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Hidden Truths about Jehovah's Witnesses: False Hope & Empty Promises

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2024
  • Part 1 • Why Do People Become J...
    Welcome back to part 2 of 3! The empty promises and false hope sold to the members of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization. Awaken Truths drops even more gems to start the year off! #jehovahswitnesses #jehovah #jw #exjw #exjwcriticalthinker #kingdomhall #religion #spiritual #spirituality #christian #exchristian #athiest #apostate #healing #trauma #cults #vlog #couplevlog #podcast

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  • @leetrippii1830
    @leetrippii1830 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Man, that paradise teaching keeps people so stagnant. I remember I went horseback riding, and my mom said she can't wait to do it in paradise because she always wanted to do it. I said why not just do it now and got no answer. That paradise teaching keeps them from enjoying life now.

    • @cambridge384
      @cambridge384 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Jw are taught to live in the "what will be paradise earth," which is a fantasy, not the real world. God gave us all life now to enjoy the beautiful earth for our pleasure because He loves us.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      This is the truth! They set limitations on themselves in this reality for literally no reason

    • @beforethenextstep305
      @beforethenextstep305 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      This is so true. A sister posted a picture of a cabin next to a pretty countryside saying she wish she could do that in the new system. I sent her the link for “getaway cabins” for $99 they have cabins in the same state as her. She said ohh no, I can’t go to the woods now because animals are there. I will wait for the new system. Sigh

    • @leetrippii1830
      @leetrippii1830 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@beforethenextstep305 WOW.

    • @carmenchase6954
      @carmenchase6954 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They never thought it could be the universe or god blessing him with a better job. 🤷‍♀️

  • @Godly-Beard
    @Godly-Beard 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Hearing a Jehovah's witness say in 2024 Im waiting on the new system to have kids is so surreal!!!

    • @evaarnold5838
      @evaarnold5838 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It really is!!!

  • @GladuRanchHomested
    @GladuRanchHomested 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    My husbands nephew and his wife are waiting for the new system. They go “where the need is greater” no kids just go wherever they’re told. They’re in countries where they hide and have already been in jail for Jehovah. Everyone in the family is so proud of them. It’s so weird to a “worldly person”

  • @BruceLeon83
    @BruceLeon83 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    As an ExJW, the Only "Return Visits" Im makin' is back to this Channel. 😅
    Real talk tho, I lost so many years of my lifetime to this religion, I mean I slaved for it. All that volunteer work. but I'm grateful Im free from that goofiness. I can think clearly, there's so much to enjoy NOW rather than some fantasy Gilligan's Island.

    • @SanDiegoPIMO
      @SanDiegoPIMO 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LOL!!! Nice.

    • @damonrandall9844
      @damonrandall9844 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great call back reference! LOL!

  • @itsjustme6315
    @itsjustme6315 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The audacity of them asking for people with higher education and degrees fur help! Lawyers, Para legals....I literally laughed out loud when that announcement was made! The Nerve!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Right! They are crazy for trying to get lawyers for their own benefit

  • @tessab.5379
    @tessab.5379 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    My mother inlaw did some crazy stuff back in the late 60s and early 70s... now she acts like she ain't never done anything 🙄😒 and shes a full time pioneer, so is her daughter and her son inlaw a CO that just moved back to Jacksonville from Costa rica ... she thought my husband wouldn't remember that crap and her non witness cousin, who i was close, told me allllll tea. They soooo proud to be broke ! Her son inlaw is now back and hasn't had a real job in over 25 years . My husband is police officer and is working on a second retirement. She actually said we were loving money and coveting it.... ya'll my husband blasted her and said NO I JUST DON'T WANT MY CHILDREN AND WIFE TO HAVE TO LIVE LIKE I DID! Broke goodwill clothes and dirt poor because ya'll chose feild service over feeding and clothing us! 😮 whew! That didn't go over very well 😂 oh and hi from Florida!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sheesh that’s tough! My aunt and uncle used to live in Jacksonville as JW’s too. I’m glad your husband spoke the uncomfortable truth!

  • @Katchancellor
    @Katchancellor 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Man!!!!!!!!!! My mama back in the 70's got a job offer to the post office - single mother, 2 kids - turned the job down because she felt pressured because she'd have to work on Saturdays and couldn't go out in field service. Back in the day, the summer convention was half a day on Thursday, all day Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. I remember the people who would get on stage, because they stood for Jehovah and quit their job to be on stage telling us they ass out of a job. Serving where the need is greater is serving in territory where you gotta drive two miles in between houses and no restrooms nearby. I remember my cousin in her 20's dogging me out because I wouldn't pioneer instead of working. Telling me I wasn't putting my faith in Jehovah. Well now we're in our 50's and she went and got her real estate license selling real estate because Jehovah's running late. I can't count how many kids had scholarships or graduated valedictorian and lost opportunities for free education.
    Oh, and the Kingdom Hall thing - first the GB would buy the materials and the congregation would give the labor. Then they had the congregation borrow the money from them, free labor to build, and pay them back WITH interest. Just for them to turn around and sell the building you built & paid for - but they take that money and pay these CSA lawsuits. This organization is FOUL AF!!!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Getting on stage to tell us they ahh is out of a job is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 sad but TRUTH! Getting the real estate license waiting on Jehovahs return doesn’t sound like cousin is putting faith in the paradise lol. It’s sad how they finesse the members and have them proud of getting played

