I was a third generation Jehovah's Witness. I left school at 16 to pioneer which delighted my elder father and strict Jehovahs Witness mother. I always had doubts but pushed them to the back of my mind. Since then married and had two amazing children!! My husbands family fell away years before i met him. He stopped coming to the meetings but still believes it is the TRUTH!! Those nagging doubts kept coming. When i confronted an elder about them he resolutely said that 'you are a small girl in a small part of the world saying that you know more than great MEN who having given their lives to find the truth' For a while i beleived him but decided after a while to do research. Since then i have found out who these 'great MEN' are, their background and the lies they are spreading!!! Now i'm leaving but can't actually say those words to anyone for fear of them shunning me. I now have one friend left. I feel very alone but this site makes me feel one of many, many sane people who just want to think for themselves!!!