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eyeuse2badub
I was basically raised as a jw since I was 4. I was a "golden boy" in the organization. Started giving public talks when I was 18 and was appointed as an elder when the elder arrangement first began in 1972 at the age of 22. Lost my faith in 1976 but continued to serve as an elder till 1979. "Regained" my faith in 1990. Became an elder again but once again lost "my faith" after 1995 yet continued to serve as an elder for several more years. Looking back, I don't think I ever had "faith", I was just indoctrinated very well.
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enigma1863
I've been awake since late 2009. I was partly raised in the "truth" since I was 5. I found out about the story behind Noah's flood which led to learning what evolution really is then finding out the truth about the truth. Today I am more knowledgeable about the bible than I ever was as a witness and I'm not really certain if a biblical Jesus ever existed.
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exwhyzee
Lifelong JW who, along with wife and son, walked away after experiencing a number of botched & life altering JW related events.
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Emma
I was an active witness for aproximately forty years. My mother and sib's are still very much in the org. Instead of da'ing myself, I slowly disappeared. When I left, it was no single event that moved me but the inability to continue. The judging and negativity weighed heavily on me and had for many years; I couldn't keep it up. My decision to leave was my own and I didn't read "apostate" literature or talk to those who had left. It's only recently that I've been visiting the "Freeminds" site, and I just picked up Ray Franz's book from the library yesterday. I find it interesting to be updated for the first time on what's happening in the wts (I won't ask as I will not be witnessed to!) and that the "faithful" are still slogging on.