The moment I decided to leave the Jehovah's Witnesses | Ali Millar
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- This is the moment that Ali Millar decided to leave the religious group that had defined her entire life. Her book, The Last Days, is out now: amzn.to/3Of5bZe
Ali Millar is waiting for Armageddon. Born into the Jehovah's Witnesses in a town in the Scottish Borders, her childhood revolves around regular meetings in the Kingdom Hall, where she is haunted by vivid images of the Second Coming, her mind populated by the bodies that will litter the earth upon Jehovah's return.
In this frightening, cloistered world Ali grows older. As she does, she starts to question the ways of the Witnesses, and their control over the most intimate aspects of her life. As she marries and has a daughter within the religion, she finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into its dark undertow, her mind tormented by one question: is it possible to escape the life you are born into?
A tale of love and darkness, of faith and absolution, The Last Days is an unforgettable memoir of one woman's courageous journey to freedom.
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I was a witness for 12 years and ive only in the past 6 months or so have "woken up" and it was earth shattering to see everything you believe in shatter... They say that there is no happiness without them... just recently I was promoted to a practice supervisor of a urgent care clinic.. new town, new home, with a well paying job, with more happiness than I ever had with them... looks like they were wrong
They ( the watchtower head quarters) wants everyone ( rank and file members) to stay in the dark.
This is great news! Live your real life, kudos from a fellow exJW 🤙
All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible????????
@@motorway2roswell All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible????‽???
Ex JW here. They’re wrong about a lot.
I’m so happy to hear that you’re happy and everything is working out for you. 🫶🏽 the world is actually a very beautiful place filled with opportunities and wonderful people.
I was a witness for 64 years and then quit. It was great! Now I have a new life!!
That was a long time what made you decide to leave
I can't believe that you poor folk go through such horrendous abuse. Women can't do loads of stuff. No extra learning. Child abuse, and only men at the top. 😮 I think you are all brave for having that strength to just go. Very brave.
It took you more than half of a century for you to leave 🤣
@Blueberry._.Flooofslmfaoooo
I was in the cult for 37 years tried to leave it a few times but never succeeded but I have finally made the break I think I'm nearly 3 years out now thank God
Dang that's sad. 37 years being dictated by strict beliefs. That will probably be the smartest thing you've ever done.
@@somebody7443 I was born into it and spent 34 years in it before I woke up. Spent a lot of time mourning my “wasted” life up to this point, but no life is ever a waste and I have many more years (I hope!) ahead of me than I ever spent as a JW. I wish I got out sooner ofc but better late than never
@@entrustedphoebe2689 good on you! that took courage.
I'm 82 this year, was active for 46 been out for 3 years and have not been shunned by family and friends, as I'm not disfellowshiped. The internet has helped me see the truth about the truth. My blog name is just in time, so anyone reading this can see it's never too late to be free.
Good for you getting out! I tried a couple times and failed. Stayed 40 miserable years.. ugh been out now 26 years! Best thing I ever did!!
I've walked away having been a witness for over 65 years. I've lost everyone I have ever known all because I can not live a lie
We are all in the same boat, unfortunately. But living your best life is better then living a lie.. even if we have to go it alone.
This must be painful but in the BIBLE even Jesus Christ showed us that His brothers and sisters etc are those that are BELIEVERS in the GOSPEL.
Proverbs 18:24 KJV - A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Thankyou.i respect you. I pray for you. I'm sick and tired if these brainwashed cult members looking at me with contempt when I try to alert them to the indoctrination and paedophilia.
@@J_a_s_o_n - The JW’s shun you the second you leave the “organization” ( notice I didn’t say “ leave God!) There are tons of us Ex’s that are still BELIEVERS.. but the JW’s look at their ORGANIZATION as God! It’s very sad that they can’t see the difference!!
My sister is a witness for 50 years...she can only talk about the new world and we cannot have a relationship because she tries to.control me and scare me ...
It will never work..she is not happy and lives in fear but doesn't see it..
Thanks for your sharing
Even though you lose your family, friends, and security leaving the JW organization, it’s all worth it. When I began to wake up around the time they changed the “generation that will never pass away” teaching to make the “overlapping generation” teaching, I knew it meant losing my whole support network, and starting from scratch with 2 small children.
It took me a couple of years to dismantle a large enough part of my childhood indoctrination and find a safe way out.
A little more than a decade later, observing my kind, well-rounded, *worldly* children and comparing them to their dejected, angry, and paranoid JW cousins…
I am absolutely confident I made the right decision.
What generation was taught they would never pass away? I bet it was my grandmothers (WW2), she definitely thought Armageddon would come before she passed?
Overlapping generations 😂 I almost thought it was an April fools when they came out with that one!
One of the most important teachings gone in the blink of an eye and an easy way to put off and delay Armageddon for a few more years. 😂😂😂
@@nohenley7438 The generation of 1914
@@cassandrasmom I didn’t know you were an ex jw! Somehow that makes your recipes even better😋🕊
@@Des7iny7 😂
I was a Witness for nearly 15 years. Met in business territory, studied for a few years before being baptized. I left January this year. I will never go back. Such evil people masquerading as Christians. I told everyone that I was close to- only a handful- I was leaving because I was so disgusted with the paedophile problem. I had seen the Australian Royal Commission and that was it. I had been treated like crap ever sir baptism anyway, had no family in the Org, and got a divorce from a brother who was a pioneer so yes I was definitely an outcast. Finally free and never been ore peaceful. I love God and Jesus and live by the word of the Bible- not 8 men. May you be blessed for sharing your story. I am in Australia and about your age , so can empathise! 💓
All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible????????
I am so happy that you escaped from their (the rules of the Governing Body) evil hands.
@@gabrielmoralesgonzalez6471 Your escaped to where according to the Bible???????
@@vusimngomezulu2500 what do you mean?
@@Plethorality All different churches including exjws are following Jesus christ according to the Bible???????
I grew up a JW and i am so happy to not be one anymore. I dont want to go back to that.
All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible????????
Ditto.
AWESOME 😁👍🏽👍🏽🎸
Same here
@@kristicallnc 🤣
As a 'born in' JW from 1970 and being in the control of the multi billon dollar religion till my mid forties, I can give no other advice than to avoid the cult at all cost.
All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible?????????
Born in (1969) --same.
@@saffronhammer7714 So all different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible?????????
@@vusimngomezulu2500 they all thinks so, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tim Walters Jesus Christ with his followers in the millions worldwide is not in a cult. Same on you dishonoring Christ Jesus.
I can so relate to your story. I remember making my decision to leave. I was tired of the silent judgement of others, the claims of love when there was none, and the hypocritical lives of some. You seem like a very strong woman, something the JWs resent and don't know how to handle. Happy to have learned of your successful escape.
@Doda Guyer -- yes, the org doesn't value or appreciate strong women; you have to be a doormat of a woman to be truly appreciated there.
@@Ava2969ny Sadly, it's not just this 'religion' that judges women harshly. I think it's because men can't keep their minds off it. So they see us as a threat. Viewing the opposite gender as a threat simply because they can't keep their zipper locked is pathetic and weak. But that's men for you 😱🙄🤷🏻🤣♥️♥️♥️
@@Ava2969nyso so true
@@jjdiambrini-palazzi - the level of regret that I live with for getting involved in an org that encourages women to do nothing with their lives and just wait on men is massive.
BEST decision you ever made. No question about it. Anybody placing their lifes journey in the hands of 8 men in another state that they don't even know is obviously a dangerous thing. You 110% did the right thing. Plan your own life and God will help you "one on one" to have a wonderful life
All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible???????
I have a daughter ,brother.2grandaughter,9greatgrand children I pray one day they will leave my grandson, my youngest daughter left when I did we are very happy everyone please pray with me .that they will leave. My oldest daughter have been in the cult for 50 years her mind is really mess up I won't stop praying for her.
Hopefully she left all Bronze Age folklore and superstition behind.
Men running my life no sir
Forget all the bible stuff too, full of false stories.
When I left 4 years ago, I debated about throwing the JW Bibles in the trash. I thought about it for weeks and decided that since they have changed and omitted many passages that there was nothing holy about the JW Bible. Tossed my 3 copies in the trash. I do still have the Bible that belonged to my mother, which I gave to her decades before we joined the cult, along with a King James Bible that is in Spanish and English, that a friend left to me when she died. Once everything JW was out of my house I was much happier and at peace.
Im 13 years old and im a jw and i just want to say that people are so rude and have no respect everyone should respect all reilgons. God knows us and knows what is best for us thats why he does not let us do everything Example your parents dont allow you to do everything because they know its bad.Soon god will come and then everyone will regret leaving jehova which is sad because you wont live forever. I know we all SUFFER and have hard times in life and ask JEHOVA GOD help me why are you not helping me and when will you stop all of this
but jehova is and will jehova is giving us a chance and other people because he cares and does not want people to die hes love us. IF JEHOVA DIDENT LOVE US HE WOULD MAKE US SLAVES AND WE WOULD OBEY HIM AND BE UNHAPPY BUT NO JEHOVA DIDENT DO THAT HE IS GIVING US A CHANCE SO WE CAN LIVE HAPPILY GO BACK TO JEHOVA LIKE IN ONE OF THE SCRIPTURE ITS SAYS ( DRAW CLOES TO ME AND I WILL DRAW CLOES TO YOU )
It's good to see so many JW's leave the deadly cult. My prayer is that we all come to realize what it really means to worship the Father in spirit and truth.
