How 10 Words Woke Me Up From a Cult (Ex Jehovah's Witness)
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Ever felt trapped by control without realizing it? In this powerful video, I share how 10 transformative words woke me up from a religious cult (Jehovah's Witnesses) and changed my life forever.
Discover the insidious tactics of "love bombing" and indoctrination, and learn how to distinguish between conformity and true unity.
I'll take you through my battle with cognitive dissonance and how understanding the subconscious mind and practicing critical thinking helped me reclaim my identity. Join me on my journey of healing and the empowering concept of neuroplasticity.
Don't miss out on learning how to own your story, own your power, and live your truth!
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Liked *"The truth doesn't mind being questioned, but a lie doesn't like being challenged"* .
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A teacher loves being questioned.
A narcissist thinks a question is a challenge.
I think the scary truth is they try to make you think when you're first learning that you are questioning things, when in reality it's all leading questions to bring you to the answer that they want you to get.
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🎯 Right on. They dont emphasize scriptural study & answering criticism of the bible & of church doctrine with scriptural reasoning. Not like they used to. And when someone tries to keep telling you WHAT to think instead of teaching you HOW to reason for yourself, that is brainwashing
To me, in the congregation I grew up in in the 70s & 80s, we were encouraged to ask our own questions & argue among ourselves. Because those arguments led us to deeper scriptural knowledge. Basic common sense & logic were encouraged & applied. Today the difference is very stark. The GB have made a 180° turn
The First of Chronicles
23 When David had grown old and was near the end of his life,* he made his son Solʹo·mon king over Israel.+ 2
It is clear you have an anti-JW bias. Does not the teacher provide leading questions to bring their students to an answer they want them to know?
@@ronhansen8471 pro Christian
2 He then gathered all the princes of Israel, the priests,+ and the Levites.+ 3
Ex-Mormon here. I'm always blown away how my experience is similar to those who are Ex-JW. This video made my day 😊 I wish you the very best
1: Lovebombing
2: Indoctrination
3: Conformity
4: Group think
5: Cognitive dissonance
6: Spiritual abuse
7: Neural plasticity
Thank you 😊
@@b4ph0m3tdk9 That’s your own assumptions. Jehovah’s sees the hearts unlike humans who just keep talking and making their own self assuming assessments of their own.
@Hallel-o-jah what does Jehovah see in your heart?
@@LOVE4REVOLUTION Only Jehovah knows. One thing is sure, He doesn’t look at the clothes, stature or anything like that as the humans do.
No matter how we pretend before Him, He sees the reality and there’s no escape.
@@Hallel-o-jah so if jehovah thought you didn't put enough time in service, enough money in the contribution box, or enough free labor cleaning the hall or building new real estate, that would be up to him? What if you don't confess to the elders that you watch apostate material? And interact with apostates in the comments? I wonder what jehovah thinks about you.
Congratulations on freeing your mind. I was raised as a JW, but I've been free for about 17 years now, thankfully.
The members also think what they’re doing is normal and not culty.
Yes they don’t know what they don’t know… By the way, I got a chuckle when I read your username 🤣 🤣
@@ownup987 😃
Which church are preaching the gospel of the kingdom around the world to all nations as Jesus Christ said? Matthew 10:16, 24:14, 28:19-20, Mark 13:10, if not only only only the Jehovah's witnesses..
@@ownup987Which church are preaching the gospel of the kingdom around the world to all nations as Jesus Christ said? Matthew 10:16, 24:14, 28:19-20, Mark 13:10, if not only only only the Jehovah's witnesses..
@@vusimngomezulu2500 ummm. Yeah, no. Your opinion is based on EXTREMELY biased information. You are not the holders of the secret truth of the universe. Please read something neutral and objective on the topic. You'll be shocked with what you find.
I am an XJW from Australia. I studied my way out.
Actually, the true God allowed you to believe in the lie as the truth was not in you.
I stumbled across your video this afternoon. I am an XJW. I’ve been out many many years. I was raised in the religion, so I 3as indoctrinated from birth. I physically left when I was in my 20s. I did not mentally leave until my late 30s when I began unlearning the teachings. It happens exactly as you have said.
32 years old woke up 3 years ago and still feel hopeless. trying to piece my life together and make a new one if i even get too under all this resentment
Sorry to hear that and I know it can be really frustrating. I found that being part of a healthy exJW community helps with moving forward. Here’s the link to my fb group if you ever wanna join but there’s a few out there that’s on the healing path as well.
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@@ownup987old saying, "don't look back you will get a sore neck, look straight ahead to see the light and enjoy your Life "very simple and it works, Cheers 🥂 😊
Maybe you would like to listen to Mario Saban talking about existential void, it was very helpful for me at least
It takes time, if you can, I recommend speaking to a professional to unpack any trauma etc, it helped me.
Find other exes that can relate to what you're going through- you are not alone.
This is an awesome video! I started waking up in 2019? Was never disfellowshipped but still labeled an apostate. I started going to an early Bible study group at a local church and that was an experience! The first time I was going to prove the past wrong but a lot of what was said sounded like what I had been taught but I think it was because I grew up reading the Bible so I knew different stories from the Bible.
When I first went into the church I was so scared like it was such an evil place and why was I even there and what was I THINKING. Then all of a sudden I had so many questions and did not know where to get answers.
I have come to realize after a few years that no one has all the answers and my cousin started listening to a few Bible scholars and gradually I bought different Bible translations and started comparing things. I’m still a work in progress and I was able to keep in touch with my witness siblings for a few years because we live in different communities. However my brother in law was scheduled to give a talk in my congregation and now they don’t communicate with me anymore. My sister says we don’t have anything to talk about anymore. Kinda right because all she ever talked about was the org. I never realized what a huge box I was raised up in. Finally out at 60. I am the youngest of 5 siblings and have always been the communicator. They never called me unless I called first.
