How old were you when you left?

by somebodylovesme 69 Replies latest jw friends

  • garybuss
    garybuss

    Child of Wittnesses, out of Witnessism at 30, out of theism at 52.

  • dustyb
    dustyb

    i was born into it. left first at 16, returned 19 and now i'm trying to get out again....

  • Valis
    Valis

    17

  • badwillie
    badwillie

    Dragged along to meetings, service, etc from the age of 10...baptized at age 17 (privately reproved twice for the usual sin @ 19 and 21)...married at 24...Min Servant at 29 (wife pioneered, I gave 2 public talks)... serious cracks in my "spirituality" started at 30... went online at 33 and was out within a month (this time publicly reproved over the UN scandal.. )

  • Eric
    Eric

    Born in, doubts at 12, pressure to baptise at 14, never did, out at 16.

    (For any young lurkers, I do not recomend this. It was tough, and I'd do it differently in retrospect.)

    Eric

  • Nosferatu
    Nosferatu

    What was tough Eric? Getting out before you became an adult?

  • Maverick
    Maverick

    Got conned in at 24, had doubts at 45, told them to shove it at 47! Maverick

  • somebodylovesme
    somebodylovesme

    So interesting! Thanks for sharing, everyone.

  • mineralogist
    mineralogist

    baptised at 25 got out at 39

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