Do Jehovah's Witnesses Destroy Families?? Ex members explain
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- Jehovah's Witnesses have had an effect on millions of lives around the globe. Not only the members, but even the family members of such ones inside the cult. Do JW's really destroy family bonds? Tune in to Awaken Truths newest vlog! Happy New Year! #jehovahswitnesses #jehovah #jw #exjw #exjwcriticalthinker #kingdomhall #religion #spiritual #spirituality #christian #exchristian #athiest #apostate #healing #trauma #cults #vlog #couplevlog #podcast
Yes! They absolutely do! As you all said, the only time they don’t negatively affect the family is if the entire family is JW. Even then, they encourage the family members to “tell on each other” and support disfellowshipping and shunning their family. My husband says that his family was never the same after they became JW. In the 34 years we’ve been a couple, he’s never been close to his family and it’s strictly due to the fact that he is ex-JW 😞.
It's sad but life go on with or with out my grandmother started it when I was young having studies and then she passed and my grandfather continue My grandfather was so into it that it got to the point that I didn't even want to go to the hall anymore so when I turned 16 I just started doing all kind of route outrageous things and just so I didn't have to go to the whole I played sick I would put hot things in my mouth he take my temperature and it would be high or I would do just crazy things just so I would not go to the hall I didn't like going to the hall I never did as an adult you always feel like okay let me try it again maybe it was the right thing and it seemed like I decided to do all this when I became sick and even though I was still sick everything seemed to be not right like they could not answer all my questions they always say I get back to you I get back to you and they never got back to me so I was just being a publisher and we were sitting in the car and go to Cumberland farms eat and sit in the car maybe do one door and call it a day and put down 3 hours I will never forget that so that's lying so as far as a God go if he do exist which I believe we have a creator he knows they lied he knows that for sure
They really do ruin families! Even to the point of picking loyalty to what they call Jehovah (their leaders) over loyalty to family.
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@@VestalNumbreLooks like you’re using the NWT. Why are you on this “apostate” website replying to every comment?
@@Arthur-g3s1m Malachi
4 “For look! the day is coming, burning like a furnace,+ when all the presumptuous ones and all those practicing wickedness will become like stubble. The coming day will certainly devour them,” says Jehovah of armies, “and it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2
In the 2000s, a woman studied with the JWs. She was not married but had lived happily for 20 years with a man she loved and their two children (8 and 12 years old). After 1 year of studying with the JW, she wanted to take baptism, but as she was not married, she was refused. Her man, who was an atheist, did not want to be forced into marriage over a matter of belief. Over the months, this woman became radicalized to the point of leaving her lover to take baptism. So she left the man she loved and broke up a united family. Today, this Jehovah’s Witness woman is 60 years old. She lives alone and has suffered from depression for several years. Her children, who no longer want to see her, still blame her for breaking up a happy and united family.
Their father, who was abandoned by this woman for a “religious” issue, has rebuilt his life and is happy with his new partner, nevertheless, he is saddened to see the state his “ex” has become.
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Watchtower.
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@@VestalNumbre When you say : " All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching".
TEACHING ???
Curious I don't know any JW who believes in this double superimposed generation taught by the Watchtower since 2008. Worse, JWs are ashamed of this teaching and do not dare to teach it to others. Who would dare to teach this teaching as wholesome food from God? The JW are so dependent on the Watchtower that they are ready to follow it in all its ramblings to the point of distorting the words of Jesus to artificially lengthen the generation of 1914 which no longer exists.
The more time passes, the more delusional the aging doctrines of this “church” will become.
It’s my story 💔
Zephaniah
1 The word of Jehovah that came to Zeph·a·niʹah* son of Cushʹi son of Ged·a·liʹah son of Am·a·riʹah son of Hez·e·kiʹah in the days of Jo·siʹah+ son of Aʹmon+ the king of Judah:
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@@VestalNumbre jahovah is the lie. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
My family was completely destroyed by JW. I was born in and did everything right but messed up as an adult. My ex took my kids away from me and no one from the hall would support me including my parents. My parents let me live with them for two weeks until my disfellowshipping announcement and then kicked me out with nowhere to go. They did the same thing to my daughter ten years later. I plan on writing a book this year on everything that I’ve experienced and how free I am now.
You guys are such a nice couple. I can see how you must have been good teachers and speakers at the kingdom hall 😊. Glad you can use it now to teach the real truth.
Yes!! Write out your story the world deserves to hear it. So glad that you are now free there is no greater feeling
That’s crazy
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Let us know once you have released your book. Would love to read it! Right now I am reading "Bethel Daze" and can't stop reading. The author worked many years at Bethel and is telling his story. All the interactions he had with Governing Body members and other "heavies" as he calls them. It's just fascinating to me getting the inside look behind the curtain of this cult. I am so sorry for what you have been through. We all can understand the feeling. It truly is a horrible cult!
Reach out to me. I can contribute to your book
So true. My 62 year old JW sister is now tired of working so she just quit her job but since she chose to believe the lies and only worked part time jobs; guess what? No retirement and minimal social security, not enough to live on. I don’t know what she plans to do.
It was the same with my husband’s mother.
