The Extreme Strict Rules of Jehovah's Witnesses: Ex Members Explain!
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- Jehovah's Witnesses are one of the most strict religions in the world. The members are forced to follow rules that go against the norm, but feels normal to the members inside. Check out this breakdown from Awaken Truths! #jehovahswitnesses #jehovah #jw #exjw #exjwcriticalthinker #kingdomhall #religion #spiritual #spirituality #christian #exchristian #athiest #apostate #healing #trauma #cults #vlog #couplevlog #podcast #strict
I went on a cruise with the “friends” and an elder came along. We were forbidden from the comedy show, dance club, movies, magic show, and buying souvenirs with any semblance of the countries’ flags that we visited. Instead of going to the beach, we had to go to a meeting in port, IN SPANISH…we don’t even speak Spanish! Why even go on a cruise? That was the final straw for me.
Hellllll nah! I would’ve given them deuces and enjoyed every single one of those things 😂
That's over the top! So much for having a nice vacation.
Wow!! You were nice I d ignore the JW elders & enjoy my vacation!!
That elder was overstepping his boundaries. My sisters go on cruises and see all the shows
Don’t forget not being able to run for prom king/queen, homecoming king/queen, or any class offices.
That b-ball story brought back so many memories. Only thought that happened out where I’m from. Lol. Hella “Bible studies” all of sudden come up and are hoopers for those tournaments. Lol
You can't get remarried without talking to the elders first, to see if you are "scripturally" qualified to do so. Yeah, I didn't do that, and they weren't to happy that I was married to a "worldy" woman.. what an insult. I tell you what, she is absolutely amazing in every way...no regrets.
They are so full of sh*t.
Hopefully yuol be both liveing in paradise
@@Chris-zh1ff Thanks bud I hope so too 😁
My ex wife can't get remarried unless I have sex with someone. What a dumb cult
"Unscriptually" remarrying is adultery, which is scriptural grounds for divorce, which then makes you "scriptually" able to remarry. Make it make sense!
Oooohhhhh the shredder…bet that’s therapeutic!!! 🙌🥳😂🤣❤️🩹
I could watch a whole video doing the publications being shredded lol
Being a witness at one time it was a nightmare I got so sick of hearing about what “ PEOPLE CAN’T DO” and this is why I’m no longer a witness.
Honestly!!!
In reguards to Mother’s Day- I was told “why do you need to celebrate mother on one certain day”.? “ you can celebrate them any day”!--- I told them they were EXACTLY RIGHT! I will celebrate my mother every day of the year AND on MOTHERS DAY TOO!!!!!!!!!
That’s a genius response!
The sports thing is ridiculous! Not allowed to play sports at school or ANYWHERE else yet my dad and his fellow elder and ministerial buddies would play basketball weekly my entire childhood at a local community center. It's a JOKE.
More bullshit....
alot of them followed Rugby ,but i hated that game hahah
The unspoken rule of needing a 4-door car for service was ridiculous. Purposely bought a sports car when I was 19 just outta spite
I wish I had done more spiteful things before I left the cult.
Yep I remember that too 😂
😆 🤣
I got a motorcycle
😅@@BuizelCream
As a black man, I'm so glad I took my power back
Amen bro! Im in the exact same boat
Growing up in this religion, I was that kid who had to sit in corners at any holiday. I remember feeling singled out and extremely depressed throughout my life. I'm 42 now and still have a lot of problems socializing and understanding most people. It's hard to hold a conversation for more than 15 minutes. I realize now how Important it is to allow children to interact with one another and to participate in school activities. As I became a teenager my depression was so severe that I resorted to drug and alcohol use. I'm better now but sometimes still feel disfunctional. Keep up the awesome work you two. ❤
Ya I had a best friend "worldy friend" in the 6th grade. The ONLY way I was allowed to go over to her house to hang out and do all the fun "girly things" was if I brought the Young People Ask Book to "place" with her. So I agreed. Went over there gave her the book explained the silliness and then we played and hung out the entire time not mentioning that silly book. I was able to go over there maybe 2 more times. And then when it was clear she wasn't going to be a JW then my parents stopped letting me go over there. Everything for JW children is a recruitment job. But I can say this, to this day I am STILL friends with her and also "worldy friends" saved my life. They are the reason that I made it out of that cult unscathed and living a good life to this day. I got out early and had somewhere to go. I was able to build a network of NON Jw friends. That is what saved me.
