My Apostate Warning Talk: SECRET RECORDING Debunked

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  • @Tbowtime12
    @Tbowtime12 3 года назад +344

    I love how he says that people who leave the religion never served in bethel. I served for over 5 years and was an overseer in the Brooklyn bethel factory. I know personally some who have left. U don’t need to serve to see how awful this religion is and how they destroy families.

    • @michaelciccone2194
      @michaelciccone2194 3 года назад +10

      Is Bethel the Watchtower building complex in Brooklyn?

    • @infrasleep
      @infrasleep 3 года назад +5

      The JW's as they are can't survive. Ironically Darwen's theory of evolution will kick in, the choices being ; the JW's wont change and become extinct, or there will be a great "renaissance" where they renounce and admit all their evils and failings and become a more mainstream Christian group and survive ? One thing or the other has to happen

    • @ffsno9078
      @ffsno9078 3 года назад

      My cousin David Struab went to Bethel as a young man with his new wife and he's still there. Been decades now.

    • @KeihatsuWarrior
      @KeihatsuWarrior 2 года назад +1

      @@infrasleep Interestingly enough, a study I did a while back included a verse about "Pure worship", where everyone will apparently go to the JWs to worship Jehovah, they most likely will go for the latter option, I suspect they'll do anything to keep their followers

    • @insanetubegain
      @insanetubegain 2 года назад +1

      Matthew 10:34-36, 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

  • @findingparadise9355
    @findingparadise9355 3 года назад +121

    as i understand, there was a warning talk about me last week. i feel honored.

    • @jimbobaggans1564
      @jimbobaggans1564 3 года назад +7

      That's pretty cool.

    • @proculusjulius7035
      @proculusjulius7035 3 года назад +4

      What's happened since then?

    • @Will0wFire
      @Will0wFire 3 года назад +7

      Keep us posted. If things get rough, there's support outside. X

    • @ElZamo92
      @ElZamo92 3 года назад +2

      Are you alright?

  • @razenhaubemazenha
    @razenhaubemazenha 3 года назад +322

    When I was a JW, we would criticize the TV evangelists because they used emotional manipulative tools like over-the-top testimonials and songs during their preaching. The song right after the apostate talk is just scary.

    • @estebancaddeo4981
      @estebancaddeo4981 3 года назад +37

      Whole my life i have been told the same about other religions ,they use emotions to manipulate people and to see how the JW work ,specially today with all these videos they do, makes you realize religions are all very similar not in the good way.

    • @freddyray6805
      @freddyray6805 3 года назад +21

      Yes, ever since the first broadcast I felt nausea, this immense sense of heavyweight , of guilt trips, my wife going into am emocional spiral and fingerpointing of we should be like that.
      If you don't watch the programming you will be able to see through the manipulation

    • @unfortunary8230
      @unfortunary8230 3 года назад +28

      The most bizarre part is when I was a JW we accepted the broadcasts with no questions. Sure, the songs were cringe, but I never thought we were doing anything similar to the TV evangelist types. Two years after getting out of the cult, watching Stephen Lett lurching around on screen, I feel like an absolute idiot for not connecting the dots.

    • @NilDreams
      @NilDreams 3 года назад +15

      Exactly! Now they’ve become just like the tv Evangelists they used to criticize. It’s really creepy.

    • @heyitsles7002
      @heyitsles7002 3 года назад +10

      Yes! I'm glad I am not the only one that felt this. I felt so guilty for even thing it. I asked myself what the difference was between televangelists vs. the jw broadcast. I never voiced it out loud for fear of being considered an apostate...

  • @727Phoenix
    @727Phoenix 3 года назад +266

    Truth is made stronger by questions; only lies and error are weakened by them.

    • @dandromeda1
      @dandromeda1 3 года назад +5

      Is this a quote from someone or did you just make it up? Either way its good and I'm gonna use it lol.

    • @Javitomanzano
      @Javitomanzano 3 года назад +5

      "The truth imposes itself. Only lies need a government subsidy"
      - Antonio Escohotado

    • @727Phoenix
      @727Phoenix 3 года назад +4

      @@dandromeda1 That quote in one form or another has existed for centuries. I'm trying to find which of the American founders said that about the need for a free press. But yes, go right on using that please! It can help start cult members on their journey to freedom is what I believe.

    • @dandromeda1
      @dandromeda1 3 года назад +2

      @@727Phoenix oh ok I see, well alright then I'll definitely use it. I honestly can't believe I've never heard that before lol.

    • @727Phoenix
      @727Phoenix 3 года назад +5

      You've never heard that before probably because we're not supposed to know that questioning authority is a good thing. According to certain questionable authorities.

  • @kammy6340
    @kammy6340 3 года назад +144

    Your take on all of this is just so unique and refreshing. You're not following anyone's style, you're doing you and that's so awesome. Keep doing what you're doing.

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +16

      Thank you! Will do😊

    • @yarteyjustice800
      @yarteyjustice800 3 года назад +1

      @@TheTruthHurts you are doing you. That's a devils talk. Knowing your heart only seeks pleasure

    • @reubenmanzo2054
      @reubenmanzo2054 2 года назад +7

      @@yarteyjustice800 If one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic, narrow view of the Christians. If you wish to become a complete and wise leader, you must embrace a larger view of religion.

    • @pierregibson6699
      @pierregibson6699 2 года назад +1

      @@yarteyjustice800 🤨😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤪

    • @nick281972
      @nick281972 2 года назад +2

      When your ideology or beliefs are based on lies scrutiny seems like an attack not a welcome addition to improve the ideology.

  • @pridepotterz6564
    @pridepotterz6564 3 года назад +49

    Im an ex elder; served for 20 years. COBE, HLC member, pioneer school instructor, drama director....I’ve seen the organization from many angles, been in bethel various times.
    You are amazing and are doing an amazing work!!!!
    It’s time to wake up!

  • @bradleyjackson2185
    @bradleyjackson2185 3 года назад +410

    The amount of hard work you must put into these videos is truly appreciated. Best EX-JW videos out there!

    • @cynthiaharvey6155
      @cynthiaharvey6155 3 года назад +18

      Isn't he SUPER AWESOME THO....I JUST LOOOOOVE HIM, SO INTERESTING EVERY BEAT, SIMPLY BRILLIANT.

    • @DrDeathpwnsu
      @DrDeathpwnsu 3 года назад +8

      Makes me think somewhere, there's someone out there, still completely indoctrinated in their religion, that is going to eventually make their way out of it and start making RUclips videos. This guy should do a collaboration with the other ex JW guy, genetically modified skeptic or whatever his name is.

    • @shanemcgowan9284
      @shanemcgowan9284 2 года назад

      He is doing Satan's work. 'Helping' others - BLM, LGBTQ, Christianity, Satanism, science. All paths of 'Helping' are just methods of boosting your ego if the goal is to look good. He is trying to look good by publicly announcing how he is 'fixing' Jehova's Witnesses to a bunch of Atheists. It's what Atheists tend to do. It's their God. But they blaspheme by taking pride in their journey.

