My 2 best friends were a Mormon and a JW. They would both consistently invite me to their churches and ,finally, i said "ill go to yours, if you go to mine" neither of them would go to mine... i told them its only fair , i go with them once and they do the same. Neither ever asked me again 😂😂😂😂
So glad I found your channel. I studied 4 yrs with the witnesses. I was a young widow with 2 daughters. I had friends that were witnesses and I was so happy to feel accepted. I attend meetings and saw people who couldn’t speak at these meetings. I was so confused until my friends explained why. The thing that made me stop was when they sent 2 brothers to my home who spoke about forincation and other things they didn’t approve of. I agreed about the fornication but there were many restrictions and I felt that I was being bullied and didn’t like their tone they were using. So I stopped going to the meetings and started college. I studied religion and found out this organization is a cult. So glad I got out and started going to church. So glad I got out.
Being raised as a Elders kid Seeing every Exjw member that has spoke their pain and their truth about this religion is making me want to do the same thing and I have horror stories for days I'm in therapy behind this religion being raised in it I can't have children behind this religion being raised in it THANK YOU just another sign that I'm getting close to what I need to do sending much love from North Carolina
All I hear is about the religion which God hates...Plus they don't believe Jesus was God's Son so this religion is a curse according to scriptures not me .They made up their own Bible/rules so I understand.I got saved at home I'm no longer miserable nor want to die ALL because of Jesus Praise His Holy name 💗😇
This may sound a bit crazy but do some research. I see a lot of people telling you about god and jesses, think about who benefits from this and who gave you this information. I am not saying there is no source but god/jesus is not it. These are things made up by man, don't jump from one circle to another circle thinking you are free, religion is a trap. spirituality and religion are not the same.
Dis-fellowshipped!? I would never join a religion that does not allow me to celebrate my own birthday, or want my children to go to college. A religion that turns there back on you, and isolates you is not a religion, it's a cult. I would have been p i s s e d too! 😂😂😂
IT IS A CULT. Anytime an organization tells you to not associate with your family, no friends, and dis-fellowship (shunned, excommunicated) is cultists and TOTALLY UNBIBLICAL.
NEW SUBSCRIBER here. Thank you so much for sharing your testimony with us. I was a JW for 55 years of my life and now I can't begin to tell you how much HAPPIER I am now that I'm finally doing what JEHOVAH wants me to do, which is to follow his son JESUS CHRIST, and not the GB or some MAN MADE ORGANIZATION. I have been receiving BLESSINGS after BLESSINGS now that JEHOVAH has drawn me to his SON. I am so GRATEFUL. I have been married 2.5 times (was engaged to be married a third time), thank GOD I dodged that BULLET....lol, lol, lol. You are a much bigger lady than me because if you CHEAT on me, betray or cut my throat with BETRYAL....I'm a ONE and DONE kind of gal. Anyway, thank you so very much.
@joanette-x Life gets better knowing you have FREEDOM. So, happy 😊 for you. I was in for over 50 years... please continue to move forward and live your life to the fullest.
Um I really enjoy your willingness to be honest and open! Love it. Im also going to say, your ex likely wanted to be more than just a father figure to this young lady. This also explains her headaches. She stressed. 😀
Ty for sharing ❤Funny I used to tell JW, my mother not home 🤣. I just not ever connected with them. I was a foster child all my life and raised strict catholic. I lied to the priest as a child. It didn’t connect to me . Then I got saved and converted to Pentecostal Christian! Now love is my religion and im just simply spiritual! I have a personal relationship with the god of my understanding in whom I call Jesus! I’m grateful ❤ to be saved sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost AMEN 🙏🏽. This is my testimony and im not ashamed of my God! Js thx for letting me share!
@queensheenz8400 because in her most recent video she said she would not be responding to any responses talking about anything but being an ex witness and nothing more. There is no talk of her hearing the truth and accepting Christ.
Wow, I just finished watching all three parts of your story. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's clear that you've been through a lot. Over the years, I've spoken to many individuals, and the more I hear, the more evident it becomes that this religion is deeply flawed. It consistently undermines women, treating them as second-class citizens in a male-dominated world. Your message is crucial and needs to reach more people. The more voices that speak out, the more individuals can begin to heal from their traumatic experiences and realize that they are neither crazy nor alone.
Listening to your story, similar, was married more than a decade, pioneer, RBC, husband was a ministerial servant, had friends who were very against kids who would ask to see if we were so they could group up with non kid families. I hid his abuse for years, family members were all elders pioneers so I was not going to be believed. Just before they wanted to appoint him as an elder I had to say something. Finally told them and I was told “love covers all things, you have to believe Jehovah can fix it.” I left after he kicked our then 3 year old girl 3 times for not listening to him. Told the elders and they said well you would be liable as well because you just told us now. Later when I tried to get back into the organization. I was crying too much on the first visit and they said I was not talking about Jehovah enough. Meanwhile he followed us around and the other brothers at my new Kingdom Hall asked my mom if he was unstable. He called CPS and I had to go to court to get the kids back. Court ordered child support. Second time i tried to be reinstated I was told I needed to patch things up with my ex and apologize then told that I must have done something to warrant his abuse as a wife. I told the elder well your wife’s first husband abused her and threw her down the stairs, what did she do to him to make him do that? He turned red. I was so done really because I both time was sincere and again told bizarre things like you didn’t use scripture and you didn’t say Jehovahs name etc. which I actually was. I travelled 2 hours to come back to that Hall each time. They were shocked to learn that but I was judged before I even arrived. Each time. I got exhausted really. My mom doesn’t speak to me even though she could. Doesn’t even ask about me. Kept asked me when I was going to get back with him. Anyway, that’s my story and trust I’ve left thousands of parts out because it was a LOT. ✌🏽 ❤
@ElisarahWooten this the same thing they do in scientology. God gave Eve to Adam so that he would not be alone. Who told these people thay shunning someone will teach them a lesson? Where is the love of God in not wanting children when God told us to reproduce. This is the practices of the cult that threw their children in the fire as sacrifice to their god, Moloch. God is not in abuse of any kind. 🙌
You are profoundly strong and powerful!!! 🔥 THEY FEAR YOU because you speak the truth... No one on this earth who soeaks the yruth is EVER loved. You're actually the one who is the fire of God. Don't ever be surprised why they pudh you away or try to brainwash you. I love you for being courageous. NEVER LOOK BACK. Soldier on!!!❤ Never forget that you're precious and unbreakable 😇🌸🌹✨🌟
Sorry for what you have experience, but just remember that jehovah isn't the one who did that to you so don't turn your back on him, return to serving jehovah my dear
girl, be glad you left. the world opens up once you take the meat and leave the bones of that religion. it was a lot. i wasnt born into it but i was raised into it and got baptized and then disassociated . im glad i left in 2007 and never looked back.
I appreciate you and my story is more or less the same thing except that I was born a Muslim and when my parents divorced at age 11 my mother started studying with JW’s so I adopted it and got married to a crocked brother/father of my two kids. I was married for 20 years. Looking back leaving that cult and marriage only tree years ago I totally feel what you described. I too realize how depressed I was and how I kept myself in that situation thinking that this was what I was supposed to be. Luckily I found answers within myself, started putting myself first. Choosing me was the best thing that happend for me and I can actually give my kids an alternative. I am proud of how far I came and I am proud of you and the courage you have showed in telling your story online. Thank you! Keep growing girl 🌱
A woman is a metaphorical term used to reference the mind. It spiritually means unlearned. A physical man or woman can lack knowledge. 1 Timothy 2:10-11 Paul said a woman should be quiet, listen and not teach. Which means that an unlearned person should not be teaching if he doesn't know nothing. It's not just speaking of a physical woman but an unlearned man as well. God is the husband which is biblically called the truth. God becomes one with his bride/mind. To know and follow that truth makes you a good wife.
@@OSSM_trauma Which nuthouse did you escape from? Paul's mom was his first teacher. Was his mom not a woman?????? Women are natural, meaning, divinely appointed teachers. That's why baby girls develop speech much faster than baby boys and it continues through adulthood. I bet you did not speak before 4 years old and probably still have a speech impediment. If God meant for women to be quiet, then all women would have been Mute.
@@Dareone61ArmyNo it's spiritual symbolism for knowing the truth. That good wife of the Bible is talking about the bride of God. (The mind) Isaiah 54:4 says God is the husband. John 4:24 says he's a spirit John 17:17 calls him the truth And yes the mind is as a woman that becomes one "married" to God (the truth). Truth is knowledge, so my question is Where does knowledge go and come from?
