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DiffiCULT Childhood
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As former Jehovah's Witnesses, we bring you a unique perspective-she's a Christian, and he's an atheist. Despite our differing beliefs, we've been friends since childhood. Join us as we share our journey of breaking free from the cult, finding happiness, and discussing diverse beliefs without judgment. Our goal is to inspire others by showing that a fulfilling life is achievable outside the Jehovah's Witness community. We also delve into conversations about mental health challenges that affect former members in a supportive and constructive environment. Join us on this journey of growth, understanding, and friendship.
Falon: How & Why I Became a Christian After Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses
Merry Christmas eve and happy holidays to all! Today in a solo video, I share my journey from being one of Jehovah's Witnesses to what I believe is a true form of Christianity. Many ex-JW's switch to an agnostic or atheist ethos, but that wasn't my path. In this pre-season episode of DiffiCULT Childhood, I share why I believe, what Jesus means to me, and how my faith was strengthened when HE reached out to me.
And that's the core of this podcast: that there are multiple paths out of the high control cult of Jehovah's Witnesses. And for the record this is my honest experience. Much love and Merry Christmas!
Please like and subscribe for more content coming in January!
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And that's the core of this podcast: that there are multiple paths out of the high control cult of Jehovah's Witnesses. And for the record this is my honest experience. Much love and Merry Christmas!
Please like and subscribe for more content coming in January!
exjwchildhood@gmail.co...
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Coming in January, We React to this Film About Jehovah's Witnesses
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Next month we're reacting to the 2017 movie The Children Act. This powerful film explores the heartbreaking realities of English law and Jehovah’s Witness children who face life-threatening situations due to the religion's prohibition on blood transfusions. We encourage you to watch the movie in advance and join us for a discussion about how these real-life authoritarian policies impact familie...
Choosing Peace: Going No Contact with Toxic JW Family
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Falon and Jason will be back with season 2 in January. In the meanwhile, in this holiday short Jason looks at a video from the brilliant comedian Christina Pazsitzky, where she opens up about her decision to go no contact with her abusive family. Hope it's ok we used this, @ChristinaP We really appreciate your message. Jason talks about the unhealthy behaviors of JW families that shun us and sh...
It's Not As Late As You Think
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The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses has been tricking us into staying in the cult for over a century, and this tactic is STILL WORKING. And it's not what you think. At least i think it isn't. This is Jason from the channel and I am here sharing my driving thoughts. Today I break down the two major realizations that I've had since leaving Jehovah's Witnesses. We are on a break right now, b...
Exposed: The Hidden Reasons JW's Aren't Allowed to Vote
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In this episode, we talk about growing up, knowing nothing about politics, and how we developed our political views. Plus we tell you who to vote for! JK, we do not. With the US presidential election coming up we break down our process, the hypocrisy of the governing body, what things Jehovah's Witnesses do actually vote for, and how JW leadership actually lobbies to take your tax dollars. Why ...
Murders in the Kingdom Hall: A True Crime Story of Neglected Mental Health
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In this episode, Falon and Jason discuss the tragic shooting incident that occurred in Hamburg, Germany, in March 2023, involving a former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. They explore the details of the shooting, the mental health issues surrounding the perpetrator, and the inadequate response from the governing body and local elders. The conversation highlights the failures in addressing me...
Still Have JW ICK for the Holidays? We Get It!
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In this episode of DiffiCULT Childhood, we dive into the joy of celebrating Christmas, Halloween, and Thanksgiving after leaving the high-control Jehovah's Witness religion. Many ex-JWs struggle with anxiety and guilt when it comes to participating in holiday traditions, as the organization strictly forbids these celebrations. Join us as we share personal stories, tips on overcoming fear, and h...
Our Two Different Paths Escaping Jehovah’s Witnesses
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And now for something completely different: we interview each other with five pre-planned questions. But there's a twist-each will ask one wildcard question the other isn't prepared for! Falon opens up about how another cult, Scientology, helped her see the Jehovah’s Witnesses for what they are and explains why Christianity resonated with her. She even tackles the controversial question: should...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Shunned Us: Our Mothers Blocked Us for Leaving the Cult | with Mike Gonzalez
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Have Jehovah's Witnesses knocked on your door? Before you let them in, watch this episode to learn how they tear families apart with their harsh shunning practices. Are you an ex-JW being shunned by your own parents? This week, Jason sits down with Mike Gonzalez, both sons of devout Jehovah’s Witnesses, to share their heartbreaking stories of being shunned by their mothers. Together, they break...