I’ve lost it completely, the love for god why would he put me in this predicament it hurts I’ve completely lost faith and am becoming more atheist day by day grr
Mozartz Q Of whom was Jesus Christ "the faithful and true witness"? By his birth into the nation to whom the words of Isaiah 43:10-12 are directed, Jesus Christ was obligated to be a witness of Jehovah. He lived up to this obligation, for all the written record as to what he said and as to all the Hebrew scriptures that he quoted proves that he was Jehovah's Witness. If the question were today directed to Jesus Christ, of which God are a witness? He would reply: Of Jehovah! He was still is in heaven the "Faithful and True Witness" of his God and Father." ----Rev. 1:5, 6. AS
Jesus Christ with his followers of close to nine million worldwide is not in a cult. Shame on you Mozartz Q.
@@johncolage1651 shame on yourself for taking the time to deride someone who is obviously not a JW and has a valid opinion
@@motorway2roswell forgot to say a PIMO
They leave to where according to the Bible???????
As a JW female I had lost my ability to think for myself, deferring to elders who were quite often much younger than myself. After leaving that organization I had to train myself to think again. I used the public radio program "Fresh Air" by interviewer Terry Gross to learn how to think rationally again. Terry Gross, wherever you are, thank you!
Good 4 u, love TH as well, wishing u all the best! ☮💖
If God wants you to have an opinion he will let you know
PUBLIC RADIO oh my! Thats Satans tool 97%!
@@bretherenlee1404 : No - bc our all creator gave us - free will - only dark religious cults do believe in dogmas like that.
@@claudiaschneider5744 God says we will reap what we sow. Having free will is not code for do as you please
So much that us Ex’s have to go through when leaving the organization ( cult) Our stories are all similar. I’ve been out 26 years now & I can tell you, as hard as the shunning is, it’s worth it! I now look at the shunning as a blessing.. it gave me time to deprogram, navigate the outside world & get a grasp as to who I really am.. without them trying to pull me back in! Even though I lost 4 generations of family, I gained so much more. It gets better & better as time goes by 😊
I don’t understand. If you’ve been out for 26 years why do you care about JWs? I strange to me to see all these people in the comments saying how happy they are to leave the religion and yet still come back to EX JW videos on RUclips. Have you really moved on?
@@jared3235 I thik this shows best how much pain and harm JW's caused them with their doctrines and way they act.
@@jared3235 - I made a great life! But it was difficult & something I don’t want others to go through. I want the newly exiting ones to know it’s very difficult at first, but gets better with time. Hopefully, it helps them to know others have succeeded & if they need help exiting, us Ex’s can be of help. That’s why I expose watchtower. So let me explain shunning…I have 4 generations of JW family that hasn’t spoken to me in 26 years, only because I decided to leave their religion. (I didn’t commit a sin, & still love God.) The shunning “follows me for the rest of my life”.. I will never know who has passed away, ( they won’t notify me) who has gotten married, who has given birth, never invited to a family reunion, I have nieces & nephews that won’t be told I ever existed, when I see family or friends in a store, they turn & walk away, they didn’t call or even send a card when my husband passed away, I came close to dying from Covid & none of them called to check on me, there’s no support system from them, no one to call in an emergency. Watchtower wants the shunning to remind me of what I lost! It’s a very high price to pay with severe consequences! We Ex’s can move on, but there will ALWAYS be that constant reminder. It took me years to look at it as a blessing. I went through anger, bitterness, ect, but finally got to the other side. They are told that shunning is the only way to bring the unbeliever back, but the reality is, it has forced me not to care.. they have become complete strangers to me, of their own accord. Sad but true. BTW.. over the years, I sent loving letters, photos all to be returned in unopened.
You'll make for good fertilizer in the new system
@@bobwellington7580 - Sounds better then staying in that evil organization!!
Leaving was the hardest thing I ever did, but I don't regret it for one moment. Thank you for sharing your story ❤️
Satan has long used apostates in his efforts to seduce God’s servants. (Matthew 13:36-39) Apostates may claim to worship Jehovah and to believe the Bible, but they reject the visible part of his organization. Some even return to the God-dishonoring doctrines of “Babylon the Great,” the world empire of false religion. (Revelation 17:5; 2 Peter 2:19-22) Under divine inspiration, the Bible writers used strong words to expose the motives and the methods of apostates. What is it that apostates want? Most are not content to leave the faith that they once perhaps viewed as true. Often, they want to take others with them. Rather than going out and making their own disciples, many apostates seek to “draw away the disciples [that is, Christ’s disciples] after themselves.” (Acts 20:29, 30) Regarding false teachers, the apostle Paul sounded this urgent warning: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey.” (Colossians 2:8) Does that not describe what many apostates try to do? Like a kidnapper who carries an unsuspecting victim away from his family, apostates prey upon trusting members of the congregation, seeking to carry them away from the flock. During this final part of the last days, it is to be expected that Satan will continue to launch an avalanche of lies and deceptions. Thankfully, Jehovah has not left us in the dark regarding Satan’s deceptive tactics. The Bible and the Bible-based publications of “the faithful and discreet slave” clearly expose the Devil’s evil methods. (Matthew 24:45) Being forewarned, we are forearmed.-2 Corinthians 2:11.
Im 13 years old and im a jw and i just want to say that people are so rude and have no respect everyone should respect all reilgons. God knows us and knows what is best for us thats why he does not let us do everything Example your parents dont allow you to do everything because they know its bad.Soon god will come and then everyone will regret leaving jehova which is sad because you wont live forever. I know we all SUFFER and have hard times in life and ask JEHOVA GOD help me why are you not helping me and when will you stop all of this
but jehova is and will jehova is giving us a chance and other people because he cares and does not want people to die hes love us. IF JEHOVA DIDENT LOVE US HE WOULD MAKE US SLAVES AND WE WOULD OBEY HIM AND BE UNHAPPY BUT NO JEHOVA DIDENT DO THAT HE IS GIVING US A CHANCE SO WE CAN LIVE HAPPILY GO BACK TO JEHOVA LIKE IN ONE OF THE SCRIPTURE ITS SAYS ( DRAW CLOES TO ME AND I WILL DRAW CLOES TO YOU )
What bothers me was the constant threat that no matter how honest you are, how much you preach, or how much you give to the organization, your chances of surviving Armageddon are slim. People don’t leave in crowds because they don’t want to be shunned by everyone they know.
Regina Basart Matthew 10:34-38---Is the Scriptural message to be blamed for family rifts? Not at all. Rather, rifts are caused by the position taken by unbelieving family members. They may choose to reject or oppose Christianity, bringing about divisions in the family. ----Luke 12:51-53.
@@johncolage1651 Quoting lines from a book of fiction written by men looking to exercise power over the masses proves nothing. Do better.
A line from the Simpsons got me, Homer said what’s the point of going to church every Sunday just to be told you’re going to hell. Ok I know jdubs don’t believe in hell but that really spoke to me. I was being told I’d never be good enough- so what was the point?
So glad to be out ❤️
@@johncolage1651 you know goddamn well that those scriptures do not support a mother shunning her son because he smoked a cigarette.
@@johncolage1651 No one is "causing division" by not believing in your governing body's will being synonymous with God's will. Especially when they've flip flopped on policies as serious as allowing organ transplants, leading to needless deaths, and who have paid massive ongoing fines in keeping hidden a database of pedophiles reported by their followers, who continue to have access to children in the congregations.
So happy for you,I hope my family wake up one day.
Im 13 years old and im a jw and i just want to say that people are so rude and have no respect everyone should respect all reilgons. God knows us and knows what is best for us thats why he does not let us do everything Example your parents dont allow you to do everything because they know its bad.Soon god will come and then everyone will regret leaving jehova which is sad because you wont live forever. I know we all SUFFER and have hard times in life and ask JEHOVA GOD help me why are you not helping me and when will you stop all of this
but jehova is and will jehova is giving us a chance and other people because he cares and does not want people to die hes love us. IF JEHOVA DIDENT LOVE US HE WOULD MAKE US SLAVES AND WE WOULD OBEY HIM AND BE UNHAPPY BUT NO JEHOVA DIDENT DO THAT HE IS GIVING US A CHANCE SO WE CAN LIVE HAPPILY GO BACK TO JEHOVA LIKE IN ONE OF THE SCRIPTURE ITS SAYS ( DRAW CLOES TO ME AND I WILL DRAW CLOES TO YOU )
@Saralove123 No one left Jehovah Sara. You are too young to understand. But spend time observing as you grow up and you will see so much hypocrisy and fake love.