This happened to a lot of our family too! They thought the end would be here
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Being raised in this religion was the absolute worst. The pictures used in “My Book of BS” traumatizes children and can later cause mental health issues, due to the indoctrination. Going to the KH 3x a week, studying and field service is way too much, but it’s meant to keep your mind occupied . Not being allowed to do extracurricular activities after school, only can hang with other JW kids, and being told not to go to college does a disservice to children. It’s a way of making them codependent within the religion, and keeping them from trusting their own way of thinking, or getting other perspectives. This religion is perfect for narcissistic parents to keep control over their children even when those kids become adults. Due to this brainwashing, many have been targeted by abusive people as easy prey. It takes a lot to walk away from everything you thought was the truth, and to be able to find yourself. The healing begins once you’re able to accept it for what it is. It took me forever to search for ex JW support groups, because of the mind control the religion had on me. We’re told that Jehovah will punish us for looking outside the religion for answers, yet my life is so peaceful, and I live more righteously than ever before. No more shame, guilt, and fear. I’m finally free and I’m so thankful that I found this channel
Not being able to think for yourself and trust yourself and also you being unworthy is the norm, this is the teachings of the Jehovah's witnesses which is the worst thing that can happen to anyone. I broke free from the matrix.
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FREEDOM! And the freedom to critically think for yourself guilt free is liberating!! One of the best things I ever did was leave this cult. I am WITH you! It's FREEING!!
@@ItsAllAShow Nahum
1 A pronouncement against Ninʹe·veh:+ The book of the vision of Naʹhum* the Elʹkosh·ite:
Absolutely 👍you hit the nail on the head with your comment I saw 👀all of this in the organization when I was in, it felt so good to walk away from their control and manipulation.
Today among all the new American "churches" (Mormonism, Adventism, Baptism...) Jehovism holds the sad first place for broken families.
Lotta contradictions, so glad you are educating folks who may mistakenly watch and wake up one or two of them
My sister is just like this. When she became a JW decades ago she stop having anything to do with our family. I would call her to see how they were doing but I was the one always trying to get in touch with her. It’s a shame that this cult teaches breaking up families. TFS. Love y’all. ❤
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Theres nothing in scripture that says have nothing to do with non-jw family..thats mens rules not Gods.
This is an absolutely wonderful video! ❤ Thank you two so much!
@@Linda-ux8un Hey Linda, and
and judgmental hypocritical and gossiping attitudes in the organism has nothing to do with the Bible.😂
This was a VERY AWKWARD experience for me as a teen. My uncle the ministerial servant who was my caregiver and guardian ended up getting disfellowshipped for having an affair on his wife and committing fornication. He refused to break off the affair because he loved the new woman. It was super weird because the man FED, CLOTHED, and kept a roof over my head but I was supposed to be "SHUNNING HIM". One of the WORST and EMBARASSING periods of my life!!! Imagine shunning someone WHILE THEY took you to school and fed you dinner! 🤣 HE would come into the living room and try to play video games with me and i would get up and LEAVE like he had LEPROCAY!
Yoo that is crazy!! lol things had to be awkward at home on the regular basis 😂
But you did what you thought was right at the time.
No one thinks that's right, even the kid knew it was wrong
These people do only as they are told, not what they think or believe is rightor wrong.@@robinkish-miller2990
That is such a sad story.
I hope you apologized later!
I left 6 years ago. Last conversation with my mom she legit says to me “I just need to understand how I could raise such a monster” and “you do know this will most likely be our last conversation”. Mostly because I left this religion. She had a horrible relationship with her family because they absolutely opposed the Witnesses. That cycle breaks with me 😊
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@elizabethhylton3904 that is really sad… some ExJWs have to look at their JW parents or loved ones as dead just so they can deal with not talking to them and able to be apart of their life…
@@VestalNumbreThat’s exactly why NOBODY needs a watchtower, or MEN to tell you what the Bible says.
The narrow path is you & God.
@@Des7iny7 Genesis
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.+
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My mother tried to convert all her relatives ALL the time. They were Methodists. After a while, we stopped going to family functions. Even summer family reunions. After my mother passed, her cousin took me aside and explained that the family felt very bad that we werent included in family functions. She said that after asking my mother to not talk JW doctrine, my mother continued to do so. Constantly. She was happy that my brother and i left in our teens and had found a Christian religion. Thank you for your channel. It helps me a lot. Im glad you had a nice Christmas!
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This is very accurate i grew up as Jw. My dad is a jw but my mom is not they've been married for over 38 years. I grew with my mom side of the family my grandma, cousins, uncles, and aunts. We still have get togethers. Now my dad side of the family is the opposite which the JW side of the family. My dad side of if the family is broken apart people dont talk each other. The point is that JW does break families apart. I don't want anything to do with my dad side of the family.
Good for you. Stay far away from that cult..