@@Dareone61Army I'm not forcing or saying my belief is what anybody should believe 😂. Just sharing my knowledge of truth as we all should be able to do. I'm open to all conversations
my parents refuse to become JW although my dad family was. I am so thankful my parents did not join. They kept us free of it So thankful. I am glad you are free of it
@vickicampbell2736 my mother was introduced to this when I was a child and she was told if her children got hurt and needed a blood transfusion she would have yo let us die and if we were not baptized into this cult we could not be eulogized by the many she couldn't come to our funeral. Thank God for Jesus she listened to her spirit and ran for the hills. There isn't only physical abuse but the mental and emotional abuse I this "religion" is very dangerous.
@@Ajomatcha his mom died and his father had him and his siblings in foster care His dad was JW and apparently not as into his faith as he claimed. My dad pretty much raised himself. My aunts chose to be JW because they thought papa knows best. My dad and his brothers did not. one brother moved out of state and disconnected.
My dad, an elder who passed 8 years ago at age 92, was connected to the JW via his mother’s sister’s introduction to the organization in 1932. Back then, they’d roll up into the family farm with a Victrola turn table ANNOUNCING JEHOVAH’ S KINGDOM. Turns out, they git the name for their building from the natives in Hawaii… “Call it a KINGDOM HALL,” they chided; thus was born the name of their meeting place. Anyways, that CULT ruined our familial relationships for years. My parents and my brother… that was a mess…. My moyher and me…. that was a mess… The cousins eho still dont associate with me or the other cousins… THAT’s WILD! We are ALL in our sixties now, struggling to hold onto remnants of our family… i could go on… So TRAGIC
I was disfellowshipped at age 8 or 9..I am 59 now, and I have NEVER forgotten that experience. Very judgemental and awful. This denomination dissimates families and friendships. They can not even come on the steps of my verandah much less my house. Dislike them intensely..😮
It ruined it ruined my family little did we know that there would be consequences to joining this religion it starts off as a beautiful thing with friends and family, and it ends up with everybody broken, angry about the different beliefs. I am so torn having lost my sister our property, just because of some book a couple of books instead of being guided by true love that comes from the heart. I sincerely hope that everyone that joins this religion understands that it is a cult. That is the first thing they should tell you if you want to be a part of a cult come into that religion. I wish I had known that it would cause heartbreak and pain because of the differences in worship.
@@CeeMaeRobeson we lost our 89 acre farm because of this madness… WHO NEEDS TO PAY THE TAXES, my Sunt Grace concluded snd convinced my dad!!! WE ARE GOING TO PARADISE… dumb af… i was bien into this madness. i have struggled and accomplished do much, but the trauma permeates my being
I get a pit in my stomach when they say I started to distanced myself from my FAMILY....my son did this and my brother did this as well to my mother. How very sad. I have resigned to just realizing he will not be there for my if something should happen....but he will suffer the most because I see in his eyes and the way he speaks he will.
I have years worth of stories but what got me was when my mom died and my cousin said he couldn't attend the funeral because he was a JW & my mom hadn't been baptized. He had in fact gone to a wedding instead. A week after the funeral he called and asked me for money that he THOUGHT my mom left me. That part of the family attended my father's funeral even though he wasn't in the "truth" & had physically abused my mom, handicapped brother and me - because it was THEIR biological brother. Hypocrisy like this went on constantly. A sister was shunned because of her son's who were Raised in the truth but had gone off the rails. They told me that if SHE was a good person her sons would have followed suit. I can't cosign with a group of people who were judgemental and unforgiving claiming to be Christians
I ended the JW Bible study because I had 2 near genius children and I found out about the contempt and disdain that JWs have for even a high school education. And JWs foolishly don’t vote. My southern relatives risked their lives getting a decent education and the right to vote freely . I didn’t want my children believing that stupid nonsense.
its true. even in this testimony this lady is not talking much about the LORDSHIP of Yahoshua (Jesus) i dont know where this cult places him. i see mostly they want to explain our Creator and his Kingdom in logical way. God is a spirit and some things are spiritual. for example, i dont hear a lot of laying of hands when one is not well, but a lot of doctor solving theory. i did not say doctors are bad.
I just found myself really depressed and confused when I was practicing. I’ve been inactive since 2014. I have my personal relationship with Jehovah and I feel so much more comfortable with who I am. I’m grateful for the teachings and the stability and how I was able to raise my son but I’m done with the marriage and the religion. I’m actually done with all religions
That I can guarantee was hidden from everyone in his congregation. He would have been harassed and counselled and finally disfellowshipped if he didn't drag you into things with him and still kept dating you.
JUST CONFUSED. THEY DISCOURAGE HIGHER LEARNING BUT USE SOCIAL MEDIA (COMPUTER SCIENCE) AND CONSULT DOCTORS AND TRAVEL ON AIRPLANES. I GUESS THEIR PILOTS DID NOT ATTEND FLYING SCHOOLS AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AERODYNAMICS.
😮😮😮 I was baptized on June 30, 2002, and I just got baptized again on June 30, 2024!! I came from a family of Jehovah Witness (I didn't practice)!! My mother actually passed away because she refused a blood transfusion, and my eldest brother signed off on it!! 😢😢😢
I agree with the family about the pain relief for the headache. You went and got meds for your condition..doesn't make sense to me. However, i was raised as a JW. Left at 19. I realized it was cult like. But i never could detach completely bc my whole family was in truth...with my father being an Elder to this day. I broke free completely after my mama died in 2019. Before she died...she kinda of eluded to..making a not so good decision on being a witness. Life has been difficult without my mama...but i feel free. I no longer have a relationship with my father and haven't since my mama died.
she did not have insurance and throwing tylenol at it was not good for her organs overall. we later found out the headaches were due to dehydration & she needed glasses so the tylenol was excessive. i am glad you broke free.
I was brought up from young as a JW..It was the best years of my life! I felt at peace, enjoyed a whole range of gatherings with other JW families..Unfortunately I took the wrong path in my 20's. I have never stopped believing in the teachings. Still read the Watchtower & Awake..I have never experienced any negative scenarios
I have been one of Jehovah’s witnesses for 48 yrs. It amazes me the reasons people give why our beliefs are wrong. I could write page after page of the things I’ve either read or heard that are 100% False. The person who commented that we don’t believe that.Jesus is gods son. Nothing could be further from the truth - we take the Bible to be correct. It is crystal clear that Jesus is God’s son. Nowhere does it teach that Jesus IS God. If you( anyone) feel the need to criticize our belief s, do your homework! 😁
@@joanette-the-herbalist I’m not judging you. I also don’t even know you. As for who is or is not apostate - not my call. As to why I looked at your video. Well, it’s pretty rare that I get on my home page feed anything related to witnesses, past or present. I didn’t look at your whole video/ videos. I look at all different videos. Curiosity perhaps(?). But- I’ve been a witness for many yrs(48)I am not a person who accepts anything on face value. I was different religions in my teens+ twenties. Did a lot of research. Left each one. Is the organization perfect? Of course not! The apostles were right there hand in hand with Jesus+ still didn’t get everything correct. Did that make them not credible? I think there are probably a lot of reasons why you feel as you do. That’s fine. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. So- of course as a person who actually does care about other human beings, I feel bad for you that you let your faith be sidetracked,+ that you feel the need to go on social media platforms ( I.e. UA-cam)+ trash the truth. But, you are an intelligent woman, with the ability( as we all are) to choose your own path! Thankyou for being pleasant to me- the few times in the past(15+ yrs) that I have viewed someone’s video similar to yours, the content creator was anything but pleasant! Have a wonderful week 👩🏻🦳😊
i consider this video as part of my healing journey on this matter. it affected my life in a great way so if you consider it trash talk against the organization then that is your right. however i consider it as my way to finally tell what happened to me. the organization is bad, period.
@@joanette-the-herbalist I’m sorry, seriously, if there were bad things that happened to you- no one deserves that. I’ve had different things over the yrs- but people are people. There are good+ bad people no matter where you look. I guess for me, I just don’t let anything anyone has said or done, affect my spirituality. I wasn’t criticizing you- hopefully you didn’t take it that way. I wish you well👩🏻🦳
They say that a dog's personality changes when he is neutered. The decision for your husband to have surgery so that he could never have children, therefore basically making him more available to the ministry was a powerful one. I wonder how that impacted him in later years.
I had tired of x jw videos but i listened to yours on edge of my seat. U have a gift for storytelling. This is another proof that the relationship is basically between u and an organization. Plus most of us didnt truly know the history of watchtower. The 1st 2 presidents had shameful family life and were very slick womanizers
I have two brothers who are JW and my mom was too , as far as I heard a lot of their rules have changed not sure if it’s biblical or just for them , what I don’t like is a lot of them don’t practice what they preach , i’m not just saying this because she was my mom, but she was the only witness that I see die. Hard witness die hard. I don’t see anybody who act like her in sickness and in health.
