We are there with you! We totally understand "That "inner work" "self worth and validation"" that all of us former POWs have painfully gone through. Our Heavenly Father and our brother Jesus allowed this and saw us through it all as the needed discipline which followers of Christ must develop. Even Christ learned from his sufferings, and we must drink from that same cup. Our future is AWESOME thru Christ. We look forward to meeting you one day in person. ❤
Thanks for this content Aubrey! I am struggling with my fears to start a blog and a podcast to help ex-Jehovah's Witnesses like me here in Italy. I feel like you, I'm afraid that my value still depends on my ex-brothers. I want to overcome this fear with the goal of helping others improve their lives and also as my own healing journey. In Italy we don't have as many channels as in the US and many ex-witnesses feel alone and misunderstood. I think I will start writing and speaking very soon to help these people! Thanks again for your honest and motivating content 🙂
Aubrey, thank you so much for your insights. When I first came across your UA-cam site I was a little busy researching other topics so I placed you on "escaping cults hold" (watch later). After awhile I got back to your amazing video. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Now I have to catch-up with your other posts. 🐈
I think ur wonderful n I wish I could explain my situation with this cult not because I’ve ever been a member but because I refused to become a JWs starting at age 9 n the unthinkable abuse I’ve gone through because of this decision. It’s truly inhuman. N unimaginable!
@@ownup987 me n my father refused but my mother n brother are still apart of the cult. The problem is my father has been gone for 23 years now and he was the only real family I had. And I’m still facing the scorn n hatred from my mother n brother. It’s been hell!
At 9 n ten yrs old I was tormented to the point of a suicde attempt, n all I’ve ever been told to this day by my mother is that I deserved to die because I refused to be a JW! N it even got worse when I was 12 n 13;years old. This is why I respect ur courage so much because I’m the same way.🙏🏻 But I’ve paid n unbelievable price for it.🥲
@@ownup987 i have a permanent neurological disorder that I’ve had to fight entirely on my own for over 40 yrs because of 7 to 8;yrs of unimaginable continued trauma and abuse by 5 JWs at least 3 times a week starting from the age of 9 to at least the age of 16. N I never backed down once n I want to help u help yourself and others by sharing with you what I found to keep me alive because I had to find a way over n over. again and if kept me alive I know it can help others too.😊❤
Thank you for watching! And yes, glad to share resources that helped me on my journey. A few big resources is belonging to a positive community with shared experiences and understanding how our mind works.
Thanks so much! Interesting! ☺️👍👍👍 By the way, this is what ChatGPT says… ☺️😅👌 ChatGPT: In standard English pronunciation, “woman” (singular) is pronounced as /ˈwʊmən/ (with the first syllable like “wood”) and “women” (plural) as /ˈwɪmɪn/ (with the first syllable like “win”). The distinction between these two words is important and is generally expected in most varieties of English. However, some speakers, either due to dialectal differences or perhaps language-learning challenges, may mistakenly pronounce “women” as “woman,” leading to confusion. This pronunciation is not considered correct or standard, and it would generally be regarded as a pronunciation error in most English-speaking regions. It’s understandable that hearing “women” pronounced like “woman” might sound off or incorrect, as it goes against the typical rules of pronunciation. In some regional accents or non-native speakers’ English, there can be variations or difficulties with these sounds, but in formal or standard contexts, the distinction should always be maintained. If you find the conflation of these pronunciations jarring, you’re not alone-it’s a common reaction among native speakers.
If you leave the organization but never got baptized, your JW parents will treat you as physically out mentally in (POMI). If that happens, file a no-contact order.
“Because we were taught not to be part of the world”, that sounds isolative. That implies that Jehovah’s Witnesses are an isolative religious organization. North Korea is like that.