I left when I was 17 going on 18. Ran away because of fysical abuse by my father. Had to figure out everything on my own. I'm the oldest of 5. My father proceeds to tell everyone he knew at that time: i only got 4 kids. Fast forward to about 9-10 years ago, made a move to live closer to my parents, with my kids. And started to go back to the hall with them. Do you know how awkward it is when people come up to you thinking you're your younger sister, and then see them realise: oh wait this is not the one we've been seeing, this one has kids! Asking your dad: i didnt know you had an older daughter with grandkids??! Why did we never see her? And he's standing there sheeply saying that i'm his first and he's so proud of me and to have grandkids....like 🤯 you can't explain denying your daughters existance for 5 years straight just 10 minutes before the meeting starts or after when people are about to go preaching, heading to home or go have lunch... insanity! I'm almost 40 now, thankfully never baptized and the only one out of the cult, we live close to each other, like a 10 min walk from each others home, but there's no real family connection between me and them even though they like to pretend there is. They just don't see an issue with their part of the problems that causes a rift in the family dynamics and the PTSD it gave me.
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@@VestalNumbrewake up
@@mo21ish Lamentations
א [Aleph]*
1 How she now sits all alone, the city that was full of people!+
How she has become like a widow, she who was populous among the nations!+
How she who was a princess among the provinces* has been put to forced labor!+
I had a really close friend who i grew with since i was a child. She was reinstated and I'm still dishfellowshipped. She stopped talking to me but sometimes she will text me from time to time. Every time she reaches out she's always like come back to Jehovah come back come back. She cant just reach out and see how i am. She always has to say come back to Jehovah.
Yup! They can’t ever just be normal. Everything and conversation has to be tied to the religion
Tell her you never left Jehovah. You left a high mind control religion that is NOT directed by Jehovah.
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@chantaynettkes5802 they use the same robotic response…”come back to Jehovah, and they should include. “so we can be friends again”, a family again etc..
That’s all she wants.
If you did, she would get brownie points from men, and would feel elevated in her pathetic congregation.
It’s all about HER.
My wife’s entire family is JW. She was disfellowshipped in 1978 for her relationship with a non-JW; me. We have now been married forty-one years with two adult children and three grandchildren. Recently, she made another attempt to break the ice and to see where her now elderly parents stood with the organization. She baked a loaf of bread as a gift, drove the two miles to their house, and knocked on the door. Her dad answered the door, told her that they would not accept the bread, and told her to leave. She came home in tears. It’s a life sentence! Not only for my wife, but for her indoctrinated parents, who have no relationship with their daughter and grandchildren, and have never even met their three great-grandchildren.
Does she know yet that the whole religion is an active farce?
I'm so glad to see two young people that have woke up to the nonsense that Watchtower spews out! Damn shame that I have relatives with 50 plus years in still indoctrinated with no awakening in sight. Goes to show you the power of the deceptacons!! Keep up the activism!❤🙏🏾👌🏾
We absolutely will! Thank you for showing support!
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Yup, similar story in my case. My mom was DFd in the 80s and it rocked my entire family. Everyone is affected by one person being DF. Certain families stopped hanging out with all of us kids just cause we had a DF mother, so our entire family basically became isolated and that messes with your head as a little kid.
Wow we have a real similar story. You get treated like an orphan your entire life I swear
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8:03 the one I used to hear ALL the time "Jehovah's organization is perfect, but the people in it are not." 🙄🙄🙄
But the GB supposed to be "Jesus'brothers" "the channel to God"
Their blasphemy - It's so disgusting.
Edit: then TELLING members how to react to their nonesense. I can't.
Thanks for this!! 🎯🎯🎯
🌴🌺 I had an amazing year besides thinking I needed to go to the Kingdom Hall. My son let me know I didn’t look happy. He was so right. Never again! God loves me regardless!!!!
My cousin was disfellowshipped because he was caught smoking weed. We all shunned him, he was gone for about 3 years. Then when i started to question and wake up i found out that he was diagnosed as bipolar. So basically he was smoking because he was stressed out because he didn't understand what was going on with himself, and we all abandoned him and shunned him basically when he needed us all the most! 🤬Made me so effing angry! I wanted to throw something! I will NEVER act so shamefully again, and i will never shun someone ever again!!!
The GB plays a deep, dark, spiritual, ritualistic, psychological game with people who started willingly but ended enslaved.
My own sister didn't have me in her wedding because I wasn't baptized! 🙄🙄🙄 VERY "LOVING"! They teach people how to be COLD & DISCONNECTED. They give people MENTAL ILLNESS.
My sister has finally accepted us for not being part of the watchtower. Sad part is, it’s because she has dementia now. But I will take her however, and I will love her to the end.
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@@VestalNumbre cut and paste.
@@ciscokidfab7595😂😂😂
My family are being destroyed as we speak. I left long ago in my late 20s and I never really ever believed in the first place but all my family are jw. I met my second wife in 2018 almost 10 years after my first wife from the hall ran off on me and our son who is now 15 and me and my wife now are raising him ourselves and haven’t heard from his mom. But me and my son moved home all the way across the country in 2018 and we are now looked upon as bad people and my family are still there for us they just keep it low but the folks from the congregation complaining ignore me and my wife and even my son now that he’s older and stopped his bible study’s with my dad and I’m really proud of him for doing so anyways by’s I enjoys your show keep it up and hopefully this cult will come crashing down sooner then later
Happy New Year ll!!! Great health. Joy, success and happiness to all. I just got back from my niece's birthday party. I got to see my other niece and 2 nephews. I had such a great time. The 20th is my youngest nephew's birthday. However. I will not be attending his party. I will be away. I'm going on a cruise to the Bahamas, for 10 days in 2 weeks. My first cruise ever and first vacation in 16 years. I can't wait!!!
