It is your mind, control it! So many people feel the need to belong, regardless of what they truly feel, just to say I belong to something. A false identity. The best to You.
This is honestly 100% how i feel. I don't know if there's a god or not, no one really does, and that's okay. Maybe this is kind of off base, but i kinda feel like the real reason why people want to believe there is a god so strongly is because it give them some sort of purpose or hope for the future. Which there's nothing wrong with that, and i totally understand how that could be comforting.
Very mature and honest, glad that you got out of the JW Cult. Just because a group of men said so, it doesn't mean it is so. What will be will be. The creator of this universe and us, has it under control. Enjoy the life you were given. Open doors, explore. I was there once, so I understand.
Congrats on a strong mind and your freedom. Some of us are Theist and some are not. It is okay not to have all the answers. In time you may decide on a belief or lean towards one and it will be all of your own choosing. Enjoy the research. It is a beautiful ride.
@@questioningeverything09 i am really glad to hear you say that because that is at the very least some-what of an indication that you have not turnt your back to Jesus!❤And i sure hope that you don't, just because of what some people have done and are doing.❤
@@questioningeverything09 -- I was disfellowshipped in 2005 and never went back. Like you I spend a great deal of time searching for truth. This is what I found and now believe is the truth. You are also intimately involved so, please read carefully. . I tell Jehovah's Witnesses to go through the narrow gate that is on the cramped road leading to life. . Matthew 7:13-14 “Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; 14 whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road ** LEADING OFF INTO LIFE ** and few are the ones finding it. . I ask them to read what Jehovah said would happen at the time of the end that is in every Christians bible and yet, few are the ones finding it: . Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of Jehovah, YOU men who are trembling at his word: “YOUR brothers that are hating YOU, that are excluding YOU by reason of my name, said, ‘May Jehovah be glorified!’ He must also appear with rejoicing on YOUR part, and they are the ones that will be put to shame.” . [Name of person] is no longer one of JEHOVAH's Witnesses ---->> "excluding YOU by reason of MY NAME" . I ask them if they can see Jehovah's promise to disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witnesses: . "He must also appear with rejoicing on YOUR part"! . I then warn them that, if they go through this narrow gate they will lose their family as a consequence of the Watchtower Societies shunning policies. . Then I ask them to read what Jesus Christ said about everlasting life: . Mark 10:29-30 Jesus said: “Truly I say to YOU men, No one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news 30 who will not get a hundredfold now in this period of time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the coming system of things ** EVERLASTING LIFE ** . I then ask them if they want to live forever. . I also tell them that they can leave the organization and their congregation with dignity by telling everybody that they believe Jehovah, Jesus Christ and everything else in the bible. . Walk out with your head held high and jump for joy when you do. . What Jehovah said would happen, is now really happening! . That's Good News ................... right! . Jesus said: “Truly I say to YOU men, No one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOOD NEWS. .
Life is an exploration. Getting hung-up on some specific landscape, brings us a limited and limiting view of the rich diversity of our world. After a feeling of personal satisfaction from our exploration, it is ok if we settle down to pursue an in-depth examination of some particular landscape of our own desire. That endeavor may be self-directed/informal or institutional/formal. Contrary to JW theology, we can affirm 'to each his own'.
There is certainly a lot to learn about life. Although I came to see through the teachings of the governing body and realise for example that Revelation was about the destruction of the old covenant temple, it still leaves many blanks to fill in.
God is love. You don’t need religion or doctrine to find God. God has nothing to do with either. If you seek God with all of you and really want to a know God. You will find God. God is waiting to have a relationship with you. God loves you. God is patient. God has you no matter what. ❤
i extricated myself from a dysfunctional narcissist-centered family system and i'd say it bore similar criteria to that of a cult. i have a similar outlook to you, but for me i don't think it's liberation, as much as i think it's more a quiet deference to my programming, that i've escaped direct control, but to keep my brain from going completely haywire, i keep the conditioning as a possibility, since it was so ingrained into my psyche
Thank you for sharing. I can relate with being raised in a dysfunctional family that practically operated as a mini cult. There's this idea called "the cult of two," which describes how any relational dynamic is capable of operating as a cult, and it can be so insidious because it's hard to cognitively process what is happening when you are willingly giving up your agency in exchange for acceptance in the "tribe." It is hard to witness now how willing people are to let others tell them what to believe that these people never question any of their beliefs. But I also envy them at times, as I feel life would be a lot easier if I wasn't so aware lol. I understand from this angle why one might keep their conditioning as a possibility, like a mask they can use to assimilate.