    • @Ladybhive71
      @Ladybhive71 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂

    • @Katchancellor
      @Katchancellor 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@AwakenTruths and I forgot to mention I had a FULL RIDE to Morgan State University an HBCU and my mom acted like I wanted to dance on the pole. The sad part about the folks being out of a job - the audience clapping!!!!

    • @symone3113
      @symone3113 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂😂😂 yes that chit was crazy as hell..

    • @TG-mi8vu
      @TG-mi8vu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      REPENT AND COME BACK TO JEHOVA ORGANIZATION SOON.

  • @damonrandall9844
    @damonrandall9844 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    They did a drama where a dude was from Africa I think. His family was starving. He got a job opportunity for a couple months to make money to feed them, although he had to travel far. But of course Watchtower needed to paint his noble efforts as materialistic. It was disgusting. His family was fucking starving to death!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That is crazy! Meanwhile they want us to show up to feed them by paying!

    • @Katchancellor
      @Katchancellor 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I remember that video!!!! How you being materialistic when you just want to eat?!?

    • @Ladybhive71
      @Ladybhive71 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That crazy!

  • @cambridge384
    @cambridge384 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    In elementary school, I sang in the choir but when I got to middle school, I was told to quit because of the "worldy" songs. I remember my choir teacher encouraging me to stay but remained respectful after I told him I'm raised jw. At home or riding on the bus to school, I sneaked to listen to all kinds of genres on the radio especially gospel music. I remember asking, if gospel music is about God so, why can't I sing it? I was told, gospel music is from false religions. I never like the songs at the hall because they are boring and lifeless. Even though I never sang professionally, it did not stop me from singing beautiful songs wherever before and after waking up from jws.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That terrible that they tried to rob you of doing something you like to do. The kingdom melodies were extremely bland and boriiiing! Everybody had to pretend that it was the best music ever. But I’m glad to hear you still made sure to do what you like

  • @EL-IZ-At-BETH-sarim
    @EL-IZ-At-BETH-sarim 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    This giving up careers was what somehow started the cognitive dissonance...
    As a teacher I strive to motivate my pupils to reach and work for their best future.
    Hearing how young people turned down career opportunities, not using their talents and opted for a simple education....😢
    I saw the consequences: the elder JWs having a difficult time after they retired....

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Love the name lol but absolutely it’s sad the way they play mind games to keep people stuck

  • @jerryjohanan1940
    @jerryjohanan1940 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    JW wife and I we never had kids we were got married in 1983 and always told don't have kids because the ends going to be tomorrow we never did we divorced after 22 years and well still no kids it's really a lonely type of life because at my end of life there won't be nobody there

    • @randallsmith179
      @randallsmith179 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are not alone, I am the same way,

  • @valerianogomez4041
    @valerianogomez4041 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I just left a year and a half. As a JW I went to college to be a teacher. I was discouraged to drop out but I didn’t. I was the only JW who was a teacher at the school I work at.

    •  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same here! Some people would even use the comments during the watchtower study to attack me for going to university, besides some people from my family making mean comments about it.
      Anyway, I’m glad I did not give up and got my diploma.

    • @EL-IZ-At-BETH-sarim
      @EL-IZ-At-BETH-sarim 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hello, fellow teachers!
      Very well done. Keep up the good work educating children and young people and give them critical thinking skills💪🏼
      Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
      P.S. I still teach some JW children related to my former congregation 😬

    • @damonrandall9844
      @damonrandall9844 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’m glad you stuck with it. I have regrets about not going to college for art & graphic design. At the time it was easier to decline than to argue with my parents.

    • @valerianogomez4041
      @valerianogomez4041 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey it is never too late just go for it

  • @Captainn4t
    @Captainn4t 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    You ever notice how many congregations have that one brother that owns a large business and has several other witnesses working under him? I didn't realize this was common among the witnesses until after I left, but we had the same thing in our hall and of course he was also the head elder in our hall too....