    • @superdave1263
      @superdave1263 2 года назад +2

      @@shanemcgowan9284
      Shame on you, Shane!
      You are committing apostasy just for being here on this channel and for listening. Obviously, you are new to the “truth”. From over 60 years in the “truth” and having served in every position, I suggest that you do your own research like this gentleman who made the video. The governing body likes to keep its publishers dumb, stupid, and too embarrassed to ask serious questions. I assumed that everything they told me was truth, that is until I began to ask serious questions that they kept ignoring. I remember making a shepherding call on a missing ministerial servant. He related his doubts about the JW’s when the question of dinosaurs was answered in a most ridiculous manner, both in Awake and the Watchtower. Geez..... These were the identical questions that I have had since becoming a JW. Told to “don’t think about it, it will be revealed in the right time, its all hogwash from Satan, and if I did any research it would be considered to be apostasy!” Is that what the “elders from old” told the Beroeans? The faithful Beroeans researched the truth to find out whether or not things were really so. At what point in time did we start receiving answers from the governing body, but couldn’t scrutinize it using God’s word? Does 1875, 1900, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1936, 1975, ring a bell? All false promises with no biblical fulfillment. The remnant of the 144,000 teachings has changed in an instant to suit their false statements. 1975 devastated my family, and my parents in particular. I can’t tell you how many JW’s were devastated financially with this corrupt teaching. Obviously 1975 came and went without so much as a glitch. Now to compensate for that false prophecy, they have come up with another false idea of the “overlapping generation.” I figure that it will probably buy them another 80 years, so as to keep a stranglehold on its publishers. I can’t tell you to run away as fast as you can, but I admonish you to dive deeper than the misleading info the JW’s reveal. 🙏

  • @scarletapostate618
    @scarletapostate618 3 года назад +64

    Almost 30 yrs of my life fully dedicated to this organization.... Curiosity killed the cult. Thank you for your contribution. I don't feel so alone.

    • @WildandFree4
      @WildandFree4 Год назад +6

      I love that!! Curiosity killed the cult 😂😂👏👏👏
      I hope you are living your best life now 💜✨
      I was a Christian fundamentalist for 19yrs. It gave me CPTSD. So happy since I left the cult 💃💃💃

    • @NewSkiwi
      @NewSkiwi 6 месяцев назад

      😂u might pkagiarise that "curiosity killed the cult" - brilliant.

  • @kelleren4840
    @kelleren4840 3 года назад +7

    One of the big, popular quotes that circulates ex-mormondom a lot is:
    "If we have the truth, we cannot be harmed by investigation. If we have not the truth, it ought to be harmed."
    -J. Reuben Clark, a Mormon apostle.

  • @CeltonHenderson
    @CeltonHenderson 3 года назад +74

    I was born into the organization and it never sat well with me even as a child. I'm only months from leaving for university and freedom. I've spent years trying to explain my criticism of the organization to my family, trying to tell them I've always meant well by it, but I'm done with the harassment and constant punishments for feeling this way. At this point I don't even care about trying to change their minds, I just want to be free of the organizations grip.

    • @maryloumata4904
      @maryloumata4904 2 года назад +5

      Me too!

    • @WildandFree4
      @WildandFree4 Год назад +3

      I hope you are doing well 💜✨
      I did 19yrs in Christianity and got Cptsd from it.. Sending love and wishing you healing and happiness 💜✨

    • @kimberlyelizabeth6052
      @kimberlyelizabeth6052 Год назад +1

      I left when I went to college as well and had questions since I could speak. I feel your pain and hope you are well. I am almost 20 years out and it does get easier. 😊

    • @calvinharris9867
      @calvinharris9867 Год назад +1

      I always had problem with it dividing families, I could never believe God would want families divided

    • @tomdungey8505
      @tomdungey8505 Год назад

      @@calvinharris9867 Religion does not devide families people with wrong motives do. JW teaching in every aspect serves to cement the cohesion of marriage and family. The only ones who see division are those who want to divide themselves. Interesting scripture? Those Isolating themselves seek their own selfish longing.

  • @MythVisionPodcast
    @MythVisionPodcast 3 года назад +127

    These videos are outstanding! I hope to interview you at some point.

    • @jeannec7558
      @jeannec7558 3 года назад +7

      I think he will get many offers for a chat hopefully 👍😁

    • @cynthiaharvey6155
      @cynthiaharvey6155 3 года назад +10

      I want to see it whenever you interview this brilliant young man....he is ONE OF A KIND.

    • @taipansghost
      @taipansghost 3 года назад +3

      Been watching both these channels recently. id happily watch if you huys did an interview

    • @krissykatportal
      @krissykatportal 3 года назад +3

      Yeah I just started watching ur channel too. Good stuff 😘

    • @mohammmedbaileys3461
      @mohammmedbaileys3461 3 года назад +6

      You should invite him, his insight is refreshing and his analysis brilliant, he deserves all the encouragement because I know he’s suffering the grand-daddy of all shunning by his family for him standing up for the truth.

  • @boomerbeasley8749
    @boomerbeasley8749 2 года назад +13

    I'm a 50y.o ex witness and dude, I could tell you stuff you probably never knew. Thank you for helping people to learn the truth about this hypocritical group of people. So glad you woke up!

  • @joshuagiehll3737
    @joshuagiehll3737 3 года назад +32

    Honestly the "drowning puppies in the bathtub" analogy blew my mind. I've never once thought of it that way and I've been a religious skeptic for more than 20 years now. Excellent work.

    • @qwandary
      @qwandary Год назад +5

      I often thought of it like that because loads of newborn human babies would have been killed. Innocents who did nothing wrong except be born to people God thought didn't worship his weak ego enough.
      The fact the rainbow is a promise to never murder everyone in that specific way always made me feel like God failed to learn a lesson. Surely the lesson should have been, 'I won't commit genocide again'. In which case, armageddon wouldn't be needed. We could skip straight to 1k years of getting to know him in a manner where he can talk to us and make it clear he exists. No one needs to suffer, everyone gets to know about him, and JWs don't spend their life preaching to shut doors.
      The whole thing felt like pointless torture after torture, and I tried to ignore it, but both situations felt very wrong to me.

  • @inapickle4971
    @inapickle4971 3 года назад +53

    I know how hard it is to be “turned into the elders” by a family member. My daughter turned me in because I bought the book “Crisis of Conscience”, she never even asked me why I bought it. Now she’s afraid of me. 💔

    • @msbutterfly4365
      @msbutterfly4365 3 года назад +6

      So sorry to hear that, how are you coping.?

    • @humbles19
      @humbles19 3 года назад +3

      Shame, that's really hard 😔

    • @inapickle4971
      @inapickle4971 3 года назад +26

      @@msbutterfly4365 Thank you 😊. I have my good and bad days. I have one son who left the organization , he’s actually the reason I woke up because I was forced to shun him and I just couldn’t do it! It lead me to do research and to waking up from the indoctrination. I have another son who’s active but says he will never shun me, and my 33 year old marriage is in shambles because my husband loves his JW life and will most likely never leave. But, I have hope that maybe someday we will all make our way out and embrace our freedom together as a family, I hope you are free and happy!

    • @msbutterfly4365
      @msbutterfly4365 3 года назад +8

      @@inapickle4971 wow that's a lot to go through. But so nice to hear your optimism and your positive spirit, I think once we can get through the awakening process then ANYTHING else is possible. All the best and I know you don't know me but I sincerely mean it, if you need to talk I'm here to talk to. I woke up 3 years ago and am navigating my way too.

    • @grubwestatron
      @grubwestatron 3 года назад +10

      This is some real orwellening shit right now..
      that’s heart breaking. Sorry to hear

  • @jennybloom9107
    @jennybloom9107 3 года назад +39

    Ugh, that music video. Why is everyone still ugly after being resurrected?
    That talk was devoid of intelligence. It makes sense that I zoned out at meetings from ages 25-32. So much nonsense.