Yes!! That is what we encourage others to do too when they are pimo is to build a support system outside of the org. And that’s so wild that even in middle school you are pushed to do the recruiting smh
To me that’s why the organization stops you from making friends outside of the religion it’s so the organization can hurt you when you do leave the religion
@@PokemonRules333 That is EXACTLY the reason. They want you to feel isolated with nowhere to go so you will always come back. It's SICK and demented.
But why y’all have a problem with people trying to enforce Gods law! The Bible does say don’t do as the world
@@WhatUpButterCup90 because even if there is a god we have the right to live our lives as we wish and btw if you are a jw and you are not just a troll you should stop talking to us your masters said don’t talk to apostates or risk disfellowship
I still remember when my great uncle died he wasn’t a jw but we went to his funeral which was in a church and we walked out during the sermon. I was so embarrassed! I never liked how we could invite others to the hall BUT we couldn’t accept anyone’s invitation to their church!
That paper shredder was hilarious. Love the content again guys.
Thanks for watching !
😅 He made the Shredder NOISE!! Hilarious!!
Who the hell can tell you what to do and what music you have
In a normal church you go on Sunday and thats it
You go home and live you life.
This cult needs to be closed down
Exactly. But they try to have control on every aspect of their followers lives
I remember saying: “God bless you “ or “Bless you” and they would never thank you…. I thought that was so rude.
I've noticed this too and agree it's bothersome
They think those sayings are from false religion, so... they'll go Nope!
This is the one I learned at the very beginning. It was always so awkward for me.
You know what is funny about the YMCA thing? Charles Taze Russell was ALL ABOUT the YMCA. Hahaha! It's so funny. Just like Russell celebrated Christmas.
You guys are awesome! You are helping people - who are thinking of studying the Bible w/JWs - to get the inside scoop BEFORE they are indoctrinated by this cult.
Had an older sister that would torment me. I was very large chested and no matter what I wore you could see them. She would come up, grab the neck of my shirt, yank my shirt up to my neck and make snide remarks. I HATED HER! I would cry when we would get home. It was very toxic and I hated to go.
There was definitely people like that. Like honestly if you a hater just say that 🤣
@@AwakenTruths Exactly!
Jealousy is an ugly thing!
When I hit Puberty my body quickly got muscle mass every where I had muscles busting out of my shirt's and suit jackets and when a neighbor gave me a weight set and I used them I became ridiculously big strong and I never took any kind of steroids no Amino acids and hardly even vitamins but I was always counseled that bodily training was only beneficial for a little and don't be stirring up competition with one another envying one another I hardly worked out only every now and then but my body responded terrificly. I dropped out of sport's I was a record breaking sprinter and broke the All time sprint record's as a freshman and broke football strength record's for bench press squat etc. I was a natural athlete but I never heard the end of it and elders were jealous and envious of me and they disfellowshipped me and I did not a thing wrong I was merely lied on. I was shocked confused bewildered I didn't understand I beat myself for years trying to figure out what I did wrong I was gaslit like I was crazy. Finally the organization abolished All records that I was ever a Jehovah's witness. They covered their track's. Yes at the headquarters. It became known I was clearly done clearly wrongly disfellowshipped wrongly. For years I still believed they were the truth and lived like I was a JW standards even disfellowshipped. I didn't take a lot of job's. Made meetings best o could but because I knew I was wrongly put out I couldn't trust the organization anymore. I had cognitive disinence confusion but I always believed in God Almighty still to this day and still try to live a moral life however I know they are a power crazy Cult that uses abuses exploits people. But boy did the guy's hate me I was everything they weren't a real man to say the least. I was the one whom first started studying because I was looking for the true God already having been reading my revised standard version Bible routinely. I lost year's because of the jws. I dropped out of Chorus so singing. Dropped out of track. Football.
We couldn’t use normal slang in my congregation. I got pulled to the side in one of the little rooms in the back because I said something “sucks” lol
Wow i forgot about this 😅 we actually couldn’t use words like that either. Like “dangit”
Or say omg...gosh was even too close
JW's are like robots! When I was a witness, I hated going to meetings and especially going to preach on Saturdays, everyone in the kingdom hall looked tired and miserable! The rules of what you can and cannot do is ridiculous! You guys are point on!