I’m so sorry about this being so long. For years I have been watching exhausted videos and recently I got a book about the apostle Paul and studying the book of Acts. I also have read through the entire Bible for the first time ever.
Anyway I may send this video to the pastor of the church I have been going to so he will understand more of what I have been going through.
Well done. Freshly out at 33 myself and pretty sure from the same place 🙏 this could be very helpful for young ones waking up ❤
Anyone really!
Thank you so much and congratulations to your freedom! ♥️
Yes. Young and old alike. I’m 48 and wish I had this last summer when I first woke up. The process messed me up and I completely lost myself for a while. This video would’ve helped tremendously.
@@LostPoMoWoman wow congrats on waking up also. It really seems like there's something big going to happen soon with people waking up. The best thing we can do is be there for them!
@@rustyrobots426 yes! I agree.
I am a truth seeker, and a Christian. I like what you said about truth doesn’t mind being questioned and isn’t threatened by opposing views. I even noticed this censorship in certain churches, with pastors saying that we should stay away from the internet. We can think and do our own research on any topic, and, if anything, it would strengthen our beliefs (if our beliefs actually are true). I’m leery of anyone telling you not to do your own research, whether it be about your faith, the medical industry, history, science, etc. Thanks for your honesty!
Id love to show that scripture to the next JW I meet, somewhere from acts forward, where the congregation members didnt just accept what the speaker was saying. (Paul? Timothy? Titus? I dont remember) They wanted proof from the scriptures, & the speaker had to supply it to them
Also jesus said "Woe to you, scribes & pharisees, hypocrites! Because you teach not god's laws, but doctrines of men"
I left in 2014, shortly after they dumbed down the bible, dumbed down the songs, & began what I see as a program of centralized control using video presentations, instead of emphasizing scriptural study & scriptural reasoning
Is Christianity true?
If truth means any given statement comports with reality, how could someone test to verify that Christianity is true?
John 7:16-17 ESV
So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority...“
@@magnificentmuttley154 here’s the Scripture I think you might be thinking about: “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
Acts 17:10-11 KJV
Not certain churches, every church.
i am very glad i found your channel this morning. thank you for breaking down and extensively articulating how difficult cult life can be controlling and manipulating. Think about it..Nobody just wakes up one morning and decides to live by a massive list of rules. One has to be coerced by others to shape their minds.
💯 ☝️ so true thank you 🙏🏽
😮 Thank you so much for your honesty and hard work your doing to help people wake up and get out from this poisonous distractive Cult!
You’re very welcome 😊
@@nicosyiallouris1103 Jehovah’s people are not at all poisonous in any means. Only misguided people will say such words against them. And they’re not a cult either. They simply wanted to obey their God rather than men.
It is more wrong to leave Jehovah and your faithful brothers and sisters for whatever reason. It’s Jehovah above all one must look up to.
Read Hebrews 10:19-25.
I was in a Pentecostal church for 15 years. Your words are beautiful, strong and truthful. Thank you ❤
Now you’re free like the bluebird so fly high and far. Did you also find that your understanding of „self“ as a concept was turned on its head ? …and that as time passes you see clearer and notice so many things that you were blind to before? That’s what I still experience, along with the shame of going along with the whole theatre in spite of reservations I had deep down inside.In a way I chose to be blind … and put my reasoning brain in a box 🙈
Is the Pentecostal Church a cult?
Excellent, professional presentation, I think many JW's will relate and find this helpful. I know I do on so many levels. Hopefully you can continue sharing your journey. I am still PIMO working on gradually waking up my wife and it has been a VERY difficult time waking up. I started waking up a few years before COVID and completely woke up just before COVID and went through some VERY dark times. Therapy and practicing mindful thinking has made a huge difference and hopefully I can get to where I have a purpose in life, now that the only purpose I had in life is gone. As a JW you are tought from birth that there is nothing for you in this life except to serve the organization with "paradise" or "the real life" as they like to say, coming in the NEXT life. When all that goes away one can be left with no hope, no purpose especially when being indoctrinated for some 40 years.
Its good to hear life experience from others and how they have coped. Thank you
Thank you so much and I’m sorry to hear about what you’re going through. It’s definitely designed to put people at their lowest. I’m so glad you’re prioritizing your mental health. You will come out stronger!!!
Hello I'm a PIMO also ...I'm already pretty long awake, but my wife doess not know...she is a very fanatic pioneer and follow blinfully the elders and GB etc...
How do you wake here up from this cult?? Thank you so much
@@Christen-ed2qj Im not sure if my wife will ever wake up. Sometimes it feels like i'm making progress with her but then other times she gets really worried and upset about my "salvation" when i raise issues. All her family and our kids are fully in so even when she might start questioning things i'm sure subconsciously she cant go there.
I can't help but feel though that eventually the discrepancies with the teachings and the hypocrisy they show, that it will reach a tipping point someday for her to wake up.
One thing i started with was i told her when they ask for absolute "obedience" even when it "doesn't make sense from a human standpoint" that that is not compatible with the Bible on so many levels. For one, the scripture in Hebrews that they always use to demand obedience is not what it seems on the surface. Just like the example they always use for the varying words for love in the Bible there is also for obedience. In Hebrews the word for obedience involves being PERSUADED to obey, far from absolute obedience when it doesn't make sense. There are Hebrew words for absolute obedience but it is never used in reference to those taking the lead.
Another one i have brought up is the scriptures that say not to be afraid of the prophet thats words do not come true. I show her where despite the WT claims to the contrary, WT HAS called themselves Prophets in the past and even the recent statement that listening to them is like listening to Jesus is clearly putting themselves in the position of a prophet. Considering the definition of prophet there are many other times that they show themselves to be acting as prophets even if they deny the title. Clearly their predictions/words have failed to come true so many times. Why would you consider the boy who cried wolf a reliable source of information that should always be followed?