Just remember: Jesus will be waiting for you on the other side. For now, can you ask your parents this question for me:
Isaiah 9:6 says that Jesus would be called among other titles *"Mighty God".* Ask your parents: was he going to be called "God" if he was not really God?
I relate to a lot of what you stated. After I got out I had no personality. I had no idea how to have fun as the cult takes all that out of you and you don't even realize it. Thank you for sharing. It is important to let others know. Many times it keeps people out of the cult as they find out what they won't know until they are baptized and the cult has them where they want them. I have seen several who dropped Bible studies and some who quit before they made the fatal mistake of getting baptized.
That's so true. Your very identity is so tied up with the cult that you are virtually synonymous with it. When you exit, which is excruciatingly difficult, you feel like you're starting over. I remember asking myself , "Who am I? What do I like?" It took a leap of faith in into the unknown to abandon the JW mental prison.
@@Rupunzelsawake When I got out I had no personality for a good year. I was like a boring robot. I did not know how to have fun. Not having even celebrated with family for Holiday great meals and fun I was like the rest, rarely laughing. Others saw this in me and reached out inviting me to places where I had fun and laughed. No drugs or doing bad things, good clean fun. Thanks to my worldy friends who by the way were at my door when my son had a bad car accident and was in a coma for a month. They were always there. Not one JW came by, called, or offered help So glad to be free. I should have left when 1975 didn't happen but, at that time I did not know they called for the date for the end before, many times, no internet back then and of course, they didn't talk about their failures. I am a happy woman away from the cult.
@@barbarahedges1791 am sorry to hear about your son, and if what you're saying about the brothers not visiting you is true am also sorry to hear that also...but I have a question you left the witnesses which meant you weren't in touch With them anymore,my only thing is why didn't you reach out and notify them about your son's accident?
@@barbarahedges1791 And to my understanding of your definition of fun...it took celebrating pagan holidays and eating ham and turkey and drinking eggnog to view as haveing fun....come on Barbara,there was so much else to do for you to have fun, going to the movies, planning weekend gatherings with your wordly families having grill outs, going to dinner, going to theme parks etc,as a witness were you restricted from does activates?
@@barbarahedges1791 And don't get me wrong the witnesses organization is not perfect...they have their flaws,but if it's one thing I do respect them for the truth they present,...the same holidays you touch on,when you did your personal research am sure you were aware the even the worldly scholar's label these holidays as pagan or man made with a taboo origin.
The sentiments and thoughts this woman had as a child are sO COMMON in this cult. When you’re a JW child you’re constantly terrified of Armageddon and demons. You also hope people you love who aren’t JW’s die before Armageddon so they have a hope of being resurrected to get a second chance .
This org doesn’t teach biblical theology, they teach WT theology but use the Bible to ‘proof text’ their arguments. They have hijacked the Bible and it’s so disgusting to watch them continue to abuse
Isn't it a horrible way to live...wishing for the death of people. What does that do to the minds of our children?
I’m confused. What is the scripture Acts 24:15 all about
You had the strength to leave, and I'm glad you did. Now you truly own whats in the mirror. Thanks for getting out and welcome home!
Just finished the audiobook. Cheers for telling our story.
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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Dear Ali Millar, CONGRATULATIONS for being BRAVE!
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It's like you re describing my own life.I ve turned 32 a week ago and I feel I ve missed so so much during my formative years. Now I have to deal with those issues and try on creating a better future for my life. My own's and not of the Organization's. It's hard but I will get there in the end!
Stay strong, my friend. You are loved and valued 💪💪💪💪🥰🥰🥰♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I was born in JW of the 1980s and I have been out since 2010. The childhood thoughts fear about the End and feeling like you would be destroyed at Armageddon so real, I would always question if I was good enough or bad. I didn't realize that dread I always felt was anxiety ! No child should have those kinds of thoughts, it's abusive. We did miss out on a lot as JW teens and I had a lot of doubts before waking up and walking away. The terror of losing family is also very real. I was afraid I'd lose my mom when I told her I no longer believed and I wasn't going back to meetings ever again, this was in my late 20s. Thankfully she loves me unconditionally, which is so rare for JW parents and we still have a close relationship, we just don't discuss religion. The actual True happiness I have found outside of the cult is beyond what they are trying to sell you whilst in it! I will never go back to that life ever because I am in the driver's seat of my life.
My daughter-in-law was raised in the religion. She left about 7yrs ago. Her entire family turned their back on her. She was just beginning to rebuild her relationship with her father, when he died suddenly, a few months ago. Her parents were divorced, but still actively practiced that faith. She saw her mother and sisters for the first time in all those years, at the memorial service for her father. Her mother was able to see her 19mo old granddaughter for the first time, and probably the only time becuz things have gone right back to the way they were. The way they turn their backs on anyone that leaves that religion, is a major reason why that religion is so hated by a lot of people. I try to take up the slack of her mother. I feel so bad for her with what she lost after leaving that religion, but she did what is best for her.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience. Especially the part about you getting divorced and the pastor saying what he did. I can’t imagine how hard that was. I wish you the absolute best in life.
Excellent telling video. Thank you for your activism exposing the Jehovah's witness cult
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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Im 13 years old and im a jw and i just want to say that people are so rude and have no respect everyone should respect all reilgons. God knows us and knows what is best for us thats why he does not let us do everything Example your parents dont allow you to do everything because they know its bad.Soon god will come and then everyone will regret leaving jehova which is sad because you wont live forever. I know we all SUFFER and have hard times in life and ask JEHOVA GOD help me why are you not helping me and when will you stop all of this
but jehova is and will jehova is giving us a chance and other people because he cares and does not want people to die hes love us. IF JEHOVA DIDENT LOVE US HE WOULD MAKE US SLAVES AND WE WOULD OBEY HIM AND BE UNHAPPY BUT NO JEHOVA DIDENT DO THAT HE IS GIVING US A CHANCE SO WE CAN LOVE HAPPILY GO BACK TO JEHOVA LIKE IN ONE OF THE SCRIPTURE ITS SAYS ( DRAW CLOES TO ME AND I WILL DRAW CLOES TO YOU )
@@Saralove123 research the foundation of Jehovah's witness religion. Google the Australian Royal commission where governing body member Jeffrey Jackson testifies. Google child sexual abuse hidden in the JW organization. Research flip flopping JW dogma like shunning they bashed the Catholic Church for shunning. Then they adopted shunning basically so you could not listen to people who leave the organization and why.
I can’t wait to read your book. Your words resonate with me so much.
Yeah she’s the best
All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible???????
@@tylerduke9081 All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible???‽????
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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Im 13 years old and im a jw and i just want to say that people are so rude and have no respect everyone should respect all reilgons. God knows us and knows what is best for us thats why he does not let us do everything Example your parents dont allow you to do everything because they know its bad.Soon god will come and then everyone will regret leaving jehova which is sad because you wont live forever. I know we all SUFFER and have hard times in life and ask JEHOVA GOD help me why are you not helping me and when will you stop all of this
but jehova is and will jehova is giving us a chance and other people because he cares and does not want people to die hes love us. IF JEHOVA DIDENT LOVE US HE WOULD MAKE US SLAVES AND WE WOULD OBEY HIM AND BE UNHAPPY BUT NO JEHOVA DIDENT DO THAT HE IS GIVING US A CHANCE SO WE CAN LOVE HAPPILY GO BACK TO JEHOVA LIKE IN ONE OF THE SCRIPTURE ITS SAYS ( DRAW CLOES TO ME AND I WILL DRAW CLOES TO YOU )
Congratulations and welcome to real life ❤️ I was a JW for 30 years and I'm only just learning about the real twisted history of the religion. So called "apostate" material is actually just old watchtowers and books that they would rather forget, all written while supposedly being chosen by God and influenced by holy spirit! 🙃
For decades they keep saying :
We are inspired by the Holy spirit
We write the publications under the Holy spirit command.and on and on
But in February 2017 WT magazine
confirm:
We are not inspired by the spirit of GOD
I felt very desapointe
Because I take it .like somebody got the right to play with my personal feelings???
What kind of joke is this???
The Thrud is in the Bible
Just Fallow the scriptures pray
To Jehovah ,thru our great king, Lord of the Lords CRIST.
Pray for the Holy spirit Gladly God will give it to you.
Why?? That's what Crist said.
Pary for the Holy spirit.
And the Father will give you
For what.? ??
For you and I to understand the scriptures.
Peace and good health.
@@MariaNunes-po5rc did you take your meds lmao doesn't seem like you have
The only 'spirit' they're guided by is Macallans Whiskey! 😂
@@deydododontdedoh.5672 😂
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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Thank you for this. I’m 65 and left in 1983. I feel so blessed to be free of the cult. I lost everything and started over. It wasn’t scary at the time, but I look back it and wonder where my resolve came from.