My cousin joined the military, and his dad and step mom stopped talking to him.
It’s weird they are against it, but they want protection from the military, and voting effects their lives!
I had an intense friendship with a Witness. They tried talking to me about studying and then would do so many things you describe that is against Jehovah. I've come to your channel to understand better the environment surrounding this faith. I have found some other channels but your channel really breaks it down to language I understand. I appreciate the two of you SO MUCH for your openness and great explanations.
After highschool I tried applying for a job with a YMCA program, but was counselled not to. I didn't even know then that it was a "Christian" organization. I guess I would've had better luck applying for work with the United Nations 😒
We didn’t know either until they made it to be like we were doing something wrong 😅
Another good one packed with info!
1) My husband’s JW family said they weren’t coming to our wedding. He’s the only boy with 6 sisters! His mom & sisters showed up w/o our knowledge. We had our coordinator accommodate them with a table at the reception. We also included them in the pictures.
2) He wasn’t allowed to play any sports.
3) His oldest sister was dating a “brother” at the congregation but she wasn’t interested in marrying him. So, his dad setup one of his younger daughters to end up getting with him & getting married. Shocker, it didn’t last.
Just a few of the many things he experienced that you mentioned.
Oh yeah. Also, I have to give them credit. They attended our son’s funeral and stayed the entire time through the repast.
My first time attending a JW funeral was one of our nephew’s. It was a JW service but it was held at a funeral home. His mom’s service was at the Hall which was my first time being inside one. It’s a really strange vibe.
I grew up in the Nation of Islam and the strictness is somewhat similar.
Can't say god bless you after someone sneezed.
Can’t believe we forgot this one!! This one is good
OMGG YESS . I remember getting shouted out for saying it
Ya'll are able to address some really serious points that have destroyed many lives... while keeping it light with a positive, and healing energy... keep up the amazing work!
This comment is greatly appreciated! Thank you
Being forbidden to "Express Yourself" as an individual Human is what truly broke me. Every single aspect of your personal life, your choices, actions, even thinking was regulated. Only till I was out did i realize how much I gave up as a youth all those years.
You had to rush marry in the Truth to someone you barely even know so as to look lonely, pitiful, or Gay, no practicing Martial Arts, i was a big fan of Bruce Lee, ( still Am even more so now) nope couldn't do that, as a teen no Pokémon or Yugioh cause evolution and or spiritism.
No outside school association. No liking Hip hop, or R&B music. So Lame. No sense of self whatsoever.
Glad im out of there. To know what i do now and go back, would be ludicrous.
We think the same thing. They really try to strip you of everything that makes you you and just try to create robots who all think and act the same. You lose yourself almost entirely but it is so freeing finding yourself again. We’re happy for you
You guys are such a beautiful, intelligent, well-versed, couple with a great sense of humor and a great sense of self, i love how you two interact with each other too
Dorming at college is another thing that's banned.
Really?! What on earth?
@@cheneethompson5756 yeah it's considered spending time with worldly people and a hotspot for drugs and premarital sex
Oh, I heard the Smurf legend in my Kingdom Hall. So ridiculous!
And I was mortified when they made me leave Mulan from the theater during the song with the ancestors ghosts.
Yoga makes you pay attention to your body. So you stop over tiring yourself, you start eating better, Getting enough sleep etc !
Yoga also helps with Standing and sitting and moving with proper body mechanics , you stop allowing bs to control your thinking and behaviors. I think it’s that last one that the JWs object to!
Yep they know what will eventually happen. The jw religion is filled with many unhealed/broken people and when you are in that mindset it’s easier for them to control you
I have done yoga a couple times. I found it so relaxing.
@@shellinaholloway4267I found that out during a study. We started talking about different things and yoga cane up. The sister said in low voice ' you know we can't practice yoga it's demonic' I was shocked.
@@Ladybhive71 I have heard this one time before. But I was not doing yoga then. I have done yoga once last spring and another time before last year.
I remember saying “bless you” to a coworker who sneezed. She came back with “you’re trying to make me sin”. I was like what the heck? 🤷♀️
The Jehovah’s Witnesses I knew didn’t have a problem going to a food panty at a church to get free food. The hypocrites.
That part. Saw one in line during Thanksgiving for turkey give away.
@@johnny4048readsmy mom, who's a JW, says turkeys are possessed! That's just ridiculous!
