So not only did you destroy your own life, but you also had your entire family join you. What you did was show your father and brother a glimpse of your sinful wild life, and now they want to partake in it also. They're going to follow in your footsteps. Not only did Satan destroy your life, but he also was able to get to your family members, through you. If I still had young children living at our home, and one of our grown children lived on their own, as a drug addict, or living a promiscuous sinful life. If he would have called me, I too would have done what your mother did. Being a mother myself, I too would have picked up my son's phone call. But I would never had permitted for him to live in our home and corrupt the rest of my children. Within a couple of years, if not sooner, your parents will be divorced and your brother will be on drugs, or in prison. Because now, they're not going to have God's scripture, to live by. Everything is going to be permissible in their lives. Exactly like it is in your life! Are you proud of yourself?
How did he destroy his life ? The quote that the goverment body said like 10 years ago, is the SAME they said in 2020 - 2021 - 2022, So when is the end of the world coming ? We need to waste 10 - 200 more years ?
I love your Christian spirit... This right here folks is a prime example of how Pharisee-like Jehovah’s Witnesses are. I’ll be praying that one day you wake up and see the truth too, sister.
Yes isnt it wonderful!!! HE and HIs family escaped this GRIPPING CULT…Hopefully you will wake up from THE GOVERNING NOBODY’S LIE.Your a BOOK SALESMAN who quotes scriptures working for The Watchtower PUBLISHING CULT.📕📓📒
Tell me. I ve never been a JW. But I had no negative view of them. Until one I knew as an elder got disfellowshipped for reporting Child Sexual Abuse within the congregation to the Police. If that s your God,he s not worthy of worship.
@@camrayan2587 Thank you, but I don't need for a non-believer, atheist, to pray for me. You need to ask God for forgiveness and start changing your life around. Because, I guarantee that you have seen a great difference in your life, by doing what ever you heart desires, instead of following the commandments that Jehovah God has set aside for us. If you want to continue to live the sinful ways of the world, that's your choice, but why also corrupt your entire family? Didn't you say that you were living on the streets? You were having suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide, have depression, continuesly having sex with a multitude of women. All of this occuring, after you took Jehovah God, out of your life. Do you think that your family are going to do well, once they also take God out of their life's? Don't you see, that the people who are agreeing with you, are also non-believers, and are also living a promiscuous, sinful life's. Your only reason that you are talking against the Jehovah witnesses, is because you weren't allowed to follow your fleshly desires. You were kicked out, because they weren't going to allow you to corrupt the entire congregation, in the same way, that you are doing to your family.
Hi Cam, my husband and I left after 36 years of being in that organization. We have 4 born in adult children and their mates. They are fully shunning us but we are being a support for any that have left. We are so happy for you and your family and the work your father is doing to expose the abuses in the organization especially in New Zealand. Keep up the good work!
I’m still stuck in the religion, I feel so trapped because my parents keep making me feel like crap when I say I don’t want to study. They don’t care about their children, they just care how they look in the congregations eyes. Me and another friend are drowning right now.
Damnn, bro. I feel you. At least you are woken up, and you can escape after you turn 18. For some of us, we had to go through a lot of shi1 in our adulthood before we escaped the cult.
Be brave and run.out here is no worst or better but you can start to live again.nobody is really living in there because nobody can keep up with so much unnecessary rules.i got out and the friends I lost now I know we're not good friends.i am much better now.feels great to be free.
Aw Hiya Cam! Sammy here. My family (the Kawiti’s) and I were in the same congo on the coast as you guys growing up…. I can attest to the fact that you guys were indeed the dream JW family back then… But oh MAAAN it makes my heart SO incredibly happy that you are out, and your family followed and you have found that real peace & happiness!! My husband and I officially and publicly disassociated 3.5 years ago too, after years of doubt, fear, and anger over the organisation… It was the best decision of our lives and we have never doubted or regretted a moment since leaving. Your video is beautifully spoken, I hope it continues to help others who have left or want to leave. All our love to you and your family!
I was brought up in that cult too, and it caused me to be an atheist for over 8 years. It took a lot for me to finally find enough proof to believe in God, and later find out it was Jesus. That was Jesus comforting you in the shower. God bless you in Jesus' name
@@WitnessForJesus Thank you so much, I am too. I'm still in shock over all that he's done for me. As soon as I found Jesus at the end of 2020, He IMMEDIATELY took away my transgenderism, bisexuality, depression, daily suicide attempts, self harm, bulimia and anorexia; and He did this all without me asking Him to, because THAT'S how merciful and loving He is! Praise God! I'm glad you found Him too. God bless you in Jesus' name❤🤗💝
@@PridelessChickz now you are accepting that Jesus took all those nasty thing on you but if it was J W telling you that bisexuality is not acceptable by God you were going to make a RUclips channel blaming they ,,many hypocrites in this streets
Thank you for watching and thank you for your comment! Please hold on to hope, it seems there is a “mass awakening” happening at the moment. Wishing you luck!!
First know that Zeus is jesus or iesus or Krishna or crystos... Second, tetragrammaton is Egyptian meaning FOUR LETTERS of aton atum adam electron and the SUN or jehovah is atum... Israel is ISIS AMUNRA ELOHIM get it? Egyptians wrote the bible or helios byblos or codex inscryptus... All is astrology and mental. Kybalion Watch exjw Santos Bonacci and Jordan Maxwell
What a blessing to hear from you, my brother! I really saw Jesus and what he had done , and was disfellowshipped in 1974. There were 14 of us who came out together, so I never went through the rejection of my family. However, I lost some very close friends in the process, and the pain is real. Thank you for sharing.
Ohhhh ......you break my heart to think of you being homeless after all the good things and good person that you certainly are! Thank you for your generosity to use your story to help others who have been hurt by WT! Cam, I wish you & your family all the best things in life!
So encouraging to hear your family has joined you!!! Omg watchtower has cause so much suffering . Love to all of you . Plse do your research before you jump in with both feet.
Thankyou for your personal story and so happy your life has turned round and you are now seeing life. My family are still in and although I believe cracks are being seen they are still in denial. One day you never know. I am happy you are getting your family back.
Thank you for watching! All it takes is for a few cracks to be seen and that can make the whole lot tumble down. My family was in denial initially too. It could be happening soon for you!
Well done Cam, this is so moving. I have the same goals as you with regards to mental health and trying to put out some healing ex jw content. I look forward to hearing and seeing more from you mate. Peace and Love bro x
WoW! Great Cam! 32:00 Chills!! Didnt see this one comming. I am happy you made it through and your family is united again, thats the best part of the hole story I guess. Take care, Keep on!
Hi Cam Thanks for sharing your story. I also shared my story on RUclips about 8 months ago. I was delighted when you said that you have found true faith in Christ. That’s so encouraging to hear. God bless you bro. Steve
Thanks so much Steve! I’d love to watch your story too, I’ll be watching first thing tomorrow. Love seeing other exjw’s turn to Christ. God bless you too mate.
Thanks for posting this. I am about to get disfellowshipped. I made an appeal and the appeal hearing with the new committee is tomorrow, but I've heard appeals are rarely successful so I'm not very hopeful. I was raised a witness and my dad is an elder. Very similar situation to you in being sort of a 'model' family. I'm preparing myself mentally for what is to come but don't think I can ever really understand until it actually happens. For those wondering, even if you are 'repentant' and tell the elders you want to change your ways, you can still get disfellowshipped. This was the case for me as I was actually the one who went to the elders to confess. They still disfellowshipped me. This has made me very skeptical of the religion and now I'm not sure what to believe anymore. It's been about 2 weeks since the original hearing where I was disfellowshipped. I have not been able to focus or concentrate on anything over this time period as my life as I know it is quite literally hanging in the balance. It's funny to me when I talk to non-jws. They are always saying 'there's no way your own parents will actually stop talking to you'. I have to look them dead in the eyes and tell them that I know for a fact my family will not talk to me as soon as they find out the news. Pretty scary when you think about it.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I am currently trying to navigate an exit. I've tried asking my family a few questions hoping they'll do their own research, but they believe it all - hook, line and sinker. I hope to one day have a call like you did.