I watched all three parts. Thanks for sharing… and yes, we need to put a stop these patriarchal man made religions and shine to what God intended us to be. A valuable soul on a journey to self realization. No one was put on earth to be subservient. 🤗
Hey girl I'm sorry for what happened to you. I was DF twice and now wanting to fade away but not for sin just because I don't believe it's the truth. There are so many stories like yours it's unreal. I am glad you are here to tell your story you are so brave
Thanks for sharing your experience, I’ve always had qualms about how rigid this group was. After watching all three videos, I conclude that your then husband no longer wanted to be with you and wanted someone else. What would have been a “better” way to communicate this and end the marriage if you were no longer interested in the other party. I personally don’t believe in staying with someone because of religion or other social expectations. You deserve happiness and his was clearly not with you, how should you end it.
hey friend it’s Sommer. I’m about to start part 2 of your story. you are an amazing & strong woman. I’m so glad that you found your way out of that cult. it’s their loss to not be in your presence any longer. thank you for sharing!
One of the most hidden scriptures is 1Corinthians 7 (Advice in Marriage) because churches want to control your marriage, also. A potential spouse would best be in accord with each other to read together before marriage.
Please look up Covert Narcissist, this sounds like what you had been dealing with.😢 Please do not let another person get you so down and depressed that you would want to hurt yourself.🙏🏽
My son was in this cult and it took him a few years to wake up from the spell they had him under he snapped out of it,now he's doing alot of things they didn't allow like holidays, Birthday's etc.
Ps.. I'm 58 years old and have never been baptized and don't have anything negative to say about the faith, for a few reasons.. but nonetheless, that's a red flag about Bruh who introduced you to the faith but didn't speak to you in public..
That’s why we follow Jesus and not religion. All religious denominations are man made. I am a disciple of Jesus. I follow him and obey HIS voice and obey HIS scripture. I will never subscribe to religion. I went to church for years but lived an unfulfilled empty life until one day I heard a whisper in my spirit. It said, come out from amongst them”. I did just that! I Left that church and had an encounter with the true and living God on 7/7/19 in my bedroom. I have never looked back! Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. God bless you and may you come into the full KNOWledge of God in Christ Jesus.
I have ? I re entry invited a married JW couple in my home. 🏡. And what is weird is both of them had to use the rest room at diffent times. But I do not recall the tool flushing them washing their hands. Do you think they where snooping to ensure that I was clean or was not going drugs or something? Is that normal? Her husband came the first time and after we zoomed. But he was very protective of her and I get that. I was a stranger before we first met. But he also the second time they came to pick me up stood out and it was wet outside stood outside his car and waited staring making sure she was safe. And no I do not live in a high crime community. So but he was very protective. He worked and was the main breadwinner. She also worked two jobs but with light hours compared to him. So I’m not sure. Maybe it’s just me. But they are the sweetest young couple i have ever met in my life time. 😮😊
I'm Southern Baptist but all Baptist churches are not alike. Jehovah Witness was one that my parents and all the people taught us to stay away from. they taught us from a child up to stay away from certain religions and Jehovah's Witness was one they invaded my privacy at my home a few years ago and knocked on my door and I explained to the lady that Jehovah's Witness was not a good religion to have and that I was a Christian and God kept me well and I was in my late seventies and never had an operation and do not take medicine. She complained about how sick she was and blah blah before that so I said let me pray for you and she turned and said no and almost ran I guess that was the devil saying no I cannot pray for her to be made well. She was going down my steps I put my hand on her shoulder and I pray loud in Jesus name for her to be made well. She stopped on the steps going down as I had my hand on her shoulder. Needless to say, she and her friend that was in the vehicle have never returned. LOL I was very sincere and Almighty father God heard my prayer but that's one good way to get rid of those people and stand strong and let them know there is a real God and best thing to do is to tell them to read a real Bible the King James version was taken from the original Greek. I pray for them I have received two letters from that people and I'm going to sit down and write them one and tell her to not mail any more of their letters . I consider it demonic actually been meaning to do that and tell them to look at the videos all over the internet that are against Jehovah's Witnesses it is a cult
I studied with jw once, they told about a date the world was going to end. I was shook! Then I read for myself that the Bible says not even Jesus knows when the world would end. So I decided to walk away and I do not allow them in my home or conversate with them.
Thank you for sharing. God Bless you back to your fullest you. Any organization that keeps us away from our family and friends isn't love,God honors families it a cult. And I pray God open the eyes of many other JW. You shared your experience to help other's that are trapped in not just JW but in other organization too. Thank you
Just lost a girlfriend after bringing up my concerns about disfellowship and how things seem controlling in how things are structured…safe to say our pre marital sex and fear of being disfellowed pushed her to push me away….she is I’m sure doing her “repentance” process to stay in the church
you have just avoided so much, be grateful for whoever spiritually protects you because her hypocrisy is strong. if she is baptized she should not be having premarital sex and definitely shouldnt be mingling with a “worldly person” - if shes a hypocrite towards her god what do you think she is towards you?
I was born was a Jehovah witness, My life was changed when I was 18 year old, when I was growing up I was setting in the meetings, I was talking to my brother in the kingdom hall, I Was 13 years old back then, My Father took me to the restroom and took his belt off and spanked me 3 times when we came out of the restroom all the Jehovah witness looked back at me I felt out of place, One day my Father told my to clean out a garage He wounded me to do this before he got home, I didn't do it I was 17 years old My father came home seen it wasn't done puled off his belt, And what'd to spank me again But I ran fast away for Him, ran around the block, I know i had to come home. I was 17 years old .I was the black sheep of the family know it starts all over again, My Father told my mother to clean up the house, He got home from work, And didn't see the sweeper moved He was pissed off, So He what to the closet pulled all the stuff out of it, Then what to the refrigerator Pulled every thing off the refrigerator, He what up stairs it was a open faced house, He picked up the sweeper and tough it down the steps He was aiming to hit her, I was doing the dishes at that time it was 2' away to hit me, I wanted to get out and away from this house. But I was only 17 years old at this time, one Day I was 18 years old this was it, I found a women at is time. She was so nice to me," But not a Jehovah witness" That is a Big thing about Jehovah witness, Should be Marred to one, I told My father i was going to take off, My brother was going with me, Me and Him what to the women I had a eyes on. My Father said If we are late, Me and My brother is have to spank each other, we was 3 hours late, We had to spank each other, I think we was over 18 years old if He did he was thinking if did so he will go to jail, So we did 3 swat each other, that was enough, I was trying to move out and live with a women that I was in too. My Father and Mother was at the kingdom hall,. My Father took the keys off of me do to being late, He put the Key in his bedroom dresser, I was looking around to fine my Keys, I bought the car, I found the Keys, But in took to long to fine them, My Father came in to the house, damn damn damn I said to myself, He walked straight in to the bedroom didn't see the keys, He was after me I was in the kitchen He said get me the Keys He pushed me to the floor He said give me the Keys I didn't He started to kick me on the ground, 'I got way' He was after me, I jumped in my car he was getting closer and closer, He jumped and round over my Car, My little sister she was only 4 years old seen all of the going down, She was running to the Car I didn't see her, I just wanted to get away, I started up the car and started moving My sister foot was close to the tire, I didn't see her ran over her foot, I took over to the women house, For the next day this Jehovah witness was across form my house, I stayed over there for 5 hours before I what back to the women's house, My Father said it was my felt, I ran over my sister foot, I moved to the women house, got married and had a daughter There is so much more about Me and my Daughter about how my Father treated Me and Her, This is how I got out of Jehovah witness, My life is better not being a Jehovah witness I'm know 60 year old, My Father and Mother Is gone i have 1 sister 2 brothers but life goes on, there is so much more to talk about Me as a Black sheep of the family , I was hart so bad, One good thing I have a beautiful Daughter She is a beautiful singer and she works 2 Jobs I'm lucky #1. family what to Kmart pushed brother and sister said don't talk to him,#2. After church Daughter what over his house He said to you but something in her mind saying is a monster she was holding my leg and crying, #3 One day what to His house to see my Mother what in back yard and side how is that in my yard He knows me. #4 I was at my uncle calling hour, My Father was there guess what he said, A man said how many Children do you have, He said 3 children, But the Man said i though you have 4 He said (no only 3) My so Dad and mom put things in my sister and brothers head, He seen my Daughter 4 times in her life, She said he wasn't a grandma or Grandfather, My father and Mother are gone they pass off I'm know 60 years old, She is 35 years old, I try my best not me like my Father, I Love my daughter with my Heart, I left her when she was 3 years old, but I'm trying to make it up with her, The World is hard but we do are best and people how read this, I feel the same, Good luck to you all,,, Love you all ( I stop religion stopped praying it did help) You all can spread this around How Jehovah Witness are brainwasher hart Family, This was my Life....Life goes on
Every group has "extremist/borderline extremist". Great group to gain momentum in clarity & understanding but all religions are limited by man so up to us to move on in gaining a better understanding & relationship with ourselves and the Creator
My best friend, who was Jehovah's Witness, died last year. It broke my heart. She needed a blood transfusion to preserve her life, and her family, who wasn't JW, contacted the JWs to inquire what synthetic blood was acceptable to preserve her life. The elders said they would call them back. The family kept calling to check back as time was of the essence. They never called, and my friend suffered another stroke. This time, she'd become brain dead. The JWs began to show up at the hospital the next day when the family was going to pull the plug. My friends family had to ask them several times to pray for my friend, who was a devout member and monetary supporter. They could never answer why they never called to tell what synthetic blood was acceptable. After her death they came with all of their roles and stipulations. I watched as they wanted to get in her business and know who I was. I was her childhood friend. Her best friend although we didn't spend as much time together since she'd become JW. I have no respect for the JW religion. She'd always been dutiful to her religion and so-called religious brothers and sisters. But when she needed them they failed her. They did nothing to help preserve her life, not even provide information. They had to be asked numerous times to pray for her as she laid brain dead. Disgusting! Useless!