There are other things as well that i bring up but i always make sure i can show her from the bible or WT publications the proof.
She doesn't like it but she does agree many times i am right but always goes back to "they are imperfect men". That argument does not work though with using the scriptures in conjunction with their teachings. Im hoping that death by a thousand cuts will eventually break through the cognitive dissonance.
Sometimes she confronts me about if i believe that the GB is who Jehovah uses to direct his people. I respond with I think they are used, but i tell her, as Geoffrey Jackson said, (he was being evasive with the Australian Royal Commission and was not really meaning that but those were his words) they are not the ONLY ONES used.
I am compiling a document with scriptures and WT references highlighting many such issues. I have multiple pages worth. Its a running rough draft and a bit disjointed as i haven't had time to finish compiling and edit it. Every time i think i'm ready to edit it i think of something else. I would be happy to send it to you for reference.
@@WakeingUp me too.. every time my wife reacts a bit normal.. another JW is breaking that directly down again..
@@WakeingUp I read all your arguments and the ones from this video, and from many other videos, writings on the internet, etc. The main point that is always pushing me back to the JWs as the true (or almost true) organization is what Jesus said:
Matthew 7:16, "By their fruit you will recognize them." So when you look to the numbers of the organisation is clearly this is the only religious organization that is REALLY making good fruit and growing up.
We could talk about other points I consider make it clear it's the true religion, like preaching, but the previous point alone is a strong one. I don't only mean the number of members, but the number of places to congregate, the number of countries where JWs are present, and the number of languages everything is provided. Many other governments, religions and companies have tried to translate their stuff to many languages as possible and to be present on as many countries as possible, but they're very far away from JW, very, very far away!
So, to me it's clearly that this is something more than a human thing, because if it were, then would happen the same to other religions, companies and governments as I mentioned. Only God (Jehovah) is guiding the JW to accomplish these success. And yeah, it's quality over quantity, but at the same time, if you have something that is the truth, it's normal is growing and growing up, just like Jesus mentioned when saying that the true servants would move from being as little as a mustard seed (smaller than a been) to being as a mustard tree (which is super high, strong and robust).
This last teaching from Jesus is very pointily as we are talking about the same object, a mustard seed that eventually and obviously grows in a mustard tree. So he suggested that the true religion or organization would move or start from the same source. That's were in a very pertinent way, Satan designed very dark times (thousands of years) to disappear any clue about the last true Christians, and all false religions started. What I mean is, if that wouldn't happened, eventually you'd have something very similar to JW: a group of people studying the Bible, using all humans resources to spreed the truth (radio, books, TV, internet), which would be only one religion as God has always used one true people like the Israelites, the Jews and eventually they would need a legal name because in these times you need to protect anything you produce under a personal or organisational legal name. Maybe we would be called the Jehovah's Christians, Jehovah's Servants, Jehovah's People... So, the point is that we really come from that mustard seed which is already the mustard tree.
Maybe we are at the top of the mustard tree, or maybe it's growing up a little bit more.
When in the grip of an institutionalized religion it is difficult to understand why everyone else doesn't share your belief but once you become liberated you find it astonishing that you actually believed any of it in the first place
This was handled exceptionally well, and one of the most important xjw videos I’ve stumbled across.
Kudos to you ❤
Aww thank you so much 🙏🏽
Well done! This will help a lot of people. Escaped from mormonism after 36 years. Slowly but surely trying to "re-construct" my conditioning, but it is possible. Best of luck to all who are in a similar situation.
@bagelb - Congrats!! 🎉
I began to wake up from the JW's (Jehovah's Witness) by reading about Mormons and watching videos entitled.."I was a Mormon".
Then John Dehlin's excommunication was broadcast on television. I started following him and I noticed a ton of similarities between the JW's and the Mormons. This was an eye-opener for me!!
After that I got the courage to go to RUclips and look up.. "Why do people leave the Jehovah's Witnesses faith"...that's when I really started waking up!
I became obsessed listening to all ExJW stories on RUclips and the FEAR of the "so called" apostates that we are taught to detest started to become a different reality, they are just people telling their experiences when they were an active JW and why they left.
So all the stigma started to dwindle.
Then I branched out and started looking into Seventh Day Adventist, Scientology, Christadelphians, The Brethren, Christian Science.
I started noticing the parallels between all the religions, and it runs deep...no questioning, no doubting and everything comes from the top down.
The rank-and-file are just the followers with no personal self, no individuality.
After you wake up and start seeing these things it can take a toll on you, especially if this is the only thing you have known all of your life.
Therapy is definitely a must when waking up!
I can now honestly say that life is better on the outside! 💯
Aubrey, this is excellent, simplistic, powerful. I wish I would’ve had this clear and concise summary in the beginning days of my deconstruction. Guaranteed this message will help many people. Thank you! Miranda a/k/a Amy. 🤗
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it! ❤️
Wow very nice. Thank you for such a beautifully created video. No anger, just practical and insightful. I'm on my deconstrunction journey also. I was pimo for about 1o years after reading the ray franz book, but you reach a point when you have to make a stand for yourself or live in fear forever. I always compare it to Neo deciding to face the agent in the matrix movir... lol
Thank you so much for your comment! 🙏🏽
I left last year, and I am doing fine, I no longer care who's not with me, for I know that I am now with GOD❤❤❤
Jesus is our lord & king, not some group of self-appointed men. As long as we obey jesus' commands & cling to his father, we can endure anything. He will never abandon us
The watchtower has become an orwellian, corporate tyranny. It is no longer the place of free thinking religious discussion & allowance of individual differences for gradual scriptural training & alignment
@@magnificentmuttley154 Amen!!!