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      100%!! And they are looked at as super spiritual because they hold a title and make jobs for the brothers and sisters “in need”. Really they wanted them to quit their jobs SO that they could work for them

    • @Captainn4t
      @Captainn4t 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AwakenTruths Just feels like another way they are trapping people inside the congregation. It's super gross

  • @lyss_78
    @lyss_78 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    If you’re offered a better job that might take you away from the meetings they will ask you why you think you need a higher paying job! Or they will say you need to live a ‘simpler’ life! And keep reminding you that we’re only ‘temporary residents’ of this world! 🙄…..
    So controlling, like nobody wants to walk around and be poor smh

  • @ChildofGod.501
    @ChildofGod.501 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Great video guys. One of my favourite JW teachings is the one where Jesus, after he ascended to heaven, after telling the disciples that he would return the same way he left, that all eyes would behold him, sneaked back in unknown to everyone , except to JWS, and selected the jws as the one true religion in 1914.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That’s such a good point! We’re going to have to mention that in future videos because that debunks the whole idea of them being legit

  • @GirlGeekLovesStampin
    @GirlGeekLovesStampin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The interesting thing about extra work is that I worked at Bethel, and there were times bethelites missed meetings for work at bethel (or even to spend time with their wives). There was a double standard because the work was considered 'kingdom interests' (but it was just work - meaning it could be doing laundry or housekeeping). I was always a bit thrown by that because I knew how often brothers in the congregation were pressured to not miss meetings (even if they needed the money).

  • @jenniferm6141
    @jenniferm6141 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My dad has two sister’s that are both married, but chose not to have children “in this system.” They are both late 60s and early 70s now . One of my aunt’s adopted my dad’s brother’s daughter, because he was on drugs and the birth mom. My aunt didn’t want kids in this system, but felt she needed to raise my cousin as her daughter . Well she was a very unloving mother according to what I have heard . My cousin is on her early 30s fading and shunned. It’s just so cold they are shunning my cousin especially given the hand she was dealt from birth .

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Wow that is sad. They dedicate their entire personality to this religion and have no empathy toward the people who decide this is not how they want to live. And yet expect all the empathy in the world

  • @NoJediMindTrick
    @NoJediMindTrick 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    You 2 are THE GREATEST!!!! PLEASE keep making these videos!! You don't realize just HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU GUYS ARE SUBTLY WAKING UP!!!!!
    YOU GUYS ARE BEAUTIFULLY TELLING THE ....TRUTH!!!!❤😂

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you for the support!! We will definitely keep making them 🙌🏽

  • @mayking_Ish
    @mayking_Ish 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m so sad learning more about this organization. I lost my best friend to this religious group. When I met her she was so talented, sweet , and kind and had an overall vigor to succeed in life. The adverse issues I wont get into, but long story short, she wasn’t really aware of how to navigate without the organization, so anything that was a decision, she always felt like it was punishment for not being a witness so she went deeper into it. She kept saying that Bethel was the goal for her, but she was so smart. She won awards in the state of NY for best business models and ideas. Eventually, she gave up singing, gave up the entrepreneurial spirit, and I weeped so hard because it was from that point, misery seemed to have consume our relationship and we eventually could not talk or get along because every conversation was her trying to convert me or venting about what isn’t going well in her life. That was also exhausting. I hope she wakes up and that she can be able to be herself again not for my sake, but for her own fulfillment.

  • @robinmc123
    @robinmc123 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    You guys are telling it all!!!😅😅😅😅 facts. You forgot to mention no pay when you get an assignment to serve where the need is great. All volunteers.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yesss!! They really extort labor out of their members

  • @lemarfarrington7668
    @lemarfarrington7668 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The "worldwide brotherhood" is another empty promise. They hype this as part of joining but in reality its conditional love. Also if you need financial help they won't help you cuz that misappropriation of dedicated funds 😂😂

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      VERY CONDITIONAL!

  • @Queenolgi1
    @Queenolgi1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am so glad to have you on TH-cam! You two have a healthy way to deal with things, you two are good impact for me!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for watching us! We’re glad to hear we’re able to help others out

  • @Ottonio
    @Ottonio 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just ask and tell your elder: "So you would pay my rent? That's fine!"

  • @rhistarr5146
    @rhistarr5146 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been out for some time, but I so worry about my parents and sibling that are still in because they have no savings and no plans for the future. Breaks my heart, but they are still so thoroughly fooled.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s the worst part is them never making a safety net or any plans for their future

  • @Queenolgi1
    @Queenolgi1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    9:42 yess! The „kingdom family“ is not give you money

  • @SanDiegoPIMO
    @SanDiegoPIMO 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I want to wait until the new system to have the "Perfect Spouse". The District/Regional Conventions I remember the announcements six months prior "request the time off now so no one takes it". I remember one who walked off his job for the convention, it took about nine months to find another job (Hired by a witness which he called a blessing). No Karaoke night because you're out in a bar and you need to wake up early for service at 6am.
    RBC is now the LDC. Guilt trip you for not helping so we can sell another Kingdom Hall to possibly another French Speaking Baptist Church (aka Babylon the Great) like what happened in Milford Connecticut in 2019 I believe. lol

  • @-.Momma-Desi.-
    @-.Momma-Desi.- 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Jw's used to think that black peoples skin would turn white in the "new system". (Watchtower 1904 feb.15th pp52-53) Some other not so nice things about them in Watchtower 1901 Aug. 15 pp264-266 and 1902 July 15 pp215-216.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep similar beliefs to the Mormons!

