Takes time to get rid of the indoctrination, but you are correct in removing the preconceptions and judgmental conditioning of Watchtower, but it does bring a wonderful feeling of freedom of mind and soul, lovely to hear from you again, very helpful for many now coming out of the cult, well done!........👍
Great to hear from you again Tammy. I love your positive attitude. As to not judging, that has been the key to my marriage . Mar and I were married in the Kingdom hall in 1969. She was my prom date. I was 4th generation, she was 3rd. After I left in 1980 she stayed in and we did fight like hell! However we did love each other and took our marriage vows seriously. Actually Marilyn taught me to not judge. We agreed to let Jesus for me, Jehovah for her, do all the judging. As a result we raised 3 kids 2 are Christian, one is a new age. None are JW'S. We just celebrated (since witnesses do that) 52 yrs of marriage. I do love your positive attitude and am very happy you now have a great life.
Your video give me so much strength now. We are leaving the organization because we find something, but the fear of shunning and to called as an apostate by our jw friends keeps bothering me. This video helps me a lot. And me and my parents done having a conversation with the elders in our congregation, but they insist of having another zoom meeting with them, so we agreed as a last request of them but our choice is final. Thanks a lot.
Thank You for those helpful hints. I wish I had them when I was getting out. They would have made the process much easier. I enjoy all of your videos. Please keep posting more of them. Thank You.
I am approaching a year upon my waking up/fading. And looking at the initial fear and trembling that I had about the elders and the friends finding out about my continued research online, I now see how foolish it was for me to think that I owed anyone an explanation or even had to answer any questions on suspicion or gossip at all. As a single grown person and within the 4 walls of my home, why give these suit wearing fellows who don't pay my bills the creditability to zoom conference me council me over a camera in my own home? Of course, it is the training of JWs and the command of obedience and loyalty that gave them that power. But the longer we stayed out of the hall which allowed them to carry more weight in the supposed house of Jehovah, the weaker their power becomes in the privacy of your own home and over a camera. So I guess mine would fall under, have no fear and you don't have to discuss, volunteer or answer anything from imperfect, controlled humans who can't give you life in the end.
Great advice 😀👍 It's been so long since I faded I'm not sure what I might say to myself 🤔 (stopped going to meetings in 1978 at age 14) One thing I would say is to be aware that you've been conditioned to think about things in a certain way and even though you have rejected the organization that conditioning will continue to affect the decisions you will make going forward in life. Thanks for sharing Take care 👋😀
Hi Tammy, nice to see you ! All good advice . When I left there was no internet where I could get information, I just knew that they were wrong. I carried alot of those habits for a long time without even realizing it. Still working on some after all this time ! Take care and thank you 🙉🙈🙊
Thank you so much for sharing yourself so generously. Many of us don't have someone in our lives who knows what it was like, who speaks from that awareness. And you're so easy to listen to ! What I would tell myself is, "Get help. Real professional help." When I left over 30 years ago, there was very little help around what happens to people when they have been thinking in a cult pattern. And I remember the moment perfectly when I realized I was running a cult pattern, like software, in my brain. At that time, I knew it was bad but I still wanted the 'good' part - family, people I thought were friends. I was trying to convince myself that I was strong enough to manage all those levels of stress on my own , so it took a long time before I could sort out the ineffective patterns I had been living with. There is so much good, useful mental health available now, especially around trauma, that most people can find a modality that is attractive. It seems to me that the cult pattern of thinking (I didn't say 'it's a cult '. I said 'cult pattern of thinking' ) is much more deeply entrenched in the organization than it was in the past. Anyone coming out now has had less practice of independence in their thought processes, so getting a pleasant amount of help would be very supportive. It takes some searching to find a professional who understands what the cult pattern of thinking does to mental processes, but just a bit of help goes a long way. Again, thanks for sharing yourself. I watch your offerings more than once so RUclips isn't telling you what's accurate about how valuable your sharing is. Lots of love, Ann.