Part 2: How Jehovah’s Witnesses Make Addiction WORSE | @JustDeannaJune Story
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This is part TWO of an life changing story with Deanna from the @JustDeannaJune channel to discuss addiction, recovery, and the harmful ways the Jehovah’s Witness Governing Body orders local “elders” to deal with members struggling with addiction. Deanna shares her deeply personal story as a recovering alcoholic, highlighting how the organization shames and neglects addicts, viewing addiction a...
Part 1: How Jehovah’s Witnesses Make Addiction WORSE | @JustDeannaJune Story
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This is part one of an emotional episode of DiffiCULT Childhood. Jason and Falon sit down with Deanna from the @JustDeannaJune channel to discuss addiction, recovery, and the harmful ways the Jehovah’s Witness Governing Body orders local “elders” to deal with members struggling with addiction. Deanna shares her deeply personal story as a recovering alcoholic, highlighting how the organization s...
Former Elder Talks Secret JW Shaming Training Video Part 2 with @AnthonyMorrisReturns
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Chaka Yumba from @AnthonyMorrisReturns returns to share his insider information as a former Elder, as this time we analyze a secret Elder training video from www.reddit.com/user/Dav-King/ Made by the Jehovah’s Witness organization, it sheds light on how congregation elders are trained, shamed, controlled, and kept in line. With guidance from a manual called Shepherd the Flock of God, elders are...
Governing Body Rules for JW Students are AWFUL
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Governing Body Rules for JW Students are AWFUL
Former Elder Talks Secret JW Training Video & Shocking Control Tactics with @AnthonyMorrisReturns
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Former Elder Talks Secret JW Training Video & Shocking Control Tactics with @AnthonyMorrisReturns
Peaked Publishers: Jehovah's Witnesses are Lying About Their Growth
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Peaked Publishers: Jehovah's Witnesses are Lying About Their Growth
The REAL Reasons Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Practice Meditation
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The REAL Reasons Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Practice Meditation
Fatal Trust: The True Story of Murder in a JW Congregation
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Fatal Trust: The True Story of Murder in a JW Congregation
Introverted in a High-Control World: The Struggles of a Jehovah's Witness
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Introverted in a High-Control World: The Struggles of a Jehovah's Witness
JW Propaganda Unraveled: Why the Latest Tactics are Failing
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JW Propaganda Unraveled: Why the Latest Tactics are Failing
Why the Governing Body Wants to Keep Jehovah's Witnesses POOR
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Why the Governing Body Wants to Keep Jehovah's Witnesses POOR
Dangerous Preaching: The Hidden Risks of JW Door-to-Door
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Dangerous Preaching: The Hidden Risks of JW Door-to-Door
How Many Predators are Hiding in the JW Organization?
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How Many Predators are Hiding in the JW Organization?
Are Jehovah's Witnesses a High-Control Cult? AI Reveals the Shocking Truth | JW Leadership Exposed
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses a High-Control Cult? AI Reveals the Shocking Truth | JW Leadership Exposed
Clip: Pursue Your Dreams Outside the JW Cult
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Clip: Pursue Your Dreams Outside the JW Cult
Exposed: The Deceptive 'Return to Jehovah' Brochure by the Governing Body
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Exposed: The Deceptive 'Return to Jehovah' Brochure by the Governing Body
The EXTRA Arrogance of the Governing Body
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The EXTRA Arrogance of the Governing Body
From Bethel to Freedom: A Gay Ex-JW Journey
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From Bethel to Freedom: A Gay Ex-JW Journey
Clip: JW Mother's Wedding Day Lifeline
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Clip: JW Mother's Wedding Day Lifeline
JW Dating Stories Part 2. Sex, Control, and Judicial Meetings
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JW Dating Stories Part 2. Sex, Control, and Judicial Meetings
Inside JW Dating: Mistakes We Made Plus Weird Rules and Red Flags
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Inside JW Dating: Mistakes We Made Plus Weird Rules and Red Flags
Whoever left that organizational or planing to leave remember this THERE'S GOD THE ALMIGHTY WHO UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN AND WE HAVE A BRIDGE TO GOD THAT'S JESUS CHRIST, after leaving that organization don't be deceived by science and human philosophies instead pick up your Bible and pray hard to God in the name of our savior Jesus christ then keep doing that everyday and YOU WILL BE RESTORED. May you all get you healed in Jesus name.
The fact that the JWs only made those changes AFTER having their money taken away should be a telltale sign. I’m so glad I left. My sister and father are still in and my mom died in it.
As an Elder I meditate in the lotus position …. I breathe in pure theocratic air…. Then I release disfellowshipping all negativity. This helps me before giving talks.