Glory to be God 😊🙌🙌🙌
@@DANNYCHISENGAwho is your god now?
@@ASMR_Orangely The Creator of the Universe🔥🔥🔥
Jesus Christ is my Lord and personal Savior.
He died for my sins, setting me free from the law of sin and death.
In Him I shall forever believe 🙏🙏🙏
@@DANNYCHISENGAyou are one layer out of the cult, keep learning.
I know it's not about the views but if this video came out ten years ago it would have gotten no less than a million views. This information is so relevant but I think people have learned of high control cults so much they no longer spend time learning how to cope with them. Excellent video.
Aubrey, Excellent breakdown and easy to follow logical explanations on your subject at hand. Very valid & true. Its great to see so many exposing watchtower and many other cults like them. The more we speak out. The greater the awareness becomes. You & many others are doing the real life saving work. !!!! Great job!!!
Awww thank you so much @tammyg8031 🙏🏽 thank you for taking the time to watch and support my channel ❤️ and you’re right cult awareness / education about mind control is so important as many are indoctrinated in different ways.
I was raised JW and my mom has been one 60 years. I myself am a Buddhist and Taoist practitioners after leaving the JWs 30 years ago. To be honest the only problem I have with JWs is they worship the religion and the ones who have been in for decades are afraid to leave or change views. My mom refuses to even talk religion with me in fear she disrespects Jehovah or speaks agains the organization . I don’t try to change her because 60 years of indoctrination are hard to break. It works for though to a certain degree but nor really because she lives in fear and the organization teaches nothing about the mind, meditation or how to alleviate negative emotions like Buddhism does. She suffers anxiety and depression but will never even take advice on anything that goes against her beliefs. I have tried to show her different videos on different views of the Bible and she literally started calling Jehovahs name and was afraid to look at a video on different views of the Bible. They do become indoctrinated and fear keeps them bound. If I were Christian i would be Catholic or orthodox but now a witness. The funny part is I offered to go with her because as Buddhist it wouldn’t matter if I went with her to a meeting. The only thing she says is there will be resurrection of the righteous and unrighteous, me being the unrighteous. The religion does very little for her in helping her with her mental health. In fact the religions is a cause for her anxieties and fears. I am happy you left and hope you find a spirituality that resonate with you. Buddhism and Taoism has been a godsend for me. I have healed from severe depression and anxiety due to the wisdom gained from lord Buddha. Amituofo ☸️☯️☸️
I’m glad you broke free and found a path that resonates with you! Thank you 🙏🏽
@@ownup987 🙏🤘☸️☯️
Thank you so much for sharing this! Perfect explanation and example.
Thank you 😊
Thank you ❤ you explained the process so well 💕
Thank youuuuu
Praying for all who are caught up in this.
Thank you for coming forward with your research. And, also thank you for
editing it. Sometimes, well-meaning
Podcasters will
take a list of 5 or
6 bullet points and they spend 20-25 minutes on a rant filled with rabbit holes and
disconnected thoughts.
I spent 40 yrs as a JW. They prey on people that are struggling in their life.
When an elder, pioneer and WT conductor lied to me then tried to put the blame on me is when I did the unthinkable, and started watching videos that witnesses call Apostate material. That’s were I found out about the pedophiles and the cover up. The more I read the more I wanted out. So I wrote a simple statement to the elders that I no longer desired to be a witness. The announcement was on July 4, 2018. Independences day. Now I had my freedom back. My husband is a JW. I filed for divorce and we are close to dissolving our marriage after 45 yrs.
I left a Korean Christian high control group almost 2 years ago. (Very similar to the JWs, byw). And I am still deconstructing. What you explain in 13 minutes is, what I learned in these last two years on my own. I wish I saw your channel earlier.
Thanks! A lot. ;)
Thank you 🙏🏽
Credit to you. You have pointed out enormous tactics and the effects caused by controlling religions.
When one steps outside a cult environment and looks back, it is surprising how obvious it is even though one couldn't see it at the time.
I am a ex jw
Me too! I left 10 yrs ago
Thanks Aubrey! Excellent explanation to help others liberate themselves from dangerous ideologies propagated by countless religious cults. The United States is filled with them. Public awareness is essential. You're doing an awesome job. I recall what I had to do to liberate myself from the Watchtower cult. In my researching, objective investigation was the key. Thank you, again.
Thanks for watching! I agree with you that public awareness is so essential because, like you said, it's so rampant and insidious! So glad you are living your true life!
Join the upcoming Washington D.C Shun No More protest in Washington D.C at the White House, on September 13th 2024.
Thank you, well constructed. I’ve been through the same journey and found the need for a therapist to help me get rid of the residue in my subconscious that was there in case it was the truth. Simply stated it’s not the truth but a closed system of belief. Closed systems will always ultimately fail.
It takes time and the healing journey gets better ❤️🩹 Thanks for watching :)
I was raised Roman Catholic but it never got the deep roots. I seem to have thought it did not make sense. I came to think all dogmas use the same tools to control its adherents. One quote I liked, “ When you know why you dismiss all other religions, then you will understand why I dismiss yours.”
I too am raised Roman Catholic. Over the last year I started studying my faith. I'm blessed to be born catholic. Al you need to do is use the BITE model made Steven Hassan. That's model is used to determine whether a groupmis a cult or not. I was curious one day out our religion into it. Roman Catholicism is NOT a cult I'm happy to say.
@@meggo329 I like parts of the experience of my growing up in Catholic School and was even an Alter Boy. There is a beauty in the ceremony, churches, music and community. I can appreciate that. I looked at the BITE model you mentioned. I would agree the Roman Catholic Church today would not be classified as a cult. For me, I grew up in New Orleans, segregation was still present. I went to Catholic school, we had not one black kid in our school. We lived one block from the black neighborhood. I just came to view things differently.