Enjoy your cruise. I just got back from a Caribbean cruise on NCL cruise line. I’m looking forward to going to the Bahamas….
It’s a bit hilarious when my parents think that because they didn’t hangout with us much is the reason we don’t have a good relationship and why I don’t want to return to the cult.
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@fixyourgame6157 they’re a delusional cult…
Definitely 💯 destroying family is the worst fear a witness have. Imagine losing your MOTHER because you tripped and fell
I truly believe that they do and not only that but destroy and micromanage every aspect of someone life, it really is no way for someone to live their lives.
Great video! The WTS is so dishonest about their responses to tough questions.
I can’t believe how many experiences I have had.. even though I was not even baptized. I was an unbaptized publisher for a little over a year. I was announced as no longer that after 1 of my bully sisters saw me & my friend Tereso at Starbucks. All of a sudden me & him are accused of sexual immorality lol..🤦🏽♀️ and elders getting mad because we didn’t show them our phones so they could see if we texting each other. That experience is at the top of my JW experiences. And having 6 sisters who are still my bullies. They just won’t give up.
Good on you for not letting them see your phones
Sorry dear
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They're probably all jealous because of your wildly successfull singing career..lol jk.
@@tom-ss2mn Proverbs
1 The proverbs of Solʹo·mon,+ the son of David,+ the king of Israel:+
I graduated in 86. They didnt just discourage furthering your education, if someone started college they were talked about and treated as if they were bad association
They came to my door and you are exactly right about the sequence of events leading to me coming to the hall.
What is crazy is how Watchtower in their OWN literature have told new converts that they should be able to leave a religion without any issue and that it's wrong if their family and friends don't accept them becoming a JW but in reverse it is NOT ALLOWED to leave the JW cult without any issue. It's BONKERS how so many JW's don't catch this double standard. And there are SO MANY MORE. Mind boggling. LOL
I’m glad they took down this one video from the 2023 assembly. Even seeing that video while at the Janesville assembly, it made cry. The Video showed a sister whose mom was calling her & she ignored her & then hearing her mom’s voicemail saying she just wants to hear her voice… just thinking of that now makes me cry… like how can they shun & ignore their own moms?🥲🥲 it’s good they had to remove that video. Even some Baptized JWs thought that video was wrong.
The truth hurts and the truth about this cult is bad for their image. That's one big reason they take down those videos.
JW completely destroyed my family, my cousin is DF’d & shunned, 2 other cousins were never baptised & left in their late teens. I’m inactive & avoid my JW family as much as possible because I’m a grown adult & don’t need to explain myself to them. I’m close to my very liberal mother, she knows to not talk about it to me (basically because she knows I’m going to prove it’s not the truth in about 3 words) I hope she will wake up one day, I don’t mind if she keeps associating (the local cong are lovely people), I just want her to stop giving them money & stop trying to convert other people (she doesn’t have to report anymore). The only reason I haven’t formally disassociated myself is for the comfort of my family, there’s nothing I want to do more than burn that bridge, but I love my parents too much. Obviously I talk to my DF’d & non JW cousin’s more than the others.
Born a JW, now 63 year old. I have six siblings and many nephews and nieces. Many grandchildren in the family. Still a very happy family.
Enjoy you guys content! I woke up a year into my second marriage and man it has caused soo much division. I managed to wake up my whole family except my Grandma...she cut me off and I was the one person who was always checking on her and spending time with her. But yea they eat that family up lol
Good for you for waking up your family…Who’s checking on your grandma now?
If I was asked what was the most shocking thing about leaving this cult, I would answer, how easily you are eliminated from the family. You are just not so important anymore. Even if you are not DF'd or disassociated. It's sad! WT has promoted this behavior, since the beginning of time. We had a couple in our KH that became JW's, later in life. They would always comment at the meetings on how the congregation became their new family. I'm sure the non JW family felt the pull that the cult had on them. These people are down right cruel!
Agreed! It’s like they truly treat their non witness relatives as if they are dead and they are still alive and well!
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Spittin' facts as usual 🔥 I love the logical perspective y'all have and common sense points y'all make which easily expose the Watchtower, it's that simple.
Btw, I shunned my dad for about 20 yrs then I woke up recently realizing it was all a lie and unfortunately my dad passed away soon after. I never got to reconnect with him again or express any last words to him😔
Man we appreciate the support and we’re sorry to hear about your dad. Bring out, how do you feel about the afterlife?
@@AwakenTruths I appreciate that, thank you 🙏 I mentioned it because that's exactly what you brought out that could happen.
Are you asking me how I feel about the after life? Didn't quite understand the question.
It’s a common folktale that if you want to tell a deceased person anything that you write a letter and then kill it( burn the letter) . It’s a psychological trick to put YOUR heart at rest because you can put anything you want in the letter.
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I love you guys videos!!!! Ya’ll just reminded me how it was going out in field service. Now looking back we were so manipulative! 🤦🏽♀️ And the person cannot get off the return visit list unless they ask to be removed!! Like the witnesses will return EVERY weekend!! I’m so glad I woke up and got out of this cult!