Almost, without fail, if it was the first, nice, sunshiny day of spring you can almost bet your doorbell would be ringing at some point of the day. JW *in service* season had commenced.... The proverbial thorn in the sides of most non JW individuals. I turned them away, but I was never rude to them. I actually felt sorry for them. These poor, brainwashed, souls, were out trying to save mine, by regurgitating something they honestly believed in... I looked at them as somewhat a marriage of Amish and Puritans; They shared credo's, beliefs, and methodologies, of both. Preaching a cocktail religion, contrived in the 1800's.
Lah dee fuckin' dah.
All different churches including exjws are Jesus's followers according to the Bible?????????
it's really sad, if i had the chance to live in those areas and have them come by i'd talk to them, they need to gtfo of there
I had a friend who would invite them in and then just shred their lunacy. His favorite thing to say was “How do you know you’re not #144,001??” I told him that was not sporting. Outwitting a JW is like shooting fish in a barrel. I’m so glad all the commenters here got out of that destructive cult. I especially feel bad for those who were raised in it. Pure child abuse.
@@mattkaustickomments but your ignore my simple question.
The difference between cults and pastors is, Pastors teach the Bible. They do not control the people. When you leave when the sermon is over you go home and do what you want. What you do is between you and God. Pastors do not stick their noses in your personal life. They do not shun you either. You are never told to confess sin to them. If on your own you go to them for advice they will help you and not shun you or tell others to. Cults control your life 100%. They isolate you from all who are not in the cult. They run every aspect of your life. They use fear and make you think only they can save you. If you leave they shun you and tell the congregation to shun you even your closest family members. You're trained to run and tell the leaders if anyone is doing something they don't like. You must believe all they tell you and obey. They take up most of your time in the cult to be brain-controlled.
I wish this was true! The hash reality is that they also teach some lies and you can't get them.tp change it. Example: trinity - the worship of the Holy Spirit, co equality, oneness of entity, etc..
These concepts do not appear anywhere in the bible. But the so called pastors teach them.
I lost everything also. Is there a support group for our kind of people? I am a broken human being, that needs a “hug”. That’s what the doctor said to the nurse, standing behind my unconscious, overdosed body. “All that woman needed was a “hug”, is what he said to her. I will never go back, again, either.
Ali Millar, I feel you, I love you, I’m sorry those people can do harm to others and I am sorry they hurt you. I sit with my eyes leaking, at this moment, remembering my losses that include: my mother, two sisters, 5 children, 5 grandchildren, three I have never met nor do I know their names. I wasn’t invited to weddings, showers, dinner, coffee, graduations, prom nights, etc. This entity (JW’s) displays no love or justice, as they pretend to represent The Living God. Who’s name, I can no longer say. However, the name He gave to Moses to deliver to the Israelites was YHWH. So, I am never, truly alone. Sad and lonely, but never alone.
If there is anyone that can send a virtual hug. I definitely need one.
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Sending you a massive hug! You sound incredibly brave to leave everything you know, and I hope you found some happiness in the year since you wrote this comment.
Sects unlike religions constantly say that the end is imminent and you will see it in your lifetime. The JWs are a remarkable example to illustrate this psychic influence to always make-believe the followers generation after generation that they will be alive to see the divine intervention.
The end was imminent in 1874, 1914, 1925, 1951, 1975...2000, 2010, and 2020. Stephen Lett's speech announcing in 2020 that the pandemic is proof that the end is imminent: "without a doubt, we are in the last part of the last part of the last days, shortly before the last day of the last days.”
A hundred years ago the world was at war and millions of people were killed. It seemed the end had come. Due to the ravages of war, there were also famines in many places. Then, in 1919, a year after the war ended, a plague broke out called the Spanish Flu. It was more deadly than the great war.
Taking advantage of these catastrophic events, men like JF Rutherford predicted the end in 1925 after his predecessor had announced it for 1914. All of these men are but modern-day false prophets.
1st President: William Henry Conley, the end is near...died 1897
2nd President: Charles Taze Russell, the end is imminent... died in 1916
3rd President: Joseph Franklin Rutherford, the end is imminent... died in 1942
4th President: Nathan Homer Knorr, the end is imminent... died in 1977
5th President: Frederick William Franz, the end is imminent... died in 1992
6th President: Milton George Henschel, the end is imminent... died in 2003
7th President; Don Alden Adams, the end is imminent... he will very soon join the procession of the deceased who believed in the promises of the Watchtower of an end always at hand.
The earth keeps spinning over and over like this ever-looming end of the world over and over again. The generations follow one another in a great endless waltz of a dance that goes around in circles and that no longer knows how to stop.
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Everything you wrote is both entirely factual, and poetic. It was a joy to read, especially on RUclips. Alhough the facts are a tragedy for anyone who has ever been a JW. I hope you continue to keep sharing the facts, to help dismantle the JW cult organization with the beauty and power of your own unique wordsmithing.
Except now we really are in end days.
@@Baa975 In the year 999 A.D. it was fully believed that it was 'end of days' and Armageddon due in the year 1000 A.D. The Black Plague was sweeping through Europe and killing more than half of the population without there being any understanding of what caused it. There were floods, fires and plagues of vermin, and other pests, travelling from boats to land, eating the limited food. Vikings and Romans were raiding, and there were major battles and wars going on. Jesus was definitely going to return in the year 1000. My point is that epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters, plagues of pests, wars are part of human and earth history. Now is no different. There have been many times throughout history where the 'end of times' has been predicted. Such as the Jehovah's Witnesses four failed 'end of days' predictions.
Now climate change is the biggest concern, but the planet will last for your lifetime.
Humans have always had the same fundamental global issues, but with the benefit of modern knowledge, practices, medicine, and technology. We are now able to keep in touch with the majority of populations in the world, and many can continue to work from home. There is less poverty, and fewer wars than any other time in history. Infant mortality is at its lowesr, accept the USA where it has been increasing slightly (from already having the highest infant mortality rate of first world countries.) Also, other than the recent spike in the U.SA., violence has decreased globally.
Those are the actual statistics. I recommend you look them up for peace of mind. Unless you are in a death cult and look forward to a mass destruction of the planet, and mass genocide, so you can live in Paradise. Then the facts that most people find comforting will be deeply disturbing to you. Because death cults mess up people's ethics and morality.
@@Baa975 Your sentence : " Except now we really are in end days." has been said and repeated thousands of times. It is time to understand that the irrational is not part of real life.
I wonder about the mental health of people who in 2022 are still waiting for divine intervention. How can we still in 2022 be so irrational.
Everything that exists on earth or in the universe has an end. Stars, suns and even galaxies have lifespans. I don't see how the land would be an exception. The day or the end will come as for all things that exist, then it will come by rational and explainable mechanisms and not by a supernatural irrational divine calendar.
Thank you for having the courage to share your experience and journey!
So interesting! I’m glad she decided to share her story
I burned the JW Bible along with all their publications! I saw no problem with that! You are so courageous and amazing Honey! I am so proud of you!
I admire you for writing about your Jehovah's Witness experience. I too was scared, being a jw, that my grandmother would die as she wouldn't convert from her beliefs. 1975 was the date that Armageddon would happen. I didn't sleep that year because it was to happen in the night. I hated my life. Most of my family, cousins, aunts, and uncles were JWs. When New Year's 1976 came I realized Armageddon didn't happen. I went out to a club alone and celebrated, not New Year's, but life itself. Not many people that I knew and worked with would ever know my thoughts of terror and dread. It was all a big secret that I would carry for years. In 1976 I requested to be disassociated/disfellowshipped. And I was ostracized by many people. My sister passed me in the city one day. We were on the sidewalk and as she passed me she looked away from me. I knew then that the letter had been read aloud to the congregation. I'm glad I had the courage to leave. My grandmother on my father's side was one of the 144,000. She was very sad about my choice.
That resonates so much with my childhood too. I walked away at 13, it was the hardest decision of my life. I'm 40 now and still live with the scars.
True about being in constant fear of Armageddon coming soon. My grandmother would tell us everytime it was a bad storm happened she would ask us "Are you ready because Armageddon is coming". Scared the crap out of me. I just recall the Revelations book and that picture of the four horsemen in the sky. Till this day I am terrified of storms and that picture in the Revelations book.
so much ambiguity and uncertainty is embedded in the Religion ~~~~ not being able to verify ~~~ it starts with the Bible ~~~ Now we have scholars explaining the bible as it is on youtube check out Richard Carrier
Hugs to u. Im pretty much the same. Still live with the fear in me it's so sad. It literally ruined my childhood.
I think they are repeated on video that picture of four horsemen etc etc.
What a dreadful thing for the C/O to have said... That was awful...
A brilliant video Ali..... Superbly presented... One of the best I have seen for some time... Thank you for posting...
Good job, Ali - hopefully more and more people will leave that strange cult - and it is a cult for sure - my grandmother joined them while she was getting old - terrible decicion.
Yessss definitely is a nasty cult they ruin me i am glad am out i will never never go back
Yes it IS a cult. I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness.
It’s never a cult...
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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An eloquent, honest testimony. Thank you Ali and Penguin.