I can't believe a religious group can do this to families. It's completely opposite to what God would expect from families....I do so feel for you....hope your trust in Jesus will keep you going on the right road...I left my church as well, and my parents were more upset than anyone else, that is what I could not understand....
Wow Cam this is such an amazing story. I’m so happy you’ve got your family! So hey strange thing, when I myself was in my darkest hour my spouse was in & I was planning my suicide I was in prayer & I had an angel or Jesus come to comfort me. It was a feeling/presence I’d never experienced before & didn’t want it to end. But from that moment onward my depression was lifted and I knew I was on the right path. The only thing is I wish everyone going thru the waking process was fortunate enough to receive that. I sometimes feel a lil guilty in a way & reluctantly to share something so profound & meaningful
Thanks so much! Wow that is exactly what I was thinking in my experience too… some people would call us crazy for believing that it was an angel /Jesus presence that comforted us in those times, but I also believe that it was a supernatural experience. It was actually the seed that grew my true faith into what it is today. I’m going to relay my testimony in next weeks video in a bit more detail anyway. Thanks for sharing some of your experience here too, I too hope more people can experience what we have.
@@camrayan2587 Joel prophecy indicated that dreams would be given by God too.. The GB have directed the preaching work very effectively.. And the third temple of rev 11 is still the arrangement God has authorised.. Does Ezekiel s temple vision also factor In.. ? The stream that is trickling at its source at the temple gains more and more momentum and depth as it gets farther AWAY from the temple !..ending up in the Dead sea..giving life to the dead things.. PROPHECY MUST BE FULFILLED. REV 16 Says..many will blaspheme in these times with true knowledge abundant as Daniel said. But rev 11 :5&6 forewarned is that negative effects would be commissioned by God's people. Distressing things we see too can disturb us.. CSA..A two witness issue. Would God be that cheeky to link the ' two witness ' wording to help identify the salient /controversial issue ?
Thank you for sharing. Thank God that He reached out to you. He is going to use your story to deliver a lot of people. We used to be Mormons. My family left but my immediate older brother continued with them but about 3 years before he died Jesus saved him and he died a happy child of God. God is good. God bless you brother for sharing.
Thank you for sharing Cam. Hopefully this helps others who have gone through or are going through what you did. They aren’t alone, there are so many others. What a beautiful outcome. There’s always hope! Thank you
Hey brother I'm really happy for you and I'm so glad you're here with us. I'm 40 just woke up to the truth i was on a journey for 10 years love Jehovah more than ever and I'm glad he provided us with our Lord Jesus . If have any questions or you need anything reach out here a real brother in Christ. Ciao
Congratulations on your escape. It's horrendous how the Watchtower/Governing Body teaches their followers to treat their children who do not want to be a JW. It's not normal for parents to behave the way they do.
Thanks bro for this video. I'm so happy for you and your family. I left organization little over year ago and this freedom and joy are overwhelming what I feel right now. I find new spiritual home from free church. I even got baptized again last november. I'm almost 60 years old and raised and born in JW family. And like you parents my parents also met first time in my mother's door when my father went there preaching. My mother was a witness when she died but father disfellowshipped before I was born. I'm sure that your mother come out too. Hugs and much love ❤️
I wanted to continue. Since I faded my two sisters still speak to me, but they still invite me to special talks and other things. I will never go back. How I faded is when my mother changed congregation and just did not go to the new congregation. That way no one was looking for me. I wanted to leave even before than and this gave me the opportunity to do so. I am so glad for you and your family. I faded over 35 years ago. I am 59 now. I started viewing these exjw videos on youtube about 8 months ago. I have learned about all of this information concerning this organization and the many changes taking place. Growing up in the religion I always had doubts.
My name is Jim Kidd I a baptized jw since 1959 work up bout 5 years ago I really appreciate your honesty I want to tell my story too trying to figure out how 🤔
Cam, thank you for this wonderful testimony! I hope u continue to your healing journey. The encounter you had in the shower truly shows The Lord’s love for you to experience His peace and His presence. He also shows through that spiritual encounter He gave you your family back. He helped them to wake up yaay. I’m glad you found the real Jesus and put Heavenly Father who cam rock your world and give you a taste of His awesomeness.
Thank you so much for your kind comment, I truly believe that was a key moment from our Lord as well. He has blessed me like never before since then! Take care :)
Cam you’ve done a great job - putting your heart and soul out for us all. Thank you for your honesty. I hear what you have said about “healing”. It is a vital thing for many of us. I left 30 plus years ago and only recently I realised how impacted I was by my 50 plus time in the organisation, being brainwashed. I look forward to hearing how your book develops. Sending blessings and heartfelt appreciation for what you have and continue to achieve in your life.
I really appreciate your testimony. The end hearing your parents and family are waking up has given me much encouragement today. My mother is a self appointed annointed and been in 50 years I left unbaptised at 17 I'm 46 now. Still praying that my mother will see the light of the True Christ x God Bless you and your family xx
Thank you for being honest, vulnerable and most importantly, loving. Indeed, God has a special plan for you and your ministry. I don’t know if you consider your path a ministry, but it most certainly is. So many need to hear this. May God bless you and continue to heal you as you share the real truth of the gospel.
Thank you Cam for your story and you're sharing. I'm not a witness but I have a friend who is and I thought I would send this to her. I'm sorry for everything you went through but if you hadn't of experienced that, you would not be where you are now. My Hope for you is that you continue to see that God is the way the truth and the life and that you cannot get to him except through his son Jesus Christ who died for our sins. As far as going to church. I like the fellowship part and the worship part and I believe it's a good thing as long as it's a non-denominational church that teaches from the Bible and not just says things to make people feel good so you will come back. I pray for discernment so that I can see the difference in these pastors and I finally found a great church. Looking forward to your book and thank you for caring. That's what God wants us to do, besides of course spreading the word. That's what we're really here for because he wants that no one should perish. I found that people don't like to be preached to so I don't, I just plant a seed and then I live by example. God bless you and your family Cam.
Thank you so much for the kind comment, I hope that my video is helpful to your friend. Life is so much better after truly being called to Christ. Wishing you good health and God bless you and your family too.
Thank you bro. You might remember me. I was in the Congo in Manurewa. Tane Spooner. Spoke with Eddie tonight now that I saw that he was out. Hope we can catch up one day. Kia kaha E hoa.
Thank you making this video and raising awareness. I read a study that showed the effects of shunning on the brain. Its so harmful that the hippocampus actually physically shrinks causing extreme mental illness, aggression and suicidal thoughts. I'm so sorry younwent through this
Thank you for sharing your story. I hope to someday see more videos from you. My bestie is a disfellowshipped JW who is still very much mentally stuck in believing all that hogwash and I pray EVERYDAY that Jesus opens his eyes
What a beautiful story! I’m sorry you suffered in the meantime but it was worth it and I’m sure that that warmth and calm you felt in the shower was God letting you know He will never abandon you. Just because we lose faith in the JW organization doesn’t mean the real God doesn’t exist, hold on to him. Thank you for sharing your encouraging story and for all your sincerity, I can see how good of a person you are. I’m so happy your family is finally opening their eyes as well. God is definitely blessing you.
Thankyou for sharing your story. It brought me to tears. I’m 3rd generation -I left in my early 20’s (1999) we didn’t have the internet like we do now. There was no support and I went through a very similar journey. It still effects who I am today. But I agree our experiences we were raised in gives us a special understanding of people, I have great empathy for people that I ever had before. I look forward to your book and it’s inspiring me to write mine. It sounds like you have a solid family. My story with my family isn’t so nice. To this day my dad and his side of the family refuse to talk to me. Even at my baby brothers funeral Last year. So sad…he doesn’t know me or any of my children. It’s such a loss. The organization is not loving unless you follow the order. Everything has conditions- which isn’t Christlike at all. Keep spreading your truth!
Sixty years ago when I was in my first year of university, in a first year Sociology class I remember the professor telling us that shunning is the most hurtful, destructive action that can be taken against another person short of murder and often has the same effect. He also explained that so-called primitive tribes used that as the ultimate punishment - to expel someone from the tribe often deprived people of foodand shelter and all the other basics of life. If that action isn't treated in the courts as attempted murder, our so-called modern education system hasn't learned much.