I remember when I was 15 years old my dad LOST HIS MIND when he caught me watching the Addams Family Values movie. I watched it anyways though...lol
What's wrong with the addams family? Lol!
@@cheneethompson5756 Right. Absolutely NOTHING. 😆
Never been a JW, but I did know and have family who are JW. My family and I have also experienced religious trauma with different Christian based denominations. I appreciate what y'all are doing with your channel!
Thank you! I know a lot of denominations have similar tactics as well. Thanks for supporting
"Chance of you waking up" - Facts!
Am a exjehovahs Witness I am happy now I go to Spirit Filled Family Church now
I remember wearing a chocker to the Kingdom Hall bc that was the fashion back then. One sister told me it was demonic…. It’s literally a string of plastic…
So, I guess we all should just go naked, then!
No saying, “bless you” when someone sneezes. No saying, “good luck.”
The movies thing really hurt me. Movies and shows were a way for me to escape as a child. So I couldn’t watch magic stuff or Christmas stuff or Halloween stuff. Outrageous
Disney films are loved among the witnesses I know! And yet, Harry Potter is a freakin' problem!
Hi Awaken Truths. Thanks for another cool video! Yall are 💯 exactly on point with them not doing anything fun! The first time I even heard of their "cult" was seeing their literature in businesses, leaving books at my Dad's house, etc. Thankfully I'm completely done with that insanity. Love yall guys 👍 👑 & dolls💄👄 & see you soon on the next one, ✌️ peace, love, Janine Smiley🙂🙃😍🥰😉
I remember when I had a part on the assembly I went to dress rehearsal…and I had my natural hair in an Afro puff. The C.O told me my hair was inappropriate & that I could be starting a trend.
Wow. Those are the racist roots we talk about. That’s crazy and offensive
Oh I forgot NO LOTTERY TICKETS!!! One of my friends purchased a ticket and won $300K (he did it as a joke, didn't expect to win). The state had mandatory reporting of winners so my friend got DF'd.
He was dfd for that?!? That’s ridiculous. Meanwhile jws gamble their time everyday in hopes for winning everlasting life 🤣
@@AwakenTruths Yep! Taking part in a game of chance is what he said the elders said to him. I thought it was stupid and said so which won me a trip to the back room for voicing my opinion once again. I needed to learn to be submissive. Whatever.
that's gambling lottery tickets😊
Investing used to be an issue, akin to gambling apparently?
LASER TAG too...we use to do laser tag and they stopped that. We also use to swim at the Ymca and they pulled that...the little fun they did offer was taken away.
Forgot about laser tag and paint balling!
Omg not the Smurf’s 😭 I totally forgot about that but our congregations version or rumor was that a witness saw Smurf’s or gnomes moving outside their home so it was so forbidden to buy them for your garden😂
My mom threw away my brothers huge Pokémon collection when the congregation announced they were demons. It was traumatic to hear my 10/11 yr old brothers cries over that because who does that!!! Those are worth so much money nowadays and I love to joke with my mom that we could’ve been rich 😂
You two are hilarious.
Love it... Love your critical thinking.
Spot on truth!
Thanks so much!
Oh y'all not playing with the back to back bangers 😂❤🎉 sn: Im a MUA, so i came in there with my face BEAT and they hated it!! 🤣😭🖕🏾
As soon as y'all mentioned cartoons, I knew the smurf example was coming!
My congregation had a “modesty blanket” in case a sister sat down and her skirt went above her knee 😂
The first time I went to the KH My Bible study conductor covered my legs when I sat down because my skirt came up above my knee… she also carried around Bobby pins and one day she walked right up to me my first convention and pinned my shirt up… I was like what the hell…😂😂
How can do called intelligent people fall for this. Charles T Russell was a racist until he needed to collect more money. So then he is turned to gullible Blacks. . Jehovah is the European Diety anyway!
I have been counseled about skirts and dresses that go right up above my knees. So I had to cover up or go home and change. I was like what? Are you serious? You want me to go home and change? I said thats stupid!
@@shellinaholloway4267 and it’s not just women, an old CO sent an elder home to change out of the red socks he was wearing 😂
@@XCMRM80 OMGoodness! Just because of red socks? 😄
10:48 ONG it starts young bc tell me why as a child I had nightmares of the world ending! I would wake up terrified in the middle of the night and beg my mom to sleep in her bed. No child should ever go through that :(
😂😂😂😂 when you do the walk out. That so hilarious. I used to do it too. Or sometimes if we are watching TV and there's a kissing scene we would push it forward. We are so stupid as a Cult.