JW is a cult. They changed/removed/added the bible in their NWT. For example: 1. 2013 NWT doesn't have the verses John 8:1-11 (because it doesn't fit their shunnung policy) but you will still see them on their NWT 1984 that probably one day will be totally removed on their website. 2. They are the only bible translation I know that has a translation in John 1:1 "and the word was a god". They added "a" and they wrote God in a small god. The correct translation should be: the Word was God.
John 1:1 is a prime example of that the New World Translation Bible was doctored (or fudged). The New World Translation Bible is the only Bible translation that has John 1:1 say “and the Word was a god”, while all other versions of the Bible say “and the Word was God.” Any belief that is exclusive to Jehovah’s Witnesses is patently false.
1 Corinthians 8:5 states, "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him".2001 translation: "In the beginning, there was the Word, The Word was with The God [Greek: ton theon], And [a] god [Greek: theos] was the Word.2This one was with The God in the beginning, 3Everything, by his hand, was made, Without him, not a single thing was made." Jesus was not "The God Almighty" but he is our Lord (owner) bought with his blood.
@mamajan99 1 Corinthians 8:5,6 - There may be so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, and some people actually worship many gods and many lords. 6But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life. I will just quote the one you quoted completely. Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one. John 10:30 - The Father and I are one".
@@krism5575 So sorry to all the critics of Jehovah’s Witnesses. You all simply don’t know what you are talking about really. Contrary to all your expectations that Jehovah’s Witnesses will crumble soon, they’re getting even stronger and better all over the world. In fact there are more than 65,000 who recently were reinstated. Again, that’s contrary to what the critics say and proclaim that soon they will be gone. Nobody but nobody can defeat Jehovah. Nobody in the past, none at present and nobody in the future. All these blogs, podcasts or whatever are just futile exercises from disgruntled ex JWs. Remember the truth you have once learned, there’s no truth better than those. Jehovah is the only true God and there’s nothing you can do about that. Everyone in the world has only one choice to make, Jehovah or not. You yourself knew that friendship with the work is enmity with God. Don’t take that against Jehovah’s Witnesses, that itself is from the Bible itself. What you are doing now? You are befriending this world, thus constituting yourself an enemy of Jehovah. You are actually an adulterer in the eyes of Jehovah. Mixing with both pagan teaching believers and nonbelievers alike. So sorry with all of you. None of you will ever be able to defeat Jehovah. It’s Jehovah who is waging a war for these Witnesses. Even death can prove productive in Jehovah. Away from Jehovah, death is the end of everything. That’s the sad reality. You will go to heaven? Are you sure? Jehovah owns the heavens. Are you aware of that? So where will you actually go then? Nowhere but to rest in the grave forever.
There’s only one thing I disagree with you on. One it’s a cult it’s never been a religion at all. 2 is I know from personal experience in the past n now just how incredibly worse than just bad this cult really is, what goes on behind closed doors with the elders n so called good people of this cult. Believe me it’s far far worse than you think. Actually far worse than you can even imagine even from its beginnings. It’s actually horrifying!!! Nothing against you at all it just goes way deeper than even I could have ever imagined!!!!
You knew the truth. Jehovah’s Witnesses are not a cult. You can tell the world why you get out. Jehovah knew what’s the real deal. Nobody can defeat Jehovah. His faithful believers are getting stronger each day contrary to expectations of the many critics. You have nowhere to go actually, that’s the sad reality.