Hello Ebonyeyes , I appreciate your heartfelt expression. I am currently not a Jw and have been out for some time now . Those elders that you mentioned, no doubt, dropped the ball and failed to come through as they should have . It reflects that body of elders, not the organization itself, and they will be held accountable . I can feel your love for your "BEST FRIEND." it is comforting to know she will be resurrected soon with the same loving personality you came to know and cherish. STAY GOLD!
1st of all, the Bible says to multiple and be fruitful. Gen. 1:28. People twist things and it becomes religion. People do not follow the Bible and really be doing the most thinking that they are serving the Most High and they are really taking it out if context and that's when it becomes a religious cult.
@@Addigalia so there is 7 chakras spiritually in our body. The throat chakra is located in our neck symbolizing communication. When I say her throat chakra is beautiful that means it’s open (freely expressing yourself) and not blocked (afraid to speak or not a great communicator)
@@joanette-the-herbalist I live in Raleigh. Originally from Enfield NC. My parents were JWs before I was born. I'm 50 now. Never got deep into it. Most of my family are or either believe in the religion. It just as all religion is a lie. I do believe in the Bible though. Most people have not studied it or researched history, culture or language to understand it. Anyway sorry you got caught up in it. Glad you escaped. Keep searching for what's true. The whole world has been deceived. Stay beautiful. Be blessed. Shalom.
14:40 Was your ex husband white and should have married someone white in your opinion or was he black and should have married someone white? I didnt quite understand you at that point. Just curious...
Yep that’s men do when they entertaining someone else! Been there. They’ll find any reason to argue with U….and of course every thing is your fault. 😃 My thing is why can’t people just be honest. Sheesh If U want out the relationship then just say that….and let us both move on!! ✌🏾
Girl, you sterilized your man and you just glossed right over that. Cold
Nobody nut u were happy about that. What resentment that caused in the whole family.
im a doctor 🤦🏾♀️ yall silly af. that man had a whole mind of his own.
IKRIGHT! Disgusting. His legacy and manhood destroyed all for the sake of a FALSE religious cult!😢
@@lenigray she didn’t “sterilize” him. 😂 He made his own choice. 🤦🏻♀️
De-center men boo or you’ll be saying more crazy shyt on these platforms 😂😂😂
My 2 best friends were a Mormon and a JW. They would both consistently invite me to their churches and ,finally, i said "ill go to yours, if you go to mine" neither of them would go to mine... i told them its only fair , i go with them once and they do the same. Neither ever asked me again 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Cultists behave that way.
😂😂😂 Funny story
Yeah I got an uncle who is JW and he said he can't come to my church but I can come to his.
@@shandaman40298 very staunch and strict believers like Muslims.
So glad I found your channel. I studied 4 yrs with the witnesses. I was a young widow with 2 daughters. I had friends that were witnesses and I was so happy to feel accepted. I attend meetings and saw people who couldn’t speak at these meetings. I was so confused until my friends explained why. The thing that made me stop was when they sent 2 brothers to my home who spoke about forincation and other things they didn’t approve of. I agreed about the fornication but there were many restrictions and I felt that I was being bullied and didn’t like their tone they were using. So I stopped going to the meetings and started college. I studied religion and found out this organization is a cult. So glad I got out and started going to church. So glad I got out.
@nan2157 The Truth is in JESUS!!!
Definitely a Cult
Thanks to the creator
Any description of the kind of cult
AMEN!❤
Being raised as a Elders kid Seeing every Exjw member that has spoke their pain and their truth about this religion is making me want to do the same thing and I have horror stories for days I'm in therapy behind this religion being raised in it I can't have children behind this religion being raised in it THANK YOU just another sign that I'm getting close to what I need to do sending much love from North Carolina
Girl!!!! Don’t be wait another second. God is tugging at your heart today. Walk away and don’t look back. Jesus is the way!!! Follow Jesus!!!!
All I hear is about the religion which God hates...Plus they don't believe Jesus was God's Son so this religion is a curse according to scriptures not me .They made up their own Bible/rules so I understand.I got saved at home I'm no longer miserable nor want to die ALL because of Jesus Praise His Holy name 💗😇
@@letsgetbetter170wow
U already know it's time!
This may sound a bit crazy but do some research. I see a lot of people telling you about god and jesses, think about who benefits from this and who gave you this information. I am not saying there is no source but god/jesus is not it. These are things made up by man, don't jump from one circle to another circle thinking you are free, religion is a trap. spirituality and religion are not the same.
Dis-fellowshipped!? I would never join a religion that does not allow me to celebrate my own birthday, or want my children to go to college. A religion that turns there back on you, and isolates you is not a religion, it's a cult.
I would have been p i s s e d too! 😂😂😂
Hey Ruby Tuesday I totally agree with you
You can go to college it's up to person n their family. Both my children did.
IT IS A CULT. Anytime an organization tells you to not associate with your family, no friends, and dis-fellowship (shunned, excommunicated) is cultists and TOTALLY UNBIBLICAL.
Satan is like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour
Good for you.. SMH
The moment you mentioned the17-year-old moving in, I knew where this story was going, and I haven't finished watching the video.
Jw people is very evil the leader is buried under a pyramid I wonder why the Bible say he made a difference between the eygtians and isreal .
Right!🥴
WELCOME, Joanette!! ❤ Thank you for sharing your story!
NEW SUBSCRIBER here. Thank you so much for sharing your testimony with us. I was a JW for 55 years of my life and now I can't begin to tell you how much HAPPIER I am now that I'm finally doing what JEHOVAH wants me to do, which is to follow his son JESUS CHRIST, and not the GB or some MAN MADE ORGANIZATION. I have been receiving BLESSINGS after BLESSINGS now that JEHOVAH has drawn me to his SON. I am so GRATEFUL. I have been married 2.5 times (was engaged to be married a third time), thank GOD I dodged that BULLET....lol, lol, lol. You are a much bigger lady than me because if you CHEAT on me, betray or cut my throat with BETRYAL....I'm a ONE and DONE kind of gal. Anyway, thank you so very much.
It's all man made💯
Praise be to God!!
Love it Thanks for sharing
What was his Nationality How do I feel about divorce though being a Jehovah witness
Never move a women in your home mistake #1
So glad that you woke up. Many are leaving the DOOMSDAY CULT of Jehovah's Witnesses. Congratulations & welcome to your FREEDOM!!!..❤
at last!
@joanette-x Life gets better knowing you have FREEDOM. So, happy 😊 for you. I was in for over 50 years... please continue to move forward and live your life to the fullest.
We honestly should leave the negative comments to ourselves because that makes you just like them. Just be happy she decided to think for herself.
Um I really enjoy your willingness to be honest and open! Love it.
Im also going to say, your ex likely wanted to be more than just a father figure to this young lady.
This also explains her headaches.
She stressed. 😀
@@MaryWallace-wv2bnwe found out her headaches were because she needed glasses. 💛 he truly was a father figure to her.
