Why I left Jehovah's Witnesses |
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Yeah what’s really funny is that they taught for the longest time, saying that Jesus Christ himself was mighty while Jehovah God was called Almighty, and if Jehovah God was called mighty then that would make him less powerful. but as a Christian apologist I can use their own New World translation against them. Couple months ago I talked to some Jehovah’s Witness ladies who were at my local library standing outside of course, and I ask them is Jehovah God ever called mighty or Almighty? They said obviously he is called Almighty, I said is he ever called mighty at any time they said no. And then I asked them to please read Jeremiah chapter 32 verse 18 of the New World translation and Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 17, I said you just told me that Jehovah God is called Almighty but these two passages here verify that Jehovah God by name is called mighty according to your NWT. And I said also in your New World translation, I said before we go to the passage, you said that the Holy Spirit is not Jehovah God is that correct? They said that is correct I said well if you go over to 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 verse 12 and 18 in the New World translation you see that Jehovah God is called the Holy Spirit. They said you must have been studying a lot in our Scriptures, they said are you sure you’re not a Jehovah’s Witness? I said no and they kept asking me that ita. So then Of course they asked me about John chapter 14 verse 28, and I told them well Jesus was talking about his position and roll not his nature, they’re like are you sure about that I said absolutely. I didn’t give a definite or indefinite article of John chapter 1 verse one from the Greek but in the Greek I told them there is no definite article there but it is in the second line of John chapter 1 verse one in the Greek. I said so the letter A doesn’t fit and I told them you can’t just put it either when there is no definite article there you can’t do that if there is no definite article there. So in Greek this is This is a question I quite often get asked in relation to conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses and the New World Translation (NWT). The NWT translates the end of John 1.1 as ‘the Word as a god’ in order to avoid the identification of Jesus with the God of the Old Testament, and avoid seeing Jesus as God incarnate, part of the Trinity, as does orthodox Christian belief.
As we will see, this is an incorrect translation of the Greek text. It is quite straightforward, though sounds a little technical to explain. Here goes.
The Greek of John 1.1 is as follows, transliterated into English letters:
En arche en ho logos, kai ho logos pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos.
If you don’t read Greek, you need to know a couple of things. The first is that the word ho is called the ‘definite article’ which in English would be translated ‘the.’ The second is that Greek does not have an ‘indefinite article’ (English ‘a’), but instead simply omits the article. The term for this is ‘anarthrous’. The third is that, whereas in English we show what words are doing in a sentence by word order, in Greek this is shown by what case a word is in. Each word can be in one of four (or five) cases-the subject of a verb (often the thing doing an action) is always in the nominative case.
You can see near the end of John 1.1 that we have theos without an article, and logos throughout with the article. The reason is that, in any phrase where the main verb is ‘to be’, there will not be a subject and an object (as in ‘I pat my dog’ where ‘I’ am the subject and ‘my dog’ is the object of the action), but only subjects in ‘apposition’, that is, agreeing with one another. So when I say ‘My pet is a dog’ both ‘pet’ and ‘dog’ are subjects, and in Greek would be in the nominative case.
The question is: how can I tell the difference in Greek between the sentences ‘My pet is a dog’ and ‘My dog is a pet’ which have quite different senses. (The first is telling you which animal I have as a pet, the second is telling what kind of relationship my dog has to me.) In English, we do it by word order, but you cannot do this in Greek since, as an inflected language (ie one with different cases), it is flexible in word order. And you cannot do it by the usual trick of different cases, since both are in the nominative as subjects of the verb ‘to be’.
So Greek does it by making the word in apposition (the ‘dog’ in the first example) anarthrous, that is, without the definite article. In other words, theos en ho logos means ‘the word was God’, which tells us something about the nature of the word, whereas ho theos en logos would mean ‘God was the word’ which is telling us something about the nature of God.
In neither case does being anarthrous correspond to the English sense ‘a’, the indefinite article. So to translate this as ‘The Word was a god’ misunderstands the significance of omitting the article.
So by using the New World translation I used it by saying that Jesus Christ claimed to Beechova God, and I said he said it multiple times. I said he never said I am Jehovah God please worship me he didn’t have to say that he made it clear to his foes to his oppressors that were oppressing him, they knew that he was claiming to be God. Look at the trial for example, he said you will see the Son of Man quoting Daniel‘s prophecy in Daniel chapter 7 verse 13 and 14 Jesus is the one to judge all nations, he’s the sovereign judge of all the universe.
@The Truth! sad sad about what? That your lying to 8.6 million people yeah that is very sad. And you even said that Jehovah got himself is called Almighty and Jesus is called mighty. And you have also said that is never called mighty at anytime well according to your new world translation Jehovah God is called mighty by name. I find that to be funny, then you try to use John chapter 1 verse one saying oh well we can put the eight for the definite article there to say that Jesus is a God when actually you can’t because the definite articles not there
This is a question I quite often get asked in relation to conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses and the New World Translation (NWT). The NWT translates the end of John 1.1 as ‘the Word as a god’ in order to avoid the identification of Jesus with the God of the Old Testament, and avoid seeing Jesus as God incarnate, part of the Trinity, as does orthodox Christian belief.
As we will see, this is an incorrect translation of the Greek text. It is quite straightforward, though sounds a little technical to explain. Here goes.
The Greek of John 1.1 is as follows, transliterated into English letters:
En arche en ho logos, kai ho logos pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos.
If you don’t read Greek, you need to know a couple of things. The first is that the word ho is called the ‘definite article’ which in English would be translated ‘the.’ The second is that Greek does not have an ‘indefinite article’ (English ‘a’), but instead simply omits the article. The term for this is ‘anarthrous’. The third is that, whereas in English we show what words are doing in a sentence by word order, in Greek this is shown by what case a word is in. Each word can be in one of four (or five) cases-the subject of a verb (often the thing doing an action) is always in the nominative case.
You can see near the end of John 1.1 that we have theos without an article, and logos throughout with the article. The reason is that, in any phrase where the main verb is ‘to be’, there will not be a subject and an object (as in ‘I pat my dog’ where ‘I’ am the subject and ‘my dog’ is the object of the action), but only subjects in ‘apposition’, that is, agreeing with one another. So when I say ‘My pet is a dog’ both ‘pet’ and ‘dog’ are subjects, and in Greek would be in the nominative case.
The question is: how can I tell the difference in Greek between the sentences ‘My pet is a dog’ and ‘My dog is a pet’ which have quite different senses. (The first is telling you which animal I have as a pet, the second is telling what kind of relationship my dog has to me.) In English, we do it by word order, but you cannot do this in Greek since, as an inflected language (ie one with different cases), it is flexible in word order. And you cannot do it by the usual trick of different cases, since both are in the nominative as subjects of the verb ‘to be’.
So Greek does it by making the word in apposition (the ‘dog’ in the first example) anarthrous, that is, without the definite article. In other words, theos en ho logos means ‘the word was God’, which tells us something about the nature of the word, whereas ho theos en logos would mean ‘God was the word’ which is telling us something about the nature of God.
In neither case does being anarthrous correspond to the English sense ‘a’, the indefinite article. So to translate this as ‘The Word was a god’ misunderstands the significance of omitting the article. As this sounds rather technical, I always find it more fruitful to read with Jehovah’s Witness Romans 10.13, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ The Greek here uses the word kurios; in the Greek Old Testament that Paul is citing here, this refers to Yahweh, the god of Israel. But Paul here clearly means ‘The Lord Jesus.’ The NWT appears to be embarrassed by this, and substitutes the word ‘Jehovah’. But it is very clear that in doing so the NWT is changing the text of Scripture.