Most truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.q John 13:16 . Jesus was SENT BY GOD - and called as SERVANT OF GOD. Acts 4:27 WHO IS OVER ALL? Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. GOD and FATHER is OVER/ABOVE ALL and that "All" includes the SON so they are NOT EQUAL THE BIBLE teaches that Jesus was MADE As Lord and Christ and as Son (ACTS 2:36, Prov 8, HEB 1:5), CREATED/PRODUCED/INSTALLED (Prov 8) , COME INTO BEING/MADE (Mat 21:42 - egeneto) and GIVEN LIFE by the Father - John 5:26 and it uses TODAY (Heb 1:5), and uses future tenses and is a prophecy in Isa 9:6 (Isa 9:6, - WILL BE) . If you are called MADE AND CREATED AND GIVEN LIFE, and NEVER CALLED in the BIBLE as Creator or Maker , then you are A CREATION. ALL FROM THE BIBLE From the Lord was this (this is referring to the chief cornerstone who is Jesus) , the word WAS is egeneto (made or came into being) - Matthew 21:42 and the exact Greek word used in John 1:3 - MADE, egeneto (came into being) - JESUS WAS MADE/CAME INTO BEING FROM THE FATHER , yes, Jesus was MADE/CREATED!, See also Acts 2:36, Heb 1:5, 1 john 5 Jesus in FACT mentioned the FATHER IS GREATER than I am. JOhn 14:28. BEFORE he WAS SENT, the Father is ALSO GREATER than Jesus. Most truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.q John 13:16 . Jesus was SENT BY GOD - and called as SERVANT OF GOD. Acts 4:27 AFTER his resurrection the FATHER IS STILL GREATER than Jesus - WHO IS OVER ALL? Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. GOD and FATHER is OVER/ABOVE ALL and that "All" includes the SON so they are NOT EQUAL
Feel the same way, know more now about the organization after leaving and researching, than while raised in!
Thank you for sharing. Gracias.
Thank you for sharing and being vulnerable - such a beautifully produced video.
Thank you so much Dora ❤️
Love your videos! Keep up the great work
You’re so sweet 🥹 you too, Justin! ♥️
We are there with you! We totally understand "That "inner work" "self worth and validation"" that all of us former POWs have painfully gone through. Our Heavenly Father and our brother Jesus allowed this and saw us through it all as the needed discipline which followers of Christ must develop. Even Christ learned from his sufferings, and we must drink from that same cup. Our future is AWESOME thru Christ. We look forward to meeting you one day in person. ❤
Thanks for this content Aubrey! I am struggling with my fears to start a blog and a podcast to help ex-Jehovah's Witnesses like me here in Italy. I feel like you, I'm afraid that my value still depends on my ex-brothers. I want to overcome this fear with the goal of helping others improve their lives and also as my own healing journey. In Italy we don't have as many channels as in the US and many ex-witnesses feel alone and misunderstood. I think I will start writing and speaking very soon to help these people! Thanks again for your honest and motivating content 🙂
Yes i believe in you and believe you will help others ♥️ let me know when you launch your podcast im rooting for you !
@@ownup987 thanks for your encouragement Aubrey 😊 i will keep you posted 😎
@@nidegama Thank You Nicolas 👍🙂
Aubrey, thank you so much for your insights. When I first came across your UA-cam site I was a little busy researching other topics so I placed you on "escaping cults hold" (watch later). After awhile I got back to your amazing
video. Thank you
for your hard work and dedication. Now I
have to catch-up
with your other posts. 🐈
Thank you so much for your support. I’m glad you enjoy them 😃
I think ur wonderful n I wish I could explain my situation with this cult not because I’ve ever been a member but because I refused to become a JWs starting at age 9 n the unthinkable abuse I’ve gone through because of this decision. It’s truly inhuman. N unimaginable!
I’m sorry to hear that 😞 it sounds like your family was in it.. but the fact you refused to be in it at the age is remarkable!
@@ownup987 me n my father refused but my mother n brother are still apart of the cult. The problem is my father has been gone for 23 years now and he was the only real family I had. And I’m still facing the scorn n hatred from my mother n brother. It’s been hell!
At 9 n ten yrs old I was tormented to the point of a suicde attempt, n all I’ve ever been told to this day by my mother is that I deserved to die because I refused to be a JW! N it even got worse when I was 12 n 13;years old. This is why I respect ur courage so much because I’m the same way.🙏🏻 But I’ve paid n unbelievable price for it.🥲
@@ownup987 God bless you!!!