@@wisechoice1319 This made me laugh out loud!!! 😂 -Falon
They're views are definately conservatives. My parents are so extremely conservative! Minus having guns.
I didn't drift away. I swam as faster than Mark Spitz to distance myself from that abusive soul destroying cult. If I had gone back people would have seen me on Dateline Snapped. I'm so pissed off at those people who destroyed my family that I can't wait to see Jesus give them the reward they deserve.
Jesus and Anthony Morris are being kept in a luxury Malibu beach house. The each have a Cadillac and a Corvette. The JWs are not telling their flock that Jesus came physically in 1914 and that's why they're not letting people know what happened to Tony.
I guess I was a "silver spoon" JDubber growing up. My Dad was an executive for Caterpillar Tractor in Peoria, Illinois. We lived in a beautiful home. Dad always drove high end Buicks or Cadillacs. Those folks in our congregation that were poor were jealous of us and wouldn't socialize and others were always kissing up to Dad looking for a handout. Mom had 3 mink coats but would never wear them to the Kingdom Hall. One was an $9k coat and when she died we found $1800. In the pockets. Dad had been a congregation overseer and an elder until he passed away at 97yrs old. My brother and I worked physically demanding grunt level jobs until we both retired. My grandmother wanted us to attend college at the University of Illinois where she had sent my Dad. Dad and Mom both opposed the idea. We both married Witness girls and both were unfaithful. I walked away from the Jdubbs after that and searched for Jesus until I found Him at age 55. The saddest part of my life as a JW was having 4 daughters that today won't talk to me because I'm an apostate.
On the actual survey they are the least educated even below Pentacostals. Hindus are at the top of the list. The more education the more per hour one gets in many cases. Real estate coursework used to get a good paycheck without a lot of education, that ship may have sailed. Nurses make more than some doctors as they do not have private office costs and malpractice insurance costs. In JW land the electrician and plumber are king! Most parents would have bragged on me, I got an education and I am retired. JW land is it's own thing. Sometimes the sisters get college to be an accountant and just do not talk about it.
What about standing for the National Anthem? Or saluting the flag? As I recall, each one of the 12 tribes were lead by their own banner (flag).
I joined the Navy rather than being drafted into the Army. This was in 1968. When my service was over I got my college education paid for by the VA.😂
Once when I was on leave I attended a Sunday meeting in uniform just to piss them off. The congregation overseer approached me to ask why I came to the Kingdom Hall in uniform. I said I planned on going to the bar afterwards and told him I got free beers from people that thanked me for my service. 35:39
If I was brother Brown I would have told the dude in charge(circuit overseer)that I wasn't going to talk to them unless he would switch seats with me.😅
What's the problem, Dummy? Don't you know that Jesus has been ruling in his invisible kingdom on earth since 1914?
The corrupt JW leaders don't have a clue of the judgment that Jesus has in store for them and it ain't gonna be pretty.
I don't understand how there could be an accusation of thievery amongst the most perfect, happy, Jehovha loving people....😂
I was raised in mainstream Christianity… but by the time I was 15.. I was disillusioned as my parents were anything but Christian at home. But I always had a deep love for Jesus. I had given my life to Christ at 8yrs old… but my mother didn’t believe me because “there was no instant change in me”. And no one guided me. By the time I was 18 I had become JW.. my BFF at school was studying to be a JW and it intrigued me. I was baptised and went about my JW life for 10 years. A few years in.. I started to see a few things that I knew was not biblical and started to wonder about it all. Then this happened….. I was out in field service and on this day I was by myself. I was a few doors a head of the others and I heard a voice speak to me and said.. “you may be able to take the girl away from Jesus, but you can never take Jesus away from the girl”. I stop in my tracks… and knew that I had heard God. I turned around, said to the people behind me.. I am Leaving. I walked to my car and drove home. That night I had this dream… I was in a prison… it was brilliant white.. everything including myself and my hair was brilliant white. I could see past the prison bars and it was pitch black. Out stepped two JW elders that I knew.. and one said to me… say that your are JW and we will let you out. I said … in that case, I will stay here. I woke up and knew.. I was to leave JW and left immediately. I was 28. It took another 7 years to return to Christ… but when I did, it was wholeheartedly. I was 35. I was baptised again… but… as i stepped into the pool I kept thinking this is what JW believe and this is what Pentecostal believe and to be honest, I was scared and confused…. But as I went under the water and came up to the surface… it was no longer about what religions believed but what God word said.that was 30 years ago… and wow… Jesus has been amazing. To honour and glorify the king of kings… is truly precious.