Exactly! I've read other Psychologists saying the same things. It's absolutely insane how JW's can get away with it... it's a sick and unloving religion to its core.
Friend, I am SO happy for you and your family!!! I hope your mom is out now too. I 100% agree with you, religion poisons everything, but spirituality heals everything. Even if I’m not a Christian, I agree with the message Jesus brought. If more Christians were like you, and, say, Ray Franz, the world would be a better place. All the best to you and your family. ❤
I’m sitting here at 5 AM in the morning before work gripped by your story. I was disfellowshipped in 2018 and I tried to come back a few times because of missing my family and community as well and 2020 saved my life. After all the meetings stopped due to Covid, I started investigating, and I thought I would be struck by lightning, but completely had a panic attack finding out about all the pedophilia and how it is worse than we could ever now. Then I found out about my very own congregation and I decided against coming back. It was the best decision of my life And I agree, I feel like one of the lucky ones. I lead a quiet life with a small circle of good friends. I used to miss my family and friends a lot but your brain rewires. Living a double life is something I never wanted to do and so I chose myself. I was the pioneer and the poster child for a Jehovah’s Witness as well but looking back it all sounds so strange to me and I can see how keeping Jehovah’s Witnesses so busy prevent them from waking up. My family is very small right now, so the loss is not that bad but my life has never felt this great. I’m no longer in fear of anything, no doom and gloom, I have lost the judgmental streak that I always had and it feels wonderful to make friends and not have to talk about what religion we are in and try to informal witness to everyone you meet. I used to think I was so lucky to have the truth out of all the people in the world, I was chosen, but now I feel the complete opposite. Thank you for your story. You have a new subscriber and I’m so happy that all of your suicide attempts failed. I’m so happy that your family will be together again and start living the best life ever.
would love for you to pray and ask the Lord to reveal himself to you. He loves you unconditionally, and you do not need an organization to tell you the best way to follow him. It's completely all about what he's done for you when he died at the cross you don't have to earn your salvation. GET to know your maker who loves you so so so so much. he loved you first, and there is nothing you'll ever do that will make him love you any less or any more than he already does. I believe that at your worst, it was the hand of God that touched you my friend.
I'm very happy for you and your family. Hopefully your mum manages to get out and keep her family too. The way this cult destroys familial bonds is criminal
Like you while in the truth. I had a serious breakdown, l thought in the 10yrs l was in it ,it would be a place of pea e and comfort. I saw it was not,there were a lot of judgmental people. There was a sister who loved the truth, she by the way was disabled in her thirty, she went out almost every day to bring people I to the truth, she had done it 4 yes. There came a point where she question material in the Watch Tower which is studied every Sunday, the governing body had started to change what had been taught. She was ostracised by the elders, guess what some yrs later the governing body were ousted from Bethel,as apostates, .also 2 elders left and they 2 were so faithful, . My worry how many witnesses have died through not having a blood transfusion. God gave us freedom of choice,not do as men preach in so many faith's, he also sent his dear son ,who died so we would be saved by his grace.
I have also uploaded my testimony. My husband was ex-communicated. He took his life a week before they said he was about to be reinstated. My testimony is in 5 parts. I also have made a playlist of Deprogramming from Cults which includes extensive research on the organisation and other things.
I left the Mormon church at 46. I think that leaving your church is harder, but many of the things you talk about are true of Mormonism as well. I could so relate to how these religions actually separate families. I'm glad that you're family is finally finding their way out too.
Thanks for watching Carol! My wife is actually an inactive Mormon, so I've heard about quite a few organisational similarities as well. Our religions are definitely "cousins" in a that sense.
Somethings we read..we won't understand til it's been fulfilled explicitly. Does Rev 2 :27 refers to destruction of families BEFORE Har Mageddon..breaking to pieces the way a Potter does an earthen pot..to elicit a response..as ezek 38 says..leaving unprotected victims..from the rulers seeking to defend them ? Rev 19:15 seems to be referring to the harsh way many are being treated..Iron rod sheperding.. Cold harsh inflexible and unyielding. Seems so UNCHRISTIAN..compared to the first century Christ !! Exactly. !! He used the traditional sheperds staff. Not the instructions the elders recieve and implement ! Rev 11:5&6 opened up a totally new perspective to me..a dramatic twist !
@@Linda-ux8un 2 thess 2:8-11 Dovetails beautifully with the scripturally unlawful behaviour allowed by God @rev 11:5&6 Their actions though hated by men, approved by God. Isa 54:17b Perfectly fits their role as man of lawlessness;sons of destruction. Just as a criminal after breaking the law is able to get away, hopes of justice reappear because the police can break the speed limit (themselves breaking the law..to catch the criminals) So it's possible therefore that God' LETS an operation of error go to THEM' (the police ..who also broke the law by speeding..) for the greater good. By means of this diplomatic immunity Harmony will be restored... Humankind will never again experience injustice oppression The millions who died from Adamic Sin will experience resurrection Rulers who have been through quality control..fully tested will be administering Gods just, upright and merciful ways. Fantastic arrangement !! People of all sorts can access in Over 1000 languages on jw.org..the happy message offering hope and now giving purpose to life ..satisfying answers to questions that have perplexed them. The new world will not be blighted by the selfish..weeded out by strategies to sift and preventing their entry. Perhaps such ones are offended by this Like the criminals( in the illustration above) who are minded to be self serving.. (Seething..because they were caught by The police /the supreme authority)
Acabo de leer tu historia familiar en Reddit , es conmovedor , te doy mi más sincera felicitación , disfrutalo !!! No podré escuchar tu video por qué no entiendo inglés . Todo mi cariño hacia ti . Carmen desde Barcelona
May you find what gives you joy. What you are doing here is so good for your healing in an emotional and spiritual way Sometimes these situations teach us what we need in life I love your explanation here you are factual but not angry It is something we have experienced as well but may not be able to put it into words to help others Thank you so much Cam🙏
Love your testimony a lot I can relate….. keeping you in my prayers please pray for me. I just want to be a simple Christian myself. I pray you have peace and real love.
They, of course, did it ignorantly. So please hear this: In the times of their ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth men everywhere to repent. May this be their blessed experience as well. All glory to God!
thank you for sharing your story. I am finding these so encouraging to hear you overcome the hardship. I am shunned and homeless too right now and it is hard but I am heartened to hear that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
I did not wait for the entire video to finish when I replied earlier. Now I see that you are putting your trust in God. I have stopped going to church since the pandemic, but hopefully I will find a small church that follows and teaches what the Bible says. I am glad for you and your family. Enjoy your freedom in Christ!
Thank you for sharing your story I was the stupid listens to them and thought I was saving my children life by bringing them up in the JW thankfully my two boys did not want to be jw and now we are all a wake I feel so bad that I screw up everyone lives I am now a Christian and have never been so happy 🙏🙏😊😊😊
A friend who left got was constantly harassed, he had move and change phone. The people in his building got tired of someone hollering and banging on his door at two in the morning. Christians leave their church for whatever reason are not usual harassed or unfriendly.
Very sad story, but beautiful at the same time. I would like to suggest two books by Joseph Benner, Christ in You, and The impersonal Life . These books are very short one is 117 pages and I believe the other one is 112. I got these off of Amazon. May you be blessed
I became a JW at 15. I had friends in High school who were JWs which helped. I became a JW because at 15 you're struggling with who you are, what your life is all about, what your going to do with your life etc. Their publications had ALL the answers. There was " love" and support in the congregation. I cant guarantee the love was REAL but they did encourage me to " make spiritual progress". But as a High schooler, I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT SCIENTIFIC METHOD, EPISTEMOLOGY,THE REAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLES cos theres More than 1 Bible. It takes decades to learn all these things. Right now i learned maybe the universe is both infinite and eternal because James Webb telescope found galaxies older than Big Bang. WHO KNEW?