So relatable 🥺❤️ thank you for sharing your story. Happy for your escape 🫶🏽
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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Congratulations!! You are now free to truly see how loving Christ truly is!! I grew-up with fear as a JW child. It's all about wanting to do "right" by God,yet we're always terrified we're not!! THAT'S A HUGE WEIGHT FOR A LITTLE CHILD TO CARRY!! I capped this bc it truly creates our futures of drugs/alcohol/mental-health issues/suicide. %99 of children who grow up in it are doomed for this. My mum was a single parent back in the early '70's. Being young,alone & scared,she was ripe for picking. After researching that Charles Taze Russell has an obelisk, being a 33rd degree freemason, really had me questioning. He actually took a lot from a morning friend he'd respected & admired. I'd watched a young intelligent woman leave a promising IBM job to be a "full time pioneer"! That's just one example! There's hardly anything about the Holy Spirit, I don't remember thinking about it much, it's basically Jesus & Jehovah. Jesus isn't a lie but religions and cults are!! Ask Him to show you. He is The Alpha & the Omega. 🙏🏼🌿🕊️💞
isn't it strange - only two religions that cause trauma because you leave - jw's & muslims - a lot of similar beliefs - and same violence in both
Amen! So happy for you. Thank you for sharing your experience. Best wishes for you
That cult is evil and soulless..
Happy youre out, just follow your interests and what brings you joy.
Thank you for the video😊
The moment you leave you’re cut off from everyone inside the cult. This lady is brave!🎉
Born into this high-control religion in 1969. I am now so grateful to be out, awake, and free from cult indoctrination and healing from the trauma of being raised in a Doomsday cult. I am no un-learning all the destructive ideals, rules, and morals not only of the JWs, but of the Bible and its God. There a few bits in the 66 books written by men, and especially for men, which stand the test of time, but for myself, having read it many times, cover to cover, and now with the clarity that comes from being able to think for one's self, and to trust one's own inner wisdom and reasoning abilities, I reject most of it. And my life has improved immeasurably as a result.. I am an atheist, by which I mean I have no belief in God, but even if there is one, it is of no consequence to me. I l live my life Now, treating each day as a gift. As a faithful, active Believer I was miserable, anxious and depressed, even suicidal. Now every day I am grateful for each day I am alive. Each day is a gift. I believe the second half of my life as being the best. " As for me and my household, I shall follow no gods. I will trust my heart and lean on my own understanding, and the peace of the Universe past understanding shall be mine." Abigail 3:31.
Satan has long used apostates in his efforts to seduce God’s servants. (Matthew 13:36-39) Apostates may claim to worship Jehovah and to believe the Bible, but they reject the visible part of his organization. Some even return to the God-dishonoring doctrines of “Babylon the Great,” the world empire of false religion. (Revelation 17:5; 2 Peter 2:19-22) Under divine inspiration, the Bible writers used strong words to expose the motives and the methods of apostates. What is it that apostates want? Most are not content to leave the faith that they once perhaps viewed as true. Often, they want to take others with them. Rather than going out and making their own disciples, many apostates seek to “draw away the disciples [that is, Christ’s disciples] after themselves.” (Acts 20:29, 30) Regarding false teachers, the apostle Paul sounded this urgent warning: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey.” (Colossians 2:8) Does that not describe what many apostates try to do? Like a kidnapper who carries an unsuspecting victim away from his family, apostates prey upon trusting members of the congregation, seeking to carry them away from the flock. During this final part of the last days, it is to be expected that Satan will continue to launch an avalanche of lies and deceptions. Thankfully, Jehovah has not left us in the dark regarding Satan’s deceptive tactics. The Bible and the Bible-based publications of “the faithful and discreet slave” clearly expose the Devil’s evil methods. (Matthew 24:45) Being forewarned, we are forearmed.-2 Corinthians 2:11.
@@alexshatner3907 dear me, what grand conspiracy theories you have! Speaking from first hand experience --myself and the hundreds of exJWs I have gotten to know through online support and recovery groups--no one wants to "take others with them"--we simply want to heal, live o agood life, love ourselves and others, find peace, and heal from the trauma that was caused by being raised in a Doomsday cult. We are happy to let others follow theor own conscience. And we share truth and facts with those who care to b e informed. Truth and fats are never harmful. May you find your peace and happiness in your beliefs, just as we who have left this coercive , high demand religion are now able to do. You do you! All the best.
Thank you. Thank yourself for breaking free too.
they wont even visit me..
maybe because they start by asking stupid, "isnt it all terrible?" questions, and i give them actual answers.
darn, i am not even stupid enough for them.
You're strong . I am truly proud of you, I know it's not easy growing up as a JW. Been there myself, I'm norwegian and was cast out when I was 14. My whole life has been pretty much shitty since then, I never managed to be a "normal" citizen, but I do get by somehow. Lost my parents and my sisters just because I didn't believe. Anyways, here I am, 48 years old and got diddely squat to show for myself. But hey, at least I am my own person and get to be a free thinker :-D Peace out, sister! I wish you all good things in life!
ya I ran away at 18 --- on the premise of going to a convention...50 years later, but still it took a lot away from you being raised in that org....raised without thinking of a future basically
left the "Lie" when I was around 22 that was 3 years ago and I'm still trying to make a life In the real world. It's been hard but even with all the suffering I've gone through outside of the religion. I still would have done it again if I had to do it all over again
If you were born in I bet it is difficult! I was born in but had doubts as long as I can remember and led a double life so I had a safety net of trusted friends around me when I left at my 20s. Be patient, you'll get there eventually. 🤗 There's nothing better than freedom.
1 Timothy 4:1
I was born in as well. I left when I was 16 because of an issue where I went to the elders and told them something a boy from another congregation had done to me against my will, was blamed for it, publicly reproved for it, and absolutely nothing happened to him; not even a committee was formed to question him. When I finally found out why, they said it was because there weren’t 2 witnesses (at the mouth of 2 witnesses a matter is established). So I asked how I could be publicly reproved for something that wasn’t established and possibly never happened as it had to have involved 2 people since it was either that or I was lying for no apparent reason (I’d always been an excellent JW and only questioned things to understand better, especially I was a good girl). They said because I was essentially confessing about myself but it didn’t mean that the statements about anyone else involved were accurate. I later found out it was over a year before the other congregation’s elders even brought it up to him and it wasn’t the first time there’d been trouble with him and women.
Not only did I question the system for the first time, I realized it wasn’t just my congregation, it was a congregation across the state where my grandparents lived so it wasn’t like a bad apple in a barrel: it was how they operated. And if the system that ran the entire religion, made all the plans and rules, decided all the interpretations from the Bible to teach us, told us what was a sin and what wasn’t according to those interpretations, AND how to “punish” us was that screwed up, how could I know if any of it was right when I didn’t even have anything to compare it to since everyone I knew (including family) were JW’s? So at 16 years old I started thinking about every single rule I’d ever been taught, comparing it to my knowledge of the Bible, then trying to figure out if I thought it was a good rule or not and why. It was hard since I’d never really had to have my own opinions about these things but luckily I was good at figuring out how I felt about things and I eventually found out that morality is ridiculously simple without needing a ton of rules.
1) Live your life the best you can trying to be the best person you can be, help people how you can when you can (as long as they’re actually trying to help themselves too) and if you can’t it’s sad but it’s part of life. If doing your best isn’t good enough for any or all god(s) that may exist then what’s the point to a religion anyway? Does anyone really believe a creator of the universe cares about head coverings, acts of reproduction (regardless of whether they result in a child), how you cover your body, or whether you ritually bend your legs to kneel? Or do they care what kind of person you are?
2) As long as adults are of sound mind and are making decisions that aren’t bringing harm to anyone, I don’t see how they can be sinful. Love is a good thing no matter who they love. Sex doesn’t hurt anyone as long as they’re adults, sound mind, made the decision, and aren’t hurting anyone (as in use protection and get consent etc). Assault, murder, theft etc would also fall under bad things in this category along with pretty much every other sane rule I could think of.
That’s it. Morality in 2 basic ideas. Not a bunch of rules. I don’t have a religion because I ended up researching all kinds of religions and found so many of the same problems I was trying to get away from. Having ideas of what’s good is a much better plan I think. And if I’m wrong I’ll still know I always tried to do my best.
Thank you for sharing this. I too was born in. Began to question at 11 and left at 14. Your points on morality - especially being and doing your best - resonate with me.
I also do not, and probably will never, take part of religion again.
I’m sorry you went through that .
I believe you.
@@ticklemebreathless1394 I’m very happy to hear that! It’s so hard to leave when you’re born in, harder when you truly believed and never questioned it was right since it’s such a shock to your EVERYTHING to actually think otherwise for the first time, hardest when you’re a teenager and you don’t have anyone.
I also learned it’s very difficult for people to separate the ideas of morality and beliefs in deities from religion. It makes me happy to hear my thoughts on morality resonate with you because for some reason, people in general think you need some kind of incentive to be a good person, as in you need “the carrot and stick” to behave. The promise of some sort of afterlife reward for goodness and punishment for badness so there’s also many of those that think if you aren’t religious you don’t care about right and wrong. I often have to explain what the word “agnostic” actually means since many think it’s similar to “apostate” in nature, or even devil worship, rather than just not knowing if there’s a god or not (technically everyone, just some have faith and others don’t).
