Chadster thank you for your reply I am very confused by your statements, because if you have known about JW teachings all your life and have close family who are relatives I am very surprised you don't know the answer to those questions.
There are many websites and forums that will answer all of those questions if you really want to know, JWfacts, Freeminds, or Jehovah's witness own website. These sites inform you of Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs.
I was a baptised witness since I was 15yrs old while I was a witness I was classed as one of the great crowd. I did not have a heavenly hope. I did not partake of the bread and wine only the anointed class would partake of the bread and wine. They alone are classed as Christs brothers and have a heavenly hope. That is what they believe. Only they are in the covenant.
As regards the shunning my family treat me as though I am dead and have asked me not to contact them or try to associate with them. In fact I am very often alone as my hubby works away for a few days parts of the week so I moved nearer my family so I asked them if I could at least call them if I needed them or was worried at night. They said no, no contact at all.
How is that Christian or loving? I have a very large extended family and they have all shunned me. Now I only have my daughter my hubby, my father-in-law who is not a JW and is quite elderly and my hubbys brother.
But the Lord has provided me with new brothers and sisters and an extended family in my new found faith. I have comfort from Jesus when he said ,
Matthew 19 v 29 everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will recieve a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. NIV
I wish the Lords blessing upon you and pray that he helps you with his holy spirit to open your heart and you can recieve the joy of the Lord.
Debby
I admit I do know why. I was asking more or less to understand your situation without going and asking flat out. I understand that things like this can be personal. I gather that you have been dis-fellow shipped from JWs. My mother was dis-fellow shipped, she committed adultery and a few more unchristian acts. She was separated during services and she was later reinstated. If memory serves me right, for her it was about 1 year, give or take some months. From your post Debby 24, yours is a more serious matter. When you decided to leave and learn and preach another faith, it is considered Apostasy. I am sure you knew this before hand of what would happen. I know they cannot associate with you now and that includes family. Its strict no matter what bible you read. All Christian religions deal with Apostasy in their own way or even not at all. Your family dose love you. They will not stop loving you.
So you know, I was never baptized. I'm actually glad I wasn't to be honest. I was to young (body and heart) to make that commitment to serve.
Regarding JW beliefs, the Anointed will go to heaven to serve Jesus to rule over the earth. This is limited to 144k people. I personally have not read a scripture that says all is welcome to go to heaven or that there is even a hell(other than death itself). Here is in short, what I do not understand...The earth was created for us to inhabit. We are told to procreate and fill this earth. Adam and Eve were meant to live forever on the earth until they ate from the tree. They were then stricken with death. This is a whole other topic and one that I search to understand more about. It just dose not make sense to me that we will leave this world behind even after Satan has been taken care of.
My views have not changed when regarding this topic and they rest right atm with the JWs beliefs. I do have a question, that will help me get more insight if you so kindly will oblige Debby 24.
When you were a JW did you feel that you should be one to go to heaven even after all your JW teachings?
I would like to explain my reasoning for asking this question. I have never heard of a person leaving JWs for finding fault in scriptures. From the many I have known, it was because they choose it on their own. This again is why I am intrigued by your post Debby.
Debby if you don't get to answer I would like to thank you so much in posting what you have. It has brought new attention to a topic I feel I need to look into some more so I can better understand it. I wish you the best.
I know this is not the place on these forums to talk about this. I feel as if I high jacked Debby's Hello Thread. I am sorry for this. Debby I am going to send you a private message.
Edit: Actually, I cannot send PMs untill my post count gets to 15. No worries.
PM: I am sure your mother and all your family want to give you kisses, the biggest hug, squeeze you, and throw you up in the air just to catch and do it all over again as you do them. They are just following God's will and his written scriptures. That takes residence over everything else even if we do not like it. Your family loves you very much. I do not doubt.
Welcome to CF!
So glad to hear of your soul being added to His Kingdom, which truly is at hand! 
