Former Jehovah’s Witness Explains Cult’s Secret Language | DEEPX
Вставка
- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- What is blood guilt? What does it mean to disfellowship someone? What do Jehovah's Witnesses believe in and why? Former Jehovah's witness and author Ali Millar unpacks the language used inside the religious organisation and explains why Jehovah's Witnesses feel the need to create their own words - new episodes of DEEP X every week.
#cult #witness #religion
Welcome to DEEP - a brand new channel that brings you incredible people with amazing stories from all over the world.
If you've seen the team's previous work - Minutes With/The Gap/Agree To Disagree...then you know what to expect!
Let us know if there's anyone in particular you think we should speak to - we love bringing you stories and want to hear what you like.
Thanks and we hope you enjoy!
As an ex-jw amd the son of an elder she is spot on. Even once you leave youre so institutionalised that you never really fit in amywhere else, people can tell there is something "off" about you
I am going through the same thing. My mom, grandmother and the rest of my family disowned me..They're still Jws.
You are so correct! After 24 years completely away from the organisation, I feel I have found my way. It took a long time and I felt an immense amount of grief!
Yes! I can relate to everything she’s stating. That organization has put a huge hindrance to my development and I feel like I’m just now catching up with life overall.
Please interview more ExJws in the near future!
Thanks for doing these follow up vids with your guests. Ali Is such a strong person and really interesting to listen to her experience!
Thank you for watching!
"Disfellowship" is a word they're trying to distance themselves from. The concept remains the same but they're trying to change the word to "removed" rather than "disfellowshipped".
Great insight!
SHUNNED ......................??
It’s all just semantics, word games for the sake of appearance & legal reasons, but it’s still the same process. It’s still ShunninG
This is interesting.
Elders are really "company men" who act as human resource agents for the Watchtower organization.
Remember, human resource agents act only in the best interests of the company.
Elders search out any who are not loyal to the company, and those who are not actively supporting the policies and mission; as well as, individuals who are not reaching established goals within the corporation.
All of these individuals threaten the profitability and outward reputation of of the company, and may affect others in the organization.
When individuals inside of the organization/corporation have learned of hypocritical actions, deceitful policies, or lies regarding the actions of representatives of corporation, departments or heads of the corporation (Governing Body) and begin exposing these...
Elders (human resource agents of the Watchtower ) are assigned to eliminate or lessen the effects of "whistle blowers" by labeling them "apostates".
Once they identify an individual as a "whistle blower" they follow well established company rules and actively pursue any threat that may expose secretive practices, hypocrisy, or harmful or illegal actions that may impact company's profitability.
Elders follow corporation guidelines set forth in the exclusive manual for elders, entitled: "Shepherd the Flock of God" published by the WTBTS.
1. To become informed as to the level of knowledge and information a potential whistle blower possesses.
2. Have a formal meeting (Judicial Committee hearing) with them to ascertain the level of dissent or waning support for the organization and threat they pose to the corporation.
3. Formally put the whistle blower on notice their actions constitute disloyalty to the corporation and they will be "fired" from the company losing all benefits and any ties to other members of the corporation.
4. During a congregation meeting ( regularly scheduled corporation workshop) announce the "firing" of those who have failed to follow company rules.
This is fascinating. She's really well spoken too, which helps for a gripping interview.
Glad you enjoyed it - she is very inspirational
I stopped beliving in Jehovah before I woke up from the Jehovah's Witnesses cult.
Please come back to Jehovah. 🥺
@@ASMR_Orangely - What do you mean by this?
@@EfrainRiveraJunior What these apostates are saying is not true. They are under Satan’s control. 🥺
@@ASMR_Orangely - Can you give a few examples of their lies? Thanks.
@@EfrainRiveraJunior They are saying JWs are not kind. False! They have always given me goods that I was lacking of when I was broke.
you're a very beautiful and smart young woman be glad that you left when you did you're young and you have your whole life ahead of you now I'm very proud of you. I have listened to all of your videos. I left at age 15. I am in my 50s now, and have basically spent my whole life without family other than the one that I created myself and I guess that's all I've ever needed no complaints. I've had a wonderful life and you will too.❤
When I was 4 years old. This elder harassed my mother, he would wait for her outside our apartment. My mother told him that she was Catholic and still he kept coming back. He convince her by saying "Think of your children, they are going to be destroyed in Armaggedon". She began taking bible study and she's been a devoted ever since. I'm 37 now and I'm still having nightmares of destruction and things like that. I freed myself from the governing body, they can't tell me what to think anymore. I'm an atheist now.