God would not want me to turn my back ony family and to be isolated. And I would never allow anyone dictate how I live and run my home.😮
Ty for sharing ❤Funny I used to tell JW, my mother not home 🤣. I just not ever connected with them. I was a foster child all my life and raised strict catholic. I lied to the priest as a child. It didn’t connect to me . Then I got saved and converted to Pentecostal Christian! Now love is my religion and im just simply spiritual! I have a personal relationship with the god of my understanding in whom I call Jesus! I’m grateful ❤ to be saved sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost AMEN 🙏🏽. This is my testimony and im not ashamed of my God! Js thx for letting me share!
@@nycfinest4182I don't think k she wants to hear anything about the love of Christ.
@@susanstuckey8745 oh my. Thanks for sharing!!! 🤷♀️
@@susanstuckey8745why would you say something like that though???
@@nycfinest4182let her tell you that herself.
@queensheenz8400 because in her most recent video she said she would not be responding to any responses talking about anything but being an ex witness and nothing more. There is no talk of her hearing the truth and accepting Christ.
No disrespect but God is not in chaos and confusion condoned by anyone. Especially in a place that is supposed to represent HIM
Did you mean HER?
No. I meant HIM The Father God.
Or the MOther God. God has no gender. God is spirit, energy, force, light, love!@@susanstuckey8745
Young ppl aren't the only ones to fall prey. People various ppl do for a multiple of personal reasons. So sad...😢
That's so true
What ever religion you believe in never stay away from family. Because god don’t like that at all 4:04
Huh??
AGREED!!! I would never stay away from my family because a religion says that I have too! 🤨 #Nope 🚩
@@kimdavis3259 😥 you'd be surprised how many people do
@@queensheenz8400 I’m not surprised at all. Smh I just know I wouldn’t do it. 🤷🏽♀️ #ToEachItsOwn
OUr bible does not state that.
No woman moving in my house while my husband in my house. It's like bringing a mistress home for him.
Insecurity or you don't really TRUST your Man 😮😮😮
I Agree 💯🤝🙏
@@Dareone61Armynothing like insecurity, its just plain and simple its like inviting the devil to your home
@@Love-pd8lz that person didn't even need an explanation. That is just common sense.
Precisely
Wow, I just finished watching all three parts of your story. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's clear that you've been through a lot. Over the years, I've spoken to many individuals, and the more I hear, the more evident it becomes that this religion is deeply flawed. It consistently undermines women, treating them as second-class citizens in a male-dominated world. Your message is crucial and needs to reach more people. The more voices that speak out, the more individuals can begin to heal from their traumatic experiences and realize that they are neither crazy nor alone.
Listening to your story, similar, was married more than a decade, pioneer, RBC, husband was a ministerial servant, had friends who were very against kids who would ask to see if we were so they could group up with non kid families. I hid his abuse for years, family members were all elders pioneers so I was not going to be believed. Just before they wanted to appoint him as an elder I had to say something.
Finally told them and I was told “love covers all things, you have to believe Jehovah can fix it.” I left after he kicked our then 3 year old girl 3 times for not listening to him. Told the elders and they said well you would be liable as well because you just told us now.
Later when I tried to get back into the organization. I was crying too much on the first visit and they said I was not talking about Jehovah enough. Meanwhile he followed us around and the other brothers at my new Kingdom Hall asked my mom if he was unstable. He called CPS and I had to go to court to get the kids back. Court ordered child support. Second time i tried to be reinstated I was told I needed to patch things up with my ex and apologize then told that I must have done something to warrant his abuse as a wife. I told the elder well your wife’s first husband abused her and threw her down the stairs, what did she do to him to make him do that? He turned red. I was so done really because I both time was sincere and again told bizarre things like you didn’t use scripture and you didn’t say Jehovahs name etc. which I actually was. I travelled 2 hours to come back to that Hall each time. They were shocked to learn that but I was judged before I even arrived. Each time.
I got exhausted really. My mom doesn’t speak to me even though she could. Doesn’t even ask about me. Kept asked me when I was going to get back with him. Anyway, that’s my story and trust I’ve left thousands of parts out because it was a LOT. ✌🏽 ❤
You are one brave soul. Thank you for confirmation of this JW. I watched an Aunt almost get herself killed staying with a maniac. Gratitude...
@ElisarahWooten this the same thing they do in scientology. God gave Eve to Adam so that he would not be alone. Who told these people thay shunning someone will teach them a lesson? Where is the love of God in not wanting children when God told us to reproduce. This is the practices of the cult that threw their children in the fire as sacrifice to their god, Moloch. God is not in abuse of any kind. 🙌
You are profoundly strong and powerful!!! 🔥 THEY FEAR YOU because you speak the truth... No one on this earth who soeaks the yruth is EVER loved. You're actually the one who is the fire of God. Don't ever be surprised why they pudh you away or try to brainwash you. I love you for being courageous. NEVER LOOK BACK. Soldier on!!!❤
Never forget that you're precious and unbreakable 😇🌸🌹✨🌟
@@journey50 beautiful message 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Sorry for what you have experience, but just remember that jehovah isn't the one who did that to you so don't turn your back on him, return to serving jehovah my dear
girl, be glad you left. the world opens up once you take the meat and leave the bones of that religion. it was a lot. i wasnt born into it but i was raised into it and got baptized and then disassociated . im glad i left in 2007 and never looked back.
Jehovas Witness is another human made concept 💡
Created by Charles taze Russell
@@drichrichardson1872tell it!!
Worshipping anything is a man made
People, once you connect with the Supreme Most High, you don't need to connect with an organization that will eventually lead you astray.
🗣🗣🗣
I praise God for everyone who got out of that Cult.
Where was God before they got in there? God doesn't exist. Religion is a scam. Jehove's Witness is a huge damn cult.
Yes
Hehehehehe!
Is q cult in which way
@@esthertshipo4223 Hehehehe! I want to know too.
Soooo many former jw male date non jw women then try bringing them into the religion, expecting them to change their whole lives for them.
It's scary how easily young people are swept into these cults.
Young ppl get caught up bcos of parents and other family members who already members
JW is not a cult ,any member has freedom or free will to make own decisions@marviav3071
JW is the true religion they only go by Bible principles.
Old folks are just as easy
Ikr... It happens when people are seeking
I appreciate you and my story is more or less the same thing except that I was born a Muslim and when my parents divorced at age 11 my mother started studying with JW’s so I adopted it and got married to a crocked brother/father of my two kids. I was married for 20 years. Looking back leaving that cult and marriage only tree years ago I totally feel what you described. I too realize how depressed I was and how I kept myself in that situation thinking that this was what I was supposed to be. Luckily I found answers within myself, started putting myself first. Choosing me was the best thing that happend for me and I can actually give my kids an alternative. I am proud of how far I came and I am proud of you and the courage you have showed in telling your story online. Thank you! Keep growing girl 🌱
I subbed to your channel! Gurl you didn’t lose anything, you gained yourself back 💕!js plus your such a beautiful person 🙏🏽
As soon as she got to part about the young lady moving in, I said to myself... It's About To Go Down..😄
I never understood the term " Be a Good Wife", Nobody tells the Males how to be a Good Husband
Just another way of saying BE A DOORMAT and SHUT UP.
A woman is a metaphorical term used to reference the mind. It spiritually means unlearned. A physical man or woman can lack knowledge.
1 Timothy 2:10-11
Paul said a woman should be quiet, listen and not teach. Which means that an unlearned person should not be teaching if he doesn't know nothing. It's not just speaking of a physical woman but an unlearned man as well.
God is the husband which is biblically called the truth. God becomes one with his bride/mind. To know and follow that truth makes you a good wife.
@@OSSM_trauma Which nuthouse did you escape from? Paul's mom was his first teacher. Was his mom not a woman?????? Women are natural, meaning, divinely appointed teachers. That's why baby girls develop speech much faster than baby boys and it continues through adulthood. I bet you did not speak before 4 years old and probably still have a speech impediment. If God meant for women to be quiet, then all women would have been Mute.
@@Dareone61ArmyNo it's spiritual symbolism for knowing the truth. That good wife of the Bible is talking about the bride of God. (The mind)
Isaiah 54:4 says God is the husband.
John 4:24 says he's a spirit
John 17:17 calls him the truth
And yes the mind is as a woman that becomes one "married" to God (the truth).
Truth is knowledge, so my question is
Where does knowledge go and come from?
@@Dareone61Army I'm not forcing or saying my belief is what anybody should believe 😂. Just sharing my knowledge of truth as we all should be able to do. I'm open to all conversations
Love❤ is blind.. but marriage will open your eyes 😂
my parents refuse to become JW although my dad family was.
I am so thankful my parents did not join. They kept us free of it So thankful. I am glad you are free of it
Wouldn’t your dad have been raised a JW if his family was JW ?