    • @krissykatportal
      @krissykatportal 3 года назад +7

      Why is everyone still ugly?? Wtf omg I’m dying laughing. That was so hilarious!

  • @Just_Jessiah
    @Just_Jessiah 3 года назад +24

    I’ve been out of the organization for atleast a month now and I haven’t regretted it✝️✝️✝️

  • @nesbo7578
    @nesbo7578 3 года назад +105

    Absolutely smashed it again. Well done, Harrison!

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +5

      Thanks Nesbo👍🏻

    • @vusimngomezulu2500
      @vusimngomezulu2500 3 года назад

      @@TheTruthHurts is Jesus sent his followers to preaching about others like you preaching about Jehovah's witnesses Mathew 24:14?

    • @archervine8064
      @archervine8064 3 года назад +2

      Jesus in the Bible does have some choice words about false teachers, so yes.

    • @vusimngomezulu2500
      @vusimngomezulu2500 3 года назад +1

      @@archervine8064 So which people around the world are true Christians and which people are true Christians according to the bible Mathew 24:24,2thimoty 4:3-4,2PETER 2:1-3,1JONH 4:1?

    • @archervine8064
      @archervine8064 3 года назад +4

      I don’t presume to say. But it is pretty obvious that an organization that defends pedophiles and has dug their heels in on unbiblical shunning and blood policies is not Christian.

  • @checkthefacts.
    @checkthefacts. 3 года назад +75

    As Ray Franz said, the material, physical benefits promised by the organisation in their ,'new order,' can appeal to a very materialistic mindset without any need for an ounce of spirituality

    • @purplejay8115
      @purplejay8115 3 года назад +9

      Ah yes...the slow stride around the wealthy suburb whilst hoping not to meet anyone and considering which flash home one would live in after Harmaggedon.

    • @checkthefacts.
      @checkthefacts. 3 года назад +7

      @@purplejay8115 yes a common witnesses between knocks conversation,the spoils of post genocide

  • @kingofthedots3835
    @kingofthedots3835 3 года назад +8

    So ....if I go on U tube volunitarily ,and view an apostate tube ......I'm under attack ????...My braincells are under attack by Wok Tower 🥴🥴🥴...

  • @takeyouryokeandlearnfromme1771
    @takeyouryokeandlearnfromme1771 3 года назад +62

    NICE! With RUclips, every former JW now has a far-reaching medium to make a defense for themselves. For those like you who have already publicly come out against them, feel free to post your video to your Facebook or whatever and set the settings to Public View, for any old acquaintances who cares to hear your side of the story.
    Not that you're doing it to get back in their good graces, but hey, you never know how many people you'd be waking up in the process. Good job mate! 👏

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +9

      Thanks! I would definitely do that if was on other social media

    • @takeyouryokeandlearnfromme1771
      @takeyouryokeandlearnfromme1771 3 года назад +10

      @@TheTruthHurts Just finished watching this. Boy were there so many gold mines in this talk, time would fail me. I thought you'd string him out for example at 17:01. Babylon The Great? Let's guess, what religions qualify as BTG? All religions affiliated with Governmental elements esp. the United Nations? Hmm.
      Then he had the ignorance to say JWs are the only religion talking about suffering and the meaning of life?
      Has this guy even travelled? What does he think the Eastern religions teach? And they have billions, BILLIONS of believers. So which one has God favored more? 🤷‍♂️ Their mere 8 million reporting publishers?
      And speaking of making animals extinct because evidently poachers pray to the Devil before they go hunting endangered species, how much money has "Jehovah's true organisation" set up for wildlife conservation? None? They leave that job in the hands of worldly people? Okay, but these people who have sanctuaries for wildlife conservation are mostly atheists or serve false gods and celebrate pagan customs. So, will they be destroyed despite being the only people working night and day to preserve "Jehovah's endangered creation?" 🤔 Hmmm.
      Feel free to use all these points for a part two addendum if you want. This religion, I just can't. SMH.
      Edit: Oh look, I forgot the dancing ape at 24:50 Apparently they didn't have to wait until the new system to find scenes like that for their video. Looks like such beautiful scenery already exist in Satan's system. Oh well.
      PS: props for reminding them about how wonderful it feels to drown 99.9 percent of the animals on earth, but then want to destroy me because I "did not take care of my one domestic animal."

  • @becky_w8332
    @becky_w8332 3 года назад +42

    You have just brought to light everything I have been telling my mum Thank the Lord she has woken up and left the organization

    • @krissykatportal
      @krissykatportal 3 года назад +6

      I’m so happy for u! I’m hoping I can see a time when my family wakes up too.

    • @Alansworstnight
      @Alansworstnight Год назад +2

      Mine as well! Unfortunately she is still unable to participate in parties and celebrations etc, she feels uncomfortable, it goes to show how deep in the subconscious mind this cult can penetrate, but at least she's free from the cult in other ways.

  • @nickking8994
    @nickking8994 3 года назад +51

    Bravo! They go full cult overload when they are scared, so you must have them proper spooked!

    • @jaguar5143
      @jaguar5143 3 года назад

      Exactly its scary how JW is cult like

    • @nobodysbaby5048
      @nobodysbaby5048 3 года назад +1

      @@jaguar5143 Not cult like. They ARE a cult.

  • @mastergunzz
    @mastergunzz 3 года назад +13

    I lost my wife to these people. Before we split, they invited me to study with them and debate with them. I prepared myself very well. At the time I was still a Christian. After the first session the would not allow her to attend because they couldnt answer my challenges to their beliefs. I hate that we have to lose our friends and family because of these irrational beliefs. I am thankful that there are others out there taking this fight out into the real world and exposing them. Keep doing what you are doing.

  • @chrisgelding
    @chrisgelding 3 года назад +25

    I for one am grateful when the 'brothers' do talks like these. They reveal their absolute lack of logic and thinking ability. Sure there will be many in his audience scared into submission and 'convinced' they have the truth. Such people will never be convinced otherwise, regardless of the evidence presented. They have chosen to become truly intellectually blind in favour of fairytale promises for the future. But for those in the audience that have an ounce of intelligence and critical thinking skills these talks are a masterclass in talking out your arse. Long may they continue, thus helping more of our loved ones realise the TRUTH. Well done Harrison, you're doing a brilliant job of using irrefutable logic to expose a nonsense cult. Any sensible person can clearly see the difference between their mindless dribble and actual common sense thinking. I'll watch with eager anticipation as their cult slowly dissolves around them. Just hope we don't have another Jonestown when their lack of control drives them to the extreme.

  • @EveSieminski
    @EveSieminski 3 года назад +55

    What on earth are they afraid of??? They have the bloody truth so isn't that enough? If was the REAL truth they would encourage people to go and take a look because it would enforce their teachings.....they don't want people to look because it exposes their lies.
    Love your channel and presentation. Keep up the great work!

    • @archervine8064
      @archervine8064 3 года назад +3

      Peter, they steal people’s time and efforts, and murder their own children through the abominable blood transfusion and shunning policies.

    • @EveSieminski
      @EveSieminski 3 года назад +5

      @@PeterDiCapua Those studies are anything but free......they take away all your personal choices and freedoms. This is a highly destructive doomsday cult.