Hi! POMO for over two decades now. Your story doesn't surprise me much at all. You were brainwashed, and to then discover that your world, your reality was false, really messes with your mind. Its like a spring, that has been compressed (or in your situation, repressed) that is suddenly let free. That spring is going to go flying off wildly. So, you, like that spring, flew off with all these new experiences that you have been missing out on. It is no surprise that you "overshot" the mark. Glad to hear that you have recovered, and that your family is no longer under the spell. I've lost some family when I left. But that was a bonus as they were toxic people (and what actually pushed me out). A religion like JW is a perfect home for their personality type...
I'm happy for you. Still continue to read and study. I was told if I were to keep wearing my small stud nose ring, I couldn't comment at the meetings. I was open and told the elders I did something wrong, now I'm getting shunned. Oh well, life goes on. I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling this way. Thank you.
I'm glad you're awake and have escaped with the rest of the family. I hope one day my cousins who you likely know are also able to wake up before they're too old to enjoy a little freedom in this life. Thanks for sharing, 👏.
The first detail I noticed was : the slightly British style speech (my home is America--USA--Texas) . I suspected Australian right away but I saw New Zealand in the comments. Jesus is the same (yesterday, today, and forever and also from continent to continent) but cultural backgrounds add a distinctive flavor to the communications. I was never involved with J.W.'s here in the states but I definitely related to your struggle with family and people in the cult (my cult involvement was with The Way International). Here is the story I felt might benefit some that are enjoying your U-Tube site. (It relates to following context). A Russian group of Bible translators were doing a first draft translation from a U.S. version of the Bible into Russian. (unusual since the version was going from English to Russian without attention to Hebrew or Greek). The Russian translator was intimately familiar with American idioms. While ignoring context, she got to the verse in John: the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Knowing the idiom that "spirits" refer to alcohol, she translated it : the vodka was strong,but the meat was rancid. [ How does this relate to your story? Simply, a reader will not appreciate the whole picture without understanding cultural differences] God bless you in your journey and I look forward to seeing your book!
PTL!!! So happy for you and your family. To God be all the glory. Have a bunch of precious cousins who are JW's on my intercessory prayer list. One cousin already was ex- communicated years ago for something silly. Thank God that she now knows Christ to be God and Saviour of mankind, and believes in the heavenly home that Christ has promised to prepare for all of His commandment-keeping children who are kept faithful to Him by His grace, unto His soon imminent return. By God's grace praying for you. Your transparency is refreshing and touching. God does love you, oh so very tenderly. Don't know you but do love you too! The Bible does teach religion and defines it clearly, however. It is obviously different from the twisted portrayal presented of it by religious groups which are themselves deceived by the enemy of Truth. By God's grace we must love and pray for them. God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. So thankful that He includes me in that "all"! PTL for your new found faith in Christ (the Word - John 1:1-4,14; Rev 19:13). Faith without works of obedience to Christ the Word/Truth who saves us from sin which is disobedience of the law (1John 3:4) that govern His eternal kingdom, of course, is dead. So true! No one should judge others by assigning either motive to their conduct or eternal destiny to them. Judgment belongs only to our one and only true and living righteous God. That is actually an integral part of biblical religion, too! Thanking God for your belief in and confession of Him as well as for His continued healing of your mind! May each of you know His direction, richest blessings and divine peace always.
The passage of time demonstrates that the Watchtower Society is not ruled by God. Constrained by the passage of time, the Watchtower was forced to twist the meaning of the word generation so as not to disappear with all the people who saw the events of 1914. In 1983 as a JW I taught for over 20 years without a doubt that those who saw the events of 1914 would still be alive to see the kingdom on earth. Today this assertion no longer makes sense and yet this teaching was a truth firmly established by the spirit of God. Today the teaching of this generation doubles is a stumbling block for more and more JWs. Yet this unbiblical nonsense is taught by the god of the Watchtower. The passage of time will unmask these false prophets of modern times. With a little more patience soon the new double generation will pass like all the others and then the whole deception will become obvious to everyone.
I was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses for five years. Baptized at seventeen. I was also baptized as a baby in the Church of England. It’s The Episcopal Church in the USA. I gave up on religion for seventeen years, then went back to the Episcopal Church. Never say never to organized religion. Looking forward to your book.
Our congregation was fraught with materialism. Some of the eldrrs acted so haughty. Now of them fared well. One committed suicide, yet he was very nice. The other died in his fifties of cancer. Some were extremely loving and kind. Yet, I feel so much closer to my God and his son Jesus Christ and rely heavily on the holy spirit to guide my every step each day. I still keep my eyes open to the signs of the scriptures. I have seen and felt God answer my prayers and direct me. We were never admonished to pray to Jehovah for healing of the body, mind or spirit. I felt so very young and confused at your age. Sexual feelings were taboo. You have to marry to have sex or sexual arousal. Its just a unhealthy sexual health that took me years to straighten out. They "policed" me and my ex husband elder of a spouse sex life. We married at 18 due to our sexual feelings. It was just a train wreck of my younger years, but I grew through it all and got two beautiful children.
His life experience is very similar to many people I know who are still witnesses and some who are not & even myself. This was such a very brave video ro make.
So not only did you destroy your own life, but you also had your entire family join you.
What you did was show your father and brother a glimpse of your sinful wild life, and now they want to partake in it also. They're going to follow in your footsteps.
Not only did Satan destroy your life, but he also was able to get to your family members, through you.
If I still had young children living at our home, and one of our grown children lived on their own, as a drug addict, or living a promiscuous sinful life. If he would have called me, I too would have done what your mother did. Being a mother myself, I too would have picked up my son's phone call. But I would never had permitted for him to live in our home and corrupt the rest of my children.
Within a couple of years, if not sooner, your parents will be divorced and your brother will be on drugs, or in prison. Because now, they're not going to have God's scripture, to live by.
Everything is going to be permissible in their lives. Exactly like it is in your life!
Are you proud of yourself?
How did he destroy his life ?
The quote that the goverment body said like 10 years ago, is the SAME they said in 2020 - 2021 - 2022, So when is the end of the world coming ? We need to waste 10 - 200 more years ?
I love your Christian spirit... This right here folks is a prime example of how Pharisee-like Jehovah’s Witnesses are.
I’ll be praying that one day you wake up and see the truth too, sister.
Yes isnt it wonderful!!! HE and HIs family escaped this GRIPPING CULT…Hopefully you will wake up from THE GOVERNING NOBODY’S LIE.Your a BOOK SALESMAN who quotes scriptures working for The Watchtower PUBLISHING CULT.📕📓📒
Tell me. I ve never been a JW. But I had no negative view of them. Until one I knew as an elder got disfellowshipped for reporting Child Sexual Abuse within the congregation to the Police. If that s your God,he s not worthy of worship.
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Thank you, but I don't need for a non-believer, atheist, to pray for me. You need to ask God for forgiveness and start changing your life around. Because, I guarantee that you have seen a great difference in your life, by doing what ever you heart desires, instead of following the commandments that Jehovah God has set aside for us. If you want to continue to live the sinful ways of the world, that's your choice, but why also corrupt your entire family? Didn't you say that you were living on the streets? You were having suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide, have depression, continuesly having sex with a multitude of women. All of this occuring, after you took Jehovah God, out of your life. Do you think that your family are going to do well, once they also take God out of their life's?
Don't you see, that the people who are agreeing with you, are also non-believers, and are also living a promiscuous, sinful life's.
Your only reason that you are talking against the Jehovah witnesses, is because you weren't allowed to follow your fleshly desires. You were kicked out, because they weren't going to allow you to corrupt the entire congregation, in the same way, that you are doing to your family.
Hi Cam, my husband and I left after 36 years of being in that organization. We have 4 born in adult children and their mates. They are fully shunning us but we are being a support for any that have left. We are so happy for you and your family and the work your father is doing to expose the abuses in the organization especially in New Zealand. Keep up the good work!
New Zelans is waking up. They will have a trial i belive soon. I think you can submit your story in court.
I’m still stuck in the religion, I feel so trapped because my parents keep making me feel like crap when I say I don’t want to study. They don’t care about their children, they just care how they look in the congregations eyes. Me and another friend are drowning right now.
You’re very lucky to have friend who feels the same. 👍🏽
Damnn, bro. I feel you. At least you are woken up, and you can escape after you turn 18. For some of us, we had to go through a lot of shi1 in our adulthood before we escaped the cult.
