In at 15 out at 24. Their is life afterwards!
How old were you when you left?
by somebodylovesme 69 Replies latest jw friends
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Mysterious
Raised in the borg. Unbaptised publisher at 11. Had doubts that I brushed off for a few years. Stopped thinking like a dub at 16, out at 17.
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embalmed
Entered at 4, doubts at 12, stopped believing at 13-14, never baptised, will leave at 18.
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lisaBObeesa
-born in
-doubts at 12
-avoided getting baptised because of doubts 13-15
-at 16 I knew I would leave ASAP
-at 18 I was out the door
-LisaBObeesa
(Also as someone above said, for any young lurkers, it was a very difficult road. I had to move out of my house at 18 because I didn't want to be a JW. My parents gave me no choice. If there was any way I could have stayed home a little longer..maybe I could have gone to school...I would have. And I would encourage others to, if they can.)
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got my forty homey?
In my case I had t leave the house because I did not want to pioneer! I told my father I would be willing to stay home and go to meetings but that wasn't good enough. What my father never realized is that you cannot make a person pioneer, pioneering is something you must want to do.
And now that my father is retired, guess what? He doesn't pioneer!
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Gopher
Baptized at 16.
DF'd at 39.
Last visit to the Kingdom Hall at age 40.
Better late than never.
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Jesika
Born in........baptized at 14......nine months later df'd at 15.......never to go back.
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Eyebrow2
raised in it, rebelled from 16 to 20, then came back after I had a kid, and my dad died all within 7 months of each other.
baptised at 21, and by the time I was 27 I HAD ENOUGH!! I never had any real doubts until the last 6 months I was there.
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scotsman
Fourth generation
baptized at 16
MS at 20
Elder at 29
Left at 30 1/2 having never ever believed any of it.
Been happy, free and practicing my homosexuality (it's hard work but I gotta do it) for 2 years.
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smurfette
Mom baptized at 5.
I can't remember for sure when I was baptized anymore, hey that's a milestone! I think I was 14.
Left at 18, DA-ed shortly after.