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  What is the best thing you did to recover after leaving the JWs?

  by Lady Lee in

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  i often get inspiration for threads from pms from other posters.

  here is one that i thought i would put out there to get your recommendations?.

  what is the best thing you did?.

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  sherpak

  Thanks everyone for your valuable posts!!!
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  How many of you were baptised at a young age?

  by lepermessiah in

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  one thing this site has made me reflect on the baptism practice in jw land.. many of us were raised in the religion, thus you were given the pressure early on to shoot for baptism as a goal.. i remember feeling bad because i waited until the ripe old age of 14 to take the plunge.. looking back, i realize that when i was 14, i didnt even know what my favorite color was, let alone have enough knowledge to make a life altering decision.

  yet, growing up in that climate, i would say anyone who waited past their early teens to get baptised was viewed with great suspicion and was likely to be viewed as "bad association".

  kids who took the dip at 8-9 years of age were viewed as "wise beyond their years" and the like.. how old were some of you when you were baptised, and what are your feelings on the matter?.

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  sherpak

  I was raised in the "truth" but somehow, developed doubts about the whole scheme from an early age. When I reached my teen years, well-meaning people in the congregation seemed to feel no qualms about giving me not so warm and friendly lectures about my lack of progress toward baptism. These lectures turned me off even more. I was never baptized.