That is a beautiful testimony! Thank you so much for sharing! 🥰-Falon
Never heard of this, but i was a 17 year old with cancer, refused blood...could have been fatal but thankfully i got through. I cant believe i refused the blood
I realized I've never seen the images in detail. I am from the eighties so, surely, who read this book with me distracted me from these pictures... interesting... I could be numb too and now after decades I am able to get shocked. Neither explanations bring me any kind of peace...
After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, one can only become a Trinitarian, as only Jehovah’s Witnesses are true Christians.
And that’s a fact! - Jason
Or, now hear me out, you could come to think of life, the universe, and everything in many other ways. There are so many other options. There aren’t just two choices.
Your failure to condem zionist Israel and the Genocide of the Palestinian people shows your bias. Long live the king
Seems a bit off topic… - Jason
Omgoddess I love her!!!❤😂🎉
Thanks
Thank you sweet friend! Hope you have a very happy New Year!!! 😘 -Falon
Thank you Falon. ❤
I left the jw’s twenty years ago and I still believe in Jesus and that I have him in my life. I also believe that there isn’t any “wrong” way to pray. Thank you for sharing your Journey to Christ.
In 2019, I was very upset after a divorce, and I asked Jehovah for a sign while driving. I asked for a statistically improbable sign-none of this bullshit coincidence sign. Within 30 seconds, a car ran a red light and hit me and I got hit a 2nd time. Then I ended up on the edge of the train track and I could hear the train. (Later, I found out that one of the cars hit the crossing equipment and it signaled to the train to stop) I nearly died. After that, my life got great and I never went back to the meetings.
@@polletpower Wow, thankful you survived!
Well you're half way there.
JW are christians
I was going to take a pass on this video, but I watched it and I'm glad I did. Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm glad you found your perfect fit.🩷
PTL!❤
Am I the only one who remembers having to give my teachers a blue brochure every year? I don’t recall the title though.
@AngelaKonn 1000% yes, I remember that!
"How and why I became a Christian after leaving a Christian group" Sounds logical 🤨 Let me know if you wanna hear my story of how I became a Zoroastrian after leaving Zoroastrianism.😂
About Watctower societys LAWYER,they support financially the schooling of the lawyer!!!
No basis,of scriptual reason!
You mean tosay ,pursuing higher education can over ride this appointed by Jehovah God as an Elder?
Most truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.q John 13:16 . Jesus was SENT BY GOD - and called as SERVANT OF GOD. Acts 4:27 WHO IS OVER ALL? Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. GOD and FATHER is OVER/ABOVE ALL and that "All" includes the SON so they are NOT EQUAL THE BIBLE teaches that Jesus was MADE As Lord and Christ and as Son (ACTS 2:36, Prov 8, HEB 1:5), CREATED/PRODUCED/INSTALLED (Prov 8) , COME INTO BEING/MADE (Mat 21:42 - egeneto) and GIVEN LIFE by the Father - John 5:26 and it uses TODAY (Heb 1:5), and uses future tenses and is a prophecy in Isa 9:6 (Isa 9:6, - WILL BE) . If you are called MADE AND CREATED AND GIVEN LIFE, and NEVER CALLED in the BIBLE as Creator or Maker , then you are A CREATION. ALL FROM THE BIBLE From the Lord was this (this is referring to the chief cornerstone who is Jesus) , the word WAS is egeneto (made or came into being) - Matthew 21:42 and the exact Greek word used in John 1:3 - MADE, egeneto (came into being) - JESUS WAS MADE/CAME INTO BEING FROM THE FATHER , yes, Jesus was MADE/CREATED!, See also Acts 2:36, Heb 1:5, 1 john 5 Jesus in FACT mentioned the FATHER IS GREATER than I am. JOhn 14:28. BEFORE he WAS SENT, the Father is ALSO GREATER than Jesus. Most truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.q John 13:16 . Jesus was SENT BY GOD - and called as SERVANT OF GOD. Acts 4:27 AFTER his resurrection the FATHER IS STILL GREATER than Jesus - WHO IS OVER ALL? Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. GOD and FATHER is OVER/ABOVE ALL and that "All" includes the SON so they are NOT EQUAL
Also the last 3 1/2 day convention was in 1992, at the least in my area
If you are inactive, you are counted as one of the JW publishers still.
I meditate all the time. And affirmations are beneficial also. Yoga is same as stretching, unless you make it into a religious practice. You can make anything or any routine religious or sacred anyway. Same can be said for martial arts. It's only violent when you get violent. You don't need martial arts or a black belt to turn violent and practicing doesn't "make" you violent.
Why Jason is an atheist ? Did he become an atheist after the JW religion ?
You have such a powerful testimony, it really touched my heart! Wow!❤Made tears bolt out, but joyful ones!