Wow I was scared too, I have had some negative things that have happened but realized as we learned unforeseen circumstances, was scared of losing everybody a few still check on me, glad I never listened to worldly term always had friends outside, they are there for me. I’m the same person just no longer part of organization, was scared and depressed to lose some, but time heals all wounds, I have to be happy still spiritual no longer feel employed for gods favor, but for heart ❤️ condition and actions. Great video
I’ve been watching your videos and I know this is your latest one and I can really tell that you’re finally getting set free! I faded probably eight years ago I was in that religion for almost 40 years I was an elder and I just couldn’t take it anymore and after doing a lot of research it wasn’t difficult for me I was very confident in my decision and just as you said I have friends now that are truly good friends with unconditional love! Which is just the opposite of the J dubs in fact there are several friends that have told me if I don’t go back to the meetings I don’t want anything to do with me and I just let them know that’s fine that’s your decision but I will tell you this I’m not going back well then we don’t want anything to do with you I mean that is terrible! Jesus had unconditional love the J dubs have conditional love and it’s very very ugly so hang in there enjoy your freedom which I have done I’ve got good friends and even some of the J dubs that I do still wanna do things with me go out to breakfast go out to lunch which is fine and they understand how I feel which is beautiful but there’s only a few that feel that way so continue I can tell a difference and I’m happy for you! See that’s the problem they teach with fear and that’s what a lot of people go through I have several other friends that have faded and it was hard for them because of that fear oh no now I’m I’m fighting against Jehovah that’s not true it’s it’s not the truth they have flip-flopped the governing body are hypocrites they have a huge problem with pedophiles and because of the two witnesses rule they’re protected well there’s never two witnesses to childless molestation so it blows my mind we adopted a girl when she was three years old who had been molested and I’m the one that discovered it one night giving her a bath so I brought my wife in and she said we need to call no the police and after a three-year battle it was finally over but she is 40 years old now and I can tell it’s still bothered her but anyway enjoy your video thank you I’ll stop rambling on now
im so happy you found your love and are active in your new life. I would tell myself to do what makes sense to me and stop doing what doesn't. also, not everyone is out to get me so chill the fuck out.
Congratulations on your 14th year out , I,m celebrating my 4th 2018 aged 57. I love your videos Trudy I started watching you in 2017 and found you so much nicer to watch than Steven Lett evil clown or Tony Morris sumo wrestler who speak to jws like their little children . In 2018 I remember bumping into a Bible study of a pioneer sister and I witnessed to her about why she should NOT get baptised because of basically all the truths I,d learnt from apostate videos. The very next day I bumped into the Pioneer sister and she said to me , Oh Justin your just the person I wanted to talk too, Mary my bible study said you,'ve gone apostate and were putting down the truth. No I said, I love the truth and maybe I was down and speaking negatively about life not the organization, your Bible study just misunderstood me. Why would she say that Justin ? She gave me the benefit of the doubt. I also visited all my return visits and told them Jehovah's Witnesses are wrong so I dissociated before they dissfellowshipped me it was only a matter of time before they hauled me into a judicial committee . Justin porter ex jw
@Living_Truth I love how you speak to your former self in this process. It makes so much sense. It even helps us in the present time. It even heals the past. 💗 I followed my passion and learned to ballroom dance. Dancing was everything. That's how I made new "worldly" friends. I didn't see them as worldly. I saw them as dancers. Based on how you said it, I'd say that helped me avoid the thinking that they're "worldly" because we had dancing in common. They were nice people and they accepted me. That made it easy to accept their friendship.
Thanks for the video. I like that term you used fear porn, that sure fits a lot of the time spent at the hall or reading their publications. I always cringed when I would hear the word worldly its so corny and inappropriate. I faded for over 25 years now. I appreciate your perspective of fading not many cover it.
I was always told that right after you get baptized the demons are going to really go after you because they don't want you to be part of Jehovah's organization. I was more afraid of them being in the organization than I was of being out of it. Because they made it seem like they were going to do an all-out assault on me to keep me from being a Jehovah's Witness.
I remember being told that as well-- once you're baptized, satan and his demons are going to try everything to get you out. And if you become spiritually weak, even more reason to be on alert to their attacks. Just reading this is so bizarre to think this is what I used to think. Yay for freedom!