Be brave and run.out here is no worst or better but you can start to live again.nobody is really living in there because nobody can keep up with so much unnecessary rules.i got out and the friends I lost now I know we're not good friends.i am much better now.feels great to be free.
Hug 🫂
Aw Hiya Cam! Sammy here.
My family (the Kawiti’s) and I were in the same congo on the coast as you guys growing up….
I can attest to the fact that you guys were indeed the dream JW family back then…
But oh MAAAN it makes my heart SO incredibly happy that you are out, and your family followed and you have found that real peace & happiness!!
My husband and I officially and publicly disassociated 3.5 years ago too, after years of doubt, fear, and anger over the organisation…
It was the best decision of our lives and we have never doubted or regretted a moment since leaving.
Your video is beautifully spoken, I hope it continues to help others who have left or want to leave.
All our love to you and your family!
This is excellent man. I left a few months ago at age 56. And videos like yours really help
I was brought up in that cult too, and it caused me to be an atheist for over 8 years. It took a lot for me to finally find enough proof to believe in God, and later find out it was Jesus. That was Jesus comforting you in the shower. God bless you in Jesus' name
I’m so happy that you found Jesus - praise God
@@WitnessForJesus Thank you so much, I am too. I'm still in shock over all that he's done for me. As soon as I found Jesus at the end of 2020, He IMMEDIATELY took away my transgenderism, bisexuality, depression, daily suicide attempts, self harm, bulimia and anorexia; and He did this all without me asking Him to, because THAT'S how merciful and loving He is! Praise God! I'm glad you found Him too. God bless you in Jesus' name❤🤗💝
@@PridelessChickz now you are accepting that Jesus took all those nasty thing on you but if it was J W telling you that bisexuality is not acceptable by God you were going to make a RUclips channel blaming they ,,many hypocrites in this streets
So let me understand here: Jesus let him hang from a rope and then after it broke he came to comfort him?
@@PridelessChickzBro just fell into another cult lmao😂
My husband is a witness and I so desire for him to leave especially now that we have a small child. Thank you for the encouragement!
Thank you for watching and thank you for your comment! Please hold on to hope, it seems there is a “mass awakening” happening at the moment. Wishing you luck!!
Same here...he's Firm even though DF'd
First know that Zeus is jesus or iesus or Krishna or crystos...
Second, tetragrammaton is Egyptian meaning FOUR LETTERS of aton atum adam electron and the SUN or jehovah is atum...
Israel is ISIS AMUNRA ELOHIM get it?
Egyptians wrote the bible or helios byblos or codex inscryptus...
All is astrology and mental.
Kybalion
Watch exjw Santos Bonacci and Jordan Maxwell
PTL!!!
@@bjeb2316 I’ve been there before, in fact, for almost a decade. Once he does his own research, the doctrine that he clings to will fall…
What a blessing to hear from you, my brother! I really saw Jesus and what he had done , and was disfellowshipped in 1974. There were 14 of us who came out together, so I never went through the rejection of my family. However, I lost some very close friends in the process, and the pain is real. Thank you for sharing.
You are a smart young man I understood your story I felt your pain. I am so glad you are here to help hurting people. So glad you made it.
Appreciate your story. Thanks for being so open and truthful. Best regards to you and your family.
Thanks Manfred appreciate you watching 😊
Ohhhh ......you break my heart to think of you being homeless after all the
good things and good person that you certainly are! Thank you for your
generosity to use your story to help others who have been hurt by WT!
Cam, I wish you & your family all the best things in life!
Thank you so much for the kind words, wishing yourself and your family well wishes too :)
So encouraging to hear your family has joined you!!! Omg watchtower
has cause so much suffering . Love to all of you . Plse do your research
before you jump in with both feet.
Thankyou for your personal story and so happy your life has turned round and you are now seeing life. My family are still in and although I believe cracks are being seen they are still in denial. One day you never know. I am happy you are getting your family back.
Thank you for watching! All it takes is for a few cracks to be seen and that can make the whole lot tumble down. My family was in denial initially too. It could be happening soon for you!
Thank you for sharing, I am always sorry for what the cult does to people, but I am so glad that you are healing properly...stay well💞
Thanks so much for watching Cassandra, well wishes to yourself too 😊
Thank God. ALL glory to God!!!
Well done Cam, this is so moving. I have the same goals as you with regards to mental health and trying to put out some healing ex jw content. I look forward to hearing and seeing more from you mate. Peace and Love bro x
Thanks mate! Mental health takes priority, glad to see another exjw with similar goals. Appreciate the support! Subscribed to your channel just now 😊
WoW! Great Cam! 32:00 Chills!! Didnt see this one comming. I am happy you made it through and your family is united again, thats the best part of the hole story I guess. Take care, Keep on!
I didn’t see it coming either! It’s been a blessing for sure. Take care and we’ll wishes to you too 😊
Hi Cam
Thanks for sharing your story. I also shared my story on RUclips about 8 months ago.
I was delighted when you said that you have found true faith in Christ. That’s so encouraging to hear. God bless you bro.
Steve
Krishna helps?
Thanks so much Steve! I’d love to watch your story too, I’ll be watching first thing tomorrow. Love seeing other exjw’s turn to Christ.
God bless you too mate.
God bless
I'm so glad you're still here. You are very much-needed and appreciated. Thank you for sharing your life. God bless you.
Thank you so much for that, God bless.
Seriously. . . thank you for this story and sharing! This video means more to me than you can know. Thank you.
You're welcome Logan, and thank you so much for watching. My only hope is that I can help at least one person with these videos, so thank you :)
Thanks for posting this. I am about to get disfellowshipped. I made an appeal and the appeal hearing with the new committee is tomorrow, but I've heard appeals are rarely successful so I'm not very hopeful. I was raised a witness and my dad is an elder. Very similar situation to you in being sort of a 'model' family. I'm preparing myself mentally for what is to come but don't think I can ever really understand until it actually happens.
For those wondering, even if you are 'repentant' and tell the elders you want to change your ways, you can still get disfellowshipped. This was the case for me as I was actually the one who went to the elders to confess. They still disfellowshipped me. This has made me very skeptical of the religion and now I'm not sure what to believe anymore. It's been about 2 weeks since the original hearing where I was disfellowshipped. I have not been able to focus or concentrate on anything over this time period as my life as I know it is quite literally hanging in the balance.
It's funny to me when I talk to non-jws. They are always saying 'there's no way your own parents will actually stop talking to you'. I have to look them dead in the eyes and tell them that I know for a fact my family will not talk to me as soon as they find out the news. Pretty scary when you think about it.
I really hope your ok. Please reach out for help if you need it.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I am currently trying to navigate an exit. I've tried asking my family a few questions hoping they'll do their own research, but they believe it all - hook, line and sinker. I hope to one day have a call like you did.
I can't believe a religious group can do this to families. It's completely opposite to what God would expect from families....I do so feel for you....hope your trust in Jesus will keep you going on the right road...I left my church as well, and my parents were more upset than anyone else, that is what I could not understand....
Wow Cam this is such an amazing story. I’m so happy you’ve got your family! So hey strange thing, when I myself was in my darkest hour my spouse was in & I was planning my suicide I was in prayer & I had an angel or Jesus come to comfort me. It was a feeling/presence I’d never experienced before & didn’t want it to end. But from that moment onward my depression was lifted and I knew I was on the right path. The only thing is I wish everyone going thru the waking process was fortunate enough to receive that. I sometimes feel a lil guilty in a way & reluctantly to share something so profound & meaningful
Thanks so much! Wow that is exactly what I was thinking in my experience too… some people would call us crazy for believing that it was an angel /Jesus presence that comforted us in those times, but I also believe that it was a supernatural experience. It was actually the seed that grew my true faith into what it is today. I’m going to relay my testimony in next weeks video in a bit more detail anyway.
Thanks for sharing some of your experience here too, I too hope more people can experience what we have.
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Joel prophecy indicated that dreams would be given by God too..
The GB have directed the preaching work very effectively..
And the third temple of rev 11 is still the arrangement God has authorised..