I know exactly how you feel, I was raised in the truth. I always felt deprived as a child regarding holidays, birthdays, etc. In school when there was a birthday party I had to go to another room and read, it was torture as a child. I'm 51 and make sure my son has a wonderful Christmas and Birthday every year and I have NO regrets!
You always had to separate yourself. It took my childhood.
Thanks for sharing. I am from Nigeria,Never JW thank God. When my wife was sick I brought her nephew a JW sect to stay in our home and look after our last girl . She brought pain to us , can't pray with us in our house where we feed her, if she followed us to Church she will pretend make a I turn as we enter the Church finally reported us to Human rights commission in Nigeria, ran out of our house, gave us trauma we had to use police to take her back to her grand parents. More of you Ex JW should speak up to help those in their captivity in short. Thanks.
...in Bible it says... I am no part of this world therefore my sheep won't be either. The world is wrapped up in birthday parties and holidays. Temporary celebrations that never lead to true happiness. If you love the world the world is fond over what belongs to it. Yet how can anyone be so in love with the ways of this world when the world opposes God. Study the Bible and stay close to Jehovah God and Jesus Christ.
@@letyourlightshine7131I never understood why JWs dont celebrate birthdays, nor thanksgiving. I can see why they dont celebrate the other ones according to their views. They do celebrate anniversaries but if they find out pagans did too will they stop ? And men not allowed to grow beards and having to wear a suit and tie never made sense to me. Also the whole Jesus being Michael thing also was something i didnt agree pushing as a doctrine. I left 6yrs ago.
You weren’t raised in the truth.
I grew up in the Kingdom Hall. You are right about everything!!! I got out 2. But to this day I’m still traumatized by the religion. They are mentally emotionally abusive. 😭😭😭😭
Same experiences
frrr same
I left 30 years ago. Still deal wit the BS
Follow only Jesus my friend.
Hello. Religion is a scam. And the Jehovah's Witness religion is a scam too. The Creator and his Son are not favorable to religions. They are not sympathetic to the Christian faith either. The mission entrusted by Yeshua (Jesus) to the apostles concerned the 1st century and only the 1st century. Everything that came after the 1st century, and until today, comes from men and from Satan. Greetings from France.
I just think it’s crazy that they believe in Jehovah and want to bring you closer to him but if you mess up or sin…they will judge you and shun you……
Your dad's situation hit home. When I was growing up I knew I wanted to go to college despite the religion. When I started going to college I had to work and go to school, I had enough money to pay my bills. During the time I just had enough to pay my bills, my oldest sister told me I wasn't allowed to eat their food because I didn't have money. When jehovas witness would come over they would offer them everything and anything to eat, meanwhile I was starving. That messed me up psychologically, seeing your own family treat others like family but treats you like a stranger
I am so sorry. ❤️ don’t blame your family, blame the cult…it brainwashes them. 😞
That's pretty fucked up. What they did was wrong. You don't need the Bible to tell you that 😅
This is so true. The organization has said that you need to put the congregation first, instead of your own family, especially if they're not part of the congregation. Unless you have money or are an elder, you don't matter and they'll treat you like crap. I'm glad you're out and are free of them bitches.
🌿🌻 This is terrible! Your family was brainwashed by this infamous cult which is dominating and persevering till you succumb to their false beliefs & their distorted New World Translation . Thank God for freeing you from them.
@@Evita_Raylena You left the Jehovah's witnesses to where according to the Bible??????
I studied with the witnesses from age 14 and got baptized at 18. I felt like their love and acceptance of me was conditional. I never felt at ease around them. I stopped attending meetings at 19 then was inactive for years after that. It was not until in my 40s did I finally find the real Jesus and got saved and am free from JW’s works based religion. Finally free from their bondage!
@@adrianarileymiller-cuevas1891 Marilyn says she choose now Jesus as God. She read John 1 and Philippians 2 with understanding. You cult dog, don't open your JW stupid mouth.
Read the passage I said clearly. Hope Jesus the God saves you.
I have to be arrogant with JW. Because bible is not in their life. All the orders from JW leaders only.
"within the coming twenty-six years all present governments will be overthrown and dissolved ... " The 1889 edition of Studies In the Scriptures - The Time Is At Hand pp.98-99.
"But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble." Zion's Watch Tower 1894 Jul 15 p.226
"The indisputable facts, therefore, show that the "time of the end" began in 1799; that the Lord's second presence began in 1874." Watchtower 1922 Mar 1 p.73
"Bible prophecy shows that the Lord was due to appear for the second time in the year 1874. Fulfilled prophecy shows beyond a doubt that he did appear in 1874. Fulfilled prophecy is otherwise designated the physical facts; and these facts are indisputable." Watchtower 1922 Nov 1 p.333
"Our thought is, that 1925 is definitely settled by the Scriptures. As to Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith then Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge." Watch Tower 1923 Apr 1 p.106
"Surely there is not the slightest room for doubt in the mind of a truly consecrated child of God that the Lord Jesus is present and has been since 1874;…" Watchtower 1924 Jan 1 p.5)
"These physical facts cannot be disputed and are sufficient to convince any reasonable mind that we have been in "the time of the end" since 1799." The Harp of God p.234
"... the remaining months before Armageddon." Watchtower 1941 Sep 15 p.288
Does God's rest day parallel the time man has been on earth since his creation? Apparently so. In what year, then, would the first 6,000 years of man's existence and also the first 6,000 years of Gods rest day come to an end? The year 1975. It means that within a relatively few years we will witness the fulfilment of the remaining prophecies that have to do with the "time of the end"." Awake! 1966 Oct 8 pp.19-20
“If you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.” Awake! 1969 May 22 p.15
@@adrianarileymiller-cuevas1891 It is a 140 year old publishing company's scam and real estate racket. The bible warned people about groups like the Watchtower company.
Deuteronomy 18:21 - When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
Matthew 24:24 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Romans 16:18 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
@@adrianarileymiller-cuevas1891 Hello ! Religion is a scam. And the Jehovah's Witness religion is a scam too. The Creator and his Son are not favorable to religions. They are not sympathetic to the Christian faith either. The mission entrusted by Yeshua (Jesus) to the apostles concerned the 1st century and only the 1st century. Everything that came after the 1st century, and until today, comes from men and from Satan. Greetings from France.
@@adrianarileymiller-cuevas1891 The mission of Jesus and the apostles was not to go beyond the 1st century. The sequel should resume 7 years before the start of the Millennium. The Watch Tower works in a field that must lie fallow (unsown and unharvested). They are therefore presumptuous and deceitful workers.
I respect your experience. It’s important to not let imperfect people make you stray from the love of God.
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It's important not to practice ignorance and emotionally abuse people under the guise of religion.
Very true
I saw a lot of kids in the Kingdom Halls being denied a proper childhood no friends, no outside interests, no recreational activities, to much of a sheltered life. I wasn’t raising my children in this nonsense I was going to let them be a kid. When my mother passed away I had the same experience they come over to me in the congregation to preach no condolences, no can I help you with something, it was Ridiculous. 🙄🤨Like you said if someone did something wrong it was none of my business like you I don’t miss it either by the way I love your video. keep up the good work👍❤️
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I am HAPPY I left:
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Luke 6:22-23
HAPPY are YOU whenever men hate YOU, and whenever they exclude YOU and reproach YOU and cast out YOUR name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man. 23 Rejoice in that day
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[NAME OF PERSON] is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses ---->> and cast out YOUR NAME
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What Jesus Christ said would happen, is really happening!