Btw, the name calling "apostate" is the strongest weaponizing word that the org has scared and trained their members to shut down and use against anyone questioning or speaking logic about their controlling theology. Good advice to research the examples and meaning of the word so that you learn to leave certain vocabulary in that bullying community and not carry that weight in your journey to press on to real truth and thrive.
Great video! That apostate label is controversial and one can make a case to embrace it or reject it. I tend to agree with you about it. I would tell myself to not make any big decisions right after leaving. I didn’t know myself and I had a lot of learning to do. I would have told myself to slow down!
Thanks Greg! I totally agree. When I was going through fading & divorce, I told myself I would stay in that town for one year-- forcing myself to slow down a little and not be overly hasty in making decisions. Everything was still moving in hyper speed, but that helped a little. Oh, and learning to B R E A T H E! :)
I would have kept my mouth shut..instead of spazzing and running and tell everyone what I was learning. I would've just moved like I eventually did.....but still have my parents.
Born in to the org '71, faded in '91, and still sleep under the covers from all the fear porn and demon talk as a young guy growing up in this nonsense.
The point I would make is I really didn’t appreciate how brain washed I was. It will take time to, if you like, reprogram or rethink your mind. It dropped from me bit by bit,at first if any religion’s right it’s the witnesses, to I think their right on this but not that. Eventually you start to see the jw’s for what they are a controlling cult. A word of warning would be, be careful you don’t jump straight into another faith. Give yourself time what’s the rush like I said you need to reprogram, rethink yourself. The witnesses taught you that what you think and what you want are not important, only what the watchtower says is important. That’s not true what do you want your life to be. So take your time, do you need to believe in God if you do does that have to be through religion. Trust me you’ll be okay if you listen to your inner self and take time to find yourself.❤️
Agreed. When I say someone's 'worldly' I'm saying it as a compliment-- they are someone who is experienced in life, traveled, cultured, sophisticated. I'm happy to be worldly! :)
That's a good list after fading. I wish I could go back to my 17 year old self and tell her not to get baptized. It's a cult. Go to high graduation and get a good job or go to college. Enjoy life.
Just curious if when you where fading out, did you grow closer to God? For me, as I faded, I realized the JWs where a hinderance to my spiritual growth and it would of been impossible for me to become Born Again if I never left. As you well know there are no Born Agains in this religion. Anyway I hope all the best for you in your continued journey. Peace
I faded because I'm scared of getting the coronavirus again. I had it twice and my mom died from it years ago. I never got vaccinated because I don't believe in vaccines. But I have avoided large indoor gatherings since it started.
Knowing Christ is knowing “the truth” because he IS the truth. WT doesn’t want JW’s to know him and have a relationship with him because then you’re set free and no longer enslaved to WT rules and dead works that drain JW’s of their happiness, security, families , money and ultimately their salvation
melleetheka Jesus Christ is Jehovah's fore-most Witness (Rev. 1:5; 3:14) and has a following of close to nine million followers worldwide. If you are not a Jehovah's witness you are in Satan's camp.
Just remember Jesus was an apostate... I wear the title proudly... likely apostates from all religions are closer to God just for leaving the worldly institutions of organized religions behind... just my opinion...
If I could go back I would tell me all the biblically arguments how witnesses screwing up the Bible. For instance, we are not under any law and especially not theirs, not even under God’s law. Galatians 5:18 “Furthermore, if YOU are being led by spirit, YOU are not under law.” Of cause, if you are without spirit, you definitely need law. Furthermore we are not even commanded to love God. If we were it wouldn’t be unconditionally. You talked about unconditionally love, here it is. Read Galatians 5:14 “For the entire Law stands fulfilled in one saying, namely: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”” We are supposed to FULFILLING the law, not continuing it. For a start, going 50 years back, I would ask myself about their obsession of how Abraham is supposed to live on the earth. I would have confronted myself with Matthew 8:11, Hebrews 11:8,13,16. I was a JW for many years because I believed that reading the Bible for them meant reading the Bible. What a bunch of liars and hypocrites they are. Am I angry at them? Not at all. I think they are my culturally background just the same way as if I had been a catholic, jew or whatever. I’m a king in my own life and not supposed to be in any denomination. Revelation 1:6. You are a truly kind person. God bless you.
