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Also, this whole video feels like I’m listening to a mate, hearing someone that gets it, knows the ins and outs and sounds so normal is so refreshing 😂

10 years out for me at 26 and I’m still dealing with the trauma and fall out. Feel so misunderstood by people, still struggle to make friends and currently in post cult therapy. I love knowing I’m not alone though. Edit: also, yes the 3 meetings a week and then ministry, my god how did we do it?!

Where tf did you find that Stephen Lett clip? That's the scariest shi I've ever seen. "He's gonna learn-"

The 1 on the cake 😂 My first was last year on my 30th. Loved it. Went to an indoor fun park with indoor skydiving and a bunch of Ninja Warrior activities and trampolines. It was awesome.

The "worldly" thing is BULLSHIT. I had a Jehovah's Witness who never befriended me per se, but would randomly sit down with me at Starbucks, and we would have non-religious discussions. Anyway, this guy was once railing against the stock market telling me that no one should invest, and one day, he accidentally put his phone down and I saw he was looking at his stock portfolio via the exact same platform that I use. So, I pointed it out to him. He was a little embarrassed. He still talks to me when he sees me, but not like before. I think he figured that I caught him in his little secret. But, I was actually happy for him investing, but he will NEVER discuss investments, even though I've tried.

There’s a common theme I’m seeing that a majority of ex witnesses are homosexuals. I hope and pray you find the true Christ that is the God of this universe along with the Father and Holy Spirit. There is true freedom and change in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the actual Gospel. I’m praying for you all

1:30 that clip is even more vile since Lett gave that talk not long after his gay nephews funeral. Despicable. I came out to my parents last year, but little did they know I'd already been with my girlfriend for 3 years before that.

I hope you’re doing ok!! ❤

Wow!! I’m soooo glad you left! I grew up with no religion so have no idea about JW. It sounds horrible. Sending love ❤

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I'm very happy you are free now

You say people who go to Bethel are clever but I always had a private thought whilst a JW that I didn’t think that clever people would go Bethel because they are being easily sucked into things otherwise why would you go to Bethel? Especially the way you describe it. I never went pioneering because I didn’t like the label and I didn’t like how people were being held up for being special. I felt it was lazy to be a pioneer because all they do is sit in coffee houses and it was escaping the real world. Pioneering was more about being seen than actual preaching. I also never agreed in reporting and often I would not report which got me into trouble because my group overseer always had to chase me for my hours. I didn’t help that. I had a particular biased towards pioneers because when I was 14 one tried to rape me so early on I learnt that not all is as it seems and that the holier than though a person acted the more I knew I had to avoid them. I was born into the truth so I really didn’t have much choice in being there and by the time I was an adult I was so indoctrinated that it’s taken me until Now to wake up. During my life I was disfellowshipped twice for doing nothing really actually the first time was because my husband beat me and I left him and wouldn’t take him back and he slept with my best friend however I was disfellowshipped. The second time I actually just left the truth and was in the world for about five years before I cleaned up my act and decided I wanted to be reinstated however they did disfellowship me anyway even though I wasn’t doing anything anymore. This was so stupid anyway and it really didn’t affect me at all because I hadn’t been associating with any Jehovah’s Witnesses for so long and I was in a new country. I’d moved from New Zealand to Germany and so I didn’t know anyone however they still disfellowship to me. This just shows their level of intelligence, And I thought this is the biggest bullshit tribe story out especially after I found out that Jerusalem did not fall in 607BC (or that Jehovah’s Witnesses protect paedophiles, or that they are just big glorified real estate company that are benefiting from being a religious organisation in order not to pay taxes, or the fact that they have shares in the Covid immunisations and they push that down peoples throats ) so I just faded and because I wasn’t married and a little bit older but not so old that I don’t date or can’t date. And the people in the congregation tried to marry me off to some old fart who wants a nurse maid now as he’s getting older and I said no thank you I’m happily single and I’m not interested in marriage, in fact, I couldn’t think of anything worse And I started to get soft shunned. And the other sisters were forbidden to associate with me because oh my goodness I’m way too liberal and way too strong a woman with way too many thoughts in my head and I cannot be controlled. I am also very well travelled and have backbacked my way around different countries and of course that’s a really naughty thing to do. And I’m also have two trades which is really not the thing to do for a woman. I’m a qualified Manufacturing Jeweller Gold and Silversmith as well as a Health and Rebalance Therapist. I’ve also gone to university oh shock horror. Oh yeah I digress and so because of all these things they don’t chase me down or demand a meeting with Elders because I’ll just smile and nod and if they push me too hard will show them the door. Which by the way I have done several times whilst I was Jehovah’s Witness which was also a shock to them that a woman would kick out the elders out of her own home because they were just being rude. And I just go and do what I want anyway, and because I’m not sinning or doing anything bad According to the laws of Jehovah I’m just living my life and I help out where I’m needed I give people rides or carry their groceries. I clean their houses when they’re sick. I give comfort to someone who needs comforting but it’s not just Jehovah’s Witnesses. It’s for anybody I get to know who needs it. But it really sticks in me about how women are treated and still how men who have left the Jehovah’s Witnesses are still chauvinistically inclined and maybe unconsciously are displaying the body language and using the usual dismissive language when referring to women that I’m so familiar with with JW men.