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Mark 10:29-30
Jesus said: “Truly I say to YOU men, No one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news 30 who will not get a hundredfold now in this period of time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the coming system of things everlasting life
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you did a good job taking your children out of this cult its literally so toxic i grew up with no friends and i was extremely lot
@@jiminpark3313 Thank you☺️ 😊
Thank you for sharing. When I left the congregation, the friends that I believed I had. Were not they didn't want anything to do with me.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I am recently beginning to question everything I’ve ever known and it can be an isolating feeling. I agree that having to shun someone for being imperfect does not make any sense to me. I can’t imagine what that does to a person psychologically. I think it is another way to keep you entrapped into those beliefs. The entire religion is about believing you are better than everyone else.
U just aound like u need therapy n some medication 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
agreed
Right, there is no friendship with fellow worshippers. Only being on service, meetings and occasional get togethers.
I quit cold and never returned to any meetings.
I got baptised when I was 12 and I’ve seriously been considering leaving. I don’t feel like I belong and honestly don’t think I ever have. Been withdrawing for a few years now and I’m now inactive. Elders came recently for a shepherding call, my first in years (second since being baptised) and were basically saying I should put in hours before the end of the month even after telling them everything I’m currently juggling. Haven’t gone to a meeting in so long. Can’t wait to move so I don’t have to associate anymore. No one checks on me despite having my number because they don’t truly care.
sorry to hear. Keep your head up!! You are not alone
Shepherding call !! The only true Shepherd, who is The Good Shepherd is Jesus and He cares . He said " I will never leave you nor forsake you . Anyone teach different is an occult under cover . Study to show yourself approved, that's how you deal with them . They must have rewritten the Bible and of they did they are in for it .🙏🙏🙏
Stay true to yourself. Take ownership of your own life and happiness. I left the Mormon church which is a twin to the JW church in so many ways. Happiness and joy is yours to take, these churches don’t have a monopoly on what brings joy.
Girl I feel ya!!
I understand.
I am 45 years old and still act like I'm 15 sometimes......
We were so deprived!!
Everyday I grieve my childhood,
It is an emptiness I can't explain 😢
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and validating the feeling so many others.
You said exactly what I feel, I have three kids now and ,I act like a kid now, finally💗 I had great parents ,but it was so restrictive. It's like I get to do all the things I wanted to do. School dances, soccer practice , talents shows .
Being raised JW seems to hard on kids esp. Life is hard enough w/out a legalistic cult looking to make it as hard and joyless as possible.
Wow! This message stood out to me the most!!!
I sadly can't leave even though I'm eighteen. I can't move out since expenses and I have a phobia of living alone, especially because I just moved to a new state so I really don't have friends. I really wish I could leave but my parents said "until I move out you'll remain a witness" and it's terrible knowing how I'm basically stuck here. I was forced to go in person to kingdom halls now and I'm scared to get sick, but I have no choice but to hope I don't get COVID again.
I have no friends to talk to about this, because they're also witnesses and when I bring it up, they always give me a Bible verse or say "give it time" but I've been giving it time. I don't talk to those friends anymore. So I feel alone in this, everytime I bring it up to my parents they get mad with me and say it's my fault for not trying hard enough in the meetings.
Every time I have to go to a meeting I have to sit at the bathroom and cry because it's too much for me. I just wish I could escape and just do things I've always wanted to do.
Idk who you are or what you are going through, but seek Jesus. He is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE (John 14:6). He is the only one and true friend that will never leave you and the only one that gave his life for you, me and the world on the cross (John 15:15, John 15:13, 1 Timothy 2:6).
When you are alone or don’t know who to turn, go in your bedroom and kneel down and pray to the Father in Jesus as Jesus instructed that our prayers should be to the Father (Matthew 6:9) and anything we ask in Jesus name will be done (John 14:13). Do it with faith and seek him with your heart.
Once you start seeking the true and one God, you will feel his presence and the Holy Spirit will guide you in understanding the Holy Scriptures.
I can say this 100% with my soul because I used to study with them and started believing their dogma and demonic doctrinarios (1 Timothy 4:1), but glory be to Christ that he came on time and the veil was taken off my eyes because once I started ACTUALLY searching and READING the Bible I found things I never saw while following their awake and teachings. Mind you I was an unbaptized publisher and I had a lot of trouble with depression and suicidal attempts but they never actually helped.
My dear friend I can’t emphasize enough that when I started praying the correct way and having a relationship with Father, Son and Holy Spirit my life changed. I felt internal peace which I never felt which is the peace that Jesus gives (John 14:27) and living waters flowing through my souls (John 7:38). Not only that, but I also started experiencing amazing experiences in my dreams, because I was nurturing my spirit and my faith was getting stronger I was seeing things I never believed I could see, but He says that he will show us great and mighty things (Jeremiah 33:3). Don’t believe that God doesn’t speak, he speaks through dreams, vision and his audible voice (Job 33:14-15) - God is not mute. But please keep in mind JWs have made many versions of the Bible where they have taken out parts of the scripture and they have also added, which is a huge sin and they will be condemn. Although God is almighty and even with their version the truth comes out.
If you ever need to speak to someone or would like to chat, reach out to me. I am I no way trying to manipulate you or anything, but just trying to help you find the peace that you are looking for, not through me or words, but through Christ Jesus, our one and only savior!
May God bless you, the blood of the lamb cover you and the Holy Spirit guide you the fountain of living waters! I will keep you in my prayers ❤️
I hope you will given the strength & finances to leave one day. ❤️
Can u get a part time job? Start saving money. Put a plan togt in your heart and mind. See it, believe that it's possible, sml steps to your freedom will get your there...try to find little joys in your life everyday. Practice gratitude 🙏 for all the little everyday blessings . Believe in your own innate powers to create the life u want. One small baby step at a time will get u there.
Thank you for sharing your story! 💕 It’s a shame the way they treat even their own “brothers and sisters”. I’m so glad you woke up! 🥳
I left for these reasons I was raised in it but I recently left in 2019 I didn't want to pass that toxicity to my children
Good for you!!!! So many are leaving!!!! I was in this CULT for over 50 years. This is a DOOMSDAY CULT and is definitely not what they PORTRAY THEMSELVES. THE JWS ARE VERY BRAINWASHED.
Wow, 50 years, Tammy! It is a dooms day cult.
I couldn’t raise my kids in it either, Tierney
Siete stati obbiettivi e perspicace, non si puo vivere con tutto il sistema Giuridico e malevole della Watchtower Americana che fa capo a questa setta che hanno rovinato tutta la vita di privazioni inutili dividendo le famiglie con manipolazioni mentale facendo credere chi SA che cosa è chiedendo obbedienza assoluta e RUBA la vita. Da L'italia saluti.
Have wondered if that is why so many of the younger ones are not having children? Good point, and good story. Thank you.
You are blessed to have never been baptized.
These days, most JWs don’t differentiate between those who are or aren’t baptised once they’ve left. They shun people either way.
Bruh I wish I never I did I was 16
As a non JW, I have to ask. what does it really mean to be baptized? Why would that make it that much more difficult to leave the organization? Can you not just walk out/leave?
@@ForgotToMentionThat no, they have much more control over a baptized person. You can't leave a cult in peace!
@@CaroAbebe yeah but you can still go and talk to anybody if you want
You are correct. They are not charitable, they only help other witnesses
They really don't help their own. Thats the pretense that they show. This CULT tells their members in NEED TO GO TO THE GOVERNMENT ( SATAN'S ORGANIZATION) FOR FINANCIAL HELP ECT...EVEN IN A TIME OF CRISIS. The ORGANIZATION is not and HAS NEVER GIVEN ANY MEMBERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. AND NEVER WILL. There may have been MEMBERS FROM A CONGREGATION THAT HAVE HELPED OTHERE MEMBERS BUT NEVER IN THE WATCHTOWER HISTORY HAS ANYTHING CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE JW GB OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES.