@@ownup987 i have a permanent neurological disorder that I’ve had to fight entirely on my own for over 40 yrs because of 7 to 8;yrs of unimaginable continued trauma and abuse by 5 JWs at least 3 times a week starting from the age of 9 to at least the age of 16. N I never backed down once n I want to help u help yourself and others by sharing with you what I found to keep me alive because I had to find a way over n over. again and if kept me alive I know it can help others too.😊❤
This is beautiful and so very well said! Do you share the resources that you read or used to help yourself heal?
Thank you for watching! And yes, glad to share resources that helped me on my journey. A few big resources is belonging to a positive community with shared experiences and understanding how our mind works.
Thanks so much! Interesting! ☺️👍👍👍 By the way, this is what ChatGPT says… ☺️😅👌
ChatGPT:
In standard English pronunciation, “woman” (singular) is pronounced as /ˈwʊmən/ (with the first syllable like “wood”) and “women” (plural) as /ˈwɪmɪn/ (with the first syllable like “win”). The distinction between these two words is important and is generally expected in most varieties of English.
However, some speakers, either due to dialectal differences or perhaps language-learning challenges, may mistakenly pronounce “women” as “woman,” leading to confusion. This pronunciation is not considered correct or standard, and it would generally be regarded as a pronunciation error in most English-speaking regions. It’s understandable that hearing “women” pronounced like “woman” might sound off or incorrect, as it goes against the typical rules of pronunciation.
In some regional accents or non-native speakers’ English, there can be variations or difficulties with these sounds, but in formal or standard contexts, the distinction should always be maintained. If you find the conflation of these pronunciations jarring, you’re not alone-it’s a common reaction among native speakers.
Interesting 😂 thanks ! 😊
When I left Jehovah’s Witnesses, my relationship with my family of origin went down the toilet.
It’s never easy - I’m so sorry to hear that 😞 I hope you are healing ❤️🩹
If you leave the organization but never got baptized, your JW parents will treat you as physically out mentally in (POMI). If that happens, file a no-contact order.
“Because we were taught not to be part of the world”, that sounds isolative. That implies that Jehovah’s Witnesses are an isolative religious organization. North Korea is like that.
JW is a cult. They changed/removed/added the bible in their NWT.
For example:
1. 2013 NWT doesn't have the verses John 8:1-11 (because it doesn't fit their shunnung policy) but you will still see them on their NWT 1984 that probably one day will be totally removed on their website.
2. They are the only bible translation I know that has a translation in John 1:1 "and the word was a god". They added "a" and they wrote God in a small god.
The correct translation should be: the Word was God.
John 1:1 is a prime example of that the New World Translation Bible was doctored (or fudged). The New World Translation Bible is the only Bible translation that has John 1:1 say “and the Word was a god”, while all other versions of the Bible say “and the Word was God.” Any belief that is exclusive to Jehovah’s Witnesses is patently false.
1 Corinthians 8:5 states, "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him".2001 translation: "In the beginning, there was the Word, The Word was with The God [Greek: ton theon], And [a] god [Greek: theos] was the Word.2This one was with The God in the beginning, 3Everything, by his hand, was made, Without him, not a single thing was made."
Jesus was not "The God Almighty" but he is our Lord (owner) bought with his blood.
@mamajan99 1 Corinthians 8:5,6 - There may be so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, and some people actually worship many gods and many lords. 6But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.
I will just quote the one you quoted completely.
Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one.
John 10:30 - The Father and I are one".
@mamajan99 do you have any reasoning, regarding the verses they removed in John 8:1-11? I wanna know why they removed it from your perspective.
@@krism5575 So sorry to all the critics of Jehovah’s Witnesses. You all simply don’t know what you are talking about really.
Contrary to all your expectations that Jehovah’s Witnesses will crumble soon, they’re getting even stronger and better all over the world. In fact there are more than 65,000 who recently were reinstated. Again, that’s contrary to what the critics say and proclaim that soon they will be gone.