I miss the friends I had but I'm not going back especially when it's not even true but I'll always miss them but I realize it's about quality over quantity with friends in or out of it tbh
That I'm not loved by God anymore and I had premarital sex with my ex at 21 when I left home I just wanted to see if it was actually meant to be for me to be in it never felt like I was myself
Having my 1st birthday party next month, I'll be 45. My former boss is throwing it for me!!! So excited!
Good for you! Celebrate your life! :)
“Be curious, not judgmental” I heard that on Ted Lasso and thought it was great advice ❤️
Agreed, love that! And Ted Lasso, great show!
Takes time to get rid of the indoctrination, but you are correct in removing the preconceptions and judgmental conditioning of Watchtower, but it does bring a wonderful feeling of freedom of mind and soul, lovely to hear from you again, very helpful for many now coming out of the cult, well done!........👍
Agreed, it definitely takes time. Thanks for sharing. 🙏
Thanks you are very wise. I too have met so many good people in the last 25 years. I stopped judging long ago.
Great, thanks for sharing! 🙏
Great to hear from you again Tammy. I love your positive attitude. As to not judging, that has been the key to my marriage . Mar and I were married in the Kingdom hall in 1969. She was my prom date. I was 4th generation, she was 3rd. After I left in 1980 she stayed in and we did fight like hell! However we did love each other and took our marriage vows seriously. Actually Marilyn taught me to not judge. We agreed to let Jesus for me, Jehovah for her, do all the judging.
As a result we raised 3 kids 2 are Christian, one is a new age. None are JW'S. We just celebrated (since witnesses do that) 52 yrs of marriage. I do love your positive attitude and am very happy you now have a great life.
Thanks for sharing
Your video give me so much strength now. We are leaving the organization because we find something, but the fear of shunning and to called as an apostate by our jw friends keeps bothering me. This video helps me a lot. And me and my parents done having a conversation with the elders in our congregation, but they insist of having another zoom meeting with them, so we agreed as a last request of them but our choice is final.
Thanks a lot.
I'm glad this helps. Thank you for sharing. It's a journey when you leave-- take it one step at a time. Best to you. 🤗
Thank You for those helpful hints. I wish I had them when I was getting out. They would have made the process much easier. I enjoy all of your videos. Please keep posting more of them. Thank You.
Thank you 🙏 😀
I am approaching a year upon my waking up/fading. And looking at the initial fear and trembling that I had about the elders and the friends finding out about my continued research online, I now see how foolish it was for me to think that I owed anyone an explanation or even had to answer any questions on suspicion or gossip at all. As a single grown person and within the 4 walls of my home, why give these suit wearing fellows who don't pay my bills the creditability to zoom conference me council me over a camera in my own home? Of course, it is the training of JWs and the command of obedience and loyalty that gave them that power. But the longer we stayed out of the hall which allowed them to carry more weight in the supposed house of Jehovah, the weaker their power becomes in the privacy of your own home and over a camera. So I guess mine would fall under, have no fear and you don't have to discuss, volunteer or answer anything from imperfect, controlled humans who can't give you life in the end.
Good advice. Thanks for sharing, and congrats on 1 year! 😊
Great advice 😀👍
It's been so long since I faded I'm not sure what I might say to myself 🤔 (stopped going to meetings in 1978 at age 14)
One thing I would say is to be aware that you've been conditioned to think about things in a certain way and even though you have rejected the organization that conditioning will continue to affect the decisions you will make going forward in life.
Thanks for sharing
Take care 👋😀
True... thanks for sharing 😊
Hi Tammy, nice to see you ! All good advice . When I left there was no internet where I could get information, I just knew that they were wrong. I carried alot of those habits for a long time without even realizing it. Still working on some after all this time ! Take care and thank you 🙉🙈🙊
Hey Dan, thanks for your comment. I agree with you, it takes a while to drop the ingrained programming. Take care 😊
Thank you so much for sharing yourself so generously. Many of us don't have someone in our lives who knows what it was like, who speaks from that awareness. And you're so easy to listen to !