100% true @Tammy.
No Charity No Financial or housing assistance in any community during the pandemic watchtower is Corrupt Pure Evil Greedy Criminals
As a former jw, this is so true
They barely do that!
I feel your pain being raised jw by my mom but dad wasn't thank goodness. It's a big lie and damaging to children forced into it. I'm glad you were able to move on and put it behind you. You are an inspiration ✨️ ❤️
I hope one day and i wish that you search wht is Iglesia ni Cristo church of Christ.Theres a lot chapel of the Iglesia ni Cristo in your place,And you are welcome anytime.Godbless!
I left just to be happy stayed depressed still a Christian very judgmental, never approved of DF Still love many but they check up on me, but then turn conversation into me returning, I was baptized can’t use time, I simply faded out of the organization.
That’s what it is all about, getting people to join or rejoin the cult!
Una delle migliori decisioni della tua vita ,solo cosi si inizia a vivere ,io ex in soli 3 anni mi sentivo sempre piu soffocato ,adesso respiro a pieni polmoni ,finalmente e finito un incubo .da L'ITALIA SALUTI E BUONA VITA A TUTTI SECONDO I VOSTRI DESIDERI.
hola horray hey. here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.sheding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they crucify jesus because it`s a penalty of impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it impured that what paul said jeasus get impure for us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful ,
O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation that he is impure the quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people And diseases not be spread that`s what god said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns reverted daily to islam,yet u never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind
@@gennaropannelli7138 Amén
I am glad you left that cult. Why JW are so obsessed recruiting people, my coworker won’t accept the fact that I don’t want to study, not interested in their Memorial.
I’m glad as well. They are very pushy 😒
When they invite me to the memorial I show them from their own NWT how I celebrate:
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Revelation 3:20
Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his [house] and take the evening meal with him and he with me.
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You can be self taught and forge your own path.
@@alexandriamancheck3474 Or, you can let Jesus Christ teach you:
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John 15:26-16:2
When the helper arrives that I will send YOU from the Father, the spirit of the truth, which proceeds from the Father, that one will bear witness about me; 27 and YOU, in turn, are to bear witness, because YOU have been with me from when I began.16 “I have spoken these things to YOU that YOU may not be stumbled. 2 Men will expel YOU
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[Name of person] is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses ---->> Men will expel YOU
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Isaiah 66:5
Hear the word of Jehovah, YOU men who are trembling at his word: “YOUR brothers that are hating YOU, that are excluding YOU by reason of my name, said, ‘May Jehovah be glorified!’ He must also appear with rejoicing on YOUR part, and they are the ones that will be put to shame.”
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[Name of person] is no longer one of JEHOVAH's Witnesses ---->> excluding YOU by reason of MY NAME
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@@isaiah30v8 that is exactly what I ment. One can learn the teachings of our Lord, Jesus.
I was not a JW but I remember having 2 friends that lived down the street from me. Shawaan and Tish. I'll never forget them. They were not allowed to play with us kids but one time they played jump rope with us and we kept going back asking for them to come out and play. So I totally get how JW kids are not allowed to play with other kids. Kinda sad bc we liked them.
So sad :(
My wife is a JW and I'm not. We have a home that is divided. The only thing she reads is JW literature and the Bible while I'm reading books about African spirituality, Marcus Garvey, and other Africana studies. I'm extremely respectful of her beliefs but as the years progress it's bothering me more. Everything I hear seems so Eurocentric and nothing about our culture whatsoever. Thank you for sharing your story. Hope as is well.
The longer it takes the more lost she will be. Keep exposing her to outside thoughts and that should mess with the program. Maybe one day it will break her free. Bless ❤
You will miss your wife one day, just saying. She is doing wonderful work and she probably wishes it includes you too.
Loved your video. Just great. Keep up the good work. Many blessings from Jehovah and Christ. Amador, Kingdom Christian from sunny Puerto Rico.
I don’t recall my mom being treated bad as a single mom but I definitely felt like I was even shunned as a kid when my mom was briefly disfellowshipped. It was a tough year! We were greatly indoctrinated but everything changed for me when I read Crisis of Conscience around the age of 24. Like you, I never got baptized so it’s been easier for me to navigate relationships with my majority JW family versus what some of my other DF or faded friends and family deal with. The best thing my mom ever did was not allow me to get baptized…she’d say “I’d love for you to but not until you’re out of my house and doing it on your own”. She spared my sister and I from a lot of trauma!!! If other parents were like mine in that regard, so much pain could have been spared! I still thank mom often for that!! She’s still in and will likely always be and that’s ok I guess because she respects our choices. I’ve stopped having JW conversations with my JW because it’s pointless so again, I’ve mastered the art of navigating that culture. It’s not easy!!! Stay strong everyone!
I totally understand feeling like I missed childhood. I couldn't have any "worldly" friends, yet the JW girls were all older than me and didn't really include me. Even if their parents forced them, I was kind of just there and still excluded from certain things. I couldn't be in any teams at school or do any school activity after school bc they were "worldly" and there was no time to keep up with all the studying for meetings (4meetings over 3 days at the time plus a 4th day bc of field service) plus studying to do well in school. I was stressed and never really had structured fun downtime.
Thanks Ita. Keep growing stronger in your new freedom life. The cult is soo inhuman.
I loved listening to your story! I felt the same way and I'm so happy I left that religion, please upload more stories!
I am happy as well. ❤️
I was raised a JW from birth and defected in my mid twenties.. Your mother was treated poorly because she was a single mother. I saw it many, many times growing up. Divorced women and divorced women with children were treated like dirt no matter how devoted to the organization they were. Very sad. Great video. Thank you for sharing. 💖🙏🏽💖
They are hypocrites. They will tear the family apart. Every body is an apostate except for them. They do not have the love of God with them. Remember what they teach about Jesus he is a little god
that is a lie
@@afterraincomessun Where you there? That was MY experience. What I saw growing up so go away.
no way Jehovahs witnesses treat anybody bad; singelparents get lot of support gossip and gossip
@@afterraincomessun now THAT'S a lie except the gossip part. Gossip is what you Jehovah's witnesses do best besides destroy lives.
I does can't even finish watch these videos because they be so truthful and hurtful the organization has really damaged us 💔 😔
I was a JW until I was 17-19 years old. My Brother, 44, is addicted to drugs and homeless. He was an outstanding basketball player but was unable to play school sports. When he turned 17 he went directly to the streets to sell drugs etc. Had school sports been an options he may have went a different direction. I went to the military and they didn’t like that. I’m glad I did. Also every youth I grew up with in the JW are no longer witnesses and have not been for years.
WOW They don't realize the damage they did to us as children I have 2 BROTHERS in Prison on Life sentences our mother too was a Jehovah's Witness for over 50.00
Years so I know all about what she's saying an most of the kids today are eigher In Prison or on drugs or dead just SMH 🤭🤭🤭🤭💯💯💯💯
MENT MY MOM WAS A JWS OVER 50 YEARS LATER ON OUR DAD BECAME A JWS ALSO UNTIL THEY BOTH PASSED AWAY 💔💔💔💔💔
Hello Brother
I hope one day you make searching what is Iglesia bi Cristo church of Christ godbless
The best day of my life was when I decided to leave the JW and never looked back. The main reason for doing it was not having a childhood as well. I hated my life growing up because of that and I really suffered years later as a result of not knowing how to manage simple friendships with people who truly cared about me. The crazy thing is that the further I distance myself from the JW’s the happier I feel
I understand exactly , I felt freedom for the first time in my life after i left, Family members wouldnt talk to me and the friends i grew up with in the congregation wouldnt
talk to me. I went back to be reinstated so my family could talk to me, then i just quietly and slowly drifted out and just stopped going. that way i wasnt disfellowshiped
and my family could still talk to me
All that religion did was divide our family up . I’m still a little messed up over it and I’m 54 and I haven’t been in a Kingdom Hall since I was a teenager so i know how you feel.
