My question to you all is why run away. Are you afraid of what they can do to you? NOTHING.... The worst they can do is disfellowship you. I know that your family (if they are J-dub's) won't be able to talk to you. But that's all B.S. Who makes the rules? The governing body? They are just a bunch of old men locked inside a room all day thinking of the next phase of control. How can they control you??? It says in the Bible (if it's true or not I don't know) that every man (or woman) was given free will. So how can any man control another? FEAR. They put the fear in you since childhood. Even if you came into the "truth" as an adult, they still instill fear into everyone. I myself was one of those persons for 24 years. I was brought up that way and finally realized that I am smarter than that, I CAN think for myself and try to find the answers to questions they could not.
So why should you run away? Ponder....read....do what you can to stay away from their influence. Thank you X-brothers and sisters.
Razhor