What I would tell myself is, "Get help. Real professional help." When I left over 30 years ago, there was very little help around what happens to people when they have been thinking in a cult pattern. And I remember the moment perfectly when I realized I was running a cult pattern, like software, in my brain. At that time, I knew it was bad but I still wanted the 'good' part - family, people I thought were friends.
I was trying to convince myself that I was strong enough to manage all those levels of stress on my own , so it took a long time before I could sort out the ineffective patterns I had been living with. There is so much good, useful mental health available now, especially around trauma, that most people can find a modality that is attractive.
It seems to me that the cult pattern of thinking (I didn't say 'it's a cult '. I said 'cult pattern of thinking' ) is much more deeply entrenched in the organization than it was in the past. Anyone coming out now has had less practice of independence in their thought processes, so getting a pleasant amount of help would be very supportive. It takes some searching to find a professional who understands what the cult pattern of thinking does to mental processes, but just a bit of help goes a long way.
Again, thanks for sharing yourself. I watch your offerings more than once so RUclips isn't telling you what's accurate about how valuable your sharing is. Lots of love, Ann.
Thanks! And I agree with you, getting professional help is great advice.
Wow I was scared too, I have had some negative things that have happened but realized as we learned unforeseen circumstances, was scared of losing everybody a few still check on me, glad I never listened to worldly term always had friends outside, they are there for me. I’m the same person just no longer part of organization, was scared and depressed to lose some, but time heals all wounds, I have to be happy still spiritual no longer feel employed for gods favor, but for heart ❤️ condition and actions. Great video
Thanks for sharing. Love your perspective. :)
I’ve been watching your videos and I know this is your latest one and I can really tell that you’re finally getting set free! I faded probably eight years ago I was in that religion for almost 40 years I was an elder and I just couldn’t take it anymore and after doing a lot of research it wasn’t difficult for me I was very confident in my decision and just as you said I have friends now that are truly good friends with unconditional love! Which is just the opposite of the J dubs in fact there are several friends that have told me if I don’t go back to the meetings I don’t want anything to do with me and I just let them know that’s fine that’s your decision but I will tell you this I’m not going back well then we don’t want anything to do with you I mean that is terrible! Jesus had unconditional love the J dubs have conditional love and it’s very very ugly so hang in there enjoy your freedom which I have done I’ve got good friends and even some of the J dubs that I do still wanna do things with me go out to breakfast go out to lunch which is fine and they understand how I feel which is beautiful but there’s only a few that feel that way so continue I can tell a difference and I’m happy for you! See that’s the problem they teach with fear and that’s what a lot of people go through I have several other friends that have faded and it was hard for them because of that fear oh no now I’m I’m fighting against Jehovah that’s not true it’s it’s not the truth they have flip-flopped the governing body are hypocrites they have a huge problem with pedophiles and because of the two witnesses rule they’re protected well there’s never two witnesses to childless molestation so it blows my mind we adopted a girl when she was three years old who had been molested and I’m the one that discovered it one night giving her a bath so I brought my wife in and she said we need to call no the police and after a three-year battle it was finally over but she is 40 years old now and I can tell it’s still bothered her but anyway enjoy your video thank you I’ll stop rambling on now
Thank you so much for sharing. 🤗
im so happy you found your love and are active in your new life. I would tell myself to do what makes sense to me and stop doing what doesn't. also, not everyone is out to get me so chill the fuck out.
Thanks for sharing! :)
Amazing video! Thankyou! Every word soooooo true!!!
Glad you think so! Thank you. 🙏
Congratulations on your 14th year out , I,m celebrating my 4th 2018 aged 57. I love your videos Trudy I started watching you in 2017 and found you so much nicer to watch than Steven Lett evil clown or Tony Morris sumo wrestler who speak to jws like their little children . In 2018 I remember bumping into a Bible study of a pioneer sister and I witnessed to her about why she should NOT get baptised because of basically all the truths I,d learnt from apostate videos. The very next day I bumped into the Pioneer sister and she said to me , Oh Justin your just the person I wanted to talk too, Mary my bible study said you,'ve gone apostate and were putting down the truth. No I said, I love the truth and maybe I was down and speaking negatively about life not the organization, your Bible study just misunderstood me. Why would she say that Justin ? She gave me the benefit of the doubt. I also visited all my return visits and told them Jehovah's Witnesses are wrong so I dissociated before they dissfellowshipped me it was only a matter of time before they hauled me into a judicial committee . Justin porter ex jw
Sounds like you went out in a bold blaze of glory! 😆
Thanks for sharing!