Does Ezekiel s temple vision also factor In.. ?
The stream that is trickling at its source at the temple gains more and more momentum and depth as it gets farther AWAY from the temple !..ending up in the Dead sea..giving life to the dead things..
PROPHECY MUST BE FULFILLED.
REV 16 Says..many will blaspheme in these times with true knowledge abundant as Daniel said.
But rev 11 :5&6 forewarned is that negative effects would be commissioned by God's people.
Distressing things we see too can disturb us..
CSA..A two witness issue.
Would God be that cheeky to link the ' two witness ' wording to help identify the salient /controversial issue ?
Shunning disturbed Putin..its one of the things that motivated him...
Ezek 38:4
Did Accumulating property too add motive ?
What woke you was your inner true sekf, you are god
@@Nica-Ra-Wata I’ve heard this theory, what have you created? I only see myself as a part of God, hence a part of God. Do you have any evidence?
Thank you for sharing. Thank God that He reached out to you. He is going to use your story to deliver a lot of people. We used to be Mormons. My family left but my immediate older brother continued with them but about 3 years before he died Jesus saved him and he died a happy child of God. God is good. God bless you brother for sharing.
Thank you for sharing Cam. Hopefully this helps others who have gone through or are going through what you did. They aren’t alone, there are so many others. What a beautiful outcome. There’s always hope! Thank you
Hey brother I'm really happy for you and I'm so glad you're here with us. I'm 40 just woke up to the truth i was on a journey for 10 years love Jehovah more than ever and I'm glad he provided us with our Lord Jesus . If have any questions or you need anything reach out here a real brother in Christ. Ciao
Congratulations on your escape. It's horrendous how the Watchtower/Governing Body teaches their followers to treat their children who do not want to be a JW. It's not normal for parents to behave the way they do.
Thanks bro for this video. I'm so happy for you and your family. I left organization little over year ago and this freedom and joy are overwhelming what I feel right now. I find new spiritual home from free church. I even got baptized again last november. I'm almost 60 years old and raised and born in JW family. And like you parents my parents also met first time in my mother's door when my father went there preaching. My mother was a witness when she died but father disfellowshipped before I was born. I'm sure that your mother come out too. Hugs and much love ❤️
Thanks so much for your comment! I'm glad you escaped as well and found true faith. God bless and much love.
Isn’t it crazy how pioneering starts the wake up process? I’d say that’s what killed my zeal and my husband’s initially.
Yes! Quite ironic isn't it...
Well done Cameron. Glad you have healed and have your family in tact.
Thanks for sharing your journey!! I can only admire your bravery and wish you all the best for your future!!!
I wanted to continue. Since I faded my two sisters still speak to me, but they still invite me to special talks and other things. I will never go back. How I faded is when my mother changed congregation and just did not go to the new congregation. That way no one was looking for me. I wanted to leave even before than and this gave me the opportunity to do so. I am so glad for you and your family. I faded over 35 years ago. I am 59 now. I started viewing these exjw videos on youtube about 8 months ago. I have learned about all of this information concerning this organization and the many changes taking place. Growing up in the religion I always had doubts.
Thanks for sharing👍
Great to see another ex jw start up a channel.
Liked and subbed
Keep them coming
My name is Jim Kidd I a baptized jw since 1959 work up bout 5 years ago I really appreciate your honesty I want to tell my story too trying to figure out how 🤔
Cam, thank you for this wonderful testimony! I hope u continue to your healing journey. The encounter you had in the shower truly shows The Lord’s love for you to experience His peace and His presence. He also shows through that spiritual encounter He gave you your family back. He helped them to wake up yaay. I’m glad you found the real Jesus and put Heavenly Father who cam rock your world and give you a taste of His awesomeness.
Thank you so much for your kind comment, I truly believe that was a key moment from our Lord as well. He has blessed me like never before since then! Take care :)
I love how genuine and honest this channel 🤍
Well done! I look forward to more videos in your channel. A lot of us are living with C-PTSD and don’t yet know it😔
Thank you! Yep, it's a long lasting side effect of growing up in this cult unfortunately...
Cam you’ve done a great job - putting your heart and soul out for us all. Thank you for your honesty. I hear what you have said about “healing”. It is a vital thing for many of us. I left 30 plus years ago and only recently I realised how impacted I was by my 50 plus time in the organisation, being brainwashed. I look forward to hearing how your book develops. Sending blessings and heartfelt appreciation for what you have and continue to achieve in your life.
I really appreciate your testimony. The end hearing your parents and family are waking up has given me much encouragement today. My mother is a self appointed annointed and been in 50 years I left unbaptised at 17 I'm 46 now. Still praying that my mother will see the light of the True Christ x God Bless you and your family xx
Thank you for being honest, vulnerable and most importantly, loving. Indeed, God has a special plan for you and your ministry. I don’t know if you consider your path a ministry, but it most certainly is. So many need to hear this. May God bless you and continue to heal you as you share the real truth of the gospel.
What a wonderful story, the ending.
Thank you Cam for your story and you're sharing. I'm not a witness but I have a friend who is and I thought I would send this to her. I'm sorry for everything you went through but if you hadn't of experienced that, you would not be where you are now. My Hope for you is that you continue to see that God is the way the truth and the life and that you cannot get to him except through his son Jesus Christ who died for our sins. As far as going to church. I like the fellowship part and the worship part and I believe it's a good thing as long as it's a non-denominational church that teaches from the Bible and not just says things to make people feel good so you will come back. I pray for discernment so that I can see the difference in these pastors and I finally found a great church. Looking forward to your book and thank you for caring. That's what God wants us to do, besides of course spreading the word. That's what we're really here for because he wants that no one should perish. I found that people don't like to be preached to so I don't, I just plant a seed and then I live by example. God bless you and your family Cam.
Thank you so much for the kind comment, I hope that my video is helpful to your friend. Life is so much better after truly being called to Christ. Wishing you good health and God bless you and your family too.
Thank you bro. You might remember me. I was in the Congo in Manurewa. Tane Spooner. Spoke with Eddie tonight now that I saw that he was out. Hope we can catch up one day. Kia kaha E hoa.
Thank you making this video and raising awareness. I read a study that showed the effects of shunning on the brain. Its so harmful that the hippocampus actually physically shrinks causing extreme mental illness, aggression and suicidal thoughts. I'm so sorry younwent through this
Thank you for sharing your story. I hope to someday see more videos from you. My bestie is a disfellowshipped JW who is still very much mentally stuck in believing all that hogwash and I pray EVERYDAY that Jesus opens his eyes
What a beautiful story! I’m sorry you suffered in the meantime but it was worth it and I’m sure that that warmth and calm you felt in the shower was God letting you know He will never abandon you. Just because we lose faith in the JW organization doesn’t mean the real God doesn’t exist, hold on to him. Thank you for sharing your encouraging story and for all your sincerity, I can see how good of a person you are. I’m so happy your family is finally opening their eyes as well. God is definitely blessing you.
Glad you saw the light
Thankyou for sharing your story. It brought me to tears. I’m 3rd generation -I left in my early 20’s (1999) we didn’t have the internet like we do now. There was no support and I went through a very similar journey. It still effects who I am today. But I agree our experiences we were raised in gives us a special understanding of people, I have great empathy for people that I ever had before. I look forward to your book and it’s inspiring me to write mine. It sounds like you have a solid family. My story with my family isn’t so nice. To this day my dad and his side of the family refuse to talk to me. Even at my baby brothers funeral
Last year. So sad…he doesn’t know me or any of my children. It’s such a loss. The organization is not loving unless you follow the order. Everything has conditions- which isn’t Christlike at all.
Keep spreading your truth!
Sixty years ago when I was in my first year of university, in a first year Sociology class I remember the professor telling us that shunning is the most hurtful, destructive action that can be taken against another person short of murder and often has the same effect. He also explained that so-called primitive tribes used that as the ultimate punishment - to expel someone from the tribe often deprived people of foodand shelter and all the other basics of life. If that action isn't treated in the courts as attempted murder, our so-called modern education system hasn't learned much.