Swear it was so annoying and extreme 🤣
Just commenting to say I absolutely love your channel.
I went to Disneyland and they have witnesses preaching with their stands of watchtowers magazines! Like they’re going into a place that is frowned upon because of the magic and fantasy movies and characters??? Make that make sense. At that point you’re the one invading! Preaching in Disneyland is crazy it’s like going to hell itself 😭 and preaching in prisons is even crazier, thinking you can change someone who’s done the worst of the worst is so wild to me!
Cute video! I love your jewelry, you both look so stylish! When i was a child i was raising money for kids from under privileged backgrounds and i had to give all of it back to the people who donated when i asked my grandfather for donations and he said the organization i was collecting for was religious so i couldn't support them. Anything that i did that encouraged independent thought or actions was frowned upon. It nice to see you living your best lives! I think im finally starting too as well!
"Old light" also goes in the shredder. Who knew Jehovah's truth had an expiry date?!
Right!!
The real question is “what can Jehovah witness do”?😭
Talk about it on the funerals….man my grandma sat outside the church at my uncles wedding her own son sat outside in the car
JDub Can't Do List:
No Holidays
No Student government
No School clubs
No School sports
No Dating
No visits to a psychic
No Read tarot cards
No R-rated movies
No horror movies (regardless of the rating)
No "Will and Grace" (might just be specific to my childhood congregation)
No rap, acid rock, punk rock
No Smurfs
No boxing
No martial arts
No yoga
No Tai-Chi
No college (at least when I was young)
No multi-piercing of ears
No unatural colors when dying your hair
No two piece bathing suits (maybe just in my area)
No outside religious literature (for example: I purchased a library of religious books including the Karan, the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist texts, etc.)
No job that required a gun
No working for organizations supported by churches
No military-related jobs
No Girl Scouts, Brownies, or Boy Scouts
No oral sex in the marriage
No worldly friends
No bar hoping/ or bar crawls
No concerts
No Bible.
Thank you for this!! The list goes on and on!!
Oooohhhh chyle!!!
Another beautiful video. In my home congregation(predominately black) my Locs were tolerated. Moved to the white side of town, and they told me I couldn’t have Locs on the stage. Mind you, I keep my hair neat.
Thank you, for all yall do.
Wow. I think it’s up to the congregation too because some of the stuff you’re saying like you can’t donate to the Salvation Army. I I have never heard of that. I think that’s one of the reasons why I left those because I found out over the years that congregations have different rules. They only teach the same when it comes to the watchtower, but in the morning meetings before the watchtower meetings everybody gets taught differently as far as the college thing that’s changing. A lot of witnesses are going to college now, I live in Florida and it’s like free for two years while you’re in high school so they’re saying you can go yo college now. But you guys teach me a lot because a lot of the things that you both are saying are things that I was never told for example you can’t donate to the Salvation Army. I was never told that but like I said before that, some congregations are stricter than others and so everybody gets talked differently. I’m glad my kids never went. They did go when they were young, but I’m glad that they decided not to go as they got older. I guess that shows that sometimes they’re smarter than the parents. Ha ha.
We always try to show it from jw.org as well because these are things that are coming from the governing body. Only different is that SOME Kingdom Halls are more lenient. But some are very strict. Check out this link about the Salvation Army. It’s a long read but the last two paragraphs show what stance the governing body has regarding the Salvation Army. We are glad we are helping you learn! 😊 wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1962647?q=Salvation+Army&p=doc
Just found your channel and I’m hooked…I did not grow up JW but my older sisters are and this really hits home…I remember my sister could not wear her dreadlocks when she decided to loc her hair…them people are wild
Back when I was in school the first thing we did was pledge allegiance to the flag. We could not put your hand over your heart.
Idk how we forgot about this!!