It is important to note that this language is not _secret_ but _restricted_ - in restricting the use of one's language, one _inhibits one's ability to think_ freely and critically.
Thank you thank you and thank you again for your honesty and videos to help JW they are in a terrible Cult
We as a Family have disfellowshiped WT but we worship Jehovah thru his Son Jesus Christ. Our prayer is that Jehovah will protect us from WT spiritual abuse. We've dealt with registered sex offender's to charlatan crooked Elders brought to court and we won. Stay strong and well folks!
Thank you so much for your honesty and videos ❤️
I remember all of these growing up im so glad im now a Born again Christian ✝️
Does your new religion let you be friends with non-believers? I'm just curious how it's different?
@carolsimpson4422 yes the church don't control our life , they give guidance but each oerson is responsible for there own walk with Christ
An elders wife in my congregation took toys away from other people's kids. After a year she would hand the bag of toys back to the mother who would be very surprised and speechless.
Was it because she felt they shouldn't be playing with toys during the meetings? What a freaky thing to do!
Why did it take her a year to hand the toys back to thos moms?
@@junejunie2284Yep!
@ASMR_Orangely She was trying to send a big message that playing with a toy at the hall was very disrespectful to Jehovah. And this way she didn't have to repeat herself. If someone has been going a year she's already in fear of the org and the hierarchy. Had the elderette nagged at every meeting, the new recruit may have hightailed it our of there.
Just a refined manipulation tactic.
What a power trip.
Thank you for this videoi this is your second video ive come across yes you make a lot of sense meetings in a sunday going door to door book study tues, meeting Thursday ,all your time taken up holidays door to door they even made the passover a big thing like a holiday. So glad im out of this cult.
All of the world's problems stem from the fact that there are far too many 'deities' and not enough **common sense**-- Blessed Be, & Peace! 🙏☮
think about this, they used the word disfellowshipped because of the negative social and legal connotations of the word shunning. now all these years later, they have singlehandedly given the word disfellowshipping a bad connotation, so they havw had to change it again to removed 😂
They are now adopting the word removed instead of disfellowshipped as this may add protection against lawsuits or injunctions.
I could not stand the cultic monotone and words “loving provision, Everything was an “ arrangement” and the new one ‘ The governing body can be likened to the voice of Jesus.
To me, the voice of Jesus is nothing remotely like the voice of the GB. Jesus Christ’s true sheep only know and listen to his voice and not to the estranged voice of the GB.
I was raised up a Jehovah's witness there were several elders in our family most of which were good men but they had their vices, lying, cheating, manipulating, extortion, child molesting, malicious gossiping but watchtower says they're good men. So that's that! And don't dare ever not ever go against this arrangement even if you have proof that one of them definitely was a child molester! They will demonize you if the brother does not confess but why should he he was all of the above before he became an elder. I don't put my faith in a corrupt organization like watchtower who hides behind six corporations LOL! And then claim to be so honest that they are not hiding anything
*Why does it seem like she’s about to cry the whole video??*
Because she was in a cult for years
It is difficult to understand if you have never been a JW. It is or was so much a part of who you are or were that it can be very emotional to talk about
it hurts to even talk about it after years
Likley PTSD
Th dreadful background music
scientoly is good at it using its own language
The name Jehovah is not wrong. She's referring to the connotations attached to that name, which is unhealthy, but not irreverent! Yeshua is Jesus, but neither is incorrect. That's nitpicking.
If you get right down to it no one knows the real pronunciation of God's name. No one, I mean no one because there were only four letters in the Hebrew language that were used it is called the tetragrammatin y h w h that's the four letters that were given. Because there were no vowels in Hebrew language the pronunciation is guesswork.
ngl DeepX sounds like it belongs in a different corner of the internet
Imagine believing ANY religion.
As a baby, can you tell your parents your not going to the Hall??
i was under the impression that the jovis had there charitable status removed...............
In Norway
@@marmackk i believe sweden has just done this as well. keep an eye out for the New Zealand royal commission and there inquiry into JW and CSA
@@lennmacart Really ,didn't know.Thanks for the info
what is God and how did God get there
😆😆😆😆
No secret language. Funny. All is explicit and understandable. The clearest Christian organization of the world. A feminist speaking against JWs, this explains everything.
I could be wrong but I think the terminology they should have used is “Loaded language”. There’s a list of words that the Jehovah’s Witness use to manipulate people. You can do your research on this.
The JWs use restricted language, which restricts free and critical thinking. That is how the "Governing Body" maintains a leash on its slaves.
🧢
Still working to free my mind after 20 years out. Recovering JW