A new understanding of 2 thess 2:2 has made a huge difference to me
You have a talent for learning and conveying that knowledge to others. I am not nor never of the JW church yet I do see that church and its members in my community, which is a fairly large city and sprawling metro area. In most cases, those folks were born into JW families and their religious mindset becomes their future. I hope they see your video to shake them up. Yet, I wonder if all of us non-JWs carry similar baggage about some other topics. We should all assess our lives regarding racism, genderism, nationalism, wealth or social classism, and any other in-group mentality. Of your 10 messages, my favorite one, (at least, for today,) is: "Do not confuse Conformity with Unity." Thanks for that.
You’re spot about born-in JWs and how that becomes their future mindset. It’s very unfortunate because without realizing it many take a vow to poverty and cannot live their true potential.
And I agree with you that we should all assess our lives regarding a lot of social topics. In fact, when I woke up from the cult, I realized that mind control came in different forms.. corporate, social media, politics etc. This was another awakening for me lol . Thank you so much for watching my video and your kind words truly appreciate it ❤️
This world has many problems.
The solution is still the kingdom.
Millions died ..you cannot bring about their resurrection .
God will.
Justice will only he achieved for black slaves who died on slave ships , and the millions of others, by means of Gods king Christ Jesus.
I'm aware of the truths you think you've come to know.
They are half truths.
Prophecy is what all who oppose God and his representatives hiloght..that YHWH is the God of true prophecy ..
What he foretells, comes to be.
@@ownup987 What awakening are you talking about? That you should take part be active and immerse yourself with the world?
There’s no other hope for this planet and mankind but Jehovah’s Kingdom where Christ is now reigning in heaven.
What true potential you are talking about? Being rich and famous? Or can you be specific please?
What is more better potential than living forever in a paradise earth without death, pain, sickness or whatever that hurts humans today?
Is there any other religious denomination that offers better solutions for this world other than Jehovah?
Mostly the choices are either hell or heaven as Christendom taught. But knowing who will go to heaven and why. Knowing what really hell is, nothing but a false doctrine. It’s more than a 100% assurance that on Jehovah have solutions in store for humans and the earth alike.
So now after leaving Jehovah you have achieved your true potential? In Jehovah even death can still have hope. Away from Jehovah, death is the end game for everything.
This is such a well-constructed and impactfully delivered synopsis (of cult strategy) that it should also be saved in in written form. Excellent guest speaker personality to keep in mind.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed this video and found it impactful ❤️ 🙏🏽
Outstanding video. Thanks for sharing. Im 3 years out and still going, its a long process and not easy.
Thank you 😊 yes it is an uneasy process but the hard part is over .. and now the best parts lay ahead 🎉 🎉
Yep! - Churches, families, corporations, races, religions, cults, isms, political, sports, colleges,,,etc etc..
Congratulations! I left over 10 years ago but struggled with still believing some of the things I was taught. I had to reprogram myself.
@ownup98 Thank you for making this video. I've been off and on waking up over the years and now the last year or so became PIMO. I experienced spiritual, verbal and emotional abuse from the elders and had enough. Your video has helped me see that others go through an emotional and mental struggle through the deconstruction phase and/or when treated like garbage from the elders. This video helps me see what I can do to heal and be free of the hold this religion has on us via brainwashing and indoctrination. PS: There's actually 17 words in those 10 points 😁😆
Keep up the great work! Cheers from Canada
I’m sorry to hear about your experience. I’m glad my video was helpful and congratulations to your new found freedom 🎈 Thank you 🙏🏽
Pimos are referred to in the bible..l never thought it poss.
But think about it..
Rev 11:18 hasn't been fulfilled completely ..has it ?
Men still are ruining the earth.
Jesus the nazarene was also.a cult or sect.
So..what ?
This is still satans world !
Look at rev 11:6b.
Meditating on scripture is invaluable
Did Jesus and his followers meet with the world's approval ?
@@compositioncompilation Jesus had a mixed response in the eyes of the world. Some loved him and revered him as the messiah and physical king that was going to free the Jews from Roman occupation. Others hated him, and most likely everything in between. We can't dispute the existence of a Jesus character in history, but nobody can prove his divinity. For all we know he was a con man.
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Reading 2 thess 2 :2, as new..as if they're instructions Paul is passing down through 2000 years of time , to those governing in the 20th century..around 1914 onwards.
Well done video. Hope you make many more! 💕
Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏽
I sincerely hope the people who need to find this message do so. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely EXCELLENT!!!!!!! Thankyou! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
...I simply left the hall because i heard the Governing body themselves tell me that they are NOT inspired by God. . Three, times..
- 2THESALONIANS...