  • @alineannsettlemoir9131
    @alineannsettlemoir9131 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I could never understand when they build the Kingdom Hall you have to pay interest

  • @simplynellstinystudio
    @simplynellstinystudio 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    LMAO!!!! I am cracking up! I love you guys. 😂

  • @cubansazon4793
    @cubansazon4793 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, what you said about Kristy and Desmond is crazyyyy I remember seeing a video of them getting in the car dressed in suit and stuff and it gave me MAJOR JW vibes but I didn’t think about it again. It’s crazyyy that you mentioned it!

  • @gmail2272
    @gmail2272 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Another great video you guys! Sending love to you!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks again for watching!

  • @janinemccartha1811
    @janinemccartha1811 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Awaken Truths. I remember them telling me that I was in a false religion. After leaving, it was obvious that they were referring to themselves. They are , like most cults, narcissistic psychos in my opinion. Love yall 👦 guys & 🪆 dolls , ✌️ peace, Janine Smiley❤️🤍🖤💟💛🩶💜🩷💙💚🆒️♏️🙂

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep narcissistic psychos is pretty spot on lol

  • @leetrippii1830
    @leetrippii1830 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Man I turned down some great job opportunities thinking I was sacrificing fir God then got stuck on dead end job with less pay. Started praying for better job. I bet God was like man I sent good jobs but noooo you turned them down because they interfered with week day meetings. MAN THAT WAS SOME BULLSHIT

  • @sheilawilson2927
    @sheilawilson2927 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow some really heartbreaking stories and I have one too with many things I saw and questioned in my heartbas a child!! I've seen elders and pioneers engaging in unspiritual things and it was swept under the rug. Some members were also doing unclean acts as they called then, which I called NORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR, then not tell on themselves and trying to extract the hair outta my eye!! WHAT???? They are wicked and mentally abusive!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most definitely! The cult is so full of hypocrisy, yet they claim to be the best people on the earth

  • @kgoldbridgenj5283
    @kgoldbridgenj5283 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I first started dating my husband, his whole family was JW. He was not baptized and is not jw. I remember his brother just got married at like 21 and his brothers wife said she didn't want to bring any children into this world. That was one of many red flags that made me decide immediately that this was a false religion. I jumped into research as the internet was just starting & found out so much info about the history, their twisted Bible, shunning.. I hated being thought of (& still do) as a worly person. We ALL do the same things, in this world. Well my brother and sister in law did in fact have 1 child. She's wonderful and I love her dearly. But unfortunately she's in her mid 20s & has never been on a date, was discouraged from school so works part time. I'm worried & pray for my nieces & nephews all the time. I can't see any of them waking up bc there's such a large strong connection with family and friends. They will lose it all. So , for 30 yrs my family is the worly family lol . I became a Christian & I thank God every day He led me this way, on this path of freedom in Jesus Christ. If there are any Christians who made it this far, please pray for my jw fam. Thank you & I love watching you guys, gives me so much insight. Also you both have awesome personalities & have so much to offer others outside of the Organization. I'm happy you're free now . 🙏🏼

  • @annpangburn394
    @annpangburn394 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Omgosh! Yes, you guys totally hit the nail on the head! The fact that I couldn’t even date normally is what finally pushed me out of the organization at 40

  • @yarection
    @yarection 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love your guys vids so much. Feel everything you say. I’ve always wanted to be a writer. From a young age I was very talented and would write my own little books. However I would be discouraged from my parents because i was supposed to be pursuing spiritual things. Now as a 30 yr old POMO I’m finally chasing my dreams and living my life.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes!! That’s great to hear!! It’s obviously a passion of yours so yes keep loving your life! Blessings to you

    • @yarection
      @yarection 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwakenTruthsthanks same to you both

  • @FROSTBITER35
    @FROSTBITER35 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The no kids thing is dramatic for me right now. I'm a 36yr old man and I was married for almost 9yrs to another witness and after about 4 to 5yrs in she wanted a baby and I was sooo P.I.M.I and was like woe to the pregnant woman and we can wait til the new system. It played a role in her eventually cheating on me and with the organization's influence I divorced her to save my relationship with jehovah. Then I marry another sister 7yrs older than me and was fine with just being a step-dad to her 8yr old at the time. I woke up a year in our marriage and was like "oh shit I want a legacy of my own because there is no New system " but she's 43 and the doctor says it's highly unlikely for her to get pregnant. We'd have to do IBF and it would be over 14,000 dollars and it would still no be guaranteed. And she's still P.I.M.I!!! I can't explain enough how much it hurts to feel it was stolen from me. It puts the options of either stay married and she never wakes up and never gives you children or move foul and leave her in this organization and find a non witness and build a family. It sucks