I never understood why Witnesses can be firefighters but not cops. Dumbest thing is I've always heard it was because of the danger and risking your life but it seems to me that running into a burning building every day is more dangerous than being in law enforcement
I think they make these enforcement worse because they can’t have guns. We’ll have to do a part 2 because it’s way more things
Voting is conscience matter. Watchtower 99 11/1 p.29
Y’all keep up the awesome videos ❤
Right you can't donate to the Salvation Army or be involved in anything involving the govt BUT Watchtower CAN accept govt funds in Norway and take ALL THE FREE MONEY from the govt anytime they want. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE....lol
And now the gb is butthurt that they lost their precious money in Norway that they are sueing Norway to get their money back
@@PokemonRules333 Right. And I hope Watchtower LOSES their appeal to get that money. They don't deserve it.
@@ItsAllAShow I agree
Oh and PS....About the "worldly friends" thing. When my 6th grade best friend as an adult many years later had a conversation with me publicly on facebook about the silliness of my childhood recruitment process(it was around the time Leah Remini did the JW episode) my sister saw our back and forth conversation and got upset because I told my friend that it wasn't my parents fault and that they were told to do that by Watchtower....she said I made them look bad. lol
I was like HOW did I make them look bad when all I am doing is speaking the truth about how it all works? The only ones making you all "look bad" is Watchtower. And them making you do all of that nonsense. Me talking about it isn't the issue. So silly!
My sister removed me from facebook along with her husband at that time and we haven't spoken since. That was 2018 I think.
The Indoctrination is REAL. They will defend that cult to their dying breath.
Wow sorry to hear that and it’s always funny to me the way they care so much about their image but how is the truth about their actions something that makes them look bad? If that’s the case then maybe they shouldn’t do it right lol
i found that to...they do something off putting and then go on about how things look to 'j', and 'wt' but don't see themselves making a ass of themselves@@AwakenTruths
Yes hair style because I remember we had an African family join our congregation and our daughters played together, I was studying at the time with an elders wife because I was coming up to baptism & I used to always compliment her hair she had beautiful braids & she always used to wear beautiful colours & on my study we were talking about dress for Jehovah and I mentioned how beautiful this ladies clothes & hair was and the lady completely shut me down she told me that family shouldn’t be dressing like that and she went on & on about the hair style she had it’s not how she should be having her hair for the meetings….. I was shocked I couldn’t believe how this elders wife was talking this way my very first questioning the organisation something felt wrong deep in my stomach I didn’t know it at the time but it was my gut telling me. 3 years later I’m fully awake thank god I didn’t get baptised & I woke up and my mum & sister still talk to me because I didn’t get shunned instead I drop questions I know they can’t answer and the line I get all the time is “well it’s in Jehovahs hands we will find out in the new system”
Also, maybe it's because of my own orientation LOL but at first glance I definitely thought the panplet said "All that I can gay." Lol
I remember Care Bears were considered bad too..
Also I remember the basketball tournaments...i went to them
Forgot about cate bares that’s a good one! It’s because they too were “magical”
So I faded mostly just before the COVID lockdown. Y'all are doing a great job
Yooo, we were in a cult! 😵💫
Looking back is mind blowing ain’t it 🤣
Omg, I hated that I wasn't allowed to watch the show Martin, but I would sneek and watch it anywaz 😂
19:40 I remember going to funerals of witnesses who we didn’t even know personally and looking at their displayed bodies, fckn traumatizing✨
Ha you can’t have a job in government or military but JW is part of UN and have stocks in military companies.
I feel attacked! 😅 We homeschool my daughter-BUT we’re in this awesome huge group of other kids her age. These aren’t awkward Jw kids at all. And here I am getting crafts ready for those kids for Valentine’s Day tomorrow 😂. Off to the Salvation Army store haha.
🤣🤣 don’t feel attacked lol nowadays a lot of people are taking control of their children’s education. Jws reason was to isolate them from worldly kids
No guns for self protection ….. only hunting. So the “rural” brothers would be able to protect their families in worst case scenarios …… everybody else was SOL
well not even hunting because Esau was a hunter and Nimrod ,but Jacob and his mother were Con Artists who cheated Esau ,out of his birthright and treated like a hero ,how does that work ? But the Bible says ''He will send for many hunters and fishers to find men'' [good men] I was told it was up to my conscience by one Brother I like alot and a really good man, other ones brainwashed by Hollywood and Disney and living in the city, were very ANTI Hunting
I warned people about watchtower lies back in 1989
I recall when my mom passed away in 2002, though my brother and I were witnesses, he refused to attend her funeral! He and the organization considered me 'rebellious' because I refused to allow them to keep me from attending, despite the fact that it was in the church in which she was a missionary. That was a definite no-no!