Yup not inspired not infallible and don’t need to apologize that did it for me too! 37 years later I’m thinking them why do I need u‼️
I was born and raised Jehovah’s Witness , and on Aug 12th, 2021, I prayed to Jehovah letting him know how much this religion has hurt my heart. Since I was born I’ve been told that God was going to destroy all who were not witnesses. I couldn’t do it anymore I prayed to God letting him know all the damage this religion has done in my life....I told God that all I wanted was his love not paradise especially knowing all the non-witnesses that I loved were dead and I would gladly give my life in exchange for my children that are not witnesses. I told him I could no longer assist meetings because this religion is making me think badly of him. I remember yelling in my head how I couldn’t understand how a loving God could do this knowing our imperfections...I was sobbing, overwhelmed with grief when all of a sudden I had a thought of : I would never hurt anyone. I felt it down to my bones, I instantly calmed down and felt at peace. That night as I was laying down, my whole body started with intense waves of vibration, I started to sit up and it kept going, then I just had this knowing not be afraid and I just relaxed and immediately I started seeing all these lights and I was in a tunnel of light. I kept thinking if my husband turned around I was going to be sparkling! Then I was inside of this most amazing light that was filling me with so much love, fractals of light were coming towards me and all I could hear was I love you, you are loved over and over again. I felt all the pain and hate and hurt melt from my core, I was just floating there in unimaginable love and bliss, I thought of my kids and then it just melted away and I was sitting in bed. I was drunk with Gods love for 2 weeks, I was healed from a full body skin illness I had been suffering for 3 years. I haven’t been back to any meetings since. Haven’t spoken to any elders about what happened just my mom and husband her reaction was not surprising, immediately told me to talk to an elder. I know they will say it was demonic, but how can a love so complete not be from something so pure? Because of this experience, I started researching and was blown away by THOUSANDS of accounts of others who have had this out of body experience called NDE or STE, I’m telling you it’s mind blowing how death has been held over us. Everyone says the same thing: God is not Judging us WE are!!! I still pray and feel Gods Holy Spirit with me something I had never felt in the Kingdom Hall! I just want others to know that God is not in the religious buildings/kingdom hall he is in our hearts everywhere we go, always. He does not give us the spirit of fear, anything in the Bible that causes fear is a misinterpretation. Jesus came to free us from the lies and it’s happening again, we are the new scrolls...the countless witnesses of how religions are a snare! Jesus said it was done! He didn’t say now we have to follow another religions rules to inherit the kingdom! My Father and I share the same will that ALL WILL BE SAVED!
“Hell” is described in the Bible as being separated from God. Just as we are right now on this earth, separated from God in heaven. The last thing you want to do is to pray to continue to be separated from God/Jesus when he comes again. You want to be in heaven with him not elsewhere. That will be hell.. continued.
@@jaredpetersmith914the Bible is a claim . Not evidence for supernatural
@@jaredpetersmith914 The very doctrine of hell is in itself a lie. It’s a matter of wrong interpretations of what really this hell thing is. It’s not a scary place of punishment. Everyone goes there after death. The god of this world wanted you to believe in lies.
@@fuzzyh1ghland3r28 There are far more reasons to believe the Bible than other people’s assumptions.
@@I_Am_because_God_Is That’s quite weird, if that was God’s Holy Spirit, it should have stopped you from leaving Jehovah in the very first place.
Is Jehovah’s destruction of the wicked unjustified for the length of time He waited for humans to repent? Even the Jews of old were delivered into their enemies when the turned away from Jehovah and worshiped other gods.
You told Jehovah your own choice as if your thoughts are higher than His? You were just caught out in emotional outbursts. You have forgotten that what humans wanted to preserve he will lose instead. You lack faith in Jehovah that He can have better judgement than humans like us.
When I lived in the USA I saw this in the way they’re so brainwashed into “this is the greatest country on earth “ and the worship of the flag, singing the National anthem every sport event, I can understand why they think the world needs to be like them they’re never allowed to think anything different…
I stay away from religions. I love God with all my heart and seek God in everything and everywhere. I have found God in everything and everywhere as a result.
I'm unbaptized for 3 years and I just left and faded but my brother is bow an Elder, he's only JW in the family
My boyfriend is in a very similar spot as you were. He's not JW, He's mormon, but their tactics are very similar (tho I'd say their lore is much more wild than JWs.) He's on his mission right now and thankfully, he's finally starting to question things there. He's completely isolated there with his only form of communication home being through emails on Mondays. Really as I watch this video, I saw a lot of the boxes being checked for what I've learned with that religion (lovebombing, cognitive dissonance, conformity, spiritual abuse. Its so bad there.) It's wild how I learned all this stuff since I'm not even mormon. I never was, but I was able to pick up on these things. I love my boyfriend so much, and I know that if somehow I'm able to get a real conversation (which his cult is never gonna allow while he's there) he'll be able to break free and realize what's going on and finally come back home.
Not thinking your own thoughts is always highlighted as a problem with cults by detractors. But to those joining a cult, it's a feature and not a glitch. Typically they're sick of their own thoughts. Giving up your ego and your own thoughts is what they're after.
Awesome vid! I was in the borg for 40 yrs. For me, i believed in God, and that the bible is true. All it took was reading it in other translations. There was so much difference in wording, different meanings. I would compare 20 translations, and the NWT read differently. Almost always w regard to the nature of Jesus. So i researched what is actually translated? Where are the manuscripts? How can the same sentence be translated one way by one group, and completely opposite by another? I found out that watchtower purposely mistrsnslates greek and hebrew bible passages to support their erroneous theology. That is BLASPHEMY!
Wow that’s amazing! Thank you for sharing your process for waking up!!
Jehovah knew completely who really you are. You sounded like you never really was one of them. You are just parroting what other apostates have spoken here and elsewhere.
Only if you still believe in gods is it blasphemy. The belief in gods is also preposterous. It might take a bit longer to think it through, but really, the persistence of all these religions and their thousands of sects is really hard to understand. Theat they are all fictions seems so patently obvious.
@@Hallel-o-jahif Jehovah knew who this person was, does that mean Jehovah knew in advance that this person would not accept the Jehovahs witnesses teachings?
@@Glasstable2011 Jehovah doesn’t make you for who you are. It’s your choice to make because each has his/her own free will.
Just like the original serpent, he was one of the most beautiful creatures of Jehovah but who made him to rebel against Jehovah? It’s his own ambition to get the admiration and and be worshipped himself just as his Creator.
Got the point?
"I'd rather have questions I can't answer, than answers I can't question."
Another quote "But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted by a lie." The Kite Runner
Absolutely brilliant 👏 . Thanks. A POMO JW
Thank you 🙏🏽
Nice Video I will share this with my family who are still stuck in a cult.
It must be so harder for those born into a cult/religion, with parents and home as part of it.
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Yes!... It was very difficult for me!