Deprogramming takes time. I had the blood card in my wallet for years after I escaped. Only relatively recently I've thrown it to the trash after clearing out my wallet. The mental baggage works in a similar way. Once the indoctrination is gone, there is fresh space, and we should very careful with what we fill that space. Personally, I became an agnostic atheist. I try to live a good, moral life, and to do what I can for my fellow humans. I'm not ashamed to say that culturally, I'm Christian. But I treat it like when people ask my Zodiac sign. I don't really think it has much influence over me in a practical manner. Science works a lot better than faith, since it's self correcting and allows for questioning and doubt, re-examination. I am still spiritual, but more in an existential, poetic way. I am grateful to exist and be aware of the universe. I don't need gods or devils to blame anymore.
Real truth is self evident, and doesn't need to be believed. We're supposed to learn about our environment through observation and testing theories to find proof. Many ideas are plausible but not true. We're like adventurers out to discover if the world has an edge and will our ship go over and fall to somewhere.
I’m from Malaysia i was raised from the Jw family also,but I never get baptised at 18 i stop following my parents going to the Kingdom Hall and the reason i leave just because I can’t fight myself that I’m a sinner. But until now i still believe that what they believe is really the truth .And the people is really lovely people actually u know that right?
You are deceived if you place your faith in the Watchtower Society. Jesus Christ is the Way, Truth and Life and your only hope not the Watchtower Society.
You do not need an organization... Jesus is the only way to God. I still believe there is God and his son Jesus. I still pray. I read the Bible. I DO NOT attend the KH anymore.
good morning beautiful i was Jehova witness i been changing lots rilegion but i born catholic now i filing confius i am nervous avri day not ting work on me i been have bad luck oll me life i been right the Bible many years not ting the work on me me wife passed way 12 years ago now i live alone i was Looking someone for relationship or friendship not ting work on me i am nervous now avri day i want go Italy but i don’t want go alone i was Looking someone i pay ticket go and come back not ting the work on me chive me some confort i hope you andesten avriting i speak English and Italian and thank you some confort and have blessed day ❤
There is a God! After I left my family for the truth (they left me is more accurate) four years later, I received my 100-fold - just like Jesus promised. Matthew 19:29 GNT And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and inherit eternal life. Also, I was set free from this wicked system! Jehovah frees his people from the hand of the wicked one. Jeremiah 15:20,21 NWT For I am with you, to save you and to deliver you,” is the utterance of Jehovah. 21 “And I will deliver you out of the hand of the bad ones, Never give up on the truth!
You left a cult yeah right you want to do what you want,and don't want to conform to bible standards. I was the same disfellowshipped as a teen for engaging in fornication which the bible condemns i loved women 😂😂😂
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jesus is ,the truth ,the way, the life.
I love it, you are speaking objective facts.
It’s a journey ! Allow yourself the grace to go on your journey !
Thank you!!
It is your mind, control it!
So many people feel the need to belong, regardless of what they truly feel, just to say I belong to something. A false identity.
The best to You.
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Apostate greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 😊❤
Hello fellow apostate! 😊 Glad to have you here!!
Thinking for yourself is the only way. Thats the path.
Agreed!
This is honestly 100% how i feel. I don't know if there's a god or not, no one really does, and that's okay. Maybe this is kind of off base, but i kinda feel like the real reason why people want to believe there is a god so strongly is because it give them some sort of purpose or hope for the future. Which there's nothing wrong with that, and i totally understand how that could be comforting.
Very mature and honest, glad that you got out of the JW Cult. Just because a group of men said so, it doesn't mean it is so. What will be will be. The creator of this universe and us, has it under control. Enjoy the life you were given. Open doors, explore. I was there once, so I understand.