Very very very well said! I love what covered and how you related it to life. Good for you.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed:)
@Living_Truth I love how you speak to your former self in this process. It makes so much sense. It even helps us in the present time. It even heals the past. 💗
I followed my passion and learned to ballroom dance. Dancing was everything. That's how I made new "worldly" friends. I didn't see them as worldly. I saw them as dancers. Based on how you said it, I'd say that helped me avoid the thinking that they're "worldly" because we had dancing in common. They were nice people and they accepted me. That made it easy to accept their friendship.
Thanks Esther! And for sharing your perspective, love it! 💜
Thanks for the video. I like that term you used fear porn, that sure fits a lot of the time spent at the hall or reading their publications. I always cringed when I would hear the word worldly its so corny and inappropriate. I faded for over 25 years now. I appreciate your perspective of fading not many cover it.
Glad you liked the video. Thanks so much for sharing. :)
Great Job XOXO
The US VS THEM mentality is tuff to get over. Trying to learn new ways of communication.
Very true. Learning that we are 'all in it together' doesn't happen overnight. :)
Run!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was always told that right after you get baptized the demons are going to really go after you because they don't want you to be part of Jehovah's organization. I was more afraid of them being in the organization than I was of being out of it. Because they made it seem like they were going to do an all-out assault on me to keep me from being a Jehovah's Witness.
I remember being told that as well-- once you're baptized, satan and his demons are going to try everything to get you out. And if you become spiritually weak, even more reason to be on alert to their attacks.
Just reading this is so bizarre to think this is what I used to think.
Yay for freedom!
You are glowing with beauty!
😊💛
@@LivingTruth1 don't tell the elders lol
Btw, the name calling "apostate" is the strongest weaponizing word that the org has scared and trained their members to shut down and use against anyone questioning or speaking logic about their controlling theology. Good advice to research the examples and meaning of the word so that you learn to leave certain vocabulary in that bullying community and not carry that weight in your journey to press on to real truth and thrive.
Thanks for your perspective.
Great video!
That apostate label is controversial and one can make a case to embrace it or reject it. I tend to agree with you about it.
I would tell myself to not make any big decisions right after leaving. I didn’t know myself and I had a lot of learning to do. I would have told myself to slow down!
Thanks Greg! I totally agree. When I was going through fading & divorce, I told myself I would stay in that town for one year-- forcing myself to slow down a little and not be overly hasty in making decisions. Everything was still moving in hyper speed, but that helped a little. Oh, and learning to B R E A T H E! :)
@@LivingTruth1 😂
I’m still learning to breathe!
I would have kept my mouth shut..instead of spazzing and running and tell everyone what I was learning. I would've just moved like I eventually did.....but still have my parents.
Hindsight is 20/20. I’d love a time machine though.. ;)
@@LivingTruth1 ooommgg...I knoooow right?!!!
Born in to the org '71, faded in '91, and still sleep under the covers from all the fear porn and demon talk as a young guy growing up in this nonsense.
thanks for open your heart, Happy friday ,and weekend beautiful Queen 👑
Thank you, and same to you
Thank You Thank You! Awesome video
Glad you liked it!
@@LivingTruth1 I'll be out in March a year Can't believe where time goes! Im so happy
The point I would make is I really didn’t appreciate how brain washed I was. It will take time to, if you like, reprogram or rethink your mind. It dropped from me bit by bit,at first if any religion’s right it’s the witnesses, to I think their right on this but not that. Eventually you start to see the jw’s for what they are a controlling cult. A word of warning would be, be careful you don’t jump straight into another faith. Give yourself time what’s the rush like I said you need to reprogram, rethink yourself. The witnesses taught you that what you think and what you want are not important, only what the watchtower says is important. That’s not true what do you want your life to be. So take your time, do you need to believe in God if you do does that have to be through religion. Trust me you’ll be okay if you listen to your inner self and take time to find yourself.❤️
Great advice! Thanks for sharing.
