When I got out, I was so convinced that they were the true religion when my daughter was born, I started studying again. Started to go to meetings and all that, still getting hateful looks from some who still believed I received the blood of a satan worshiper when I got my blood transfusion.

My advice is different than the majority here. What finally convinced me was actually going to another church and realizing the lies I was forced to agree to growing up.I went to several different churches and was amazed at the amount of charity work that's done, how children and teens were allowed to grow spiritually without the threat of being disfellowshipped, or forced to not participate in worldly group activities, or have worldy friends and mostly how my daughter was taught love, not fear of God as jw's teach their children. At one church I ended up unemployed and immediatley I was offered some work working for the church. I also received a lot of food at thanksgiving and christmas time. That would never have happened if I was a jw, it would have been fend for yourself Matt.

It was also at this time I started researching the jw's beliefs and why I was still so animate about believing them. That's when I came across this book by Ron Rhodes....http://www.ronrhodes.org/...m_the_scriptures_wi.htm. Then I found out that the NWT was not a translation at all, it is a version edited by a group of high school graduates with absolutely no training at all in hebrew or greek languages. The last straw pretty much is when I found out the watchtower bible and tract society are worth something like 164 million dollars, yet they have not one single charity for those other than jw's.

What also convinced me was I accepted a job at a non profit charity and was warned that if I worked for this non profit, or any charity for that matter, I would never be allowed to go from door to door. That was an eye opener to say the least, being told what to do with my life and telling a person they are not allowed to speak on their faith, just a hint of communism.

So my advice would be to just suck it up and go check out some churches. I recommend a non-denominational church. A lot of other churches like catholic, lutheran, presb, etc. now offer services for non traditional seekers. I was really turned off by all the candles being lit, wearing special robes, suits and ties, etc. Esp. the suits and ties made me feel very uncomfortable. And a second piece of advice is don't be so willing to give up on God yet, forming an opinion on evolution vs. a creator takes time and IMO not a decision that can be made lightly and without some research.

Matt