I was raised in the JW mess!!
Father "Elder" and Mother "Pioneer"...
I'm glad people are waking up!
The WT along with other cults have played a dangerous game with our mind!
People are becoming unhinged because it was set up that way!
Hopefully people will begin to see the spiritual healing that is going on and leave these satanic and demonic cults immediately!!
Stay safe! 💜
All the more credit to you. I was lucky not to have religious parents.
Doubt is the greatest of the virtues. Only it allows one to search for the truth.
I always say that I don’t mind sacrificing things when it’s for the right reasons. We all make sacrifices in our lives for things that are important in our lives and that’s ok. But when I found that I could not ask legit questions about serious things without getting treated badly and my commitment to the organization and in turn relationship with God put into question, all my sirens went off that something was very wrong. If someone asks me today why I left, I say because I love God more than men and the organization was getting in between me and my relationship with Him. That I cannot ignore scripture and teachings and warnings set forth in the Bible in order to serve a group of people and promote their “feelings” of the moment which can change on a dime.
Thank you for sharing your insights. I wish you good luck in your journey.
A human weakness is wanting to be socially accepted, at all cost.
Stand on your own.
Listen to your own heart!
Every religion is a cult.
True, but political parties, social status, social media, atheism, feminism, Lgbtq+×÷= are no different
Cults are extremists that inflict severe damage a follower's life. Most religions are pretty watered down. They all originated from a cult, and retain many traits of a cult.
Religions are descendants of cults that have been dragged into the civilized world and made to conform a bit
Cult experts divide cults into benign and destructive.While every religion may be technically a cult,not every religon is a destructive cult.According to cults experts Jehovahs Witnesses fall into the category of a destructive cult because they use destructive mind control and brainwashing to recruite and control their members
I could never understand why people would want to live forever and do it with just JW!!! So once you've watched, listened, read, spoken to everyone and done everything you still have eternity. And where is the evidence that it's true anyway? Pure cult tactics, make people frightened and offer a solution, ever lasting life. But the solution would turn into hell on earth logically.
Very good point!
Do you even read the Bible?
If you are able to visit Jehovah’s Witnesses’ official website then you can learn anything you want to know. Any question for that matter.
@@ownup987Are you truly once a Jehovah’s Witness? I greatly doubt it.
May Jehovah continue to bless and enlighten you in the most amazing ways…
@@Hallel-o-jah I do yes, and I have been talking with a JW for over 25 years.
This was really helpful to me. Thank you for sharing your experience and your growth. 🧐😊
Awesome Award Winning Work! 🏆🏆🎈🎉
Thank you very much 😊 😊
So true. My Grandpa (when he was alive) always raised his voice in a way like a lion roaring into the ground in a scare tactic way.
My Uncle (also an Elder) is no different but if he didn't get his way would call you selfish. He weaponizes his authority and when you turn to say something "ah ah ah.... What you tell me your telling that to Jehovah." I wonder how he would react if I repeated Jeffrey Winders comment "The Governing Body is neither 'INSPIRED' ......."
I needed this! Thanks!
This shows how culty the organization is,even the feelings we experience breaking free from the cult are similar 😑 Healing to us all 🌻🌻🌷🌸🌺
The lie starts at the door. “Good morning, we would like to share a scripture with you.” “I have my own faith.” “Most people do.”
“With the turmoil we see in world today it’s good that you have a faith to turn to.” “Notice what the Bible says, scripture is read. “Do you agree with that?” “Yes.” “I would like to come back next week to talk further on this subject.” “Yes, I like talking about the Bible, but I don’t want to change my religion.” “We understand that.” “We just want to encourage people to understand what the Bible really says about our future.”
No you are really there to change their religion to JW.
Liar liar pants on fire
Excelling work ❤
This is True, true!
This video should go viral.
Great personal account of the cult exit process. The ways cults recruit and indoctrinate is pretty universal- the same processes in the same order- one thing not mentioned is that cults use deception to recruit which can be in the form of front groups (the JWs currently seem to be using mental health issues with them as the cure), but can also take the form of a bait and switch. Steve Hassan has some excellent books on the process- he was recruited into the "Moonies". Another big tool cults use is phobia- something terrible will happen if you leave/question doctrine etc. Most cult recruits are intelligent and well-meaning people, somewhat idealistic and usually mentally and physically fit (because the level of energy required to recruit others is exhausting).
Psychological experiments that are relevant to cult indoctrination include the Milgram compliance experiement, the Solomon Asch conformity experiment and the Stanford prison experiment. Humans are social animals and prone to adjust behaviour (and therefor beliefs) in order to fit in- we all think we are independent thinkers but we are far more prone to adapt ways that allow us to fit in than we are aware of- it is why testimonials are used in advertising- they are lousy evidence but, because they are written by people like us (or perceived to be) they have influence over buying decisions, same with celebrity endorsements.
The work of Robert Cialdini on social psychology is really interesting- and highly relevant to how cults and high control groups can have such influence over intelligent people.
I hope that your experience with the JWs doesn't stop you searching for God. Just because they are false doesn't mean that He is too. And now you have the freedom to get a good translation of the Bible (not the New World translation!) and to search the scriptures without some cult telling you what to believe. Thank you for your honesty, and hopefully it will free others from the JW cult.
@@davidhynd4435 Sorry to tell you, there’s no better understanding of the Bible than the one carried by Jehovah’s faithful Witnesses. It’s only your own bias that makes you think that the NWT is a different kind of Bible.
Nobody can refute anymore that the true God’s name is Jehovah. And Christ is His son.
The Kingdom of God is the only hope for this planet and humanity on it. Through the kingship of Christ this planet will be restored to its old glory. There was no death supposedly, it only entered into the world when Adam and Eve disobeyed Jehovah.