This cult Ruining families and damage young children's minds
That's so true. I grew up in the organization. My mom got us going to the KH since I was about 7. I got baptized at 15 . Now at age 67 I'm disfellowshiped and shunned by most of my siblings, except the eldest who's also disfellowshiped. I have no relationship with my nieces , nephews or anyone in the family who are still members.REAL SAD SITUATION.
@@geoffreyroberts7590 N it’s crazy because no matter how good a person may be they are still taught to cut off the disfellowshipped n see them as dirt. Your own family! I would never choose strangers over my family. N you can be disfellowshipped just for disagreeing with the rules, having your own mind. Does that make you a bad person?
I woke up when I was 16 years old and my grandma and mom gaslighted me about it. Thank you for sharing your story with us
Yes, that's how they are ! My neighbor is one, and she never gives comfort or sympathy. It's always about her and what she's going through! They don't show love
I am still JW... Still crying on my 20's but I need to patiently wait to finish my college, I am 2nd year college now going to 3rd year college.
I experience horror of mind controlling of my parents and they make me feel I am so weak and use always a guilt trips using a bible text or about I am not afraid of the God.
Sometimes I stand with myself to them that I want to live my life on myself they started to threaten me and bring me on mental hospital and if I go to police no one understand me and they said? Police laugh at me only and gonna be told me that I was wrong than my parents.
Today I still pretend to be active on JW even I hate it... but this is the only way to finish my college because if I am not my parents will be mad again and don't let me escape again.
But to people around here that escape early in this mind controlling religion? I congratulate you, because you started to live peacefully without psychological harm 🥰
I am so sorry. You will find the strength to leave. Do not let your parents control you. You are not crazy. The police will not laugh at you if you tell them that you’re being being held against your will. I hope you find the strength to leave soon. ❤️❤️❤️
@@Evita_Raylena Yes, I can leave immediately, but I don't have a home to run to. Because all of my friends are still students like me, and the job market in my country is too competitive because they always want university students.
And because of that, the only thing I need to do is wait. But don't worry. I have at least two years left to finish college and I can get a job here that will pay my bills.
Thank you! You made me more motivated to pursue what I want to be myself more 🥰
Im in situation similar to yours very similar actually, no job but good friends outside , i need to find a job before they cut my cell and pc, in 2019 i told them i didnt want to continue cuz i didnt love god as they do, the person i love the most was my brother , they didnt let me use the internet anymore , no phone no pc .
But i wish the best in the world , please do achieve your dreams
@@Dibbado Thank you, same to you atashi keep working on your dreams 🥰
With being rased in the "truth" and leaving by the age of 18, I found it so difficult to live out in the real world. I didn't have the social and work skills needed to make a living. Knowing that you had a similar up bringing and faced challenges as an adult brings so much comfort I was not the only feeling like this. I was also raised by a single mom in poverty and felt the judgment from people within the congregation. Thank for sharing your experiences, more people that have live through this need to know they are not alone.
Bless you Heart ma'am. I am praying and thanking God your decision you made.
Thank-you for telling your story. It helps others know more about the organization. I hope you are able to achieve some recovery from your experiences. Be well.
Thanks for sharing your story!!! I subscribed please tell more.
I will. ❤️
This video has been very therapeutic for me. Thank you so much
Good on you for having the courage to leave the JWs. Everything you said about your experiences I completely related to. I was born into it as well and left when I was 16. It was the scariest time of my life because it was unknown but ended up being the best decision of my life. Led me to traveling the world, becoming more confident in myself (which is a major issue with JW children), and meeting/marrying the love of my life.
Thanks for sharing. I would love to hear more about it, if you don’t mind. It’s intriguing. Some things you said, I already knew, and some stuff is mind blowing. Blessings’
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m trying to learn more about the organization while praying that my sister will be set free from it.
Alexis Cook ce tanto da sapere su questa organizzazione o societa WATCHTOWER o una religione o un gruppo di uomini fallibili che prende decisioni per conto di Dio ,ora hanno spiegato che i neonati appena nati sono nemici di Dio ,un nuovo intendimento (un nuovo trucco)per arrivare fra 2 o 3 anni a battezzare i bambini ,perche molti adolescenti non vogliono battezzarsi e vanno via senza subire l'ostracismo dei tage dei familiari, sono gia colpevoli di un omicidio ,una madre dopo il video che sono nemici di Dio ha visto il diovolo in suo figlio e lo ha ucciso ,e le autorita competenti stanno indagando sul delitto ,se il video a influenzato la madre a uccidere il bimbo .da L'ITALIA SALUTI.
Happy Birthday this year 🥳
I’m happy that you made your own decisions and you will gain more than you loose from cutting ties - I’m guessing your not giving up on God - just the church factory?
You seem like a really good person!
Amazing that you have checked all the boxes. I was in but not baptized for 11 years and finally during the Pandemic and the Zoom period I just faded away. Everything that you have mentioned I also was questioning. It is hard to believe how brainwashed some of these people are. They are basically throwing away their lives to support an organization that doesn't really care about them. More money is the name of the game and high control over the congregation. I loved your talk it was so on point.
So strange how the Call themselves an organization ,like a world's group
The Bible calls believers the body of Christ .
And the say that the channel information from Jehovah to the governing body .
Channeling is an occult term.
The people w rewrote their translation,weren't even Hebrew scholars.thats a fact . They lied about that.
Hello Bro Cedrick
I hope one day you.make seaching in the Iglesia ni Crissto Church of christ.Theres a lot of congregation in your place Hope do your best to find the truth Church..
I find all of these stories incredibly interesting! I was never a JW but my best friend and her family became one when she was in kindergarten. We remained best friends however. I guess I was lucky. She got out after 35 years. Tell more stories. I love to just sit and listen. I think everyone should get perspective from other peoples lives through their stories.
Also to get a balanced perspective you need to hear from witnesses who absolutely love it.. and have a beautiful faith
This was a really insightful look into their faith. I am glad you were able to cast off the burden of being in their organization. You seem like a good mother, good wife, and good person. I enjoyed your story :)
So much I want to say. I will say I can totally relate and I have similar experiences with being raised as Jehovah witness in the earlier years of my life. It definitely separated my mom’s and her sister from my grandmother.
Bless you and your family on your life journey and thank you for sharing your testimony.
I hope your not suggesting the Armageddon predicting JW cult is the true religion?
@@ramrod576 I’m actually saying the opposite
Im with you on the ruined my childhood part! As an adult everything is so hard relating with others and breaking from being anti social
this!! I’m trying to start talking to ppl more
Watchtower has Destroyed so many Lives
***Read***
- Fear to Freedom by Jack Grey
- Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz
Wow....this is powerful sis. I have always wondered about how JW lived within society and things. Thanks for sharing your story. I know it will help a lot.
Thanks for watching ❤️
I'm happy to hear you got out!!
Thank you for being honest. I love your heart. God bless you. I hope He continues to move in your life and you find a church Body that really preaches God’s Word in your life with freedom and grace.