I know you’re gay but the way you say who cares about women is actually really hurtful and insulting. And it’s one of the reasons I left Jehovah’s Witnesses the way women are viewed and spoken about and dismissed in that way and it just makes the gaul rise up and for a moment I wanted to slap your face. Because who cares about men right?

Thank you for sharing your story! Every single one is important. For yourself as well as for others.

I have spent 2 years around my family in the last 40 years.. drop out of JW's around 16.. the discouragement of a higher education was the #1 for me, and the constant "the sky is going to fall ".. that was damaging enough to me and my siblings..

SO ITS OKAY NOW TO BE GAY BECAUSE YOU LEFT JW ?? NO ITS NOT !

They are NOT HOMOPHOBIC !! U knew the Rules and CHOICE TO NOT FOLLOW !

Caleb and Sophia’s mom in the old cartoons gives serious Coraline Other Mother vibes

Thank you for your message of hope, I could relate to what you said and I'm so glad there is light at the end of the tunnel for me. Your video was inspiring :)

you make money for leaving jw by blogging, watching pornography is a sin in any bible based religion

They destroy peoples lives. Bad cult

God bless all of you for discovering JW’s is a false religion. Please don’t let that stop you from following the real savior Jesus Christ. I love all of you and God bless you all.

Strong dignified well groomed black brotha ✊🏿thank you for the insight and welcome to kemeticism ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

Good video. I was a in similar situation. I respect how you left.

My daughter married a lad from the congregation. Neither were baptised. Lots of people from the congregation refused to go to the wedding. I was ok with it as many youngsters get baptised so they can get married with everyones blessing but they are getting baptised for the wrong reasons with horrible consequences if they get disfellowshiped later on. The way they were ostracised has stumbled them from attending meetings anymore.

It's funny you say of course about having good jobs. My congregation is the exact opposite, literally expecting people to have good jobs so they can have plenty of money, for pioneering of course.

Thx for sharing your story and I hope it helps others!

Hello! You revealed in this video your true sexuality. Just curious, have you ever had a crush on some JW brothers? Or tried to flirt with them when you were still in?

Do your drink before go live admixture!!! Good bye forever.

Hi Ben, thank you for sharing your experience. SO MUCH of your story overlaps with mine. It's nice to know I'm not alone, I'm going thru a big transition leaving. The fall of Babylon was a big point for me as well, and having a son that I couldn't in good conscience impart their theology on. I know the complexes it gave me at a young age, and I didn't want him to have to go thru that too. I'll be watching more and I know you'll do great things! I've also been focusing on my chef career now that I can pursue it without the guilt, and I can say I'm pretty good at it with pride and not shame anymore. Be well!

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I identify with his story. I also grew up in the religion. My father was a circuit overseer before I was born and served as an elder and pioneer until he died. I was mentally out around 16 or 17, as I did not believe in the doctrine. I gradually faded from going to the meetings and stopped altogether by 18. However, the indoctrination regarding education, relationships with people other than JWs, holidays etc. stuck with me even until today. I really have problems with relationships because of the indoctrination of not trusting wordly people. Additionally, I lived a "double life" most of my childhood. So on top of not trusting worldly people, I did not trust JWs because of the snitching culture.

Hi you just take time for yourself and please look after yourself you are a beautiful person sending love from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

I think when you leave you are permanently damaged and will never find you’re tribe you don’t know how to have normal friendships or socialise normally because you still think the “worldly people “ are still bad well it’s like that way for me although I’ve only just recently left.

Last Sunday a JW, posed as a generous man handing out what looked like mvie ticket passes near a cinema here in Quebec City. I soon sussed out he was peddling BS and told him I wasnèt interested. He said I would meet my maker. I already met your bouncers. Why do they call it pioneering? Canada has long been explored from coast to coast to coast.

I was thrown out of a Kingdom Hall in Nanaimo at age 18 by two bouncers. I landed face first in the gravel. That was 38 yrs ago-never going back again, unless I could get each of these bouncers alone to give them a gravel bath. I became instant communist and rejected all religions as BS.

You're very brave. And I am sure you're one with a big heart. I have found the greatest joy is finding out there's life after being a witness. The only thing I witnessed was all studying and studying and very little actual worship. Rules over worship.....

Can I have your login details? I want to do some research! 😂

I’m 60 and still struggling to recover from being brought up as a JW. Left 30+ years ago but the scars can still open up and I wonder if I’ll ever really recover