    • @seansrecords
      @seansrecords 2 года назад +6

      i told my parent this
      if it was true - why cant i read it once and move on - and why can i not look at contrary ideas , knowing if i have truth it cant be shaken ?
      in school i didnt keep going over fundamental truths again and again. we learned , were tested we had it and moved on ... JWs have to keep re learning and programming themselves because there is no evidence , and the message has got simpler and dumber in my lifetime ... they work on emotion now and care little about truth

  • @JesseMaurais
    @JesseMaurais 3 года назад +72

    Oh, the irony of a Jehovah's Witness claiming the errancy of others. "Jehovah's never wrong" but his Witnesses have the most embarrassing history of being wrong.

  • @emptysaturnv
    @emptysaturnv 3 года назад +111

    Man this really makes me wish I had attended and recorded the apostate talk that was given when I left. Excellent job! Love your videos. Please keep it up!

  • @step7814
    @step7814 3 года назад +57

    Absolutely wonderful video, every Jehovah's Witness need to watch it. I'm hoping for the RUclips algorithms to make this happen.

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +5

      Thank you Stepan!

    • @teaburg
      @teaburg 3 года назад +6

      I'm an ex-7th Day Adventist from many years ago. Algorithm recommended this channel.

    • @mikesawyer1336
      @mikesawyer1336 3 года назад +7

      It's not just Jehovah's who need to watch it. This is the kind of developmental training that everyone should hear in youth.

    • @Swaggmire215
      @Swaggmire215 3 года назад +5

      I was born and raised one. But i was always a thinker and my mom and other realtives werent. U see the disconnect right

    • @thomash.schwed3662
      @thomash.schwed3662 3 года назад +3

      @@mikesawyer1336 I agree, although I would say that this is the kind of developmental training needed at any age.

  • @jeannec7558
    @jeannec7558 3 года назад +67

    Another perfect video well done Harrison. Who else was singing along at the end OUR JOY IS BEING FREE 😂😂😂😂 a much better version don't you think. 😜👏👏

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +11

      😆 Agreed. Such a catchy song!

    • @ResearchThis
      @ResearchThis 3 года назад +9

      100% I couldn't stop saying " our joy is being free " 🤣

    • @krissykatportal
      @krissykatportal 3 года назад +6

      I love that they redid that song!

  • @dortizjr1
    @dortizjr1 3 года назад +16

    Your argument about God telling Noah he would stop everyone's hearts that did not worship him vs drowning everything, nearly got me DF'd as a teen. Great content, thank you.

  • @kostasmarinakis1459
    @kostasmarinakis1459 3 года назад +42

    Huge fan of your videos here! Thanks Ex-brother!

  • @craigpaterson9085
    @craigpaterson9085 3 года назад +67

    Unreal dude. Just found your channel. So well spoken and on point throughout the whole video

  • @jasonshipley2335
    @jasonshipley2335 3 года назад +19

    I never comment on videos but I have to make an exception. You have my deep appreciation for creating this talk which was enlightening for me. I have relatives who are and were JWs. I was raised in another cult known as WCG. My Dad is the only one who remains in one of it's offshoots. I got out 30 years ago but the effects still remain. Through therapy I continually realize how deeply I am influenced by their indoctrination. Something you said helped me understand what may explain why I struggle to feel optimism and other positive emotions like love, happiness and satisfaction, though I work at it all the time. ""... they realize that every facet of their members lives are tied up with the organization, including their hopes and their dreams for the future. They want them to focus on what they currently have and then contemplate their empty, purposeless lives if they leave.". I just realized that this is what played out for me. Some part of me hasn't seemed to have gotten over the loss of what I was taught to believe. It's like a part of me still expects the happiness and satisfaction to be fulfilled now that I am in the promised future. It's hard not to feel resentment towards these con-men.

  • @Beleen-gw3vw
    @Beleen-gw3vw 3 года назад +46

    my, that song was triggering - i can’t help to feel deeply sad for my family being still trapped in... so much waste of potential and great life:(
    great rebuttal, though. looking forward to more of your content 👍🏼🤞🏻

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +9

      Yeah me too regarding family.
      Thanks👍🏻

  • @d_e_a_n
    @d_e_a_n 3 года назад +32

    A bull that gored someone was to be stoned to death. Seems a slow painful and bloody way for an animal to die.

    • @jamesbovington8218
      @jamesbovington8218 3 года назад +4

      Even worse then for a human.

    • @d_e_a_n
      @d_e_a_n 3 года назад +3

      @@jamesbovington8218
      For sure. I just mention it because he was talking about god drowning animals and compared it to a person drowning puppies in a bathtub and how we should feel about that person. Brilliant comparison.
      But ya, judicial torture was a thing of the last for almost every nation. Then humans got better. More moral.

    • @ms.anonymousinformer242
      @ms.anonymousinformer242 3 года назад

      @@d_e_a_n I get the point but it is not a fair comparison. The people who drowned were willfully unrighteous. Puppies are 100% innocent.

    • @d_e_a_n
      @d_e_a_n 3 года назад +2

      @@ms.anonymousinformer242
      The infants that were drown to death were “willingly unrighteousness.” The children who were drowned to death were “willingly unrighteous?” It wasn’t just evil criminal adults. It was puppies and kittens and babies and infants and children. Mothers and fathers. Brothers and sisters. Real people. Murdered in a painful awe full way. Babies drowning with their moms. Suffocating. Gasping. Mother’s watching this happen.
      None of this happened. If it did I can’t imagine anything so evil.

  • @MrBrianNZ
    @MrBrianNZ 3 года назад +5

    the one thing the Governing Body cannot stand is logic , or as they would call it due to the fact they are illogical "Worldly Logic ", and that is something I appreciate you leaning on here. Well done.

  • @budd2nd
    @budd2nd 3 года назад +112

    I’m always confused by the idea that knowledge can somehow infect a person. There are very few times when having a comprehensive knowledge of something doesn’t act just like a vaccination. It protects you from falling victim to bad ideology etc.
    I’m so pleased that you found your way out. You now have the whole of your life in front of you, and you are still a young man. You could get qualifications in anything that interests you and have a complete career change. The world is your lobster, as Del Boy used to say lol 😆

    • @niki4013
      @niki4013 3 года назад +10

      Knowledge empowers us, and well the authoritarians know this, which is why it’s frightening seeing the level of censorship that is happening in the west again, this time by ideological puritans of a different kind, who once used to believe in freedom of speech, but somewhere along the lines, have taken a severe wrong turn.

    • @budd2nd
      @budd2nd 3 года назад +6

      @@niki4013
      Yes, I agree. Were you talking about the de-platforming e.t.c as one of the forms of censorship?

    • @niki4013
      @niki4013 3 года назад +6

      @@budd2nd yeah. It’s getting frightening isn’t it?

    • @budd2nd
      @budd2nd 3 года назад +7

      @@niki4013
      It absolutely is. It's very worrying indeed.

    • @bernie2231
      @bernie2231 3 года назад +5

      @@niki4013 Typical "cult grooming" behavior.

  • @elentari_4276
    @elentari_4276 3 года назад +15

    "I developed the most overwhelming feeling of moral obligation with regard to helping other people to escape from the religion".
    You are achieving precisely that.
    (Also, as a teacher of > 2 decades, I can confirm that your videos are a model of clarity and good teaching practice!)
    Every strength to you.

  • @jrow0524
    @jrow0524 3 года назад +19

    Wow - what a great analogy comparing drowning puppies and the flood. Never even thought about it that way.

  • @sunshinesunshine7369
    @sunshinesunshine7369 3 года назад +40

    If I sat in a hall where you have a talk... I would've been captivated. Such a natural speaker

  • @aurakaykayy
    @aurakaykayy Год назад +10

    Ugh instant PTSD flashback when I heard the elder talking 😩. Literally that cold shudder feeling I used to get when sitting in a Kingdom Hall. Very interesting video thank you!

