I'm 21 years old, i was brought up in the truth from birth and finally decided to leave 3 years ago just after my 18th birthday. Thankfully i never gave into the peer pressure to get baptised, so overall i left quietly....i'd expected it to feel like the end of the world, i'd been dreading telling my family, but when i did, it felt like the biggest weight was lifted from my shoulders, i could finally start being me!! It took a while to get my head around to the fact that i no longer live my life the way i was being told to, i could live it the way i wanted, once feelings of guilt subsided i realised i'd finally started to discover the person i really was. I don't have a belief in Jehovah or the bible, i realise we must have a creator but at this point in time i'm not interested in finding out about them, if/when i decide to look into it i will not do so by looking into religion as i believe all religion is corrupt. At the moment i'm angry and frustrated with the Jehovah's witness organisation and my father and younger brother who are both still JW'S....The organisation for causing my mum to feel so much guilt (even though she hasn't done anything wrong) and to doubt her capability as a mother because 3 of her children have left the JW'S, as far as i'm concerned the only one's who can judge whether she's a good mother or not are us, her children and i say she's done a damn good job, she's always done the best she can do, and it's much appreciated!! I'm angry at my dad for turning his back on his children because he's been told to by his religion, how could someone turn their back on someone they're supposed to love unconditionally?? Also he's soon to marry a woman he's known for less than a year so that he can shag her without getting into trouble with the congregation....how can someone be so stupid? Ok well thats enough of me bitching for now, if anyone would like to have a chat message me :o)