Omg that’s crazy. Was your mom disfellowshipped or something? JWs are emotionless robots.
This couple is fantastic in bringing up these issues. They are spot on with everything being that they both were Jehovah witnesses.
I grew up in the Jehovah witnesses religion as a child.
I had to quit this religion in order to reach my goals in life.
I join the military at 19 in which they were against/ opposed..!!!
Today I have things laid out for me like a king, just because I joined the military.
My mother and many other family members were Jehovah witnessess.
My mother was never against all this money I send to her when I was in the military😂😂😂😂😂.
My mom was the only one in my family that respected me who was Jehovah.. witnesses.
My mother had a very high status as a Jehovah witness. She bragged about me with everything I had done. Even when I joined the military, which they were totally against.
My mother didn't care about none of this when these hundred dollars bills was coming in thoes envelopes.
My mother bragged all about that money. A lot them had envy but they couldn't touch my mother when it's about the bible..!!!!!
All Christianity/ christian religions are designed to cripple the black people..!!!
This Jehovah religion is definitely not for black people.
My advice to people in this religion is to go college/ university to educate yourself; if not you will be extremely poor...😮😮😮😮😮.
I step away from this religion and become a millionaire immediately as a black brother😂😂😂.
Good for you! Glad you were able to make your life exactly as you wanted it. It definitely is not a religion for the minorities. It keeps people in a box and entrapped in slavery
Love your content. You all are a beautiful couple. Keep the videos coming.
the beard thing...omg.....how can they tell you no beards this is something that happens to you naturally...its like telling a woman you you cant have a period..omg you cant tell me Moses Abraham Joseph. hello Jesus Christ himself...even the man who founded this "religion" had a beard
I wish i could like these videos more than once, TH-cam need to make that an option
Can’t run for school president, can’t say bless you if someone sneezed …no voting ….
Yes, the rules were extreme when I was a kid- ridiculous!! I like they way you said "during those formative" years. Additionally, my dad, who is black and JW, constantly makes comments about dark skin, nappy hair, and fat. He has been so brainwashed in this religion that I believe he actually hates his own race of people. Bottom line, they have gone way too far with mind control
You see that a lot within the community they begin to build up a resentment against their own race. You’re being taught to hate everything about your own culture it’s terrible!
Thanks for a great video!
BTW, her eyebrows are amazing 💕
I’ve never been a JW but “some” of the rules are somewhat reasonable.
Well, you two covered it all. And remember Jehovah’s Witnesses- you better throw away those blue jeans with rips and holes in them! Watchtower showed you how to do that in one of those brainwashing indoctrinating videos lol.
So sad, I grow up thinking, those things are all bad and how bad the world is… have a lot to deal with anxiety and depression.
We all have been there! You just have to unlearn and relearn these seeds that have been deeply planted within us
The JW i tried to be friends with totally lived a "double life". She hung out with me and tons of other non-JWs. She used to call me almost every day! She worked as a model when a teenager (I'm shocked she was allowed to), then apparently went into hair removal (waxing / electrolysis) where 90% of the day she had crotches in her face (again, they allowed that?). When we were friends all she wore were leggings & t-shirts. She went to all of the social events at the parrot shop we met at (including holiday parties). I laugh now at how hypocritical it all was 🤣
As always, I am super happy to hear Goodfella in the background 🥰
I remember when there was a lot of young ones loving Pokemon in the congregation, and I overheard a couple pulling their little daughter away and telling her it's demonic. I was still a Bible student that time who grew up with Pokemon, and it offended me.
I have agood hypocritical situation: I wasn't there but many of the younger crowd were over 21. The majority weren't "spiritual ". One day they decided to buy some drinks and gather up at someone's house. I don't know that got out that it went straight to the elders ears. Everyone got reprimanded and so on. Weeks later, there's another gatherings. Another gathering of the same circumstances -involved Alco- but the crowd was older-30 and up. Well, no one said anything about that "gathering" because elders and MS were participating in that gathering. If you're spiritual it's called a gathering. If your not spiritual it's called a bad party.
Thank you so much for bringing this up because this is so true!!
One girl i went to school with couldnt watch scooby doo in the class. She had to leave.