    • @astridmiller7938
      @astridmiller7938 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i'd run/divorce..because you were lied too. you are not obligated to anyone, and guilt shouldn't be reason to stay

  • @catezerbes4496
    @catezerbes4496 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There is a governing body member currently in Australia, Mr Jackson I presume. Doing a tour of the country, I bet that will be taxable

  • @Queenolgi1
    @Queenolgi1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was in contact with a strict pioneer. She was virgin and in her late 40ies. I think she was asexual. I asked her if she not have the need to cuddle someone. Her answer was shocking to me! She said: „this is a weird question! No, i never want to cuddle“ so this is why I began to think she might be asexual. But everybody talk about her as an example, how much disciplin she has. They really glorified her. For what? When she does not have sex drive, so why should she would be glorified for that? I mean its not difficult for her!
    For me it was very very difficult! I felt like I can sratch the walls up like a cat giving my sex drive up! And nobody glorified me?! I broke up with my boyfriend to be batised someday, but nobody glorified me?! Hello? I made some serious restrictions, that broke me inside! I never ever wanted to be married fot example… but to „please God“ you shouldn’t have sex without marriage. Only the mindset to MUST marrie someday was 🤢 this serious things where going against my expectations for life! When I said this to my baptised ex-sister she said: „so you will say its difficult for you to serve God because you can be a whore?“ cricets (thats not what I said) we live in the modern world and my mindset fitted in,… for the JWs I broke my mindset.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People are glorified for the weirdest things. It was a commandment to populate the earth in the Bible lol these are normal instincts that people have. She probably was asexual and I’m not buying that she had 0 desires ever

  • @rmh490
    @rmh490 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Don't you guys ever sit down and think how stupid you were for believing all this nonsense? I'm a pimo ministerial servant and i ask myself these questions every single day. Btw, i was studying civil engineering when i started studying with the JWs and after i got baptized i was constantly being pressured to giving up my studies so i can become a ministerial servant. Guess what, i listened to the elders and stop going to college( i was gonna be graduated in 1 and half year). Now thinking back, I regretted it

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Most definitely! We all felt bamboozled and played the moment we woke up. It’s never too late to get the career and life you want. Don’t like this cult stop you

    • @rmh490
      @rmh490 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AwakenTruths still waiting patiently for wife to wake up. Y'all know how that is. This might take a while but she already know where I stand

  • @GirlGeekLovesStampin
    @GirlGeekLovesStampin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    P.S. There was an initiative where they DID pay for people to get education for law.

  • @beforethenextstep305
    @beforethenextstep305 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why do they always need a midweek meeting at 7 or 7:30 and tell ppl they must turn down jobs to attend that meeting, instead of simply have multiple time for the meetings.
    It’s not the 1950s where only men work 9-5 and can make it to the meeting by 7.
    Job hours are all over the place now.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes!!! This it’s like they totally negate all the Night Shift workers

  • @kingaya.3124
    @kingaya.3124 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love your Channel guys.

  • @arijaivie2836
    @arijaivie2836 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Would you guys be willing to do a video about JW influencers? I noticed you guys mentioned Kristy Sarah. I follow a few others and I wonder how they get away with their lifestyle

  • @johncolage1651
    @johncolage1651 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even a Christian cannot brush aside the worship of Jehovah as God. In Revelation 1:5 the Son of God called himself "Jesus Christ, 'The Faithful Witness.'" When on earth as a man he was a Jew, an Israelite, to whose nation the words of Isaiah 43:10 were written: "'You are my witnesses, 'is the utterance of Jehovah, 'even my servant whom I have chosen.'' Jesus demonstrated that he was a faithful and true witness of Jehovah God. His genuine disciples today must be the same kind of witnesses, Jehovah's.

  • @PositivePathways2019
    @PositivePathways2019 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's so sad you can't have kids until the new system. But the Bible says ....Matthew 24:36 - However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.

  • @melioratewithnate
    @melioratewithnate 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My mom used to call into employers to get them to not schedule me on the meeting days. Super awkward when I went to work to be hauled into the office to explain...

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That had to be cringy. Jobs look at that like completely nonsense

    • @melioratewithnate
      @melioratewithnate 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @AwakenTruths oh totally. They clearly felt bad for me...Just cringy. That said, not as bad as having her read letters, report puppy love writings to my girlfriends elders. Etc. Great to get away from that chokehold of a cult.

    • @symone3113
      @symone3113 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When you get hired on a job. It was your responsibility to talk to your boss/manager etc about your meeting days and let them know, you have to be off work so you can get to your meetings..

    • @melioratewithnate
      @melioratewithnate 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @symone3113 yeah, exactly, if that's what I wanted...lol

  • @janevigneau3406
    @janevigneau3406 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Here in nh there are usually 2 people with a stand of jw pamplets standing on a sidewalk for hours. They never talk to anyone. They just stand there every day. Im sure they are just serving time lol. Usually its either two ladies or two men. Monday thru friday. Apparently Jahovah doesnt need them in snow storms or heavy rain. But cold windy days and super hot days they are there.