@vickicampbell2736 my mother was introduced to this when I was a child and she was told if her children got hurt and needed a blood transfusion she would have yo let us die and if we were not baptized into this cult we could not be eulogized by the many she couldn't come to our funeral. Thank God for Jesus she listened to her spirit and ran for the hills. There isn't only physical abuse but the mental and emotional abuse I this "religion" is very dangerous.
@@Ajomatcha his mom died and his father had him and his siblings in foster care His dad was JW and apparently not as into his faith as he claimed. My dad pretty much raised himself. My aunts chose to be JW because they thought papa knows best. My dad and his brothers did not. one brother moved out of state and disconnected.
@@vickicampbell2736 ok, thank you. Enjoy your freedom and your new life.
My dad, an elder who passed 8 years ago at age 92, was connected to the JW via his mother’s sister’s introduction to the organization in 1932. Back then, they’d roll up into the family farm with a Victrola turn table ANNOUNCING JEHOVAH’ S KINGDOM. Turns out, they git the name for their building from the natives in Hawaii… “Call it a KINGDOM HALL,” they chided; thus was born the name of their meeting place. Anyways, that CULT ruined our familial relationships for years. My parents and my brother… that was a mess…. My moyher and me…. that was a mess… The cousins eho still dont associate with me or the other cousins… THAT’s WILD! We are ALL in our sixties now, struggling to hold onto remnants of our family…
i could go on…
So TRAGIC
I was disfellowshipped at age 8 or 9..I am 59 now, and I have NEVER forgotten that experience. Very judgemental and awful. This denomination dissimates families and friendships. They can not even come on the steps of my verandah much less my house. Dislike them intensely..😮
It ruined it ruined my family little did we know that there would be consequences to joining this religion it starts off as a beautiful thing with friends and family, and it ends up with everybody broken, angry about the different beliefs. I am so torn having lost my sister our property, just because of some book a couple of books instead of being guided by true love that comes from the heart. I sincerely hope that everyone that joins this religion understands that it is a cult. That is the first thing they should tell you if you want to be a part of a cult come into that religion. I wish I had known that it would cause heartbreak and pain because of the differences in worship.
@@BeingYaz You SAID IT!
@@CeeMaeRobeson we lost our 89 acre farm because of this madness… WHO NEEDS TO PAY THE TAXES, my Sunt Grace concluded snd convinced my dad!!! WE ARE GOING TO PARADISE…
dumb af… i was bien into this madness.
i have struggled and accomplished do much, but the trauma permeates my being
Reconnect with your family and work those relationships please.
I get a pit in my stomach when they say I started to distanced myself from my FAMILY....my son did this and my brother did this as well to my mother. How very sad. I have resigned to just realizing he will not be there for my if something should happen....but he will suffer the most because I see in his eyes and the way he speaks he will.
We are Christians by the love we show not because we knock in doors or flag people down to talk to them about your religion.
We are Christians because we are saved by Christ. That's it.
Great video! 👏🏻 So glad you are out now. 🥳 Subscribed. Now I’m watching part two…. 😁
I have years worth of stories but what got me was when my mom died and my cousin said he couldn't attend the funeral because he was a JW & my mom hadn't been baptized.
He had in fact gone to a wedding instead. A week after the funeral he called and asked me for money that he THOUGHT my mom left me.
That part of the family attended my father's funeral even though he wasn't in the "truth" & had physically abused my mom, handicapped brother and me - because it was THEIR biological brother.
Hypocrisy like this went on constantly. A sister was shunned because of her son's who were Raised in the truth but had gone off the rails. They told me that if SHE was a good person her sons would have followed suit.
I can't cosign with a group of people who were judgemental and unforgiving claiming to be Christians
How did he think he was entitled to money your Mother left for you?
Part of getting married is to love each other and have children. This marriage by him getting vasectomy by your agreement. Lord have mercy now.🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hi Joanette, you look so familiar to me. Were you ever in NC? Anyway, thank you for sharing your story. I left 18 years ago.
You are very good at articulating your story. I really hope you continue to share your experiences. Thank you❤
thank you 💛
I think already know where this is going, husband was sleeping with that 17 yo girl.... Going to watch part 2 now
And the elders will somehow make it her fault.
Called love bomb. Welcome to freedom and true friends
This is wild that a young man with no children had a vasectomy?!.
Vasectomy not advised by JW .
Population control through the guise of religion.
@@InvisableMemany many jw get vasectomies as it is considered a conscious matter.
She said she suggested it! Can't think of a sound reason for him to have gone through with it though....
not your situation so of course you cannot relate
Nah,this organization has always been a no
Just cus you're ashamed to go share ur faith from door to door. Thats the only reason why people shun the organization.
@mutungankombe1404 no that's not the only reason
@@mutungankombe1404not true it’s a false religion that says Jesus is the arc angel Michael
I ended the JW Bible study because I had 2 near genius children and I found out about the contempt and disdain that JWs have for even a high school education. And JWs foolishly don’t vote. My southern relatives risked their lives getting a decent education and the right to vote freely . I didn’t want my children believing that stupid nonsense.
It’s all about Jesus not an organisation
How when it was started by a white man gtfoh
AMEN!!! RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HE WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO BE!! PROV.3:5,6
JW do not believe in Jesus.
Isn’t this a man made thing?
its true. even in this testimony this lady is not talking much about the LORDSHIP of Yahoshua (Jesus) i dont know where this cult places him. i see mostly they want to explain our Creator and his Kingdom in logical way. God is a spirit and some things are spiritual. for example, i dont hear a lot of laying of hands when one is not well, but a lot of doctor solving theory. i did not say doctors are bad.
I just found myself really depressed and confused when I was practicing. I’ve been inactive since 2014. I have my personal relationship with Jehovah and I feel so much more comfortable with who I am. I’m grateful for the teachings and the stability and how I was able to raise my son but I’m done with the marriage and the religion. I’m actually done with all religions
yesssss maam!
*he was appointed in 2008, my bad
I dated a Jehovah witness for years and I'm baptist we never discussed our faith i respected his and he respected mine
That I can guarantee was hidden from everyone in his congregation. He would have been harassed and counselled and finally disfellowshipped if he didn't drag you into things with him and still kept dating you.
GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION! It’s the people who false witness that’s confused!
So how come JWs don't do blood transfusion but do vasectomy and hysterectomy?
You can ask again
Maybe health reasons for the Vasectomy and Hysterectomy
JUST CONFUSED. THEY DISCOURAGE HIGHER LEARNING BUT USE SOCIAL MEDIA (COMPUTER SCIENCE) AND CONSULT DOCTORS AND TRAVEL ON AIRPLANES. I GUESS THEIR PILOTS DID NOT ATTEND FLYING SCHOOLS AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AERODYNAMICS.
@@donpatta69Blood transfusions are for health reasons too.
Excellent question! I'm waiting for a logical explanation to!
my mom would always close the door on them
Best thing to do. Don't open doors for the enemies of the cross
😮😮😮 I was baptized on June 30, 2002, and I just got baptized again on June 30, 2024!! I came from a family of Jehovah Witness (I didn't practice)!! My mother actually passed away because she refused a blood transfusion, and my eldest brother signed off on it!! 😢😢😢
What? You were baptized TWICE!! THATS WRONG!! CAN A MAN/BABY ENTER INTO HIS MOTHER'S WOUMB TWICE? THE BIBLE SAYS NO. YOU CAN ONLY BE BAPTIZED ONCE!!!
My grandmother died for the same reason
Hmm I don't think you should be on this site as a Jdub in good standing.
You've made the world a better place. Your idea that he accepted ensured he, 'Don't Breed'!
I agree with the family about the pain relief for the headache. You went and got meds for your condition..doesn't make sense to me. However, i was raised as a JW. Left at 19. I realized it was cult like. But i never could detach completely bc my whole family was in truth...with my father being an Elder to this day. I broke free completely after my mama died in 2019. Before she died...she kinda of eluded to..making a not so good decision on being a witness. Life has been difficult without my mama...but i feel free. I no longer have a relationship with my father and haven't since my mama died.
she did not have insurance and throwing tylenol at it was not good for her organs overall. we later found out the headaches were due to dehydration & she needed glasses so the tylenol was excessive. i am glad you broke free.
Thanks for sharing your story.