Exactly! I've read other Psychologists saying the same things. It's absolutely insane how JW's can get away with it... it's a sick and unloving religion to its core.
Screw them don't have nothing do them no more you don't need them
How true shunning from your brothers and sister
After 21 year service, makes you I’ll mentally and emotionally. You don’t want to live anymore.
@@joanshami8214 don't think that way don't kill yourself or a stupid religion it not worth it just move on forget about them
Friend, I am SO happy for you and your family!!! I hope your mom is out now too. I 100% agree with you, religion poisons everything, but spirituality heals everything. Even if I’m not a Christian, I agree with the message Jesus brought. If more Christians were like you, and, say, Ray Franz, the world would be a better place. All the best to you and your family. ❤
Wow you have a really Powerful story thank you for sharing it love what you said at the end “healed people heal people”.
I’m sitting here at 5 AM in the morning before work gripped by your story. I was disfellowshipped in 2018 and I tried to come back a few times because of missing my family and community as well and 2020 saved my life. After all the meetings stopped due to Covid, I started investigating, and I thought I would be struck by lightning, but completely had a panic attack finding out about all the pedophilia and how it is worse than we could ever now. Then I found out about my very own congregation and I decided against coming back. It was the best decision of my life And I agree, I feel like one of the lucky ones. I lead a quiet life with a small circle of good friends. I used to miss my family and friends a lot but your brain rewires. Living a double life is something I never wanted to do and so I chose myself. I was the pioneer and the poster child for a Jehovah’s Witness as well but looking back it all sounds so strange to me and I can see how keeping Jehovah’s Witnesses so busy prevent them from waking up. My family is very small right now, so the loss is not that bad but my life has never felt this great. I’m no longer in fear of anything, no doom and gloom, I have lost the judgmental streak that I always had and it feels wonderful to make friends and not have to talk about what religion we are in and try to informal witness to everyone you meet. I used to think I was so lucky to have the truth out of all the people in the world, I was chosen, but now I feel the complete opposite. Thank you for your story. You have a new subscriber and I’m so happy that all of your suicide attempts failed. I’m so happy that your family will be together again and start living the best life ever.
Oh my God brother your story is very similar to mine , and yes my families woken up to see through the BS of a man-made religion…awesome feeling
Wow that's awesome! Congrats on your family waking up as well. Hope that more families can have the same luck as us.
Congratulations on getting free!
would love for you to pray and ask the Lord to reveal himself to you. He loves you unconditionally, and you do not need an organization to tell you the best way to follow him. It's completely all about what he's done for you when he died at the cross you don't have to earn your salvation. GET to know your maker who loves you so so so so much. he loved you first, and there is nothing you'll ever do that will make him love you any less or any more than he already does. I believe that at your worst, it was the hand of God that touched you my friend.
Glory be to God he's alive and still working miracles great God, may he continue to heal him .Be blessed young man God is well able.
Amen! Thanks for your comment.
You are brave, strong and inspirational. God Speed!
I'm very happy for you and your family. Hopefully your mum manages to get out and keep her family too. The way this cult destroys familial bonds is criminal
Thank you so much, I hope so too. It is insane how many families they have destroyed.
Thanks so much for watching!
Like you while in the truth. I had a serious breakdown, l thought in the 10yrs l was in it ,it would be a place of pea e and comfort. I saw it was not,there were a lot of judgmental people. There was a sister who loved the truth, she by the way was disabled in her thirty, she went out almost every day to bring people I to the truth, she had done it 4 yes. There came a point where she question material in the Watch Tower which is studied every Sunday, the governing body had started to change what had been taught. She was ostracised by the elders, guess what some yrs later the governing body were ousted from Bethel,as apostates, .also 2 elders left and they 2 were so faithful, . My worry how many witnesses have died through not having a blood transfusion. God gave us freedom of choice,not do as men preach in so many faith's, he also sent his dear son ,who died so we would be saved by his grace.
By God's grace, praying....
I have also uploaded my testimony. My husband was ex-communicated. He took his life a week before they said he was about to be reinstated. My testimony is in 5 parts. I also have made a playlist of Deprogramming from Cults which includes extensive research on the organisation and other things.
I left the Mormon church at 46. I think that leaving your church is harder, but many of the things you talk about are true of Mormonism as well. I could so relate to how these religions actually separate families. I'm glad that you're family is finally finding their way out too.
Thanks for watching Carol! My wife is actually an inactive Mormon, so I've heard about quite a few organisational similarities as well. Our religions are definitely "cousins" in a that sense.
Somethings we read..we won't understand til it's been fulfilled explicitly.
Does Rev 2 :27 refers to destruction of families BEFORE
Har Mageddon..breaking to pieces the way a Potter does an earthen pot..to elicit a response..as ezek 38 says..leaving unprotected victims..from the rulers seeking to defend them ?
Rev 19:15 seems to be referring to the harsh way many are being treated..Iron rod sheperding..
Cold harsh inflexible and unyielding.
Seems so UNCHRISTIAN..compared to the first century Christ !!
Exactly. !!
He used the traditional sheperds staff.
Not the instructions the elders recieve and implement !
Rev 11:5&6 opened up a totally new perspective to me..a dramatic twist !
PTL!!!
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2 thess 2:8-11
Dovetails beautifully with the scripturally unlawful behaviour allowed by God
@rev 11:5&6
Their actions though hated by men, approved by God.
Isa 54:17b
Perfectly fits their role as man of lawlessness;sons of destruction.
Just as a criminal after breaking the law is able to get away, hopes of justice reappear because the police can break the speed limit (themselves breaking the law..to catch the criminals)
So it's possible therefore that God' LETS an operation of error go to THEM' (the police ..who also broke the law by speeding..) for the greater good.
By means of this diplomatic immunity
Harmony will be restored...
Humankind will never again experience injustice oppression
The millions who died from Adamic Sin will experience resurrection
Rulers who have been through quality control..fully tested will be administering Gods just, upright and merciful ways.
Fantastic arrangement !!
People of all sorts can access in Over 1000 languages on jw.org..the happy message offering hope and now giving purpose to life ..satisfying answers to questions that have perplexed them.
The new world will not be blighted by the selfish..weeded out by strategies to sift and preventing their entry.
Perhaps such ones are offended by this
Like the criminals( in the illustration above) who are minded to be self serving..
(Seething..because they were caught
by The police /the supreme authority)
Thanks for sharing: Jesus paid it all and we owe our life to Him!
Acabo de leer tu historia familiar en Reddit , es conmovedor , te doy mi más sincera felicitación , disfrutalo !!!
No podré escuchar tu video por qué no entiendo inglés . Todo mi cariño hacia ti . Carmen desde Barcelona
Gracias Carmen!! 😊
May you find what gives you joy.
What you are doing here is so good for your healing in an emotional and spiritual way
Sometimes these situations teach us what we need in life
I love your explanation here you are factual but not angry
It is something we have experienced as well but may not be able to put it into words to help others
Thank you so much Cam🙏
Love your testimony a lot I can relate….. keeping you in my prayers please pray for me. I just want to be a simple Christian myself. I pray you have peace and real love.
Have your parents acknowledged the role they played in your childhood trauma? Great video man!
They have, they've been really good about it actually. Thanks so much for watching!
They, of course, did it ignorantly. So please hear this:
In the times of their ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth men everywhere to repent.
May this be their blessed experience as well.
All glory to God!
@@camrayan2587 PTL!!!
thank you for sharing your story. I am finding these so encouraging to hear you overcome the hardship. I am shunned and homeless too right now and it is hard but I am heartened to hear that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
I did not wait for the entire video to finish when I replied earlier. Now I see that you are putting your trust in God. I have stopped going to church since the pandemic, but hopefully I will find a small church that follows and teaches what the Bible says. I am glad for you and your family. Enjoy your freedom in Christ!
Welcome to the good life Cam! Hope you’re doing well man!