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Yoo fell asleep wake-up and come back to Jehovah love to yuo
@@Chris-zh1ff I didn’t leave God, I left a high control religious group/Cult!!!
a lot of what you discuss brings back memories. shunning is one of the worst things you can do to an individual who needs encouragement, not to be alienated by the whole congregation.
As usual, no lies told. Thanks, guys, for this one. I was very excited and amped because I am currently dealing with this as we speak. It's sad and hypocritical because, as you stated, it's always the jw family members and friends who have committed some of the worst sins you could think of. But then they have the nerve to shun you and label you as bad association and evil, when all u did was wake up and see things for what they really are. Unfortunately, both my sisters treat me like the plague but have done some unthinkable stuff that so-called worldly people would not even do 😅. Thankfully, I can laugh about it and keep it pushing cause I'm no longer weighed down by none of that garbage anymore. 😂 Anyway, keep em coming. Love you guys ❤😊
Bro I seen your video on beards as it was recommended, I thought you looked familiar. We went to the Salem congregation together, so glad you woke up. Keep the content coming and help wake other people up
I was never baptized but I remember your family and how they treated disfellowshipped individuals and it was disgusting.i had no family in this organization so it was easy to walk away and start going back to church. When I started going to a Kingdom Hall I was chasing a woman lol
My family was trying to tell me to stay away but I was blinded. However they wasn’t hostile, they didn’t cut contact with me nor anyone I went to church with in the past, they treated me with love and respect.
Even though I was never baptized I get treated with disrespect and disregard from a lot of witnesses because I disagree openly with the doctrine respectfully when asked why I don’t go anymore.
Can’t make this up, definitely not Christian love
If you become a JW and your husband wants nothing to do with it, the believer is a second class citizen in the organization.
It destroyed my life, my family and continues to do so. Cults doing what cults do. Isolate. Destroy.
it's like my mother in-law forgot how to be a mother, grandparent, wife following that org being just a recruiter. She forced her religion on grandkids . She influenced them to REJECT their own mother who no longer interested in JW any more. The children eventually REJECT Grandma religion not wanting to go to KH anymore. Eventually she REJECTS those kids for that then it's NO Religion, NO parent to lean on being turned against her. NO grandmother now they out in society making all kinds of mistakes not having any real guidance.
When the kids were better off with their mother in the first place. It's just sad how YOUR own minor, teen child can be manipulated to REJECT their parent by grandma, uncle, aunt, cousin etc in JW's. They are enticed by buying them stuff, taking them to the county fair treating them like GOLD, laughing playing with them as if they are the only ones in the room doing all that to sink their hook into them with the Org. They then watching their grandmother shun, mistreat, ignore, talk bad about their own parent going along with it not speaking up, no defending on why are you doing that to my mother????
Don't ask questions just going along with that foolishness. Creating a divided family for all involved!!! Grandma doesn't care about her daughter spouse or whatever he may think. She don't care what her daughter even think she is taking over their lives shutting them out, willing to destroy them if she is not able to convert their kids into her JW religion and they are not JW's trying to force it on someone else children. These children end up carrying her HATE toward their mother, step father becoming disrespectful, Grandma wants them out and away from their mother household into her own. So she can plant those hate seeds in them.
The daughters baby father isn't a JW' so grandma try her best to block him from his own child using her trailer, property uses her daughter hardships, or influence her to leave him manipulation once again just to have access to those kids to convert. Don't want you on her property calling the police to keep you off her property. So all the whole time the daughter her significant other is being DRAGGED by grandma the older they get 11, 12, 15 the worst she get in trying to block fathers from bonding being family with their own children causing a bunch of problems over and over making the daughters family SUFFER!
The children now is alot older 24, 27 brainwashed following grandma influence over their own mother all those years. They hate mom spouse because grandma hates him for no real reason beside him being in her way trying to convert those kids. She failed to convert them as she failed to convert her own 3 children. These kids barely call, rarely visit really no longer close to their mom any more. Grandma kick them out for not wanting to go to the KH so the step-son comes to mom house. But the damage is already done he has no love, respect for moms spouse following grandma hate thinking he can ignore the spouse and do whatever he wanted in apt eventually sent back to grandma.
been there since he was 4 being the father fig he never had treating him as your own involved in school, took them to ymca, parks basketball, played monoply, fishing trips, out of state trips, a bunch of pics and videos and these day's strangers act if none of that ever happened following grandma hate not wanting folk to be family together. I honestly believe being taken away from his mom prematurely as they were not wanting us to be that family wanting to convert them not caring how we felt. She rather for him to sleep outside in a tent during covid and he got accustomed to that. He eventually got a car ending up living out of that don't bath, shave and he visited his older sister in florida she said she heard him laughing in the bathroom and asked him what was going on?
He got mad hit her he was arrested, get back to SC he broke out a old co worker window so he may have mental issues it runs in their fam. But that same sister carry grandma hate as well no love and respect for her own mom and she is like 2 cans short of a six pack saying things that need to be question her mom was telling me about. Grandma encourge her to take herbs not getting meds getting worst with time. They took them out of our household and grandma teamed up with my ex is a postate going to court lying under oath helping her take my oldest son out of my household trying to ruin me so she can get me out of her way to convert those kids.
