"  Hello, I was raised in the JW church for the first 22 years of my life.  I never fully believed their rhetoric.  I consindered myself as I grew towards my teen years as being an observer in their religion.  I had no problems…"

"I was a Witness until I was 13 and most of my fam back in Brooklyn and Upstate are as well. Ironically, so is my ex girlfriend, and it's the reason she broke up with me. An off the cuff comment got me "Apostate'd"."

"My family on both sides is very JW. My father was a Bethelite and a missionary. I was born abroad as a result. The religion has been one of the most dysfunctionally divisive forces of family destruction."

"Too many"

"Wouldn't they either pant like dogs or sweat like horses?"

"I grew up Roman Catholic. My extended family is Christian for the most part. As an Atheist, I've always thought that if someone genuinely wished to communicate the way JW professed to desire dialogue with me, I'd invite them in and talk…"

"I used to see them standing on the Chicago, South-Side, street corners with their magazines (The Watchtower). I never interacted with any of them. They would stand out there in heavy dresses and suits in the middle of July sweating like dogs."

"I knew who they were, but I didn't really grow up with them. They weren't allowed to play with us. Later a very good friend was a JW and he and I got along famously unless we discussed theology. Don"

"I was a J W for some years, a long time ago. Some of my family are still active members. And I am definitely not welcomed in some of their homes."

"I used to study with a JW female who knocked on my door in the 80's. Their doctrine is very informative in many ways, but still could not anwser the questions I had at the time. I was always uncomfortable with the idea of knocking on peoples…"