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  Год назад +2

      I know right🤦‍♂️ Thank you! :)

  • @kendrabond7647
    @kendrabond7647 3 года назад +19

    That song triggered me and made me cry but also it made me mad that the GB have lied to thousands of people for decades now. It is time the WT was brought down for all their deception. Thanks Haz xx

  • @olmeckrav
    @olmeckrav 3 года назад +21

    “The internets say Elvis Presley is still ALIVE!!!
    Therefore,
    don’t believe anything you hear about JWs...........”
    DA FUQ?! 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @louisebush425
    @louisebush425 3 года назад +3

    Excellent, brilliant liked the bit about the faithful slave being a parable not a prophecy, please keep up the hard work and research you are helping so many people including myself, thank you so much for this insight

  • @exjwstersir3825
    @exjwstersir3825 3 года назад +37

    One of the best ex jw videos I've seen to date. Well edited, well researched, great reasoning points, well done!

  • @mikespilligan1490
    @mikespilligan1490 3 года назад +102

    Its always hard to find out your parents love is conditional. I have a baby girl i will love her whatever happens. But my mother in this cult only loves those who follow 8 old dudes in Amuricee.

    • @PCB-dg7pt
      @PCB-dg7pt 3 года назад +1

      Mike your girls future depends on your being somewhat serious about this topic, did you mean to misspell America? or are you just such a funny insensitive guy?

    • @mikespilligan1490
      @mikespilligan1490 3 года назад +6

      @@PCB-dg7pt No it doesn't, her future depends on me supporting her, never judging or abondoning her, getting her the best education, me working 7 days a week, can afford and letting her discuss any topic, without some asshat, threatening to shun her.
      Thanks for the lecture though NOT.

    • @Alice_Fumo
      @Alice_Fumo 3 года назад +2

      @@mikespilligan1490 If you work 7 days a week, how are you going to find the time to spend with your child to make them feel appreciated and all the stuff you said you want for your child? Being loved is certainly more important than not being poor, as long as there's enough food.
      I say this from a perspective of a person who had parents who never spent any time with me, were always working, pretended to be working for my sake so that I wouldn't complain about being permanently alone and were spending money not on me, but on their personal pleasures and to heighten their social status.
      You seem like you're bragging about how hardworking you are and passing it off as a favour to your child when it most likely isn't. Having no breaks is likely to burn you out over time at which point you're not going to be particularly good to your child regardless of any other intentions you might have.
      Just be careful and know your limits before you find out the hard way that you have any.

    • @mikespilligan1490
      @mikespilligan1490 3 года назад +1

      @@Alice_Fumo yes you are right i was slightly exaggerating as hyperbole. But definitely family is the most important thing. I appreciate your comments. Cheers Mike.

    • @Alice_Fumo
      @Alice_Fumo 3 года назад +1

      @@mikespilligan1490 That's good to hear. I'm glad :)

  • @petrpacas
    @petrpacas 3 года назад +178

    Mate, this was simply a brilliant rebuttal.

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +13

      Thank you very much 👍

    • @angelhernandex9979
      @angelhernandex9979 3 года назад

      @@TheTruthHurts yo no veo que sea apostasía yo veo ateísmo!!

  • @pamelaruth7400
    @pamelaruth7400 3 года назад +52

    Your intro is AWESOME!

  • @laymanphil8513
    @laymanphil8513 3 года назад +59

    Your video should be shown to all schools and declared by the government to be of public utility.

    • @letsomethingshine
      @letsomethingshine 3 года назад +2

      Is it distracting the poor from attacking the rich though? In any plutocracy, that would be the most important question. An almost reflex thought for those beholden to those with the money to market/propaganda.

  • @marshroanoke
    @marshroanoke 3 года назад +25

    If the old stories of the Bible were even true, which I'm highly skeptical, then that means that God is not benevolent at all. As you said, he drowned 99.99% of the world when he, an all powerful being, could certainly come up with a better plan than that. He allowed children to get mauled by a bear. And he to this day allows suffering to continue. I was pretty amazed to learn that many early Christians called Gnostics believed that the God of the old testament was actually a wicked God and Jesus represented true God. That group was pretty much stamped out by the dominant church but it is interesting to know that now.

    • @drest5316
      @drest5316 3 года назад +3

      That last part about God being a wicked God and Jesus being the true God has honestly crossed my mind.

    • @jamesbovington8218
      @jamesbovington8218 3 года назад +6

      And he didn't stop King David from handing over the sons and grandsons of King Saul to the Gibeonites to pay for wickedness on Saul's part. So yes the Bible doesn't condemn the merciless and obviously painful public crucifixion if young men maybe even boys in their teens.

    • @krissykatportal
      @krissykatportal 3 года назад +3

      The Bible isn’t evidence for God 😐

    • @angelamaryquitecontrary4609
      @angelamaryquitecontrary4609 3 года назад

      Ah yes, the Albigensian crusade! A fascinating topic, even if it did give rise to The da Vinci Code.

    • @florrie8767
      @florrie8767 2 года назад

      The bible is plagiarisation of older mesopotamia stories. Its allegorical not literal Then you have got the mistranslations from Hebrew to greek to Latin to English and things being changed. Books removed too
      For example the Hebrews did not have a word for virgin as in virgin mary. It just meant young unmarried woman obviously it's scientifically impossible to have a,human baby as a virgin and without sperm. Also the jw dismiss the trinity. Father son holy spirit but it is in bible and the holy spirit came from a Hebrew word to mean feminine So basically father son and mother. The ancients did venerate the sun as source of life and light growing our food. The earth as mother earth. The ancients venerated the planet's too. Astronomers .The moon controlling tides etc. Many planets were named Gods ie Jupiter venus mars .the pagan Gods. The bible uses word pagan to demonises those living in harmony with earth and indigenous people. Like the sami in Norway. In the past such people were burnt as being witches. The nag haemmedi texts are interesting too. But i see it bible as book to be decoded the info I got from others that have decoded. This young man is inspirational. I recently met a JW as she wrote to me. I replied to a letter she wrote.to find out where she got my name. She was so kind when i was ill buying me things .I just thought she was kind lady wanting me to do bible study which i didnt mind doing. I'm autistic so I can't respond verbally easily as i have delay in processing . I did question something's then I found out about the shunning. I started researching and found this the best channel. I hope Harrison is doing ok. Funnily I always wanted the truth on origins of religion and now i have it indirectly through JW

  • @anaschulz8084
    @anaschulz8084 3 года назад +10

    I met Ray Franz as a child. I read his book as an adult with shock and tears in my eyes because I know this was a good man and what he spoke about was truth. The things I endured as a witness were beyond horrible. I agree with your channel name...The Truth hurts people.

  • @womanofthenang3210
    @womanofthenang3210 3 года назад +49

    Omg, the Elvis analogy was brilliant, I'm going back after that. 😂😂😂 NOT.
    Seriously though, this was an excellent rebuttal to the warning talk, I didn't get to hear mine, they disconnected me from the conf phone line when they noticed I was listening in.
    Keep up your good work, your presentations are fab. ❤️

    • @alanbird7781
      @alanbird7781 3 года назад +3

      @womanofthenang No videos from yourself for some while. I always enjoyed watching your channel, especially your board which would quickly scatter the cart witnesses.