I find it a bit scary that people can’t trust each other to act like adults I talked to a lot of people to both supplement my religious studies and help myself understand how most people thought about these things. But I always try to encourage people to get to know their own conscience about what’s truly wrong and, more importantly, WHY. If you can’t come up with any plausible reason why something could be wrong without resorting to “__ said so” then should it really be considered wrong? Put yourself in the position of the person doing it and the person or people it affects to help consider what exactly could be wrong about it, or what circumstances (like consent for sex) could make it wrong. Once you start you get a moral guidebook pretty darn quickly
@@zaytosmoove3566 while I wish I hadn’t had to go through it, it’s kinda sounds terrible to say that I WOULDN’T take back such a horrible thing happening to me but it’s true. I wouldn’t be who I am, have the life, happiness, people, or lack of judgment in it that I do if I took it back.
I’d never questioned that the system or teachings might be wrong, no matter how many messed up things happened. I have an uncle and aunt who’ve been in Bethel since they were 18 so I heard things in passing. I never would have questioned without something that drastic happening, I would have either had faith it would work out or thought someone wasn’t following god’s will, maybe even tried to help them. I have no doubt I’d still be a JW, completely blind because of turning the other cheek so many times I can’t see what’s in front of me, and completely ignoring the angry screams in a corner of my mind from being treated like a slightly dim witted second-class citizen by grown men who couldn’t understand my the words I used when I was 10 or begin to read & understand the books I’d read more than once by age 12, so the screams would continue since they couldn’t possibly have the reading comprehension skills necessary to lecture me about the Bible, but they get to because they’re men.
Which actually makes no sense considering the Bible constantly says Man and Men to mean “human”. Otherwise it’s okay for women to be homosexual, just not men according to the Bible since it says “men who lie with men”. Although it only says they can’t enter the kingdom of heaven, not that they can’t inherit the earth along with the meek (just thought I’d point it out).
I also wouldn’t be angry that my aunt and uncle got kicked out of their home at Bethel in their 50s into the real world for the first time since they were 18 with no idea how to do anything like bank accounts, pay bills, no real job skills, no drivers licenses, certainly no car, and were just told they’d still have health insurance, an allowance till they were on their feet, paid moving expenses, and assistance finding an affordable rental and paying rent until they secured jobs when the WBTS sold the Brooklyn property. So… who’s going to hire someone in their 50’s with no job skills and a completely blank work history, not even a fast food place as a teenager? Oh, and can’t drive so is likely to be late frequently? They’d have to get new drivers insurance to get a license which isn’t exactly affordable with the allowance from Bethel. The most amazing part? They did this to thousands of their most faithful members, made actual double digit BILLIONS from the property sale (my uncle was on the planning committee but was excluded from the planning NOT to relocate everyone to the new property which was going to total double digit Millions for completion). So there’s no reason they couldn’t have relocated everyone if they’d built the original plans, but they cut costs there too. So all the money they made? It isn’t going toward helping the people they kicked out and it isn’t in the Watchtower Bible & Tract Societies coffers. They’ve refused to comment on what they did with it, but it wasn’t deposited into the proper account. Stock market investment maybe if you want to be generous with benefit of the doubt? Or acting like CEOs and giving themselves raises/golden parachutes? I don’t actually care other than it’s not going to help the people they threw away that have no idea about how real life works, like thinking if they don’t have money when a bill is due they can just explain that and the company will understand since you can’t have what isn’t there, and surely they’ll extend the due date 😓. They need an adulting life skills course or something.
But if I took back what I’d gone through, I would think that Bethel knew things I didn’t and I would have thought they made the right decision even if it might not seem like it to me which is why faith is required. So I really really can’t wish I hadn’t gone through it, you take the good with the bad, fair with the unfair, and learn the lessons that you can’t be who you are if you changed your past. And I’m proud of who I AM, I’m NOT proud of who I was. Without darkness, how could you follow the light?
Thank you for sharing your story. I admire your strength and courage. May you enjoy a happy and fulfilling life.
Bless you for taking the time to make this to help others… you are beautiful and courageous.
thank you for expressing your deep feelings that are perhaps a sad part of your life, I was a witness for more than 34 years and it is painful to know that what they told you as truth was to control you and be a volunteer worker for them and the lies they tell only they believe them themselves, but God is very good and I'm sure he helped me discover their lies they are like the Pharisees of old they tell you Don't do that but they do it worse I hope you enjoy your freedom from these traitors of God take care of yourself much.
As I went to the pause button, the Subscribe button flashed up and I accidentally subscribed, now I'll stay subbed and the reason being is that I was originally going to say that God had you realise, by you praying AND listening, that you were subconciously covering truth through a "fictional series" (like Starwars, Halo, Alien etc). I'm glad you saw that and are now writing what you're learning from God and posting it on here! PREACH IT!
Ex-JW here as well nearly 30 years ago until I was 16...nothing has changed and every story of the pain, suffering, and the Cult people left behind brings the ex's together. I woke up fully when I found out what the JW was about...yes, it was a Cult I grew up in, unfortunately.
Thank you for sharing your traumas I hope it has been cathartic, and brings you peace of mind. You deserve that, and are worthy of praise for your strength and fortitude. Well done.
When you said i threw everything in the trash and went to bed . that struck me i went thru the same couldn't sleep for worry but when it ends you can sleep .
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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@user-vo4wc2jz8g PEACE AND HAPPINESS WHAT SHES GOING NOW IN THE REAL WORLD WHICH IS GOING TO BE WORES THIS WORLD IS NOT GOOD FULL OF BADNESS
YOU DONT MAKE SENSE EVERYONE NEEDS TO WAKE UP WORK TOGETHER THIS WORLD IS TERRIBLE BAD LEAVE JW ALONE PLEASE
Amen to this woman for speaking her truth. I have nothing against anyone's religion but when your child has been brainwashed for 5yrs and 5 months that can be hard on a child and thank God my son isn't suicidal because my great aunt actually told him to kill himself. I was shocked at the the things he told me that took place in her home. I was called his "mammy", "she don't love you", not a month went by that I didn't provide for my child yet they stole and gave away his clothes, games I bought several times, told him he couldn't wear certain clothes because he was being worldly or being gang related(which is so far from the truth), kept him away from his immediate family, said "he would never know any of us"(which her brother my uncle made me aware of, that was shocking as well),would throw water in his face and said👉🏾 this is what the "Kingdom Hall" taught me to do, throw shoes at him,hit him with a bat and tell him "go fetch me water boy " as if he was a slave. She allowed a man to take off his underwear during a swim time at the park and he told her about it and she did nothing, I told mandated court reporters about it and everyone brushed it under the rug. My child was NEVER taken from me she was suppose to be a guardian to my child but instead she abused him mentally, physically and spiritually until he got the strength to secretly call me and let me listen in to what was going on and said not mom you see what I go through everyday. It was heart wrenching to say the least and three days later I had my mother go pick him up from his old school and he has been home ever since amen but I am still left with the challenge of teaching him the basics of life and as a mother my work is never done and I'm ok with that. Who would ever leave their child in an abusive situation? I'm proud of these people for streaking out. May God be with them all🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾.
I was curious about certain one's who walked away from the JW organization & later committed suicide. That is so sad that they would feel like the Witnesses were their only hope.
It’s not that. As someone that was in it their whole life and just really realized how wrong it is and it’s a cult within the last 8 months it’s not that you view it as your only hope it just really messes your mental state up realizing you’ve been deceived your whole life and now my own mother and family won’t have anything to do with me. So you lose everyone you’ve ever known and they all treat you like you’re dead or the devil. It’s a really big strain on your mental state for sure.
@@brendonw5387, I am so sorry that you are going through that. Never give up hope that your family will one day see things as you do. It could be one of the doctrines that has failed to come true, or a change to a doctrine that might sway them. Try & be patient & most of all, show them that you still love them & how happy you are.
@@brendonw5387, I just wanted to add, find what makes you happy.
@@davidreda1211 thank you🙏🏼
@@brendonw5387 This organisation is EVIL they ruin more families destroy families and damage young children's minds
I was born in, left at 12 years old after my two older siblings had already left, still think some of the things i had to deal with in the normal world whilst still in the religion affects me now. Luckily my dad is atheist so it wasn't as hard for me to leave, but constantly answering questions in school when you're the only child not doing things such as nativity/any of the christmas activities, having to leave a sleepover early the next morning to go to meetings etc. Also learned to become secretive from a young age, and when i finally stopped i think i pushed back too far in the rebellious direction and got tangled with drugs etc from 16-21, but all sober now and can reflect on the negatives and also the few positives. It was mostly bad and i think the deeper you get, the worse it becomes as it becomes all that you know, so luckily having the sense to do it at a young age reduced the damage and indoctrination. Stay safe and, if i get blown to smithereens on armageddon, so be it😂
I was a witness, I left I wasn't disfellowshipped or disassociated and my family cut me off completely for leaving x
great to meet you--i resigned 11 years ago--be blessed--i was in it 40 years-pioneer and gave public talks
I wish I could leave but i can't. I'm eighteen but my parents said I can't leave until I move out.. And I can't even move out because I don't have the money. It's so hard for me, especially having to do door to door witnessing because to me it just feels like it's too much. Not to mention standing at the carts, especially in bad parts of towns but I have to do it and I can't stand it. I feel trapped and everytime I have to go to a meeting or a convention I want to cry, but my parents don't understand. They say I can do everything else but go to the kingdom hall and they always sound so happy when they hear about someone else doing better than me. It's hard.