This is an AWESOME VIDEO !!!😁😯
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
I want to make sure I heard you right, did you say "fear porn"?
yes, you heard it right :)
Yeah i avoid the word "worldy" like the N-word. I only use the word worldy in it's original intent (Someone who travels a lot).
Agreed. When I say someone's 'worldly' I'm saying it as a compliment-- they are someone who is experienced in life, traveled, cultured, sophisticated. I'm happy to be worldly! :)
@@LivingTruth1 haha so am i!
Excellent
Great Video
Glad you enjoyed it :)
How did you conquer your initial feelings about dating in the world having been taught some really negative things about "worldly" people?
Great question. I think for me, learning about intuition, and learning how to use it and trust it, has been the best tool in my toolkit.
That's a good list after fading.
I wish I could go back to my 17 year old self and tell her not to get baptized. It's a cult. Go to high graduation and get a good job or go to college. Enjoy life.
Thanks for sharing. Good one-- don't get baptized!
Just curious if when you where fading out, did you grow closer to God? For me, as I faded, I realized the JWs where a hinderance to my spiritual growth and it would of been impossible for me to become Born Again if I never left. As you well know there are no Born Agains in this religion. Anyway I hope all the best for you in your continued journey. Peace
Looking good Blondie. (Not simping)
I faded because I'm scared of getting the coronavirus again. I had it twice and my mom died from it years ago. I never got vaccinated because I don't believe in vaccines. But I have avoided large indoor gatherings since it started.
Knowing Christ is knowing “the truth” because he IS the truth. WT doesn’t want JW’s to know him and have a relationship with him because then you’re set free and no longer enslaved to WT rules and dead works that drain JW’s of their happiness, security, families , money and ultimately their salvation
melleetheka Jesus Christ is Jehovah's fore-most Witness (Rev. 1:5; 3:14) and has a following of close to nine million followers worldwide. If you are not a Jehovah's witness you are in Satan's camp.
When you treat this org like the sick joke it is you become impervious to criticism from JW’s. What you feel is sorry for them
Just remember Jesus was an apostate... I wear the title proudly... likely apostates from all religions are closer to God just for leaving the worldly institutions of organized religions behind... just my opinion...
If I could go back I would tell me all the biblically arguments how witnesses screwing up the Bible.
For instance, we are not under any law and especially not theirs, not even under God’s law. Galatians 5:18
“Furthermore, if YOU are being led by spirit, YOU are not under law.”
Of cause, if you are without spirit, you definitely need law.
Furthermore we are not even commanded to love God. If we were it wouldn’t be unconditionally. You talked about unconditionally love, here it is. Read Galatians 5:14
“For the entire Law stands fulfilled in one saying, namely: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.””
We are supposed to FULFILLING the law, not continuing it.
For a start, going 50 years back, I would ask myself about their obsession of how Abraham is supposed to live on the earth. I would have confronted myself with Matthew 8:11, Hebrews 11:8,13,16.
I was a JW for many years because I believed that reading the Bible for them meant reading the Bible. What a bunch of liars and hypocrites they are.
Am I angry at them? Not at all. I think they are my culturally background just the same way as if I had been a catholic, jew or whatever. I’m a king in my own life and not supposed to be in any denomination. Revelation 1:6.
You are a truly kind person. God bless you.
Thanks for sharing :)
But I want you to know that the the head of woman is man,. 1cor 11:3
Nope
@@LivingTruth1 now we see what the problem is
@@leejohnson6328 haha yeah that patriarchal mindset
@@LivingTruth1 yes yes we see many girls are born but women are few
LOL!😆
I'm biting my tongue...
I miss the friends I had but I'm not going back especially when it's not even true but I'll always miss them but I realize it's about quality over quantity with friends in or out of it tbh
I agree. Thanks for sharing. :)
So I would tell myself I'm good enough and worthy of love and just find yourself love yourself and now I do and have found myself
Awesome! Great advice. 😊
That I'm not loved by God anymore and I had premarital sex with my ex at 21 when I left home I just wanted to see if it was actually meant to be for me to be in it never felt like I was myself
Thanks for sharing. x