    • @womanofthenang3210
      @womanofthenang3210 3 года назад

      @@alanbird7781 Thank you. Other things been taking my attention atm, besides no carts to crash anymore. Keep meaning to get back into doing some RUclips when things calm down a bit for me. X

    • @alanbird7781
      @alanbird7781 3 года назад +2

      @@womanofthenang3210 Hope those other things taking your attention are all good ones. Of course Covid has ended any cart ministry - duh! Anyway, looking forward to things settling down for you and hopefully future videos. Stay well!
      So many people now leaving control group religions in the UK It would be good to have a conference possibly in 2022 in which people can get together, listen to some talks, offer mutual support, and most importantly have some fun. I would love to actually meet some of these You Tubers I follow.

  • @d_e_a_n
    @d_e_a_n 3 года назад +21

    How can they critiques the GB without ever being in bethal?
    I guess we can say the same. How can jw criticized the Catholic Church if they’ve never been in the Vatican.
    Perfect logic.

    • @SynysterProjects
      @SynysterProjects 3 года назад

      Because the framework of the two sects of the Christian religion is the same. Policies and requirements to remain within the congregation are different, of course, but they were both built upon the same exact foundation, therefore in principle they are very similar. Atheists and Agnostics aren't stupid, unread barbarians. We simply have the freedom to explore and research a variety of different religious practices without being bound to a single one.

    • @d_e_a_n
      @d_e_a_n 3 года назад +2

      @@SynysterProjects
      I’m an agnostic atheist.
      I can’t even remember why I said this but I think I was just pointing out an inconsistency in thinking.

    • @yvonne3903
      @yvonne3903 3 года назад +2

      @@d_e_a_n yes the hypocrisy of JW argument when they use the same argument against Catholic church

  • @altworldly
    @altworldly 3 года назад +61

    Commenting in real time but it was BANANAS to me that the elder would even suggest that the devil has control over the animal kingdom? 😂
    EDIT: Coming back to say I fucking love your argument about Noah’s arc. Jehovah could have resolved that issue without an arc, without needing the brutally drown countless thousands of humans and animals. The validity of the whole Noah story was one of my earliest doubts as a JW.

    • @Myke_thehuman
      @Myke_thehuman 3 года назад +16

      Love your videos and your interview with mentally diseased. Also yes, I've never heard that satan controls animals. And he didn't even have a point. 🤣🤣 He just threw out a random and very strange statement.

    • @terridovey7648
      @terridovey7648 3 года назад +3

      They don't even know that God controls absolutely everything.

    • @belovedkingdom
      @belovedkingdom 3 года назад +2

      In my Morpheus voice: What if I told you the reason for the flood was because fallen angels had corrupted human AND animal flesh and there needed to be a thorough cleansing to restore all species to genetic purity? This is chronicled in the non-canononical Book of Enoch and some say reflected in legends of hybrids - - Mermaids, Centaurs, Demi-Gods, etc. Also, if the last days are to be like the days of Noah, then bloodlines will be corrupted yet again, as fallen ones infiltrate to rule the fleshly world..

    • @Myke_thehuman
      @Myke_thehuman 3 года назад +3

      @@belovedkingdom ....I actually have no words for this.

    • @organicsab
      @organicsab 3 года назад +6

      Such a great rebuttal! I'm going to try and use this.

  • @mjokerboy3539
    @mjokerboy3539 2 года назад +5

    I was born and raised as a JW but was never baptized. Started to question things when I was around 12 years old as I start to see the full view of how the world go round. And when I was in my high school days I tend to skip the weekly meetings by saying that we have a school project to do or something like that. and when I finished my college and started to work and live by my own that's the time I totally leave the organization. I felt so free, and light.

  • @nineteen8486
    @nineteen8486 3 года назад +20

    Watching in Australia....originally from Leeds west Yorkshire......Great to see lots waking up.....PS there is life after window cleaning 🤣

  • @Turandot29
    @Turandot29 3 года назад +4

    At 23:45 Harrison observes that all facets of a JW‘s life is tied up in the organization : church attendance, bible study, door to door work, etc., so the members have virtually no time to THINK for themselves. If they did, they would leave this cult and the leaders know this.

  • @terrestrialcelestial
    @terrestrialcelestial 3 года назад +22

    Can't hear that song without Lloyd's lyrics in my head instead 😂 Our joy is being FREE 🙌

  • @deydododontdedoh.5672
    @deydododontdedoh.5672 3 года назад +30

    Another great post.
    Unfortunately you have to pick apart these reproving talks because they will not allow people who have been reproved or dis-fellowshiped the normal right of a fair trial in which you can make a response to their allegations.
    I found it funny in this person's talk they said about online comments/posts. 'don't believe everything you hear' yet expect you to believe everything without question that the watchtower org puts out! 😂😂😂

  • @4flyguyeli
    @4flyguyeli 3 года назад +29

    Your videos are amazing! You made my day! Thank you!

  • @yasmin2707
    @yasmin2707 3 года назад +18

    I should be writing my master’s thesis but I just can’t stop watching your videos instead. They’re just too interesting. Also, I’m glad I didn’t give up on high education because of indoctrination. Keep up with the good work and greetings from Switzerland.

    • @maryloumata4904
      @maryloumata4904 2 года назад +4

      Yes, me too. I have so much work to do, however these videos are brilliant! Greetings from California!

  • @laymanphil8513
    @laymanphil8513 3 года назад +36

    This elder's speech is the craziest and stupidest speech I have ever heard. This cult is becoming more and more paranoid. This change indicates that this society is stiffening. By dint of stiffening this cult will soon break into a thousand pieces.

    • @valkeakirahvi
      @valkeakirahvi 3 года назад +3

      Almost, but doesn't beat tight pants :D

  • @reggiekray723
    @reggiekray723 3 года назад +24

    Great video, keep them coming. At 24 minutes you hit the nail on the head - outside of the organisation these people are nothing. Just window cleaners and care workers and the organisation makes them feel special. I am happy to see young people like you leaving, not because you want a 'worrdly' life, but because you have done your own research and come to your own conclusions. I am glad you still have contact with your dad.

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +7

      Hi Reggie. My dad doesn't have any contact with me since I disassociated

    • @reggiekray723
      @reggiekray723 3 года назад +2

      @@TheTruthHurts I misunderstood. I thought you had email contact. I am sorry to hear that. I faded 3 years ago because my parents were in there late 80s and I could not see them struggle if they shunned me, so disassociating was not a good option for me. I have siblings that are still JWs but I was the only one that took care of my parents. It must be very hard to lose that contact and you have been very bold in making a stand. I feel a bit of a fraud because fading meat I can come and go as I please. Having one foot in and one out means that you can see how the organisation is changing and becoming more introspective and cult like. I believe there are many, many witnesses who have lost their belief and just go through the motions. I really hope you regain contact with your dad. You both miss out on that relationship, it would kill me to lose contact with my children. Good luck in your activism.

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +9

      @@reggiekray723 Thanks Reggie. There is a saying 'Don't judge a man till you've walked a mile in his shoes.' Everyone's situations different so you definitely shouldn't feel like a fraud at all. My dad is in his 50s and so I still hold out very minimal hope that one day he might wake up. I tried to help him before I disassociated. But I had no intention of trying to wake up my grandparents as it's all they have at their age. If they were to realise that they wasted their entire life and indoctrinated their kids it might kill them.

    • @reggiekray723
      @reggiekray723 3 года назад +2

      @@TheTruthHurts There is a Sunk Cost Falicy

    • @reggiekray723
      @reggiekray723 3 года назад +3

      There is a Sunk Cost Falicy that states that if you have invested so much in to something you don't want to, or cant believe that you have wasted your time and effort.

