In at age 8; left Bethel and JWs 10 years ago at age 58.
How old were you when you left?
by somebodylovesme 69 Replies latest jw friends
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RAYZORBLADE
I started studying when I was around 13(1976).
Baptized when I was 19 (1981).
Left when I was 21(1983/84).
That was 20 years ago.
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anglise
Studied then baptized at 26 (1982) , problems with various things in org and persuaded to change congs in about 1991.
More problems from about 1997 and finally out at 44ish in (2000).
Read about the same for other half but add an extra year for his age lol.
Anglise
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brooklynNY
I was More or less raised in the "truth." Got baptized at 18 appointed MS at 21 then at the age of 28 after attending an Elders and MS meeting with CO I walked away and never came back. I gave no indication of my departure, and no slow fade just left cold turkey. The congregation was perplexed. Here I was a MS in good standing and I just stopped attending the meetings and going out in field service.
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Amazing
I started associating when I was 18
Baptized at 19
Started doubting somewhat at 32
Read Crisis of Conscience when I was 38
Walked away when I was 41
Formally DA'd by the Watchtower Legal Dept. at 44
Happier than hell at 52
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SpunkyChick
I was raised a dub, baptized at 13...started fading at 19...full fledged non-believer at 24.
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Sargon
Just a short trip for me...never baptised... in at 15, out at 17... joined the Canadian Armed forces on my 18th Birthday. Have spent the last 26 years doing (almost) everything they preached against.
Most of my family are witnesses.
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Reborn2002
Born into the JW cult a third generation member. Grandfather was a congregation servant and elder for over 40 year.s Mother is age 56 and she was born into it in 1947.
Pressured into baptism at age 12.
Pioneered extensively and was expected to go to Bethel and become a CO.
Realized it was a load of BS as a teenager.
Became inactive and stopped attending meetings at age 18.
Suffered from depression because family was shunning me and temporarily returned to attempt to get family back at age 20.
Really started researching the religion with grandfather's Watchtower and Awake bound volumes from 1930's to 1990's and JW-related websites (i.e. www.quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com)
DA myself at age 21.
Happier than hell and free at age 23.
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one_ugly_time
Raised in since the age of 3 or 4
Started doubting at 15
Walked away at 18
Cleaning out the ghosts at 42
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magnolia
In at 26 (1981)
Df'd at 46 (2001)
Still cleaning out some emotional mess from those twenty years, but much better these days reading this board everyday!
Magnolia