So disgusting to read, im sorry for your situation. I would strongly advice you to watch several videos of Robert Breaker, he speaks a lot of different topics, he is a preacher, but the most eye opener was his video called ' why im not a jehovas witness', please watch it and you might show it to your parents later. If you feel inside thats something is wrong ,it probably is wrong , thats why we have been given those senses . Love x
No one deserves to be a raised in a cult but just know when you get to that point when you can get out for good, life becomes so worth it. Wish you the easiest journey till you get to that point. Focus on keeping your mind healthy fight being dragged down by that cult
I hear your pain, me and my bro was about 14/15, one Saturday morning we just woke up and decided we are not going preaching, not doing this anymore. Best decision we ever made. Didn’t have to go to another meeting, hope it works out for you
JW parents don't force their children to go out in the ministry or go to meetings.
Somethings not right about your story.
Satan has long used apostates in his efforts to seduce God’s servants. (Matthew 13:36-39) Apostates may claim to worship Jehovah and to believe the Bible, but they reject the visible part of his organization. Some even return to the God-dishonoring doctrines of “Babylon the Great,” the world empire of false religion. (Revelation 17:5; 2 Peter 2:19-22) Under divine inspiration, the Bible writers used strong words to expose the motives and the methods of apostates. What is it that apostates want? Most are not content to leave the faith that they once perhaps viewed as true. Often, they want to take others with them. Rather than going out and making their own disciples, many apostates seek to “draw away the disciples [that is, Christ’s disciples] after themselves.” (Acts 20:29, 30) Regarding false teachers, the apostle Paul sounded this urgent warning: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey.” (Colossians 2:8) Does that not describe what many apostates try to do? Like a kidnapper who carries an unsuspecting victim away from his family, apostates prey upon trusting members of the congregation, seeking to carry them away from the flock. During this final part of the last days, it is to be expected that Satan will continue to launch an avalanche of lies and deceptions. Thankfully, Jehovah has not left us in the dark regarding Satan’s deceptive tactics. The Bible and the Bible-based publications of “the faithful and discreet slave” clearly expose the Devil’s evil methods. (Matthew 24:45) Being forewarned, we are forearmed.-2 Corinthians 2:11.
I listen to Fresh Air sometimes too. Wow, I can't believe what was said when you got a divorce! That was terrible! I'm glad you are recovering. Much success to you.
Thank GOD you left I was in that crazy cult organization now I am FREE at last.happy HAPPY I have a daughter that been in that cult for 50YEARS.
that is huge! well done!
Definitely getting this book, so glad the algorithm sent this video my way.
For several months the Mormons have resumed their proselytism. In Paris and Versailles, they are seen distinctly in public squares. I even have the impression that there are more of them than before. The contrast is striking against the non-existent JW. I didn't see a single JW stiff behind his little cart. To appease their cognitive dissonance and conscience they write pathetic letters. This public testimony, which was nevertheless a matter of life or death, has stopped altogether. What a beautiful testimony of power. It reminds me of the god of the Israelites seizing the territories of Gaza, Askalon, and Ekron, but who will be stopped dead in his tracks by the inhabitants of the plains. Why? well, quite simply because they had iron chariots. (Judges 1:19).
The god of the Israelites was no different from all the other ancient gods. He asks for blood sacrifices and punishes by using violence like all the other gods and like all the other gods he could be defeated.
All these ancient gods were just cardboard gods that helped to catalyze and control peoples. Today the god of the Watchtower did not stop because of the iron chariots, but because of a small virus.
@@gts3004 Everyone is free to believe in the irrational or not.
@@gts3004 No historian can accredit the irrationality of miracles. The irrational miracles of ZEUS remain beliefs like the resurrection of Jesus.
@@gts3004 Give precise references !!! LOL. The irrational is by definition irrational and anything that is irrational cannot be proven.
@@gts3004 I'm not talking about men but irrational miracles that no one can prove. Can you prove that Moses has opened the sea in two or makes a column of fire or transformed its stick into a snake. Lol. No historian in the world can attest these irrational miracles.
@@gts3004 Josephus was born after Jesus died, so he heard stories. Consensus today is that early christians added to the little he wrote about Jesus, the stuff about him being the Messiah... The gospels is believed to have been written around the same time. So Josephus wrote about Abraham, Moses and other people... What does that prove? That he read the Torah? That shouldn't be surprising to anyone since he was a Jewish historian... "Documented history" - Come one man, you're a grown up.. Learn logic and epistemology.
I started studying with JW,s at the age of sixteen and became one at twenty ,left at 28 .because those where the formative years I didn't learn real life skills such as chatting to girls ,dating , having fun . Im 62 now , never had a relationship so I still feel bitter about my wasted youth
something about the expression on her face just after she tells the story of her mom converting (2:02) really stirs my emotions. i see sadness in her eyes and it makes me so goddamned angry that this cult most certainly did some damage to this beautiful woman. and very likely part of the pain she feels is knowing they preyed on her vulnerable mother. it is sickening to me. so glad she is recovering/has recovered
I remember sitting in the hall feeling uncomfortable and I got up and left. It's been several years and I basically got stalked by people from there and numerous letters from life advice from highly medicated people living on public assistance and are complete train wrecks. Once in awhile I think about it but I feel alot less stress in my life and I don't need totalitarianism telling me I'm happy and interrogated by a cult..
I left in 2015. I'm very young still and I don't recognize this religion anymore. Even though I haven't even been living for so long I saw the entire thing switch from “we are students of the bible” to “we are governing body fans”. They also have their own pop culture and everything now. Since they opened their website and started the broadcast era this religion isn't like it used to be at all.
Ali I’ve got to know you a little past wee while.. I totally got you . Was 6 months old and terrified of Armageddon since I was 3 or 4 when I was old enough to understand. Everything you said resonated . Proud of your work . I’ve had some terrible times and “the world” or the universe has protected me and given me such love
I just finished your amazing book. It was difficult because it was a lot like reading my life story. Thank you
Your account was encouraging. Having been where you are, so much good lies ahead.
God bless you on your journey to the Divine.
Congratulations on getting out. That circuit overseer did you a favour although that wasn't his intention. I left over 55 years ago and it definitely does affect your post witness life in many ways. I'm sure that your book will help many people.
Best wishes.
Mike my sons have shunned me. 😢. It’s so wrong. I’ve been hung up on when made contact. I divorced their father because I knew it was a cult. My boys hate me. 😢
@@Patricia-gz3nw I am sorry to hear that. This is a cult that leaves a carnage of misery in its wake. All we survivors have to live with some pain or sorrow. I hope you are able to bear yours. You probably know that there are online support groups for ex JWs that you can join. That may help. The future is unknown so who knows what it has in store. Take care x
We did rural witnessing back in 1960's. I grew up in california and born and raised in "the truth". I can relate to Ali's situation. Bless her.
I just got my son who is 20 y/o out of that cult. I have remind myself to take things slow.
Born as a JW. Been in for 8 years. I just quit today. Best decision ever… kind of nervous now as I have to rethink and reevaluate myself. Avoid this organization as much as possible…
Good decision I quit a month ago
I hope you the best
I feel each word you said and your experience. I can not add anything to all this. But i now feel more free and happy now.
I was a witness for over 40 years. Have moved on the last 15 years. Never going back; served my time.
No god, no devil. No heaven, no hell. No worries, mate.
Great Job Strong Mind Critical Thinker
I admire you are able to put into words things like being told from infancy who you are, what you believe and how to act, etc. without going through the normal teenage process of growing up. I suffer everyday asking why after serving Jehovah's organization for a lifetime they now refuse to help me that I am old, deaf and helpless they have refused to help me stay alive as sudden deafness as devastated me.
An extraordinary book. Highly recommended.
so much ambiguity and uncertainty is embedded in the Religion ~~~~ not being able to verify ~~~ it starts with the Bible ~~~ Now we have scholars explaining the bible as it is on youtube check out Richard Carrier
Great testimony on the Jehovah's wittiness Cult
Can so relate to this limbo, you live like a ghost, you're living in the world as an observer ,everything around is moving but you're not. Still waiting in my head for armageddon ,like waiting for a bus and now it's dark and my young days have gone I'm still waiting for that bus 😕. That pompous elder who thought he had a right to judge you Ali better have an unblemished record but I bet you the hypocrite will be up to all kinds out of view.
best comment waiting for armageddon like for a bus... lol
﴿١﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿٢﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
﴿٢﴾ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
2 Allah. There is no god but He-the Living, the Eternal.
﴿٤﴾ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
4 To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. And He is the Sublime, the Magnificent.
﴿١١﴾ فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا ۖ يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ ۚ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He made for you mates from among yourselves, and pairs of animals, through which He multiplies you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
﴿٣﴾ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ
3 He sent down to you the Book with the Truth, confirming what came before it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
﴿٤﴾ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
4 Aforetime, as guidance for humanity; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who reject Allah’s communications will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Capable of revenge.
﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
5 Nothing is hidden from Allah, on earth or in heaven.
﴿٦﴾ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
6 It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except He-the Almighty, the Wise.
﴿١٦﴾ وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا
16 And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern location.
﴿١٧﴾ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
17 She secluded herself from them, and We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as an immaculate human.
﴿١٨﴾ قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا
18 She said, “I take protection from you in the Compassionate, should you be righteous.”
﴿١٩﴾ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا
19 He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure boy.”
﴿٢٠﴾ قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
20 She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
﴿٢١﴾ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا
21 He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to humanity, and mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'”
﴿٢٢﴾ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
22 So she conceived him, and withdrew with him to a remote place.
﴿٢٣﴾ فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا
23 The labor-pains drove her to the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
﴿٢٤﴾ فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا
24 Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not be sad; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
﴿٢٥﴾ وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
25 And shake towards you the trunk of the palm-tree; and fresh, ripe dates will fall on you.”
﴿٢٦﴾ فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا
26 “So eat, and drink, and be cheerful. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious-so I will not speak to any human today.'”
﴿٢٧﴾ فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا
27 Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
﴿٢٨﴾ يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا
28 O sister of Aaron! Your father was not an indecent man, and your mother was not unchaste.”
﴿٢٩﴾ فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا
29 So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
﴿٣٠﴾ قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا
30 He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He gave me the Scripture, and He made me a prophet.
﴿٣١﴾ وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
31 And He made me a blessing wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
﴿٣٢﴾ وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
32 And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
﴿٣٣﴾ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا
33 And Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
﴿٣٤﴾ ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
34 That is Jesus son of Mary-the Word of Truth about which they doubt.
﴿٣٥﴾ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
35 It is not for Allah to have a child-glory be to Him. When He decides on an issue, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.
﴿٣٦﴾ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
36 “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path.”
﴿٣٧﴾ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
37 But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
﴿٣٨﴾ أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
38 Listen to them, and watch for them, on the Day when they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
﴿٣٩﴾ وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
39 And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the issue will be concluded. And they are in negligence, and they do not believe.
﴿٤٠﴾ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ
40 It is We who will inherit the earth and whatsoever is on it. And to Us, they will be returned.
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I love ❤️ your story. I have a sister who joined the JWs and she is well brainwashed with the governing body.She is now taking videos from me including your video. I’ve subscribed to your RUclips channel . I’m from Ireland and I’m a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ forevermore
wish I could just hug this lady and tell her she is not alone.
One of the biggest things that is put off by the JWs is that they disavow their own founder to their own religion.
They also teach that you should ignore your own feelings and that you can not trust your feelings at all. In other words, if you receive a prompting from the Holy Ghost, you should ignore those promptings. Does not really make sense in my own opinion.
I grew up JW too. Well I was adopted into it my adoptive parents are JWs. Glad I got out
Satan has long used apostates in his efforts to seduce God’s servants. (Matthew 13:36-39) Apostates may claim to worship Jehovah and to believe the Bible, but they reject the visible part of his organization. Some even return to the God-dishonoring doctrines of “Babylon the Great,” the world empire of false religion. (Revelation 17:5; 2 Peter 2:19-22) Under divine inspiration, the Bible writers used strong words to expose the motives and the methods of apostates. What is it that apostates want? Most are not content to leave the faith that they once perhaps viewed as true. Often, they want to take others with them. Rather than going out and making their own disciples, many apostates seek to “draw away the disciples [that is, Christ’s disciples] after themselves.” (Acts 20:29, 30) Regarding false teachers, the apostle Paul sounded this urgent warning: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey.” (Colossians 2:8) Does that not describe what many apostates try to do? Like a kidnapper who carries an unsuspecting victim away from his family, apostates prey upon trusting members of the congregation, seeking to carry them away from the flock. During this final part of the last days, it is to be expected that Satan will continue to launch an avalanche of lies and deceptions. Thankfully, Jehovah has not left us in the dark regarding Satan’s deceptive tactics. The Bible and the Bible-based publications of “the faithful and discreet slave” clearly expose the Devil’s evil methods. (Matthew 24:45) Being forewarned, we are forearmed.-2 Corinthians 2:11.
Ordered the book, read it like I was starving, and have passed it along to other X JW’s to read. Thank you!
You are a brave and marvelous soul. Blessed be.
Great video Ali and thanks for posting your story.
I was indoctrinated into a nasty version of Christianity that taught hell to small children. Horrible times so I feel for you. I'll share my story of a recent contact with that group.
I had a "Jehovah’s Witnesses" come to my door recently and it was very very sad to 'witness' what played out next.
The poor guy was straight into his 'sales pitch' as they are trained to do when I asked why did he think there was a god in the first place. He stopped turned around and said because of all this.
{pointing at well everything including my garden}
I explained that the tree and grass were both from seeds as I planted them.
I explained that other religions with different gods have told me that the same tree/grass is from their god(s).
So now I explained very politely that I have a problem.
This guy says the tree/grass is only from his god and the others are false gods whereas they said the tree/grass was only from their god and all the others are fake.
I asked him how I could actually tell where the tree/grass came from other than the seed that I set and he told me to, and I'll quote him word for word here:
"Stop being difficult and just believe what I am telling you because I am right and they are wrong'
He immediately started back up with "well now you believe me and my god is the only true god, we will carry on" and carried on with his sales pitch. So I simply went back inside my house and I am not sure he even noticed as he blathered endlessly from his man-made storybook.
It is very sad to see a grown man so stuck in his magical thinking that he cannot see the
wood for the trees (or trees from the seeds!!) that of course only came from his deity.
This is the problem of childhood indoctrination into a magical way of thinking.
It's why we have religions based on geography.
Children are so lucky to have been born into the correct religion, their parents/families/countries' religion.
It's why there are Christians in the Bible Belt (US), Hindus in Nepal and Muslims in Iraq.
I tell people these days that people should,
Teach their children 'how' to think and not 'what' to think or this sad man will be the fruit on your tree.
Very best and thanks for this work, very professional - best Gray
There will always be a part of me that says Jehovah cares for you if you just had more faith tried harder, prayed more, etc. that hasn't worked in 60 years, even the elders told me after my reinstatement that the sisters would still not be allowed to talk to me due to the wicked influence of my brother who is a very powerful elder. I will never get over my wasted life and broken heart.
@user-vo4wc2jz8g PEACE AND HAPPINESS WHAT SHES GOING NOW IN THE REAL WORLD WHICH IS GOING TO BE WORES THIS WORLD IS NOT GOOD FULL OF BADNESS
YOU DONT MAKE SENSE EVERYONE NEEDS TO WAKE UP WORK TOGETHER THIS WORLD IS TERRIBLE BAD LEAVE JW ALONE PLEASE
You deserve a big hug for your resolve. You are awesome.
We are In the final part of the last days, undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days, shortly before the last day of the last days. -Steven Lett
One of his greatest lines
Absurd!!!! Sounds as ridiculous as he looks!!
Satan has long used apostates in his efforts to seduce God’s servants. (Matthew 13:36-39) Apostates may claim to worship Jehovah and to believe the Bible, but they reject the visible part of his organization. Some even return to the God-dishonoring doctrines of “Babylon the Great,” the world empire of false religion. (Revelation 17:5; 2 Peter 2:19-22) Under divine inspiration, the Bible writers used strong words to expose the motives and the methods of apostates. What is it that apostates want? Most are not content to leave the faith that they once perhaps viewed as true. Often, they want to take others with them. Rather than going out and making their own disciples, many apostates seek to “draw away the disciples [that is, Christ’s disciples] after themselves.” (Acts 20:29, 30) Regarding false teachers, the apostle Paul sounded this urgent warning: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey.” (Colossians 2:8) Does that not describe what many apostates try to do? Like a kidnapper who carries an unsuspecting victim away from his family, apostates prey upon trusting members of the congregation, seeking to carry them away from the flock. During this final part of the last days, it is to be expected that Satan will continue to launch an avalanche of lies and deceptions. Thankfully, Jehovah has not left us in the dark regarding Satan’s deceptive tactics. The Bible and the Bible-based publications of “the faithful and discreet slave” clearly expose the Devil’s evil methods. (Matthew 24:45) Being forewarned, we are forearmed.-2 Corinthians 2:11.
it make me happy to see how more people are opening their eyes and escape this mind control group. is sad to live our friends and family behind but freedom has a price. good for you brave woman