She almost destroyed our marriage, ruined our former fam of 8. They just stole another child from my wife and I Oct 30, 2023. a rebellious teen, undeveloped mind they manipulated her to walk away from us behind our backs sent her a train ticket so they been busy taking our kids away from us 4 of them. We have 2 left 2 sons 19 and 16 but they down 100% with me an momma they never been rebellious good young men "A" students, motivated not even into girls yet just sports and video games. They work at Walmart, 16 just got his driver permit my daughter wasn't motivated like them she just wanted to be online all day and trying to look cute putting all that gunk on her face looking like a clown in a circus trying to look light skin. I parent her she get mad so she turned to our enemies ran off with them but she will soon see what I know about them all down that way.
The son grandma helped take out of my household in 2011 he was 14 at the time now 27 haven't seen him since was parent alienated by his mother after stealing all my parental rights away. I had primary custody since he was 4 been with me 98% of his first 15 years. He lives in NC I googled his name the first thing came up his picture in a orange prison suit assualting someone so they taken 4 kids from us off lies and deception wanting to convert them and my ex wanting his ssi check for her household made up false abuse claims. my son was just like my other 2 sons smart, he played middle school and hS football while with me was on track for greatness but he wanted to be the next lil wayne and through me under the bus to go after that. I hadn't seen in person or spoken over the phone since end of 2010. But those 2 women who believe in that JW's and grandma other daughter who stole our daughter recently bought all that drama, hardship, into our household trying to destroy us but we still standing me and my wife! The worldly suppose to be bad and bringing hardship, pain, sadness into our lives and it is the JW members that has done that in our lives wanting our opportunitys, shutting down entitle rights as parents, spouses, family unit wanting what we got going on stopping us from able to enjoy a good peaceful happy life. It's just sad how people can be manipulated into becoming monsters destroying innocent families!
Destroyed my life. My mother, sisters or other family members resfuse to speak to me. I have not seen my mother in over 4 years. She won't aswer phone calls or text messages. Not to mention how it destroys futer relationships because u have abandonment issues and don't trust others anymore!
Yes they do destroy families!! Most of my family members were not witnesses. When they passed on , I buried them with "worldly people"! Not one of my fellows came to worldly funeral. I felt alone in the funeral service not singing no praying with people who were there for me. It's was.so.depressing.
You guys are getting better and better ❤
So appreciate your work.
Everything you have said rings so true
Thankyou. 😍😍
Thank you for the support!
There is a lot in common with Mormons when I listen to this. It might be that aĺl high demand religions sing from the same hymn book.
You are right on point!! The hypocrisy and fearing is unsettling, they will turn their backs on you and have done things 100k worse! Great video!!!
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👊🏼 so true!
After basically rejecting her own family, my Mother in Law now lives with me & my wife. No retirement plan, no savings, in fact her life insurance goes towards the JWs when she passes.
Good woman but it’s sad to see.
That’s a shame. Very sad to witness firsthand. Watchtower has an evil grip on their believers
This was such an awesome video! Y'all do such a great job! Please don't ever stop! I keep sharing your videos with my cousin who's never been a JW. (Does that mean i can check the box on ghd timesheet because i have spiken to someone about Jehovah!?, lol) I'm a PIMO, I'm sharing the fact that I'm not happy being a witness anymore with more and more of my family, and that I'm trapped in at the moment.
What is right ?16 All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
@itsjustme6315 lol!!! Being a Pino has got to be tough on you every single day…. Living a double life at its finest…
@@symone3113 oh so promise God gives Is true Malachi
4 “For look! the day is coming, burning like a furnace,+ when all the presumptuous ones and all those practicing wickedness will become like stubble. The coming day will certainly devour them,” says Jehovah of armies, “and it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2
Yes, even I’m jw I realized my worldly non believers siblings shows more concern on me if I’m doing fine. My jw sister had never called me even to know how I’m doing. Even I will call her, her excuses for not want to converse even on phone is: I’m busy I got to go preaching, I got to go return visit, I’m making my talks, I’m blah blah as pioneer😅Crazy huh!
You’re so right, they go after women, then children 😂
Facts!
Real talk never stop the great activist work and most importantly the whole goberning body needs to start getting held accountable to the full extend of the law for all the child abuse they hide from authorities and for all the emotional abuse and psychological abuse and harm they have done to all ex jehovahs witnesses while they were still jehovahs witnesses justice has go to get serve we need serious justice with serious lasting changes for the good of all of us
Awesom me guys! They truly do don’t they 😢 been out for 5 y but it’s getting tough on me not interacting with my family
This is a great video… Love you guys… You guys have really good material and everything you say is 100% the truth… I was a born in so I know!❤
Thank you for the support!
Yall hit it right on point!