25:43 because they dont want you to get to know each other! They want to know if you compatible with the organisation. When you toooo compatible only with you 2 than it is again not good. I ve seen couples who only function at the organisation together. And when they are leaving they see, this cult was the only thing that put them together and they have nothing else in common… so sad.
Hey, I had a coworker she had a slightly similar look like you! She was half philipine. I love love love, how you two act togehter as a couple!
Yes that’s true! You can’t love each other or (look like) you love each other more than “god”(the organization) lol
I remember the only teenage tv show that my Jehovah’s Witness classmates was allowed to watch was Saved by the Bell. It’s hilarious that two of the actors ended up making films of a pornographic nature 😂😂😂
What a plot twist 🤣🤣
@AwakenTruths do you know that lark Voorhees, the actress who did lisa, was raised a JW?
@@cheneethompson5756 yes I knew that
@mandyrainbowlocks ok then
You're right about the magic it's all in how it's viewed, but Star Wars people moving stuff with their minds was okay because it was called the force instead of magic lol
Exactly!!
They're the worst😅 I do me, i wasn't born in, but my husband was. Ugh... we have debates all the time. I want out, i dont even go to the meetings anymore. I despise it and them!
I'm not a JW bit I have study with them and I agree with you. I know people who are JW who don't vote but have food stamps go to pantry say they participate Government
I remembered I got counseled on the way I was dressed. I was told I look like a prostitute. The reason why they would think that is because I love wearing tight and snug fit clothes to the meetings. And after being counseled the third time I was given clothes by the sisters that made me look frumpy looking. The frumpy look was not for me or my style,
Wow. I think it depends on the kingdom hall. The elder with whom I studied said they don't police members' dress & groom habits. The only time they'd say something is when the sisters are on the stage. I do believe that Jehovah's Witnesses have the true faith, but if what you're saying is true, then that's going too far. Being told you look like a prostitute and given "frumpy clothes" is a little intrusive.
@6:35 lol that JW urban legend.
The. Way I heard it was a kid snuck his Smurf doll to the hall and during the meeting, it came to life and ran out the Kingdom Hall
That legend is like playing telephone there’s been so many versions of the story 🤣
JW funeral is like a recruiting strategy to prey on the weak and vulnerable
Literally! We’ll be dropping a video on that!
5:46 omg this is SO true its almost painful to think about. A few days ago, a friend of mine came over to our house, and the Bob Markey movie came up in convo. My mom got all excited, tryna figure out when the best time is to go, but my friends mom interjected and said she wasn't comfortable with her daughter watching the movie because of what he "represents" (it was the ganja. Iykyk 😒). Then my mom quickly changed her tune and said it was a bad idea (this friend of mine has a dad who's an elder so honestly I don't blame them.) But I felt personally offended that she reduced Bob Markey down to his consumption of Zaza. He's so much more than that. And they do that with other things that originated in the Black community too.
There was smth that happened to me a few years ago during the George Floyd era. To keep a long story short tho, I got on trouble with my parents for posting smth Blm related (which is kinda dumb cuz we're one of the few Black families in our hall so they should understand the most, but apparently not). They said I wasn't being "politically neutral" cuz there was smth politics related in the post. I'm sorry, but do u really expect me to pretend there's nothing going on when a manliterally died?!?! Anyways, this comment went on for way too long, but I dont like how they hide their racism under the guise of "neutrality" or listening to "clean" music. It's tired 😒
Yes absolutely agree!! And they don’t like what bob marley stood for?! He literally stood for peace and love. More than can be said about 75% of witnesses lol. That’s terrible. Nobody wants to be reduced to something so unimportant. But yes the blm era was a wild time. Same happened when everything happened with Rodney king as well no witness was supposed to have an opinion on any of it.
@AwakenTruths I find it absolutely wild that a bunch of old White dudes in New York feel entitled enough to tell Black ppl how to feel when police brutality is so harmful to us. Like I don't live in the states, and this issue isn't too big where I live, but I fo have Black American family members. I can only imagine what the George Floyd era was like for them. And even if you're not Black, most people would feel some type of way when they see a man being killed in the brutal way George Floyd was. But yea, watchtower is filled with a bunch of wackos who refuse to educate themselves on issues affecting certain communities (some of which are followers of their religion)
If JW’s can’t go to YMCA because it’s founded and funded by Christian organizations, should they or could they be allowed to go to hospitals with Saint names that are also founded and funded by Christian organizations?