Thanks man! Much better now. Hope things are well on your end too mate
Thank you for sharing your story. I’m so sorry for the pain you went through.
you nailed it. thought the same thing, Corporate, key Performance Indicators, nothing about the fruit of the spirit or saving lives
Thanks for sharing your story 😊
Thank you for sharing your story I was the stupid listens to them and thought I was saving my children life by bringing them up in the JW thankfully my two boys did not want to be jw and now we are all a wake I feel so bad that I screw up everyone lives I am now a Christian and have never been so happy 🙏🙏😊😊😊
That’s ok! We all were just doing what we thought was right… glad you are free now 😊
A friend who left got was constantly harassed, he had move and change phone. The people in his building got tired of someone hollering and banging on his door at two in the morning. Christians leave their church for whatever reason are not usual harassed or unfriendly.
Yep it's absolutely insane, sounds like what happens to ex-Scientologists too.
Great video. I’m going to sit one day and tell my story.
Thank you for sharing, I am so happy for you and your fam'
Thank you for the kind words 😊
I hear you, I was raised a Catholic and at age 28 my life was in a desperate state and had no answers to my prayers. My neibor
So glad to hear your family came out too!
Very sad story, but beautiful at the same time. I would like to suggest two books by Joseph Benner, Christ in You, and The impersonal Life . These books are very short one is 117 pages and I believe the other one is 112. I got these off of Amazon. May you be blessed
I became a JW at 15. I had friends in High school who were JWs which helped. I became a JW because at 15 you're struggling with who you are, what your life is all about, what your going to do with your life etc. Their publications had ALL the answers. There was " love" and support in the congregation. I cant guarantee the love was REAL but they did encourage me to " make spiritual progress". But as a High schooler, I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT SCIENTIFIC METHOD, EPISTEMOLOGY,THE REAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLES cos theres More than 1 Bible. It takes decades to learn all these things. Right now i learned maybe the universe is both infinite and eternal because James Webb telescope found galaxies older than Big Bang. WHO KNEW?
Hi! POMO for over two decades now. Your story doesn't surprise me much at all. You were brainwashed, and to then discover that your world, your reality was false, really messes with your mind. Its like a spring, that has been compressed (or in your situation, repressed) that is suddenly let free. That spring is going to go flying off wildly. So, you, like that spring, flew off with all these new experiences that you have been missing out on. It is no surprise that you "overshot" the mark.
Glad to hear that you have recovered, and that your family is no longer under the spell. I've lost some family when I left. But that was a bonus as they were toxic people (and what actually pushed me out). A religion like JW is a perfect home for their personality type...
Incredible story, so glad you found support and healing and got your family back. x
Happy ending, you have given me hope Cam, thank you.
A year has past & your story is still relevant. Thank you for sharing your story. I hope your life is still going well 🫶
I'm happy for you. Still continue to read and study. I was told if I were to keep wearing my small stud nose ring, I couldn't comment at the meetings. I was open and told the elders I did something wrong, now I'm getting shunned. Oh well, life goes on. I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling this way. Thank you.
I'm glad you're awake and have escaped with the rest of the family. I hope one day my cousins who you likely know are also able to wake up before they're too old to enjoy a little freedom in this life. Thanks for sharing, 👏.
The first detail I noticed was : the slightly British style speech (my home is America--USA--Texas) . I suspected Australian right away but I saw New Zealand in the comments. Jesus is the same (yesterday, today, and forever and also from continent to continent) but cultural backgrounds add a distinctive flavor to the communications. I was never involved with J.W.'s here in the states but I definitely related to your struggle with family and people in the cult (my cult involvement was with The Way International). Here is the story I felt might benefit some that are enjoying your U-Tube site. (It relates to following context). A Russian group of Bible translators were doing a first draft translation from a U.S. version of the Bible into Russian. (unusual since the version was going from English to Russian without attention to Hebrew or Greek). The Russian translator was intimately familiar with American idioms. While ignoring context, she got to the verse in John: the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Knowing the idiom that "spirits" refer to alcohol, she translated it : the vodka was strong,but the meat was rancid. [ How does this relate to your story? Simply, a reader will not appreciate the whole picture without understanding cultural differences] God bless you in your journey and I look forward to seeing your book!
Thanks Steven! New Zealand indeed. Funny how cultural understanding changes meaning… “the vodka is strong”… that’s a good one! 😆
Thank you for sharing your story. What a blessing to have your Dad and brothers back.
Jesus! Jesus!Jesus!!!! He is the true and living Word.
Zeus is alive?
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Thank you for sharing your story Cam.
You are so brave. I'm hoping to see more from your channel 🧡
PTL!!! So happy for you and your family. To God be all the glory. Have a bunch of precious cousins who are JW's on my intercessory prayer list. One cousin already was ex- communicated years ago for something silly. Thank God that she now knows Christ to be God and Saviour of mankind, and believes in the heavenly home that Christ has promised to prepare for all of His commandment-keeping children who are kept faithful to Him by His grace, unto His soon imminent return.
By God's grace praying for you.
Your transparency is refreshing and touching. God does love you, oh so very tenderly. Don't know you but do love you too!
The Bible does teach religion and defines it clearly, however. It is obviously different from the twisted portrayal presented of it by religious groups which are themselves deceived by the enemy of Truth. By God's grace we must love and pray for them. God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. So thankful that He includes me in that "all"!
PTL for your new found faith in Christ (the Word - John 1:1-4,14; Rev 19:13). Faith without works of obedience to Christ the Word/Truth who saves us from sin which is disobedience of the law (1John 3:4) that govern His eternal kingdom, of course, is dead.
So true! No one should judge others by assigning either motive to their conduct or eternal destiny to them. Judgment belongs only to our one and only true and living righteous God. That is actually an integral part of biblical religion, too!
Thanking God for your belief in and confession of Him as well as for His continued healing of your mind! May each of you know His direction, richest blessings and divine peace always.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment! God bless you and your family, appreciate your work :)
Wow! What a story! Here's to healing and repairing your family bond?!
The passage of time demonstrates that the Watchtower Society is not ruled by God. Constrained by the passage of time, the Watchtower was forced to twist the meaning of the word generation so as not to disappear with all the people who saw the events of 1914.
In 1983 as a JW I taught for over 20 years without a doubt that those who saw the events of 1914 would still be alive to see the kingdom on earth. Today this assertion no longer makes sense and yet this teaching was a truth firmly established by the spirit of God.
Today the teaching of this generation doubles is a stumbling block for more and more JWs. Yet this unbiblical nonsense is taught by the god of the Watchtower. The passage of time will unmask these false prophets of modern times. With a little more patience soon the new double generation will pass like all the others and then the whole deception will become obvious to everyone.
Time will tell for sure good comment
I was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses for five years. Baptized at seventeen. I was also baptized as a baby in the Church of England. It’s The Episcopal Church in the USA. I gave up on religion for seventeen years, then went back to the Episcopal Church. Never say never to organized religion. Looking forward to your book.
I left this year and it’s been the best decision of my life. I don’t want to lie it was hard but I’m glad I went to varsity, best decision of my life.
great video and experience.. thancks very much
Thank you for making this video it gives hope for many of us .
Wow That Was Something I was Watching TV and Listen to The Video. Will Have To Hear it Again . Btw You Went Through Hard Time Came out on Top
Our congregation was fraught with materialism. Some of the eldrrs acted so haughty. Now of them fared well. One committed suicide, yet he was very nice. The other died in his fifties of cancer.
Some were extremely loving and kind. Yet, I feel so much closer to my God and his son Jesus Christ and rely heavily on the holy spirit to guide my every step each day. I still keep my eyes open to the signs of the scriptures. I have seen and felt God answer my prayers and direct me.
We were never admonished to pray to Jehovah for healing of the body, mind or spirit.
I felt so very young and confused at your age. Sexual feelings were taboo. You have to marry to have sex or sexual arousal. Its just a unhealthy sexual health that took me years to straighten out. They "policed" me and my ex husband elder of a spouse sex life. We married at 18 due to our sexual feelings. It was just a train wreck of my younger years, but I grew through it all and got two beautiful children.
AMAZING STORY, 👏 thank u so very much for sharing it.
His life experience is very similar to many people I know who are still witnesses and some who are not & even myself. This was such a very brave video ro make.
Congratulations! Great story. I have a question for you, any possible way to contact you? Email?
Thank you! And yes indeed, businessserif@gmail(dot)com 😊