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I really don’t know how anyone can tolerate being a part of something where everyone ostracizes you if you decide it’s not for you or if you break a rule. My Mom was also a JW but she was never baptized either fortunately.
Why are all of you talking I'll of witnesses this is AL fake those people have love for everyone be blind until the day you will go and seek for them to find the truth
@@esmesecheel2164 becareful watching videos like this, u may learn something. If the elders find out you will be disfellowshiped and lose all family and friends
@@esmesecheel2164 Hello ! The "truths" of humans are not " the " truth of the Creator of the heavens and the Earth. Greeting from France.
@@esmesecheel2164 You're a textbook example of what she's talking about... It's evident by your subpar spelling and sentence structure that your education was stunted by the JW ideology.
Only baptized individuals are called JW.
Divorce is sO COMMON in this cult
Yes! Because they want their wives to be submissive & a lot only get married so they can have $ex.
So is disfellowshiping. And the 'freedom' you choose...
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What I saw at the K.H. seemed to be a big wife swop off!
@melleetheka -- how is it that divorce is common when people can never be "scripturally free" for anything other than adultery? -- in fact, that's the biggest source of unhappiness for some incompatible couples; they cannot get out of their relationship due to certain rules.
@@Evita_Raylena WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well explained. We are to love and show mercy
Girl. I can definitely relate. When someone pasts away they really don’t give condolences just scriptures and telling you that you’ll see them again in paradise which is not quite what you want to hear in that moment. The holidays, politics, everything is a lot! Just me being raised as a JW altered my adult life. I’m still not registered to vote, I still say Jehovah when I pray, and pledging the flag! Tuh we never did that anyway. Thank you for sharing your story ❤️.
Yes, exactly
Hello Sirter,i hope one day you make searching what is Iglesia ni Cristo Chruch of Christ.Theres a lot of church congregation in your place.Godbless po
I used to know a kid who came from a jahovah family. He used to be ok as a child, and one fine day he felt inspired to get me to join them. He started giving me a lecture about how he belonged to this true believers community, and how I must join this community if I was to have any chance of being saved. I started sharing my religion with him and he soon stopped trying to get me to join. As a matter of fact, he simply stopped coming to my shop after a few days; thankfully.
They want you to listen to them but they are NEVER willing to listen to others about their religions.
@@Evita_Raylena Well, I just started lecturing him and simply won't shut up. 😂
This video was extremely healing for me because now I know that I'm not alone.
I got to be honest the whole ex jw movement on on TH-cam didn't sit well with me because honestly I didn't know what to expect.
The Lord I agree with you so much with everything I have suffered so much trauma from my family and for my brother and from a family friend that was well in the 60s attempting to groom me when I was 15 years old... And the sad thing is like when you come out with this stuff they kind of treat you like a black sheep/apostate whether you're baptized or not baptized and you'll be treated like an instant outsider because you're talking against the organization.
It's like if no one doesn't speak up for you like an elder doesn't agree with you you're really just on your own.
And you're really just left as naive pray for anybody whether you're staying in the Kingdom Hall or going out in the world because you have no footing in life and you are stuck in this super super close minded "world"
Not having no friends really did damage me but also my mother was married to a "worldly man" but it's not like I can stay with my dad because he molested me and I blank that when I was young so it's just been like a life full of trauma with no boundaries....
You are not alone! I left the Mormon church. Though the Mormons and JW church have very different belief details…there are a tremendous amount of similar behaviors.
Im really sorry...sending love n prayers from zimbabwe 🥺
Is very therapeutic to share your experiences with those who are like minded like yourself. "Jehovah's Witness" can be an awesome force of God & if it was handled by real religiously humble people . Let your 😭 flow little Sister we are all here for each other. My brother has shun me recently, he's not smart 😒 enough to know I saw this coming from him long ago, just by watching him. I emotionally ❤ & mentally 🧠 prepared myself for him to turn
My mother raised me in a Christian Methodist Church and our church services were lively and Holy Spirit moving. When I visited Kingdom Hall services with my aunt who was a JW. I remember their services were boring and lacked the passion and reverence for the Holy Spirit. While I sat in JW service, it felt like we were sitting in an office meeting and not a worship service in the presence of God aka Jehovah.
They call "church" meeting. So it is like an office meeting.
I’d like to hear more stories, I always wondered what it was like being a Jehovah Witness but I never knew anyone growing who was apart of that life to ask them….. but only if it doesn’t become too traumatic for you to talk about!
I’ll tell some ❤️
This is what it's like NOT being a Jehovah's Witness, and why they shun...
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I have plenty of stories!
Search the tag #exjw and you'll find plenty
I have a million stories
I feel your pain. My mother was a JW. when she died I had to have her funeral at the Kingdom Hall. No member
of our family was allowed to participate in the funeral. That was 17 years ago and it still hurts, They are weird.
thanks for sharing ❤ this was very informative.
Appreciated all you said. I feel the same way and still marvel at my 45 years of indoctrination. We all need to hear the experiences and awaking of former JW’s. Thank you for your educational insight and information. ❤️
Thanks for sharing I was a single mum of 4 so relate to your mum it’s so disgusting and gross how women are treated and allow themselves to be treated it’s heartbreaking ❤️🩹 🥺 I’m sorry for your loss😔 and wish you all the best💫💗✌🏼🫶🏼
Thank you
I remember being on the theocratic ministry school. I never told my parents I didn’t want to do it because I figured it was just something expected of me. I remember being on stage as a 7 or 8 yr old in front of of a hundred people then being critiqued on your “part” in front of everybody. I was a kid so I think they were easy on me but I remember people being told “needs improvement” in front of an entire congregation. Until this day…. That’s the most nervous I’ve ever been. Not to mention CONSTANTLY thinking about dying and Armageddon. Anytime it rained too hard I would think “This is it.” My whole childhood was based on the “New system” and this world coming to and end. That is not healthy for a child !!!
😂 LOL we all went through that. Remember the pictures in the books that made anyone that wasn’t a Jehovahs Witness look super evil? 😊😂
Thank you for sharing! Thanks to God for giving Evita a beautiful soul and building Evita as an independent thinker despite this adverse upbringing due to unavoidable association with a religious group.
When I was disfellowshipped from 2004-2008 and reinstated, I still wasn’t treated the same. God knows my heart. I literally help everyone period. We all sinners
Am 17 years old turning 18 soon and I feel like everyone experience is different from other I love being part of Jw I've been part of the community since 5 or 6 years old even though I'm not baptized yet I can learn from others experience and not judge any opinions and just keeping my faith strong but if I decided to leave the religion one day in my mid or late 20s then I'll decide to do so ! 😊❤️
I'm just curious, why didn't u get baptized?
@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 hey, I can answer that question since I was also raised as a jw. Getting Baptised is not easy. You can’t just say I wanna be Baptised and it’s done. First of all you have to be a certain age 16+ usually have intense Bible study, and then pass a rigorous test administered by the elders you also have to do a lot of Field service also known as doorknocking and telling people about the good news and the promise of a Paradise world
@@michellereed2301 being 16+ must be a new rule b/c when I was in kids as young as 8 were getting baptized form my congregation
@@Lvn_liferight Right… I was gonna say I remember my friends getting baptized at 11 or 12
You had an interesting experience with the JW's. Mine was a little bit different. We weren't told that we weren't allowed to socialize with unbelievers; we were told that it's best not to socialize with them, so my friends were mainly other JW's & a few unbelieving schoolmates. I was never told to not play with unbelievers. I walked away in the late 80's & have never been more happier in all of my life! What blew me away was when I recently learned about the change in teaching towards "the overlapping generations." Talk about the Organization denying that they were wrong! They call it "the light keeps getting brighter & brighter." If the "light" keeps getting brighter, why then would God allow a misinterpretation of His word allowed to be taught for 30+ years? The GB has painted themselves into another corner & they don't even realize it! May you keep finding happiness!