Anniversary and no intimacy in a new young marriage. Red flag 🚩 😊
I was brought up from young as a JW..It was the best years of my life! I felt at peace, enjoyed a whole range of gatherings with other JW families..Unfortunately I took the wrong path in my 20's. I have never stopped believing in the teachings. Still read the Watchtower & Awake..I have never experienced any negative scenarios
I have been one of Jehovah’s witnesses for 48 yrs. It amazes me the reasons people give why our beliefs are wrong. I could write page after page of the things I’ve either read or heard that are 100%
False. The person who commented that we don’t believe that.Jesus is gods son. Nothing could be further from the truth - we take the Bible to be correct. It is crystal clear that Jesus is God’s son. Nowhere does it teach that Jesus IS God. If you( anyone) feel the need to criticize our belief s, do your homework! 😁
@@kayzeegirl972why are you here and so deep in these comments if you are an active witness? arent we apostates so why are you here?
@@joanette-the-herbalist I’m not judging you. I also don’t even know you. As for who is or is not apostate - not my call. As to why I looked at your video. Well, it’s pretty rare that I get on my home page feed anything related to witnesses, past or present. I didn’t look at your whole video/ videos. I look at all different videos. Curiosity perhaps(?). But- I’ve been a witness for many yrs(48)I am not a person who accepts anything on face value. I was different religions in my teens+ twenties. Did a lot of research. Left each one. Is the organization perfect? Of course not! The apostles were right there hand in hand with Jesus+ still didn’t get everything correct. Did that make them not credible? I think there are probably a lot of reasons why you feel as you do. That’s fine. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. So- of course as a person who actually does care about other human beings, I feel bad for you that you let your faith be sidetracked,+ that you feel the need to go on social media platforms ( I.e. UA-cam)+ trash the truth. But, you are an intelligent woman, with the ability( as we all are) to choose your own path! Thankyou for being pleasant to me- the few times in the past(15+ yrs) that I have viewed someone’s video similar to yours, the content creator was anything but pleasant! Have a wonderful week 👩🏻🦳😊
i consider this video as part of my healing journey on this matter. it affected my life in a great way so if you consider it trash talk against the organization then that is your right. however i consider it as my way to finally tell what happened to me. the organization is bad, period.
@@joanette-the-herbalist I’m sorry, seriously, if there were bad things that happened to you- no one deserves that. I’ve had different things over the yrs- but people are people. There are good+ bad people no matter where you look. I guess for me, I just don’t let anything anyone has said or done, affect my spirituality. I wasn’t criticizing you- hopefully you didn’t take it that way. I wish you well👩🏻🦳
They say that a dog's personality changes when he is neutered. The decision for your husband to have surgery so that he could never have children, therefore basically making him more available to the ministry was a powerful one. I wonder how that impacted him in later years.
Vasectomies are REVERSIBLE
I had tired of x jw videos but i listened to yours on edge of my seat. U have a gift for storytelling. This is another proof that the relationship is basically between u and an organization. Plus most of us didnt truly know the history of watchtower. The 1st 2 presidents had shameful family life and were very slick womanizers
thank you for watching & understanding!
I have two brothers who are JW and my mom was too , as far as I heard a lot of their rules have changed not sure if it’s biblical or just for them , what I don’t like is a lot of them don’t practice what they preach , i’m not just saying this because she was my mom, but she was the only witness that I see die. Hard witness die hard. I don’t see anybody who act like her in sickness and in health.
I appreciate your honesty and openness in such a challenging situation. Your maturity shines through also sharing this experience.
I watched all three parts. Thanks for sharing… and yes, we need to put a stop these patriarchal man made religions and shine to what God intended us to be. A valuable soul on a journey to self realization. No one was put on earth to be subservient. 🤗
Hey girl I'm sorry for what happened to you. I was DF twice and now wanting to fade away but not for sin just because I don't believe it's the truth. There are so many stories like yours it's unreal. I am glad you are here to tell your story you are so brave
Oh man, moving in a 17 year old female....my instinct immediately went left! I hope this isn't going in the direction I'm thinking 😮
Thanks for sharing your experience, I’ve always had qualms about how rigid this group was. After watching all three videos, I conclude that your then husband no longer wanted to be with you and wanted someone else. What would have been a “better” way to communicate this and end the marriage if you were no longer interested in the other party. I personally don’t believe in staying with someone because of religion or other social expectations. You deserve happiness and his was clearly not with you, how should you end it.
hey friend it’s Sommer. I’m about to start part 2 of your story. you are an amazing & strong woman. I’m so glad that you found your way out of that cult. it’s their loss to not be in your presence any longer. thank you for sharing!
My great grandmother was a witness but she still enjoyed life
The brothers protect and love the men more.
One of the most hidden scriptures is 1Corinthians 7 (Advice in Marriage) because churches want to control your marriage, also. A potential spouse would best be in accord with each other to read together before marriage.
I enjoyed your videos, Hope to see more!
Uh oh ... i hope this story isn't going where i think it's going! 👀 😳
We need to be spiritual people, we need to do that by really drawing close to Jehovah. Not just acting. Jehovah wants the best for us.
Never respond to these Pod casts!
Gm my sister thank god you got away from people like that . 1:25
Please look up Covert Narcissist, this sounds like what you had been dealing with.😢
Please do not let another person get you so down and depressed that you would want to hurt yourself.🙏🏽
My son was in this cult and it took him a few years to wake up from the spell they had him under he snapped out of it,now he's doing alot of things they didn't allow like holidays, Birthday's etc.
Ps.. I'm 58 years old and have never been baptized and don't have anything negative to say about the faith, for a few reasons.. but nonetheless, that's a red flag about Bruh who introduced you to the faith but didn't speak to you in public..
That’s why we follow Jesus and not religion. All religious denominations are man made. I am a disciple of Jesus. I follow him and obey HIS voice and obey HIS scripture. I will never subscribe to religion. I went to church for years but lived an unfulfilled empty life until one day I heard a whisper in my spirit. It said, come out from amongst them”. I did just that! I Left that church and had an encounter with the true and living God on 7/7/19 in my bedroom. I have never looked back! Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. God bless you and may you come into the full KNOWledge of God in Christ Jesus.
I have ? I re entry invited a married JW couple in my home. 🏡. And what is weird is both of them had to use the rest room at diffent times. But I do not recall the tool flushing them washing their hands. Do you think they where snooping to ensure that I was clean or was not going drugs or something? Is that normal? Her husband came the first time and after we zoomed. But he was very protective of her and I get that. I was a stranger before we first met. But he also the second time they came to pick me up stood out and it was wet outside stood outside his car and waited staring making sure she was safe. And no I do not live in a high crime community. So but he was very protective. He worked and was the main breadwinner. She also worked two jobs but with light hours compared to him. So I’m not sure. Maybe it’s just me. But they are the sweetest young couple i have ever met in my life time. 😮😊
Seriously isolation is a sign
I was in it for 25 year's!!! I left I'm glad I left!! They cut you off! It was supposed to know love!
I'm Southern Baptist but all Baptist churches are not alike. Jehovah Witness was one that my parents and all the people taught us to stay away from. they taught us from a child up to stay away from certain religions and Jehovah's Witness was one they invaded my privacy at my home a few years ago and knocked on my door and I explained to the lady that Jehovah's Witness was not a good religion to have and that I was a Christian and God kept me well and I was in my late seventies and never had an operation and do not take medicine. She complained about how sick she was and blah blah before that so I said let me pray for you and she turned and said no and almost ran I guess that was the devil saying no I cannot pray for her to be made well. She was going down my steps I put my hand on her shoulder and I pray loud in Jesus name for her to be made well. She stopped on the steps going down as I had my hand on her shoulder. Needless to say, she and her friend that was in the vehicle have never returned. LOL I was very sincere and Almighty father God heard my prayer but that's one good way to get rid of those people and stand strong and let them know there is a real God and best thing to do is to tell them to read a real Bible the King James version was taken from the original Greek. I pray for them I have received two letters from that people and I'm going to sit down and write them one and tell her to not mail any more of their letters . I consider it demonic actually been meaning to do that and tell them to look at the videos all over the internet that are against Jehovah's Witnesses it is a cult
I studied with jw once, they told about a date the world was going to end. I was shook! Then I read for myself that the Bible says not even Jesus knows when the world would end. So I decided to walk away and I do not allow them in my home or conversate with them.
My aunt, uncle and their kids have been Jehovah's witness their whole lives. I have never met a normal Jehovah's witness in my life.
Thank you for sharing. God Bless you back to your fullest you. Any organization that keeps us away from our family and friends isn't love,God honors families it a cult. And I pray God open the eyes of many other JW. You shared your experience to help other's that are trapped in not just JW but in other organization too. Thank you
Great video I just spent years getting my wife outta the cult / jw bs …
Just lost a girlfriend after bringing up my concerns about disfellowship and how things seem controlling in how things are structured…safe to say our pre marital sex and fear of being disfellowed pushed her to push me away….she is I’m sure doing her “repentance” process to stay in the church
you have just avoided so much, be grateful for whoever spiritually protects you because her hypocrisy is strong. if she is baptized she should not be having premarital sex and definitely shouldnt be mingling with a “worldly person” - if shes a hypocrite towards her god what do you think she is towards you?