Congrats on a strong mind and your freedom. Some of us are Theist and some are not. It is okay not to have all the answers. In time you may decide on a belief or lean towards one and it will be all of your own choosing. Enjoy the research. It is a beautiful ride.
Admitting that you do not know is honesty and the truth!❤ Keep being honest, and do not settle for anything but the truth.❤
Amen to that!!
@@questioningeverything09 i am really glad to hear you say that because that is at the very least some-what of an indication that you have not turnt your back to Jesus!❤And i sure hope that you don't, just because of what some people have done and are doing.❤
@@questioningeverything09 -- I was disfellowshipped in 2005 and never went back. Like you I spend a great deal of time searching for truth. This is what I found and now believe is the truth. You are also intimately involved so, please read carefully.
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I tell Jehovah's Witnesses to go through the narrow gate that is on the cramped road leading to life.
.
Matthew 7:13-14
“Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; 14 whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road ** LEADING OFF INTO LIFE ** and few are the ones finding it.
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I ask them to read what Jehovah said would happen at the time of the end that is in every Christians bible and yet, few are the ones finding it:
.
Isaiah 66:5
Hear the word of Jehovah, YOU men who are trembling at his word: “YOUR brothers that are hating YOU, that are excluding YOU by reason of my name, said, ‘May Jehovah be glorified!’ He must also appear with rejoicing on YOUR part, and they are the ones that will be put to shame.”
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[Name of person] is no longer one of JEHOVAH's Witnesses ---->> "excluding YOU by reason of MY NAME"
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I ask them if they can see Jehovah's promise to disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witnesses:
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"He must also appear with rejoicing on YOUR part"!
.
I then warn them that, if they go through this narrow gate they will lose their family as a consequence of the Watchtower Societies shunning policies.
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Then I ask them to read what Jesus Christ said about everlasting life:
.
Mark 10:29-30
Jesus said: “Truly I say to YOU men, No one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news 30 who will not get a hundredfold now in this period of time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the coming system of things ** EVERLASTING LIFE **
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I then ask them if they want to live forever.
.
I also tell them that they can leave the organization and their congregation with dignity by telling everybody that they believe Jehovah, Jesus Christ and everything else in the bible.
.
Walk out with your head held high and jump for joy when you do.
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What Jehovah said would happen, is now really happening!
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That's Good News ................... right!
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Jesus said: “Truly I say to YOU men, No one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOOD NEWS.
.
Life is an exploration. Getting hung-up on some specific landscape, brings us a limited and limiting view of the rich diversity of our world. After a feeling of personal satisfaction from our exploration, it is ok if we settle down to pursue an in-depth examination of some particular landscape of our own desire. That endeavor may be self-directed/informal or institutional/formal. Contrary to JW theology, we can affirm 'to each his own'.
you are on to it ...keep going!
There is certainly a lot to learn about life. Although I came to see through the teachings of the governing body and realise for example that Revelation was about the destruction of the old covenant temple, it still leaves many blanks to fill in.
God is love. You don’t need religion or doctrine to find God. God has nothing to do with either. If you seek God with all of you and really want to a know God. You will find God. God is waiting to have a relationship with you. God loves you. God is patient. God has you no matter what. ❤
Another exjw story. Loving it.
I,m a born again atheist, but to avoid arguments with the religious ,I,m a Agnostic and I tell them ,,I Don't Know and neither do you,,❤
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i extricated myself from a dysfunctional narcissist-centered family system and i'd say it bore similar criteria to that of a cult. i have a similar outlook to you, but for me i don't think it's liberation, as much as i think it's more a quiet deference to my programming, that i've escaped direct control, but to keep my brain from going completely haywire, i keep the conditioning as a possibility, since it was so ingrained into my psyche
Thank you for sharing. I can relate with being raised in a dysfunctional family that practically operated as a mini cult. There's this idea called "the cult of two," which describes how any relational dynamic is capable of operating as a cult, and it can be so insidious because it's hard to cognitively process what is happening when you are willingly giving up your agency in exchange for acceptance in the "tribe." It is hard to witness now how willing people are to let others tell them what to believe that these people never question any of their beliefs. But I also envy them at times, as I feel life would be a lot easier if I wasn't so aware lol. I understand from this angle why one might keep their conditioning as a possibility, like a mask they can use to assimilate.