We'll just curious, if it wasn't God's spirit that led them to teach the accurate information why even reveal there was a mistake. Who would know or challenge? Like the governing body could have just kept the truth to themselves and kept teaching what we all knew to be true just to say face and no one would say they were incorrect. I just don't see the point of admitting misinterpreting the word if all they cared about was being perfect. It doesn't make sense. God's spirit (Jehovah) makes the light brighter. Not the men he put in charge. Do t you think they know that it would be lots of people like you who would ridicule this action to teach new findings??? But the truth has to be taught embarrassed about it or not. It's not our word to feel embarrassed about, it's Jehovah's word it's his Bible and his teachings. Jehovah doesn't care about things needing correction because he can fix anything we as imperfect humans get WRONG, but what He won't tolerate is us learning the truth and keeping it a secret to save face while loyal ones are not getting the spiritual food we need to make it through these last days! Agape
@@shavonejahisgraciousallen4245, It is called "being dismissive," "downplay it." The GB & 99.999% of JW's will gloss over any past teachings that go contrary to current beliefs(JW's briefly believed creative days were 7,000 years each). A simple search of their online library will show that you cannot access issues of the Awake! magazine prior to 1970; Watchtower prior to 1950. Why is that?
God's spirit makes the light brighter? That is suggesting that God's spirit is withholding truth/information. Why would God allow his servants to preach a false teaching such as "this generation(generation of 1914) will not pass away until all of these things have occurred?" The Great Tribulation doesn't look like it's going to happen anytime soon, as well as when they say "peace & security." Tensions between China & Russia are at an all time high & it doesn't look like it will ease any time soon as well.
Another teaching that has gone through some flip-flopping is whether children/babies will be destroyed at Armageddon. Ask any JW & you will either get a "yes", "no", or "we don't know." That doesn't sound like they are all of one mind. The thing is that JW's will say that it is "the Truth." How can it be "the Truth" if it changes? If it changes, that means that the past teaching was not true. It's very possible that "the light gets brighter" is a misinterpretation of that scripture. Have you ever thought about that? A side question; if God wants everyone to understand Him/love Him/live forever, why then would He make the Bible so hard to understand?
Wishing you the best😊
@@davidreda1211 Jehovah draws close to those drawing close to Him. Jehovah isy friend. That's all that matters to those who serve Him. I know Jehovah is real. He's shown His power love mercy and kindness in my behalf many times. I know Jehovah is perfect and patient with His imperfect servants. Jehovah is not impartial or too far away from anyone who is searching for him with all their hearts He will let him self be found like he said He would at Jeremiah 29
@@davidreda1211 how is making a correction dismissive? That's actually called accountability. Who will die during Armageddon whether baby or adult will be up to Jehovah. He reads the hearts draws the appropriate conclusions. In Noah's day children perished with unwilling and immoral parents. Do the parents unwillingness to turn away from bad essentially killed their children not Jehovah
His wrath is against wrong doing and deliberate sin. He gives us all a choice along with understanding of the consequences. What you choose is up to you. Whether ones offsprings live or die is up to the parents. I could come up with thousands of theories but I lay Jehovah know the exact day and hour. Only Jehovah decides who will live, die and why? What will you choose, ❤️🩹
Hey Sister, I’m so glad the Bible tells me if I confess my sins He. being Jesus Christ is faithful and just to forgive me of my sins amen!! God bless! Much love
Thanks for the video, so glad I came across it. I hope we can really converse on this 😊
I hope so too!
Yes its a cult.
100% agree!
It's a form of government not a cult!
@@michellehouse-hq7mh it’s a cult
It's not a cult
Who are these fools saying it's not a cult? Pure ignorance!
I need a partner not a slave! Proud of you internet stranger. Hold your head up. Glad you are here.
I really liked this video. The way u told it was like talking to a GF just hearing stories.
Your story about losing your father (I’m so sorry for your loss) and the sister’s attempt to “comfort” you made me realize grief has no place in the JW organization. You’re only allowed to be sad for a short time, and if you continue to grieve you “don’t have faith in the resurrection”.
ur wrong
I completely understand that was my childhood. From birth I'm 60 now and struggling.
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An a former born in JW I HIGHLY recommend the peer reviewed book The Unseen Realm by Dr Michael Heiser. The lighter version is called Supernatural. FASCINATING BOOKS!!!
Heiser. typically mentions JW’s in his public lectures because he knows how messed up this is. He’s an ancient Near East biblical scholar and Semitic languages expert.
Check him out on TH-cam too
This is worth considering too...
th-cam.com/video/7Eeo-82Eac8/w-d-xo.html
Talk about shining light in some pretty dark places in the world you chose!
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. - Genesis 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:1-4 KJV
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 1:14-18 KJV
without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels preached unto the Gentile believed on in the world received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16 KJV
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:8 KJV
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 1:17-18 KJV
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
John 14:5-11 KJV
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Colossians 2:9-10 KJV
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
John 10:32-33 KJV
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
John 5:18 KJV
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1 John 5:20 KJV
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John 8:57-58 KJV
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isaiah 44:6 KJV
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
1 Corinthians 8:6 KJV
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Revelation 2:8 KJV
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV
I am HAPPY I left:
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Luke 6:22-23
HAPPY are YOU whenever men hate YOU, and whenever they exclude YOU and reproach YOU and cast out YOUR name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man. 23 Rejoice in that day
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[NAME OF PERSON] is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses ---->> and cast out YOUR NAME
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What Jesus Christ said would happen, is really happening!
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Mark 10:29-30
Jesus said: “Truly I say to YOU men, No one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news 30 who will not get a hundredfold now in this period of time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the coming system of things everlasting life
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@@weplanthegrows7916 -- Why did Jesus Christ quote Psalm 2 about someone other than himself?
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Revelation 2:26-27
And to him that conquers and observes my deeds down to the end I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he shall shepherd the people with an iron rod so that they will be broken to pieces like clay vessels ** THE SAME ** as I have received from my Father,
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When this man becomes THE SAME as Jesus Christ then what will happen to the Trinity mathematics?
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also try this video th-cam.com/video/oXz5TbXv3_I/w-d-xo.html
Wow!!!! I saw these things with my own eyes. I had two childhood friends who went to the kingdom hall together. I vividly remember them playing together and when I came around, one of the mothers would tell her child to go inside and do something...literally, anything to pull her away from me since I didn't attend their meeting.
Very interesting listening to you! Thanks
Thanks for sharing. My family and friends shunned me. It's a bunch of fake love. In my opinion.
It really is!
I’m so happy for you glad to hear you’re living your life. ❤
God bless you my sister🙏🏾🙏🏾
God bless you too.
I was never a JW. But, most of my father's side of the family is. I was not close to my family. But, when my husband died in 2002, they made sure to come to my home after the funeral. The ate all the food and had the gall to complain that I ran out of food and sodas. If I never see these people again, I'm good. Horrible people.
So sorry for your loss. That sounds just like them.
🌿🌻 Now never look back. Thank God your eyes were open and never joined that cult with their false doctrines. Join a Bible believing Born Again Church and become a follower of Christ who is the Author and Perfecter of our faith. He is coming soon in the RAPTURE...focus on Him. Read 1 Thessalonians ch 4
Tonya , kinda makes you feel that their love of family wasn't genuine doesn't it. Sorry for your loss . God Bless You and your family .