  • @EmilyBrowneyes
    @EmilyBrowneyes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video is very true and also very triggering for some of us.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching!

  • @tonyneal3266
    @tonyneal3266 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There was definitely different rules for black and white witnesses

  • @lindiasanders3948
    @lindiasanders3948 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hello 👋🤗 you two.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How’s it going!

  • @rolandgregg8293
    @rolandgregg8293 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How about the empty promise of having the governing body as mediator in place of Jesus Christ (Jesus said: " No one comes to the Father except through me" John 14:6)

  • @lawrencestoll6287
    @lawrencestoll6287 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never took time off to attend any convention or meeting. When it was convenient to me, I attended. Those assemblies were torture for me. I will never spend eight or six hours eating at any banquet.

  • @dorisstrickland5755
    @dorisstrickland5755 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awaken, I can’t understand how it is that many have followed this , what many believe is a cult and believed the teachings of this organization but now can’t and won’t seek out the truth that puts them in right standing with God. They choose not to have anything to do with what we as believers as salvation through believing the gospel. All of the ones I’ve listened to have not confessed to being born again which is very troubling to me. Why believe such nonsense and not want truth? My heart goes out to all of you no one is saying they believe in God as a result of discovering this falseness. God is real and He gave His Son to die for the sins of the world . We believe and we are saved because of the preaching of the Gospel.
    Give those who you are revealing this error to that you desire to bring out of this cult the truth of the Gospel.

  • @planeclassic7129
    @planeclassic7129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Have you two seen the video about governing body member Steven Lett and his purchasing 250,000 investment properties, or seen the watchtower’s tax returns and their stock portfolio investments. Many are investments are military items and movie companies that make movies that they tell the witnesses they can’t watch lol.

  • @knitspired
    @knitspired 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hey guys…sorry, I feel like I pipe up for every video but I have so much to say! The reason they want bodies at the convention is because bodies=money for them.
    As far as things Jws give up; my dad is an amazing singer/songwriter/guitar player but he’s BROTHER ELDER and gave all of that up. He could have had an amazing career and I know he wanted to. But he wanted that religion more. He’s 76 now and I always wonder if he has regrets. He doesn’t seem to. He always “performed” at JW get togethers and was so popular. Funny thing that I didn’t ever think about til you mentioned it is that he did go to coffeehouses a few times and did open mics there with his music. 🤔
    Also speaking of investments, my husband did a deep dive a few years ago and found out that JWs have stocks and investments in companies that make military equipment 😮.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s so sad that your dad didn’t get to pursue a career with something he loves. And they definitely have some crazy investments and a lot of long term investments. Which is wild because the world is supposed to end “any day now” lol

  • @GirlGeekLovesStampin
    @GirlGeekLovesStampin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    P.S. On having talents: Again a double standard because the organization will praise the people who play instruments for recording kingdom melodies and/or literature art work. Why can they have talents? Why do the governing body praise the building programs and/or JW broadcasts? If all praise is to go to Jehovah....then ARGH - so many double standards!

  • @aundavioncook2131
    @aundavioncook2131 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Actually I wonder if they prefer new converts due to most of them staying. From what I've seen it's ALWAYS the children of witnesses who leave. I am one. If you discourage the kids from pursuing more then they may feel stuck. This is just my theory, love you guys!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is definitely some truth to that. The kids always feel like they are missing out on something they never got to experience and it sparks that curiosity. Vs the people that left the regular life behind to join the cult

  • @IvanCastillo-gb9vp
    @IvanCastillo-gb9vp 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    With all of that being jobless or minimum wages, how does the elders and the Governing Board or Body do it for themselves and their family?
    My Ex-Wife told me that, as I was a Drummer, if I join before we were divorced. As Jehovah Witnesses I will be able to join th jw orchestra. I told her their music is highly boring, as it practically the same boring music 😔 over and over.
    As an individual I had five talents as a Drummer, Photographer, Construction Drafting Designer, Painting Artists, Accountant, and Computer Technician.
    You are being taken advantage of by the JW ORGANIZATION Corporation. I always wondered why only the White Caucasian People worked in the offices. Such as the Computer Department, when I visited the Watchtower in 1985 on our honeymoon and was not allowed entry. But all I saw were White Caucasian People working (Employees)in the offices and they were not very friendly either. But my Wife was glowing with pride.

  • @zontaviabanks
    @zontaviabanks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    JW White vs JW Minority Culture is so contrasting!!!! Social and Cultural norms and expectations are so very different… the things that are emphasized on poorer neighborhoods verses rich white neighborhoods they are very different in their delivery and exploitations..

