 -
Sail Away
Sail Away's daughter:
1) were you raised as a JW, or did you convert?
Raised in
2) when were you baptized/started seriously being with the witnesses? (Date please, i.e. 1997)
Baptized age 14, 1995
3) when did you leave/woke up completely? (date please, i.e. 2013)
Left age 17, 1998
Please do the time difference between 2 and 3...
17 years total. Baptized (due to peer pressure) 3 years, never a believer. Internet played no role in exit.
Sail Away's son:
1) were you raised as a JW, or did you convert?
Raised in
2) when were you baptized/started seriously being with the witnesses? (Date please, i.e. 1997)
Baptized age 14, 1998
3) when did you leave/woke up completely? (date please, i.e. 2013)
Disfellowshipped age 24, 2008
Please do the time difference between 2 and 3...
24 years total. Baptized 10 years. Internet played no role in exit.
NOTE: The Internet played no role in my exit or in Mr. Sail Away's either, but it's how we learned TTAT after our exits. See earlier post.
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Bud Stars
- Raised in
- Baptized 1972
- Out 2008
36 years. Internet helped recovery.
Spouse
- Raised in
- Baptized 1971
- Out 2009'
38 years.
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dubstepped
1. Raised in
2. Baptized 1992
3. DA'd 2015
Total: 23 years
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ILoveTTATT2
Prologos, would you really say 57 years or just 6 years? I would count you as only 6 years since I am not interested really in when the DF'ing occured but when you were completely awake. -
ILoveTTATT2
Thank you, Sail Away!
How about the answers for yourself and Mr. Sail Away?
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MrsR-Awaken
1. Raised
2. 2005 (age 14) baptized
3. 2015 woke up completly but still in the org (family issues)
10 years exactly lol
I yet have to tell my story here..soon ill post it since I bearly joined the forum!
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ILoveTTATT2
Great MrsR-Awaken! I am happy for your "generation" of witnesses, since they seem to wake up a LOT faster than previous generations!! -
Sail Away
Thank you, Sail Away!
How about the answers for yourself and Mr. Sail Away?Scroll back several posts. They are in a separate, earlier post.