It's so similar in my case. My mother joined the Kingdom Hall after they came and knocked on the door. She passed when I was fifteen from cancer. She was baptized and remained faithful to the end. I discontinued going though I do get occasional invitations to restart studying again. Felt the same about my childhood as well with the holidays, though I did have one last birthday when I turned seven.
I'm really glad your eyes were open
This popped up for me and I’m so glad it did! More confirmation I’m doing good.
I love it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing. I can totally relate to your story on how the organization tells you that going to college and having a job to make money is not important. That messed me up as a child/teenager big time, especially when I was in Catholic school and studying the Bible at the same time. I’m in my 20s and have big regrets for not working during high school, not taking college seriously as I should’ve been, and not taking the many opportunities college has to offer all because the JW org has painted higher education as satanic and that all the people are bad association. They really brainwashed me so bad that I now have major anxiety to find a job, learn how to function in the real world, and thought that money isn’t important when it is if you wanna survive.
My advice: don’t study the Bible while attending a Catholic school or going to college at the same time like I did just to please everyone. It can really mess your mind up mentally, emotionally, and socially!
I’m so glad I disassociated myself last September for the same reasons after being apart of this org on and off for the past 18 years. Plus, I was never baptized so I didn’t have to go through the DF process, but they keep wondering where I am. Can’t believe I’ve listened to these dumb JWs for too long.
I'm just curious, if you don't mind sharing. How did you end up going to a Catholic school as a JW when JW's see Catholics as the devil itself?
@@karinarnaud4093 I can answer that, same user here. My mom and I were never baptized in the org but have studied with JWs for a while. We were baptized as Catholics before they came into our lives. She wanted me to go to a private school so I can get a good education (she had best intentions for me). However, she wanted me to become a JW when I got older (confusing, right?) So as the people pleaser I am, I started to take my Bible studies a bit more seriously while starting my private school journey, hence living a double life with double religious beliefs in my head. This led me to develop an inferior complex between me and my classmates bc I really thought JW is the true religion and that I would go to paradise one day. I even thought holidays were sinful so I tried my best to stay away from it when they had events in school, only listen to it/zone out. I did make friends at school but it didn’t quite last long. My point is the JWs are so controlling. My Bible teachers shamed me for going to a private school and told me how I should drop out. People at the KH would talk to me for short periods of time, only to feel like an outcast after. I really thought this JW org would bring me joy later on in life, which is why I stayed with them for so long but I was wrong.
@@tin8060 thank you for taking the time to reply. I hope you're okay now and that you found a place of worship where you feel at home.
@@tin8060 I’m so glad you got outta that mess and embraced your authentic self. Enjoy your life!💪🏽🙏🏾
@@Naymichelle76 Thank you! Not gonna lie, but since leaving almost a year ago, it has been really tough just trying to figure out who I really am without the JWs. I’d rather be alone than be around in that toxic environment.
Thx for sharing the video, I sympathize with all who were affected by cults. Although I'm not a JW, the emotional and psychological abuse occurs in religion across the spectrum. Which is why I left organized religion completely and have become a spiritual free agent!
Glad you did sis...you've peeped the game they play...I'm a firm believer in god.. not Catholic or any other but I know I'm a Israelite...all these churches are under the roman Catholic Church...god has opened your eyes...stay strong...bless..
JWs are not, in any way, associated with Christendom which encompasses The CC, the Orthodox church, and Protestantism.
My grandma is one and I used to fall asleep when she would take me and when I wanted to raise my hand they wouldn’t call on my told my nana I’m not going no more I was like 6 or 8😭
Your friend that was having sex was probably aware of the awful humiliations and trauma of being given the judicial interrogation by 3 elders. The totally creepy inappropriate questions she made the better choice of copping to smoking weed over the deeply personal matter of her sex life being dissected by three pervy ol elders.
That's right do you. Be happy 😊 and I'm glad you went college.
Very Interesting. I had a Sister in Law that was one and her Husband and children were very strange in that the children Did Not speak with us as we were relatives, and she was in her Teens and married a man who could have been her Grandfather. I thought it was so sad because they did Not communicate on a Normal basis, and seemed to be an Outcast and steered Away from what would be called a Normal family conversation. All of them were so strange and suddenly went Away. I remember seeing her again years later and she was even more strange. The older husband had died and her Younger son and she were living together, and Noone was Allowed in their house. Very different and kind of Creepy. None of them associated with us, and vice versa. Thank u for sharing ur story with us, I am sure there are many more to share. Stay strong in ur discernment.
Thank you so much for sharing this. It's amazing how personal stories affect each of us. Enjoyed you so much.
When you mentioned how they treated your mom that’s exactly my experience... she was a poor single mother of two. My mom bless her heart lacks self awareness and will talk to anyone. I just remember them especially some of the women looking down on her/ us. Other children “in the truth” 😂😉 not really talking us either. She acknowledges it now.. she’s still a JW. Unless you are a child-less freshly 18 year old woman none of the men were interested in you. Therefore my mom is still single to this very day because she can only date (they don’t use that word.. they call it something else I don’t remember) in the “truth”. They aren’t charitable to their own people but sure will make sure they have donations.. literally millions of dollars especially allotted to shutting up bad publicity. There were times when we needed help with bills were directed to local charities… even if it was another Church. So glad I can think for myself.
Thanks for sharing @Caressa they our a cold religion. The shunning of the members and telling their members
who they can or can't be friends with.
Also no joy in their services.
There is no real Joy of the Spirit with
the Witnesses!
Years ago I was a colleague of a middle aged JW couple. The man was friendly, albeit rigid in his belief system, while the woman looked down on us, non JWs. Their son married a nonJW girl, it caused a huge rift in the family.
They always think they are better than everyone else. SMH
You mentioned that they don't believed in edu that not true I know JW who go to higher education and today they are still Jw
One if my old best friends (we were witnesses as children together) randomly texts me trying to get some witnessing in with me and because I see it coming 10 miles away, I cut them convos really short.
She tries to start by telling me about some wonderful experience she recently had and tries to slide in the “won’t you be glad when there’s a paradise on earth… blah blah blah” 😒 girl bye ✌🏾
They stay trying to get their time in somewhere… smh.
She needed to turn in her hours and was short just a few so she decided to text you so she could add more hours.
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@@michelleamaya6446 that’s exactly what’s she’s doing lol. Won’t get them hours here sis
Gurl i had to escape them 2 times so i know what you talking about .... On one hand i did love studying and going to the Kingston Hall and i loved the convention i went to but on the other hand the controlling factor was too much for me because i never joined i was just studying and going to the Kingdom Hall ... i really felt i was learning a lot about God .... They did try to control my life and i feel the lady i was studying with the first time got mad because i wouldn't join and the second lady was trying to dominate my whole life .... Its just sad that you can't learn about God without havin all this pressure put on you even from regular church because they have they issues too .... Good Luck with your journey to God and i am so so sorry for the loss of both your parents 🙏🏿
Love the sweater!🤗
I'm sorry your mom died when you were so young 😔🥺🥺🥺
Awww....you missed your childhood...the early childhood years are so important especially early socialization. I am your bestie now!🤗🤗🤗 it's okay to be a child at heart and childish . Explore all your options with enjoying the child like experience as much as you can!! Make up the difference! 🤗💖
Aww...you dad died too...🥺 My parents are both gone too! We have each other Sis!💖
What...harming children 🤯🤯🤯😡!!!
Thanks, I love that sweater
Yeah, I missed out on a lot of things growing up.
Yes, my mom passed away back in 98 & my dad in 19.
Yes, harming children. It’s sad & disgusting. 😞