  • @TG-mi8vu
    @TG-mi8vu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    DONT REGRET .I AM NOT REGRET.I HAVE BEEN VERIN ALL MY LIFE.I KEEP MY VERGINTY FOR THE NEW SYSTEM AFTER ARMAGEDON

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You can’t even spell virginity 😭

    • @TG-mi8vu
      @TG-mi8vu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AwakenTruths my bad i was in rush

  • @ES24chantal
    @ES24chantal 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How come - I can have no sex before marriage? But what changes if I do not even want to marry?

  • @TonyThomas10000
    @TonyThomas10000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you think JWs are bad, check out this video: "My Mormon Mission Broke Me - Tara Herbert Pt. 1." It is a story of an adopted black girl who was raised in a Mormon family.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh i can’t even imagine that especially since Mormons taught for a long time that being black was imperfection and that you get washed white when you go to heaven

    • @TonyThomas10000
      @TonyThomas10000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwakenTruths That is mentioned in the video. And she didn't even know about it. They did not tell her.

    • @TonyThomas10000
      @TonyThomas10000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwakenTruths Part 2 just went up: Overcoming Depression as a Mormon Mom - Tara Herbert Pt 2

  • @noahcramer4765
    @noahcramer4765 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the "last days" teaching is so tired at this point. I can remember hearing that as a young child in the kingdom hall, now 25 and we're still in the last days... no jokes either the gb really gets on the broadcast claiming "final part of the last days" and the poor sheep eat it up. next year it'll be "final part of the final part of the last days"
    so glad i left so i dont have to hear their bs lies anymore

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Actually they were already saying “the final part of the final part of the last days” and this was when we left in like 2020 🤣

  • @uneekkreations7729
    @uneekkreations7729 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A bunch of Craziness SMH

  • @planeclassic7129
    @planeclassic7129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And let us not forget that the watchtower teaches that TEXTIN IS DATING lol. So messed up.

  • @b4ph0m3tdk9
    @b4ph0m3tdk9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The good gullible people of JW goes instinct.

  • @b4ph0m3tdk9
    @b4ph0m3tdk9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Free slaves to build "kingdomhalls" that will be sold for profit.

  • @dorisstrickland5755
    @dorisstrickland5755 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God giving His Son is our hope and the promise of life eternal . Romans 8:24 ; Colossians 1:5,23 many more scriptures .
    You both talk very intelligently very knowledgeable but give the people you are talking to hope through Jesus Christ.

  • @nyiajayy
    @nyiajayy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s always so hilarious to me when people who are PIMI comment on apostate videos trying to defend their cult like you’re not suppose to watch this in the first place 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. It is my personal mission to troll them 🤣🤣

  • @DY2784
    @DY2784 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When you guys explain it, it all sounds 🤪🤪🤪

  • @b4ph0m3tdk9
    @b4ph0m3tdk9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They promised the the Generation the saw 1914 would not die before Jesus returened.

  • @derrickwilliams1902
    @derrickwilliams1902 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Religious organizations don't pay taxes to the IRS.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We didn’t think so

  • @damonrandall9844
    @damonrandall9844 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In my understanding, nuns believe they are the brides of Christ. Therefore they remain celibate. I could be off. But that’s what I was always led to believe.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah they “sell a bit” of it to the priest 😂

    • @damonrandall9844
      @damonrandall9844 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AwakenTruths OMG!!😂😂😂

  • @knowthyself8233
    @knowthyself8233 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yall thumbnail tho 😂😂😂

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks 🤣🤣 we came up with it right on the spot

  • @Queenolgi1
    @Queenolgi1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:22 so much videos that forced you to gave up opportunities! The man in de video from the convention, the movie „what is true love“. Than the boy with the violin! The football player and the female kickboxer who gave up their careers for the JW are glorified! The movie „the lost son came back“ etc… and so along

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes!! It’s glorified so then the group all tries to follow in these characters from videos footsteps

  • @MaryWallace-wv2bn
    @MaryWallace-wv2bn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don’t believe it’s 144000 now. As it has changed. 😊

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For the millionth time they changed it 😂

  • @symone3113
    @symone3113 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @tessab I would’ve love to be a fly on the wall…. Your hubby didn’t hold back, good for him…

  • @markokangasvieri3670
    @markokangasvieri3670 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Whou, you should have a lot of ex Jehovahs Witnesses happy trophy medals?!

  • @planeclassic7129
    @planeclassic7129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Had to pause the video to express this; Hahahahaha…. Nuns…..lol…. Uh huh… lol

  • @leogolive
    @leogolive 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it just me or does Satan never get any consequences for influencing humans to sin? God is quick to kill us off for messing up but the source of the wickedness doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist! I mean why does Satan get parole after a thousand years?!?!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We mentioned that in a few videos. “Satan’s” only punishment was getting kicked out of heaven and getting blessed with an entire earth lol

  • @planeclassic7129
    @planeclassic7129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ok, about the job thing. Gonna contact you .