My family been out over 20 years but my family is not as close due to old witness habits. 😢
I 💕 Love it when husbands and Wives can be united together as One with each other leaving this cult. That didn't happen for me and my Ex-Wife. I never joined, but I did study, but also did my research as everything has a history, and in my study with them it just didn't feel right, especially when I asked questions as my questions always go unfulfilled, which leads to more questions. My Wife only wanted me to accept it and go along and sometimes she would laugh at me which confuses me further. When we met was at my Mother's home on Christmas Day thru my Sister, as they were friends, of which my Mom would have a Christmas Party. There was no hint of her being a Jehovah's Witness to me, she just had a very kind wonderful personality and great conversation as we spent the whole night with each other, untill she drove home. I only learned of her being a JW three to four months later as we became deeply lovingly entwined in a relationship but even then I didn't back away from her. But her friendship with my sister confused me as my sister is an atheist, our family is Methodist, but as adults my sister didn't go to any church as me and our brother did. I can only guess she was likely a Disfellowship member of JWs, for some reason as, there was a Young Man she was involved with sometime before me as eventually told to me by her and she had gotten an abortion, but despite that I remained in our relationship, not realizing what I was getting myself into and the manner in which we got married within 1 year, as she threatened to break the relationship if we didn't marry within two years, but we ended up marrying within a year, and divorced within 10 years with one child, as I never became a JW. I Marry her because I Loved 💕 her and not her JW Religions, but she did it because of the JW Religion because of the manner in which she treated me as we had many heated arguments. As evenn after our divorce she kept me from my visitation rights from our daughter by leaving the state of California returning to Georgia, but still expecting to received Child support compensation from me but I can't have visitations with our daughter. I find that I was very naive and ignorant as there were signs, but I ignored them trying to get along with her. Even had a meeting with two of her JW Elders and that was of no help for me as the let me know I was not member of JW Organization, as my Wife laughed at me as the Elders left the meeting. I felt so Weird and Despected as a Man, as my Daughter cried not understanding what just happened. She was about four or five years old at the time and Seven after the Divorce as my Ex left out of California to Georgia without a last goodbye with Hug and kiss from her Dad.
Yes, the community. We used to be 50 to 60 deep going to sports games, the symphony, then dinner at various restaurants, and the gatherings at each others homes.
It took me decades for me to wake up after being indoctrinated delusional & fear mongering by my parents!
Hell yea, they do. They encourage not messing with family who are not JW, and before you know it, you only deal with JW . Once you wake up, all that is gone, and hopefully, one has built up a social circle of family and friends. I know several people who only stay in because they can't see themselves without their family and friends and that's sad.
Yup that’s the truth. It helps to live a “double life” so you can at least have a social group outside of the hall. Then once they leave the cult they have some type of support
The writing team are there to promote and lie, they make everything seem so wonderful and pure.
This is facts! A lot of trickery involved
Hi Awaken Truths. Happy New Year 2024!!!!! I'm so happy to see you guys & dolls again!! It's so true how they make everything look good. Happily making life good on my own without the dramafest. I'm always looking forward to y'alls videos!!!! See y'all on the next one!! ✌️, love, Janine Smiley🙂🙃😍🥰😉⌚️
They absolutely do ruin families especially if they are already screwed up.
My mom was never disfellowshiped and was extremely devout but due to severe anxiety could not do field service after decades as a regular publisher. There were people in our congregation who shunned her, questioning “her standing in the congregation “
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They got some Nerve for Sure.My Dad said you don't let NO ONE get in Nothing about Your MONEY, MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, and JOB. And the Way YOU Chose to Worship GOD.And STAY OUT of other PEOPLES Personal Business.
Excellent explanation!! Loved how you broke it all done! Thank you so much putting g together for this video
I actually knew a witness father who told his 18 year old son that he could not live under his roof if he didn’t want to go to the hall. He put his own son out. He packed his backpack had to go. So yes, watchtower is wicked evil to be able to sever the natural bond between parents and children. Ok, I’m going to find your new instagram right now and message you.
Sadly we know too many cases like this. It’s mind blowing that parents can do that to their children
Oh they threw my family up under the bus.
Absolutely! They break up families.
Your editing skills on these videos are getting better and better. High quality. The opening and closing audio, the short clips at the beginning Niiice, Yall'. And of course great content as always. Cookin. 💯🤙🏾
Thank you! We’re teaching ourselves from scratch lol. We appreciate the day 1 support!
I left over a decade ago, df'd, the full sha-bang. Used to listen to jwfairytales back then, and then haven't really watched any exjw content for years, just getting on with life. Heard a few weird things and curiosity made me have a peak. Came across you guys and you guys are fun. Congratulations on getting your life back, and your videos are funny but informative ❤️ This isn't the religion I left, let alone the religion I was bapped into 😳🤣
I love watching you guys, ya'll are on the level, I'm soooooo glad that you guy's got out at a young age and didn't waste your life in this cult, that's a blessing right there because there are tons of ppl who didn't get out of the sunken place until they've already wasted their entire lives dealing with this despicable cult, ya'll two rock man and plz don't stop making these videos because ppl need them and not just those in ths ex-j-dub community 😊, love how ya'll interact with each other too man ya'll my brother and sister frfr
I was disassociated when I was 13 never baptized I'm 64 now haven't spoken to my mother since I was disassociated now that's crazy
Yes.And not just because of shunning family members, although that is the most obvious way. Other ways include not celebrating holidays so you are separated from family who aren’t in the cult. I think one of the reasons they started not celebrating was to make sure members aren’t too close to family who might draw the JW away from the cult. Another way is how they keep you so busy and you don’t have time for family. And especially elders are constantly letting their family know they are not important…the talks, congregation matters etc are top priority over family. It weakens family ties.
