Married 35 years to a raised-in since five years old, now ex-JW. Husband faded five years into our marriage. Daughter (32-year-old born-in ex-JW, bi-lingual grade school teacher in Central America) respectfully declined to accept a shepherding call from the elders at age 17 and is considered DA’d by her actions. Son (28-year-old born-in ex-JW, sail rigger/shop manager in Mid-Atlantic coastal US) told the elders, “Just F***ing DF me.” They did. I walked away on July 3, 2011 after 42 years in.
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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New British terror attack just occured train station!
by Witness 007 ina man yelling "this is for syria" slashed a strangers throat and was quickly tasered by police and arrested.
video avalible...looks like war is coming soon.
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Depending on the level of the police officers, I would think that that´s the level of weapons they have. Surely the British SWAT team has powerful guns and weapons. -
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New British terror attack just occured train station!
by Witness 007 ina man yelling "this is for syria" slashed a strangers throat and was quickly tasered by police and arrested.
video avalible...looks like war is coming soon.
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And this is why America needs gun control. A terrorist attack that yielded at most a person with serious but no life threatening injuries, vs a terrorist attack that leaves dozens dead. -
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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Great MrsR-Awaken! I am happy for your "generation" of witnesses, since they seem to wake up a LOT faster than previous generations!! -
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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ILoveTTATT2
Thank you, Sail Away!
How about the answers for yourself and Mr. Sail Away?
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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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. -
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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ILoveTTATT2
Thanks everyone! Keep 'em comin'!
So far, the data is yielding some impressive insights (no data yet in 2010 since no one has answered that they were baptized in 2010 or later):
Decade Average time to get out Standard deviation1960 25.8 years 7.69 years
1970 22.1 years 11.89 years
1980 21.0 years 6.09 years
1990 14.3 years 6.90 years
2000 8.5 years 3.22 years
It is clear that 1975 led to a much higher variability, meaning that for a lot of people, 1975 truncated their stay with the Watchtower, but for a lot, it made no difference.
It is also clear (and very encouraging) that every decade without exception sees a lower average stay in the Watchtower, and also the lower standard deviation means that the factor that is reducing the time that people stay in the Watchtower cult affects everyone. And I am going to say that the factor is... obviously, the internet.
Now, my data may be skewed because I still have little data, I only have 70 responses, and the responses are naturally of people who are on the internet. Perhaps the people who came in the 70's are not on the internet and therefore will not participate on this survey.
In any case,
Thanks!
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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Yes Tich, and the graph and the data DOES show that. It shows two things, even with the limited data:
1) Pre-internet, you could expect a wild variability in the time that one got out. Some got out very quickly, some took decades. It all depended on the person. But the average was much higher than it is now.2) post- internet, the variability has decreased significantly, and also, the time to get out has decreased significantly.
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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ILoveTTATT2
Also Talesin, I am noticing that a lot of people did go out after 1975... so maybe the data will show that trend too... -
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 inhi people,.
i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).
1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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ILoveTTATT2
Hi Talesin, it´s ok. People like you (the "outliers," aka the "exception to the rule") are very useful for statistics. But given 1000 people, you won't really have an effect on the average or the trend. What I see on the trend is that the variability is reducing.... i.e. some people who came in the 70's woke up faster than others, but the average was higher than now, and now, the average is much smaller and almost everyone is waking up at around the same time in.