Nobody but nobody can defeat Jehovah. Nobody in the past, none at present and nobody in the future. All these blogs, podcasts or whatever are just futile exercises from disgruntled ex JWs. Remember the truth you have once learned, there’s no truth better than those.
Jehovah is the only true God and there’s nothing you can do about that. Everyone in the world has only one choice to make, Jehovah or not.
You yourself knew that friendship with the work is enmity with God. Don’t take that against Jehovah’s Witnesses, that itself is from the Bible itself.
What you are doing now? You are befriending this world, thus constituting yourself an enemy of Jehovah. You are actually an adulterer in the eyes of Jehovah. Mixing with both pagan teaching believers and nonbelievers alike.
So sorry with all of you. None of you will ever be able to defeat Jehovah. It’s Jehovah who is waging a war for these Witnesses. Even death can prove productive in Jehovah. Away from Jehovah, death is the end of everything. That’s the sad reality.
You will go to heaven? Are you sure? Jehovah owns the heavens. Are you aware of that? So where will you actually go then? Nowhere but to rest in the grave forever.
We are the Borg....
There’s only one thing I disagree with you on. One it’s a cult it’s never been a religion at all. 2 is I know from personal experience in the past n now just how incredibly worse than just bad this cult really is, what goes on behind closed doors with the elders n so called good people of this cult. Believe me it’s far far worse than you think. Actually far worse than you can even imagine even from its beginnings. It’s actually horrifying!!! Nothing against you at all it just goes way deeper than even I could have ever imagined!!!!
Never leave the truth!
That's a Bozo no-no...
You knew the truth. Jehovah’s Witnesses are not a cult.
You can tell the world why you get out. Jehovah knew what’s the real deal. Nobody can defeat Jehovah. His faithful believers are getting stronger each day contrary to expectations of the many critics.
You have nowhere to go actually, that’s the sad reality.
Most truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.q John 13:16 . Jesus was SENT BY GOD - and called as SERVANT OF GOD. Acts 4:27
WHO IS OVER ALL? Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. GOD and FATHER is OVER/ABOVE ALL and that "All" includes the SON so they are NOT EQUAL
THE BIBLE teaches that Jesus was MADE As Lord and Christ and as Son (ACTS 2:36, Prov 8, HEB 1:5), CREATED/PRODUCED/INSTALLED (Prov 8) , COME INTO BEING/MADE (Mat 21:42 - egeneto) and GIVEN LIFE by the Father - John 5:26 and it uses TODAY (Heb 1:5), and uses future tenses and is a prophecy in Isa 9:6 (Isa 9:6, - WILL BE) . If you are called MADE AND CREATED AND GIVEN LIFE, and NEVER CALLED in the BIBLE as Creator or Maker , then you are A CREATION. ALL FROM THE BIBLE
From the Lord was this (this is referring to the chief cornerstone who is Jesus) , the word WAS is egeneto (made or came into being) - Matthew 21:42 and the exact Greek word used in John 1:3 - MADE, egeneto (came into being) - JESUS WAS MADE/CAME INTO BEING FROM THE FATHER , yes, Jesus was MADE/CREATED!, See also Acts 2:36, Heb 1:5, 1 john 5
Jesus in FACT mentioned the FATHER IS GREATER than I am. JOhn 14:28. BEFORE he WAS SENT, the Father is ALSO GREATER than Jesus.
Most truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.q John 13:16 . Jesus was SENT BY GOD - and called as SERVANT OF GOD. Acts 4:27
AFTER his resurrection the FATHER IS STILL GREATER than Jesus - WHO IS OVER ALL? Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. GOD and FATHER is OVER/ABOVE ALL and that "All" includes the SON so they are NOT EQUAL
You sound like a Jehovah’s Witness.
@@davidhill8565 yes
@ You admit it.
@@davidhill8565 and?
@@davidhill8565 so?