But Jehovah arranged everything for humans to be able to get back to that original purpose of Jehovah. And soon it will be realised after Armageddon.
That’s not Jehovah’s Witnesses own words, you can find it in your own Bible, whatever translation it is.
Sorry, Jehovah’s Witnesses religion is not a cult. That is merely an over-exaggerated claims of critics whom one way or another do not like the preaching works these Witnesses are doing the whole world today. Why haven’t any other religions have not done this preaching works? The commission is for everyone to do it. Jesus Christ’s words in Matthew 24:14 was intended for everyone.
Again it’s not Jehovah’s Witnesses own words that they preached, it’s Jehovah’s intentions to tell everyone about the good news of the Kingdom of God in the whole world. This is so, so that nobody can complain that he/she was not told about it.
I love this vid. My experience of fading was similar, over time I felt too many unloving inflicted hurts built up and I just couldn't stand the nonsense way the talks were sounding so I never went back. My journey happened at the start of co vid too, during lockdowns I did so much yoga, which isn't allowed, and felt like I was being true to me as I had always wanted to do it. The watchtower is a joke, I can't believe I did it for so long.
So happy it resonated with you and congrats to your freedom 🎉 👏🏼
And those physically unable to leave, although wanting to. Examples: Jim Jones Guyana cult, and Chile's Colonia Dignidad.
You know I’ve met may people that have mental health issues, usually from traumatic experiences. They’ve never been religious or a jw in this matter, one thing they have is a sense of self despite their struggle. Me however feels like I’m still trying to find me, my self. The org created a shield, a thought membrane around consciousness and was primarily driven by the orgs teachings. Does anyone understand what I’m saying?
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I was raised in the JW mess!!
Father "Elder" and Mother "Pioneer"...
I'm glad people are waking up!
The WT along with other cults have played a dangerous game with our mind!
People are becoming unhinged because it was set up that way!
Hopefully people will begin to see the spiritual healing that is going on and leave these satanic and demonic cults immediately!!
Stay safe! 💜
This goes with everything. Politics. All religions and media. Question everything and Don't trust things just because it sounds right
As a pimo, they really destroyed my mental health after realizing they treated me like a robot for so long I don't even know who I am anymore
Think for yourself.
Howdy Heretics. The pandemic was fun when you were trained to belive in armageddon 😂
But I was lucky enough to be 100% woke when it happen, I have friends that were not as lycky
Congrats to your freedom and hope your friends are doing better! It was really really hard waking up during the pandemic 😥
It just proved how sheep like most are, make them fearful & they can control the masses.
My friend took me to her JW church a few times when I was a kid and I can remember thinking to myself everyone is just too nice Thts was a red flag to me
And my mom was mad at me for going to tht curch too
Very insightful and revealing exposure of our own psyche; our own subconscious mind which has been formed over decades of conforming behavior in the JW cult. We couldn't see it as such then, because the organization refers frequently to the scripture at Romans 12: 2, which states that "we should be transformed, by making our minds over, that you may prove to yourselves the good and perfect and acceptable will of God."
Unfortunately, the "will of the organization", or the will of the governing body", or the will of the so-called "faithful and discreet slave", has slyly crept in and TAKEN THE PLACE OF THE WILL OF GOD!! THERE IS WHERE MOST OF US HAVE SLIPPED and been deceived thru clever manipulation of control.
Doing God's will and the law of Christ doesn't enslave us or ask us to remove the powers of reason from our mind. It actually sets us free. Not so free that carry out every will of the flesh; but free in the sense of not being shackled by the opinions and shifting teachings of men. Galatians 5: 1 and then the entire 5th chapter of Galatians is very encouraging in this respect, as the inspired apostle says, " For such freedom Christ set us free, therefore stand fast, and do not let yourselves be confined again in a yoke of slavery."
Nice production, young lady! "The truth does not mind scrutiny, but the lie hates examination!" That statement I have heard in hundreds of ex-JW videos here on YT. If we love and cherish truth; eventually that truth will burn a hole thru the web of lies!
I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers. Your videos are so well done. Just earned a sub from me. Keep it up!
Thank you so much 😊
The Jehovah's witnesses are like the movie Invasion of The Body Snatchers. They want to replace who you are with someone that only smiles and speaks with the same cadence as everyone else in the kingdom hall. When they answer questions they all speak with the same tone of voice and cadence as the person at the podium leading the meeting.
Hi thanks for sharing. You are helping us in England. Much ❤️
Thank you ❤️ ❤️
Grew up in this , hated it now I found Jesus
Sounds like most religions.
Control, power, greed.
All of them?
I have family members in that movement. It’s very difficult having some conversations.
You wise guys!!
Be warned: don't try to reinvent the wheel. It's already been invented.
Perfectly described!!
I left the cult of Christianity after 30 years. Simaler experience
looks like I found a new exjw channel to binge !
Thanks for sharing this video. Great breakdown. You are free. .🙏
yeah... it takes courage to stand without religious nonsense .. glad that you escaped .. nice explanation .. ✌
Hhhmmmmm, let me guess!!! Jehovah's witness ????
Good Job, and I appreciate the scientific method approach you used. Logic and reasoning. And your point: "A truth does not mind being questioned, but a lie does not want to be questioned." A bad truth is better than a good lie. I am free because I know the truth, I can go back in and hope to catch people falling away, not to lead them back to the governing body but to remind them that Christ is our leader, not Steven Lett the most accurate personification of Elmer Fudd I have ever seen. And that 2000 years ago the elders of the one true religion were called "Sons Of Satan" By Jesus, and if they had it bad, by comparison, how bad can we expect it to get before he returns? Keep your faith, hold fast to what is true, test it out to see if it is from God and do not go beyond the things written. Good luck.
Very, very good! New sub 👍
Gr. from the Netherlands