  • @juliadreams8320
    @juliadreams8320 3 года назад +39

    Oh dear...yes "apostates" have been in Bethel and so on....stupid talk. I love your videos!

  • @stephs8665
    @stephs8665 3 года назад +24

    Commenting for the algorithm because u deserve it.

  • @TheLoudFox
    @TheLoudFox 2 года назад +8

    You really helped me leave after 12 years of indoctrination… I’ve been out for almost a year, and my life is been instantly better

  • @LOBOISHERE
    @LOBOISHERE 3 года назад +40

    For me Jehovas Witnesses have always looked like a Religious pyramid scheme... Awesome video, keep up the good work

    • @petalparker5
      @petalparker5 3 года назад +3

      Yes.

    • @joerizoli6736
      @joerizoli6736 3 года назад +2

      This ex-JW is woefully ignorant of Vaccines...when did he become the expert in vaccines and this covid mess?
      www.bitchute.com/video/DjTSo91NexHm/
      As to his getting into a debate about the JW translation, I wouldn't waste my time arguing over it is not going to get you anywhere, lots of Bible translations have taken liberties in their editions, if you argue one, then argue them all......arguing over the flood, lots of proof, there are many Native stories from all around the world for a flood story for some reason..
      I don't waste my time trying to disprove the WT, I'm glad I'm out and don't need to be abused by them ever again, why relive the nightmare...read Ray Franz book Crisis of Conscience, that should get any truthfull person out of the WT...Study mind control, Cults and just be glad you are out..
      I wrote brief article to help people.
      .www.voy.com/241653/433.html

  • @annapostate8246
    @annapostate8246 3 года назад +10

    Such a joy to find your channel! Thank you for speaking out ❤️

  • @grimlund
    @grimlund 3 года назад +11

    Window cleaning seems to be the most common thing that JW:s do for living.

    • @Windwalker88
      @Windwalker88 2 года назад +2

      Haha yes, i know so many window cleaning JW'ers

    • @seansrecords
      @seansrecords 2 года назад +1

      guilty

  • @yadabub
    @yadabub 3 года назад +20

    You actually do have to look into a bin to know if there's rubbish in it. Otherwise you'll just think that you know, and very likely end up being wrong.

  • @woketointelofjws6670
    @woketointelofjws6670 3 года назад +64

    That elders talk is so depressing

    • @terridovey7648
      @terridovey7648 3 года назад +10

      I agree. He's totally brainwashed, and doing it to others. 🥺😪

    • @reggiekray723
      @reggiekray723 3 года назад +15

      When you have been out for a few years and you hear these talks you do feel like you are being spoken to like a 5 year old by an overbearing aunt.

    • @jimbobaggans1564
      @jimbobaggans1564 3 года назад +8

      But, it wasn't when we were a member of the cult. We noded our heads in agreement. When he finished we clapped. I clapped because everyone else was. When I began to realize what I was doing, I stopped clapping. I started to listen more to what they were really saying. They wanted us to only look at JW. Org if we wanted to know anything about the organization. Never to look at any other web site that talked about the organization of Jehovah witnessess. But, the Scientology organization did that very same thing. If you wanted to know about Scientology, to go to them. Not to anyone outside of their organization. How familiar. A cult is a cult is a cult. They all attempt to demonize any and all critics. To discourage anyone searching their history. They even try to rewrite their own history. The more former members speak out about the Cult, the more they try to demonize them. Opposers, Suppressives, Apostates. The cults all have their special names for them. Any way that they can make the Us verses Them way of thinking. And the cult members follow along like sheep to the slaughter. They hand over their critical thinking ability. Their mind submission will make them shun members of their own families because they question the organization or speak out about the organization. It's an amazing thing to observe. How can seemingly intelligent people, be so controlled? To hand over their mind to this or any cult? And what does it take to make them open their eyes?

    • @terridovey7648
      @terridovey7648 3 года назад +6

      @@jimbobaggans1564 I heard they use love bombing to get you in, then they use fear to keep you in. Fear takes over your mind and feelings. Then the brainwashing begins.
      But it's something different about the cult that people will question, and a lot of them actually research it on the web, then realize they've been lied to all that time.
      So I pray that the jw's do research and wake up. They don't even know that they're the actual Babylon. Not us in "Christendom".

    • @attitudeproblem6462
      @attitudeproblem6462 3 года назад +4

      These "music videos" are pretty depressing, too.

  • @nicosyiallouris1103
    @nicosyiallouris1103 3 года назад +5

    People wake up and RUN RUN RUN RUN as FAST as you can to get away from this Babylon cult

  • @willyb933
    @willyb933 3 года назад +12

    Another outstanding video with excellent reasoning. I happened to mention your channel to Lloyd Evans in a live chat on one of his latest videos. He was familiar with your channel and agreed that it was a "great channel" (my words) and that he was going to contact you about perhaps being on his channel. That would be a very interesting interview and a real boost to your channel which ultimately benefits many victims of this cult. I was born in and at age 64 am now out for about 20 yrs. Thanks for your efforts and look forward to future videos.

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +5

      It's very kind of you to mention me in the live chat, thank you👍🏻 Well done for making it out all those years ago without the boom of the internet!

    • @willyb933
      @willyb933 3 года назад +3

      @@TheTruthHurts it's interesting because my two reasons for originally leaving were being appointed as an MS and also a visit to the Canadian Branch. These were essentially my "peek behind the curtain" and it wasnt until later years that I can say I was truly awoken by the online revelations about the lies and deceipt of this organisation.

  • @jaenulton9953
    @jaenulton9953 2 года назад +5

    I often cry watching your videos and I haven't been inside a hall in nearly 20 years. I appreciate your logic, I too think logically. Nobody wants to cut off lifelong friends or family.
    Proof and evidence naturally produces questions and doubt - I still struggle with 7-8 logical questions that doctrine could not explain. The truth truly hurts. Much love to you.

    • @moodyrick8503
      @moodyrick8503 2 года назад

      Although I have never been JW, I have a 15 yr old cousin that no longer believes and lives in fear.
      I advised him to pretend until he is financially independent.
      The hypocrisy of telling believers that doubt leads directly to Satan, but that for everyone else doubt is required.
      _The truth should have nothing to fear from investigation._ *Fear is the foundation of Jehovah.*

  • @maxerickson12
    @maxerickson12 3 года назад +6

    I am a recent ex-Mormon and I just found your channel. There are many parallels in my experience, thanks for sharing

  • @eddalnurse
    @eddalnurse 3 года назад +9

    "pffff.... Exspeeerts.... What do they know" - That the most JV thing I`ve ever heard. Only thing it proves is the lack of qualities they so dearly claim to be the only ones that really possess....

  • @positiveendtimes
    @positiveendtimes 3 года назад +10

    Love this, I hope that one day soon every cong will be having to give one of these types of talks every meeting & the fear of the word apostate looses its power

  • @Charleneslife-23
    @Charleneslife-23 3 года назад +17

    If Jehovah loves animal, why do they have to die since they do not commit sins?

    • @truthserum5855
      @truthserum5855 3 года назад +3

      Sin is a religious marketing scheme.

  • @PeteyHoudini
    @PeteyHoudini 3 года назад +21

    Mate, where did you pop out from? Great arguments.