  • @TonyThomas10000
    @TonyThomas10000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling placea of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,b and God himself will be with them as their God.c 4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

    • @ianthurlby2788
      @ianthurlby2788 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Death will aways be there in paradise during the First thousand yrs regime,and even after when satan an his soldiers are killed with the ones who follow him on earth.so even when they are now perfect after the last of the last Armageddon again,the perfect people will still see, an feel Death by seeing their pet 🐼 panda,or dog or lion has died off old age ya Death will be still apon the Animals kingdom,plus you will still feel pain when you're pets die over,an over for eternity 😊

    • @nyiajayy
      @nyiajayy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tony does your elders know you’re watching apostate videos? Have you confessed your sins? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @TonyThomas10000
      @TonyThomas10000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nyiajayy Sorry. Not a JW...never have been!

  • @lorrainepilongo9236
    @lorrainepilongo9236 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i remember expressing that i wanted to be an actress and my dad said to use it to act for JW films 😭😭like helll no dad i wanna be in an action or thriller movie LMAOOOO

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Real acting pops 😂 not that great value JW movie acting

  • @planeclassic7129
    @planeclassic7129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you. I know a couple personally, very well who made that decision. They’re still childless, even though their witness siblings have married and have young children.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s so sad. The members are really chasing after the wind and putting their life on hold

  • @b4ph0m3tdk9
    @b4ph0m3tdk9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 144.000 is all jews according to Revelation. I do not see the GB being no Jews.

  • @b4ph0m3tdk9
    @b4ph0m3tdk9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Perfect, JW not getting kids wil end it in 1 generation then.

  • @planeclassic7129
    @planeclassic7129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Couple…we need to talk on the phone some day soon. 😎

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We appreciate the support!

    • @planeclassic7129
      @planeclassic7129 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwakenTruths you got it 100+%. Keep doing what you’re doing.

  • @GirlGeekLovesStampin
    @GirlGeekLovesStampin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Jehovah" does not select people to go to geographical locations. He is not focused on organizing (or being the coordinator of) missionaries.

  • @adjoahossou454
    @adjoahossou454 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    some gave up after 30 they believed they were too old, lord have mercy 😂 a waste of youth

  • @Ottonio
    @Ottonio 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is a good idea not to have kids in this "kids' hell" named spiritual paradise.

  • @aservantofJEHOVAH7849
    @aservantofJEHOVAH7849 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The reason why some fall and some stand firm is a proper understanding of dedication. My dedication is to the Lord JEHOVAH and is forever there is no sell by date on my dedication. I'm in till death.
    Revelation ch.2:10NIV"Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown."
    Those who don't get the point of dedication end up wanting to be thought of as normal by the world and fall away from JEHOVAH'S Service.
    Matthew ch.13:20,21NIV"The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away."

    • @nyiajayy
      @nyiajayy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re not being obedient to Jehovah by watching and replying to apostate videos. What would the elders and governing body think of you committing these acts? Have you talked to your elders about watching apostate videos? Maybe you should go and confess and repent to be forgiven. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @George-xz3ok
    @George-xz3ok 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Catholic church is the kingdom of God founded by Christ in 33 a.d. ( col. 1:13, mathew 16:18). Paradise earth has zero foundation in the teaching of the bible.

    • @JohnTurner678
      @JohnTurner678 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Does Jesus approve of all the atrocities committed by the Catholic Church over the last 2 thousand years then?

  • @rhondahart2416
    @rhondahart2416 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    from reading Revelation and the judgements, i might ask what a to go bag is going to do to save you ? What a bunch of garbage!

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right 😂 a flashlight a bible and some water

  • @robinsk5644
    @robinsk5644 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are not propaganda videos quite common with this cult?

  • @TG-mi8vu
    @TG-mi8vu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THIS TIME IS NOT THE TIME TO LEAVE JHEHOVH GOD WHEN THE END IS NEAR.IF YOU GUYS NEED HELP CALL THE ELDRS AND THEY WILL HELP YOU.WHY YOU GUYS MAD WITH JEHOVAS ORGANIZATION? REPENT AND COME BACK.MOST PEOPLE LEFT THE ORGANZATION AFTER THEY COMMITED A GROSS SIN.JEHOVAS ORGANIZATION HAS HIGH MORAL STANDARD SO DONT BE MAD BECOUSE YOU CAN NOT HANDLE JEHOVAH HIGH MORAL STANDARS.

    • @astridmiller7938
      @astridmiller7938 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      who invented sin?

    • @dksu3307
      @dksu3307 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      U mad bro?

    • @rosemariecammock2429
      @rosemariecammock2429 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Cutting and pasting the same foolishness onto apostate's channels. You are not supposed to be here. You don't understand that most of the people who subscribe to this channel regret being bamboozled for so long by a crooked organization.

    • @AwakenTruths
      @AwakenTruths  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      We never reply to this person lol they literally post the same exact comment on every single one of our videos lol

    • @cambridge384
      @cambridge384 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Proverbs 16:27-29