I was born was a Jehovah witness, My life was changed when I was 18 year old, when I was growing up I was setting in the meetings, I was talking to my brother in the kingdom hall, I Was 13 years old back then, My Father took me to the restroom and took his belt off and spanked me 3 times when we came out of the restroom all the Jehovah witness looked back at me I felt out of place, One day my Father told my to clean out a garage He wounded me to do this before he got home, I didn't do it I was 17 years old My father came home seen it wasn't done puled off his belt, And what'd to spank me again But I ran fast away for Him, ran around the block, I know i had to come home. I was 17 years old .I was the black sheep of the family know it starts all over again, My Father told my mother to clean up the house, He got home from work, And didn't see the sweeper moved He was pissed off, So He what to the closet pulled all the stuff out of it, Then what to the refrigerator Pulled every thing off the refrigerator, He what up stairs it was a open faced house, He picked up the sweeper and tough it down the steps He was aiming to hit her, I was doing the dishes at that time it was 2' away to hit me, I wanted to get out and away from this house. But I was only 17 years old at this time, one Day I was 18 years old this was it, I found a women at is time. She was so nice to me," But not a Jehovah witness" That is a Big thing about Jehovah witness, Should be Marred to one, I told My father i was going to take off, My brother was going with me, Me and Him what to the women I had a eyes on. My Father said If we are late, Me and My brother is have to spank each other, we was 3 hours late, We had to spank each other, I think we was over 18 years old if He did he was thinking if did so he will go to jail, So we did 3 swat each other, that was enough, I was trying to move out and live with a women that I was in too. My Father and Mother was at the kingdom hall,. My Father took the keys off of me do to being late, He put the Key in his bedroom dresser, I was looking around to fine my Keys, I bought the car, I found the Keys, But in took to long to fine them, My Father came in to the house, damn damn damn I said to myself, He walked straight in to the bedroom didn't see the keys, He was after me I was in the kitchen He said get me the Keys He pushed me to the floor He said give me the Keys I didn't He started to kick me on the ground, 'I got way' He was after me, I jumped in my car he was getting closer and closer, He jumped and round over my Car, My little sister she was only 4 years old seen all of the going down, She was running to the Car I didn't see her, I just wanted to get away, I started up the car and started moving My sister foot was close to the tire, I didn't see her ran over her foot, I took over to the women house, For the next day this Jehovah witness was across form my house, I stayed over there for 5 hours before I what back to the women's house, My Father said it was my felt, I ran over my sister foot, I moved to the women house, got married and had a daughter There is so much more about Me and my Daughter about how my Father treated Me and Her, This is how I got out of Jehovah witness, My life is better not being a Jehovah witness I'm know 60 year old, My Father and Mother Is gone i have 1 sister 2 brothers but life goes on, there is so much more to talk about Me as a Black sheep of the family , I was hart so bad, One good thing I have a beautiful Daughter She is a beautiful singer and she works 2 Jobs I'm lucky #1. family what to Kmart pushed brother and sister said don't talk to him,#2. After church Daughter what over his house He said to you but something in her mind saying is a monster she was holding my leg and crying, #3 One day what to His house to see my Mother what in back yard and side how is that in my yard He knows me. #4 I was at my uncle calling hour, My Father was there guess what he said, A man said how many Children do you have, He said 3 children, But the Man said i though you have 4 He said (no only 3) My so Dad and mom put things in my sister and brothers head, He seen my Daughter 4 times in her life, She said he wasn't a grandma or Grandfather, My father and Mother are gone they pass off I'm know 60 years old, She is 35 years old, I try my best not me like my Father, I Love my daughter with my Heart, I left her when she was 3 years old, but I'm trying to make it up with her, The World is hard but we do are best and people how read this, I feel the same, Good luck to you all,,, Love you all ( I stop religion stopped praying it did help) You all can spread this around How Jehovah Witness are brainwasher hart Family, This was my Life....Life goes on
Everyone needs to know that this a cult and get out.
Jesus Christ must be glorified as he is the only Way, Truth and Life.
Every group has "extremist/borderline extremist". Great group to gain momentum in clarity & understanding but all religions are limited by man so up to us to move on in gaining a better understanding & relationship with ourselves and the Creator
Wow is all this really needed to grow in faith and serve. I have family members in this and they are so disconnected from everybody sad
My best friend, who was Jehovah's Witness, died last year. It broke my heart. She needed a blood transfusion to preserve her life, and her family, who wasn't JW, contacted the JWs to inquire what synthetic blood was acceptable to preserve her life. The elders said they would call them back. The family kept calling to check back as time was of the essence. They never called, and my friend suffered another stroke. This time, she'd become brain dead. The JWs began to show up at the hospital the next day when the family was going to pull the plug. My friends family had to ask them several times to pray for my friend, who was a devout member and monetary supporter. They could never answer why they never called to tell what synthetic blood was acceptable. After her death they came with all of their roles and stipulations. I watched as they wanted to get in her business and know who I was. I was her childhood friend. Her best friend although we didn't spend as much time together since she'd become JW. I have no respect for the JW religion. She'd always been dutiful to her religion and so-called religious brothers and sisters. But when she needed them they failed her. They did nothing to help preserve her life, not even provide information. They had to be asked numerous times to pray for her as she laid brain dead. Disgusting! Useless!
Hello Ebonyeyes , I appreciate your heartfelt expression. I am currently not a Jw and have been out for some time now . Those elders that you mentioned, no doubt, dropped the ball and failed to come through as they should have . It reflects that body of elders, not the organization itself, and they will be held accountable . I can feel your love for your "BEST FRIEND." it is comforting to know she will be resurrected soon with the same loving personality you came to know and cherish. STAY GOLD!
Dating as adults... And a CHAPERONE is required?!?? 😲 That's the first red flag, because there is no way. 😭
girl they be in their 60s & 70s dating with a chaperone 🤦🏾♀️
@@joanette-the-herbalist
😮🤦🏽♀️ I believe you. It's like they're stalking my mom's every move. 😑
Sis, leave that crazy shyt ALONE, ya feel me👀
1st of all, the Bible says to multiple and be fruitful. Gen. 1:28. People twist things and it becomes religion. People do not follow the Bible and really be doing the most thinking that they are serving the Most High and they are really taking it out if context and that's when it becomes a religious cult.
how was you dating this guy who was already a jehovah witness and they are not supposed to associate with people outside the jeohavah witnisses
That's why the marriage ended because he wasn't supposed to marry her
both of yall need to use your listening skills. go back and relisten because idk what yall heard. 🥴 so quick to judge but cant listen for shit. 😆
So powerful Joni ❤️ Your Throat chakra is showing beautifully
what is a "throat chakra"?
@@Addigalia so there is 7 chakras spiritually in our body. The throat chakra is located in our neck symbolizing communication. When I say her throat chakra is beautiful that means it’s open (freely expressing yourself) and not blocked (afraid to speak or not a great communicator)
@@AddigaliaSome new age terminology
@@preciousandrare1777 the chakra system originated in India between 1500 & 500 BC
Big up your blessings always everbless family TV UA-cam channel supporting from Jamaica
Hi. Six hours from Florida. Have to be separated for a year before divorce. Are you in North Carolina?
👀 how you know? 😹
@@joanette-the-herbalist I live in Raleigh. Originally from Enfield NC. My parents were JWs before I was born. I'm 50 now. Never got deep into it. Most of my family are or either believe in the religion. It just as all religion is a lie. I do believe in the Bible though. Most people have not studied it or researched history, culture or language to understand it. Anyway sorry you got caught up in it. Glad you escaped. Keep searching for what's true. The whole world has been deceived. Stay beautiful. Be blessed. Shalom.
thank you
14:40 Was your ex husband white and should have married someone white in your opinion or was he black and should have married someone white? I didnt quite understand you at that point. Just curious...
Right. Maybe it’s in part 2 or part 3
Yep that’s men do when they entertaining someone else! Been there. They’ll find any reason to argue with U….and of course every thing is your fault. 😃 My thing is why can’t people just be honest. Sheesh If U want out the relationship then just say that….and let us both move on!! ✌🏾
Thank ypu for sharing your story. You are a strong Black woman ❤❤❤
The bible did mention how to be a good husbandlive your wife as christ love the church
Du warst ein MINI Aeltester!!😂😂😂 Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz.
50 Jahre war ich in der Sekte.
What are the duties of the secretary and coordinator of the body of elders