  • @MatthewCaunsfield
    @MatthewCaunsfield 3 года назад +24

    Thanks for this fascinating glimpse into JW sophistry. While no doubt perfectly tailored for the already indoctrinated, it is surprising how basic it sounds to an outsider like me

  • @Hearwithyourears
    @Hearwithyourears 3 года назад +15

    When you are squeezed, what’s inside of you comes out!!

  • @raffaeleparisi
    @raffaeleparisi 3 года назад +21

    That elder gave so many red herrings.

  • @garybishop5293
    @garybishop5293 3 года назад +19

    Really helpful. Again nailed it with this unique method of yours. Thanks!

  • @anonymouswhiterabbit
    @anonymouswhiterabbit 3 года назад +24

    Love it! I’m glad you brought up the spider thing lol. Still grinds my gears.

  • @johnviney5040
    @johnviney5040 3 года назад +15

    Two points: First, why do the JW faith leaders or JW members go to health professionals who went to university to learn their scientific skills and medical advancements? Why not go and see a Pioneer who has read some books about it. So for instance, with a raging toothache, go to a Pioneer who has read books about taking out teeth and let them do it. Or if you have an irregular heartbeat, pop in to see an Elder who has read books about it on the side, rather than corrupt yourself with a scientific solution. Oh, you mean when it suits, you don't mind taking advantage of folks who put all that effort into their lives to help others. If no one went to University to study these skills, what would JWs do? Point Two: the Elder giving the talk compares believing criticism of JWs belief system to believing that Elvis is still alive. This argument tactic is known as "the straw man" argument. Introduce a weak simile and knock it down which makes it look like you have destroyed the arguement. Whereas the Watchtower organisation have said in print that they are not perfect, they make mistakes, the Governing Body has made mistakes, and the Bible itself says to "carefully check these things, to see if they are so." If you find one or more of these 'mistakes', what should you do? Follow the mistake even though you know it is wrong?

  • @MichaelYoder1961
    @MichaelYoder1961 3 года назад +18

    Great rebuttal! Articulate, clear and well-researched. I'm a never in, but know several ex-JWs. Keep up your good work! And their cringe-worthy music videos just make me think "Stepford Wives"...

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +4

      Thank you Michael. Much appreciated👍🏻

  • @ozzie3057
    @ozzie3057 3 года назад +18

    Very well done!!! Woke up a year ago, and I can truly say my family and I have never been more happy and content. Thanks and keep it up!

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +5

      Glad to hear you guys are happy! Likewise with me😊

  • @alexanderx33
    @alexanderx33 3 года назад +13

    That was a pretty sick crisis of concience plug. "If only there were someone like that" lol

    • @checkthefacts.
      @checkthefacts. 3 года назад +3

      I think you meant slick,dam that predictive text, catches me out too

    • @alexanderx33
      @alexanderx33 3 года назад +3

      @@checkthefacts. No I did mean sick, as in cool.

    • @theaharrah1917
      @theaharrah1917 3 года назад +2

      @@alexanderx33 what ? Sick means cool? I think I need a new dictionary.🤗

    • @angelamaryquitecontrary4609
      @angelamaryquitecontrary4609 3 года назад

      @@theaharrah1917 Yeah, get down with the hep cats, daddio!

  • @BlightBreedOfficial
    @BlightBreedOfficial 3 года назад +6

    I remember questioning the beloved Watchtower in a study session with an elder once. I can’t exactly remember what I was questioning but it didn’t sit well with him. All he said to me was, “Be careful what you say.” It was then that I realised that free speech is not even a thing in the organisation. It scared the hell out of me to be honest.

  • @KGLOVE14
    @KGLOVE14 3 года назад +4

    I pray you would penetrate MANY hearts with truth!!
    I continue to pray YHWH would expose the watchtower and bring it down

    • @onedaya_martian1238
      @onedaya_martian1238 3 года назад

      Um, there is no evidence that YHWH exists...certainly not like the JWs present and even what the bible describes. The Truth Hurts.

  • @kitsunekierein7253
    @kitsunekierein7253 3 года назад +12

    How do you not have a million subscribers by now? I know for a fact that your videos are far and away the best freethinker producers on RUclips. Your quality and sober rationality put to shame a lot of others in the field. Keep in mind that I love these channels, but the likes of viced rhino and aran Ra seem to lack something that you so naturally don't. You deserve so much more love than you have. I've never experienced shunning, but my heart bleeds for you at yours. It's not right, but remember that we humans are animals as well. Our savagery proves the truth of this. It is disheartening, not not untrue.

  • @exjwwokeup1617
    @exjwwokeup1617 3 года назад +17

    Love the name: The Truth Hurts

  • @joec595
    @joec595 3 года назад +7

    I’m going to be honest, being a JW taught me loads of critical thinking skills that I’ve leveraged in my career. I’ve done quite well through a master’s level of financial analysis and mathematics with the training I received. How much of that was accomplished through genetic potential, sheer will and/or training as a JW isn’t clear, but regular mental stimulation beyond traditional schooling, as well as the trained ability to sit for hours, actually helped me surpass my “worldly” peers.
    With that said, I didn’t use my critical thinking skills in relation to the religion until my early 30s. As soon as I did, the skills they indoctrinated me with did much to undo the indoctrination. Oh the irony!

  • @jordanhalkier81
    @jordanhalkier81 3 года назад +5

    As a former unbaptized publisher, I'm so glad that I stopped my studying with the Witnesses.
    I only studied with the witnesses just to make my mum happy. My mum is still fully indoctrination sadly.
    I stopped my study because of my sexuality towards other men, I just knew that I couldn't continue not with how the organisation treats LGBT members.
    Since stopping my studying, I'm more awake to the damaging affects of the organisation, it was the child sexual abuse cover ups that really made me realise that I was being taught by such a corrupt and evil organisation.
    I'm so glad that you found the strength to get away and now you have your own thoughts and opinions back, that must be a great feeling.
    Nowadays I'm living a happy life being a proud gay man! Thankfully I woke up before I decided to get baptized. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
    Great video. Keep them coming man. 😁

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +3

      Thanks Jordan. I'm glad your happy and are enjoying life post stopping your study👍🏻

    • @cheneethompson5756
      @cheneethompson5756 11 месяцев назад

      I love that you can finally be yourself!

  • @nomadicstanimal3396
    @nomadicstanimal3396 3 года назад +4

    An elder who washes windows?! How stereotypical, haha?!

  • @dubbthis2119
    @dubbthis2119 3 года назад +12

    Brilliant disection of your apostate talk. The Watchtower organization is becoming a basket case of pity in todays information age, and a prime example of the dunning kruger effect. Everything about it has been debunked thanks to the internet and the determination of activists like yourself. Keep up your refreshingly logical analysis.

  • @calsheridan8961
    @calsheridan8961 3 года назад +3

    "What do a giraffe and a butterfly have in common?
    Jehovah."
    - This weird ass music video.

  • @complexpixel5297
    @complexpixel5297 3 года назад +8

    I'm so happy I found your channel, just watched every one of your videos and can't wait for more. You are an absolute treasure ❤️ keep helping people to see the real truth☺️ one day things will be different, I'm positive of that.

    • @TheTruthHurts
      @TheTruthHurts  3 года назад +1

      Thanks so much👍🏻
      Really glad you enjoyed them 😊

  • @jrow0524
    @jrow0524 3 года назад +6

    You my friend have an amazing gift. Keep it up!

  • @Dave_Burnett
    @Dave_Burnett 3 года назад +8

    The rubbish bin illustration he used. He said you don’t need to open a bin to know there is rubbish in it! Hope a delivery driver doesn’t leave a parcel in his bin then!