@@questioningeverything09 i was a scapegoat, maybe you were two? i feel like scapegoats have no real choice, besides to endure abuse or leave
Deprogramming takes time. I had the blood card in my wallet for years after I escaped. Only relatively recently I've thrown it to the trash after clearing out my wallet. The mental baggage works in a similar way. Once the indoctrination is gone, there is fresh space, and we should very careful with what we fill that space. Personally, I became an agnostic atheist. I try to live a good, moral life, and to do what I can for my fellow humans. I'm not ashamed to say that culturally, I'm Christian. But I treat it like when people ask my Zodiac sign. I don't really think it has much influence over me in a practical manner. Science works a lot better than faith, since it's self correcting and allows for questioning and doubt, re-examination. I am still spiritual, but more in an existential, poetic way. I am grateful to exist and be aware of the universe. I don't need gods or devils to blame anymore.
Wow you're beautiful 😍 salute to you for trailblazing. Keep ya head up babe.
Real truth is self evident, and doesn't need to be believed. We're supposed to learn about our environment through observation and testing theories to find proof. Many ideas are plausible but not true. We're like adventurers out to discover if the world has an edge and will our ship go over and fall to somewhere.
Isaiah 8:10, 2thimoty 3:7-9, 2Peter 2:1-3.
I love how this is framed! Yes, those who value truth orient themselves as adventurers out to discover if the world has an edge. Beautifully said.
This is me at the moment... And I I'm ok with it... I wish i could meet you.
It is so sad to hear that you are lost.
Thanks!
I’m from Malaysia i was raised from the Jw family also,but I never get baptised at 18 i stop following my parents going to the Kingdom Hall and the reason i leave just because I can’t fight myself that I’m a sinner. But until now i still believe that what they believe is really the truth .And the people is really lovely people actually u know that right?
You are deceived if you place your faith in the Watchtower Society. Jesus Christ is the Way, Truth and Life and your only hope not the Watchtower Society.
@@timothykwoh6172 either is a bunch of hooey
@@timothykwoh6172
🎯 Bingo !
it's cult programming of the mind
@@timothykwoh6172 The solution to superstition is not more superstition.
You do not need an organization... Jesus is the only way to God. I still believe there is God and his son Jesus. I still pray. I read the Bible. I DO NOT attend the KH anymore.
Thanks for sharing your perspective!
Yeah don't leave one lie to enter a bigger lie
good morning beautiful i was Jehova witness i been changing lots rilegion but i born catholic now i filing confius i am nervous avri day not ting work on me i been have bad luck oll me life i been right the Bible many years not ting the work on me me wife passed way 12 years ago now i live alone i was Looking someone for relationship or friendship not ting work on me i am nervous now avri day i want go Italy but i don’t want go alone i was Looking someone i pay ticket go and come back not ting the work on me chive me some confort i hope you andesten avriting i speak English and Italian and thank you some confort and have blessed day ❤
JESUS IS THE WAY,,,, THE WAY TO HIS FATHER AND HIS GOD , JEHOVAH.
JESUS= JAH IS SALVATION!!
Oh they're definitely a cult Violet.
Be sure to use a "FAIR USE" statement
I'd appreciate more info please.. would I need to use a "fair use" statement due to talking about the Jehovah's Witnesses organization? Thanks!
There is a God!
After I left my family for the truth (they left me is more accurate) four years later, I received my 100-fold - just like Jesus promised.
Matthew 19:29 GNT
And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and inherit
eternal life.
Also, I was set free from this wicked system! Jehovah frees his people from the hand of the wicked one.
Jeremiah 15:20,21 NWT
For I am with you, to save you and to deliver you,” is the utterance of Jehovah. 21 “And I will deliver you out of the hand of the bad ones,
Never give up on the truth!
You left a cult yeah right you want to do what you want,and don't want to conform to bible standards. I was the same disfellowshipped as a teen for engaging in fornication which the bible condemns i loved women 😂😂😂
It's a cult bro theres no such thing as a governing body it's all lies