Also the verbiage they use for unbelieving mates/parents. “Fatherless children”. They really do evil play on words.
Yes that is so true my daughter hasn't spoken to me since 2015 is that a loving organization, 😢
Absolutely true! I feel that's their agenda..
Hey Y’all, it’s one of your Latter Day Saint fans here… I just want you to know how much I completely love your videos. I’ve had many JW friends in my life, I just never knew about the horrible shunning policy. I find that so so sad! We all know that one of Satan’s tools is to break up families. Strong families are EVERYTHING to a loving Heavenly Father AND to the fabric of a healthy society… whether you’re a believer or not, He loves all His children! It should be our Christ-like love for family members and friends that brings them back into the fold, right? I can’t imagine it any other way!! Anyways… love you guys, keep doing what you’re doing! -jt
Thank you for the ongoing support it does not go unnoticed!! We appreciate you
16 All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
Had us out there 9:30 in the morning on a Saturday cheesing hard looking cringe 🤦🏾♀️ looking back be comical and sad cuz I wasted a lot of my life on this BS 😩
At least you have the rest of your life to do as you want! Some people don’t even get that chance
@@AwakenTruths that’s actually true!! Gotta see the glass half full 💯
How can you “gift “ a subscription when they don’t celebrate anything,
Good question!
It so does! I spent a lot of truma about this
That would be a resounding yes 🙄 and like you said why have so many articles on this topic? 🤔 lol I love y’all’s energy. As soon as yall post a new video I’m on it ❤
Thank you for your support we love the vibes! And exactly they know what they do!
@@AwakenTruths big facts sending love and light from Central Jersey ❤️
I feel like I met you guys in GA at some point! Glad y'all are doing well ❤❤❤
They 🎯 Target SINGLE Mothers as Well and they dont treat you right one you come in.
That way of life ruined my life. But I would have never asked the questions about life that have meaning if it wasn't for them either. Thanks to them I found the real (Way).
Witness kids were weird 😂🤣😂 so true
Well my family is currently broken because of it.... 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ my parents make it seem like I am wrong for not wanting to be a JW therefore shunned. I'm "against" God all of the sudden smh.
I am moving back to GA, I have to meet up with yall! Anyway, yes they destroy families, including ours! Ruined my life!
We are so sorry to hear that. The indoctrination is strong!
Been disfellowshiped is the best decision i ever made
YESSSSS!!!! 100% and they know it!
With my mother really does seem like her love for me on some level is dependent on my religious beliefs and staying in the organization. I’ve brought up things that the organization has been completely wrong on with false teachings, such as 1914 coming from pyramidology like in the Book divine plan of the ages
And she would start to cry and say I am losing you, etc. and I’ve also made comments over the past that I’ll probably only stay in the religion until she’s dead and I’m going to stop going to meetings overtime etc. and she’ll then say well there’s no point me leaving you any of my money that I get from my car accident settlement etc.
It’s always so conditional with her
RIP Raymond Franz please read Crisis of Conscience
I LOVE Y’ALL VIDS AND APPRECIATE I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE!
I moved back home to Florida, but I used to live in Atlanta and will be there in February. Great video, and we definitely go hit up that brew restaurant
Also visit Virgil’s Gullah restaurant in ATL. The Gullahs are the one of OG African Americans. Most aave is words taken from the Gullah language.
Oh word? We’re thinking about moving to Florida some years down the line.
@AwakenTruths I'm born and raised in Duval, but I recommend Orlando or tampa area not to say duval isn't nice, but I would recommend Southside area
@@beforethenextstep305 ok bet
Omg! 😂 "let me sit up for this one"...Yo I'm dying 😂😂😂😂 U guys r Great!!! Love watching u guys 🤩
🤣🤣 thank you!!
My former friend in Crystal lake Thought she had a young female householder & her young son one day while out in service.. but then 2 days later she goes back & the girl answered with her boyfriend and they told her they are not interested… but then my former friend had the audacity later on to tell some sisters that this young woman is an abusive, controlling relationship smh… just because the couple came to the door together for the return visit. Like girl, how you gonna make assumptions. I directed her to read Proverbs 18:13 lol but seriously though. I felt it was appropriate for her to read a scripture about making assumptions without knowing the facts. (But she got all mad & pouty that an unbaptized publisher tried to “counsel” her.)
A 5:29-5:36 I def felt that way growing up as a jw. I just assumed I wouldn't have to think about my future cuz the new system was coming any time now. I thought that was just a me thing, but I was definitely primed by watchtower to think like that. I remember watchign this one video where a helper was lookong back on his journey to becoming a witness. He told this older witness/person he was studying with that he wanted to be a doctor cuz he wanted to help people. This person straight up told him that there wont be a need for doctors in the new system cuz nobody will be sick. He was dumbfounded, obviously, cuz what do u even say to that? I just feel really bad for the older witnesses who were heavily discouraged from pursuing higher education or a good job cuz "the new system is just around the corner!" Now they're of retiring age, and they have next to nothing, thanks to watchtower. It's so sad that they make people "live simply" for the sake of the org.
my aunt uncle and cousins did the same abandon the family. i hate cults
Then they blame JWs for following or believing a “light” or doctrine they preached, then said it was not true or not what was true. And you just said that too. Gaslighting.