I Went Back To A Jehovah's Witness Meeting And This Is What Happened 

But I find it so offensive that they do not partake of the Lord’s supper

@@aspenenglish4976 Because they are taught they are not of the anointed, the JW thinks G.B are the only ones going to heaven the rest aren't, Jesus is our only savior whoever believes in me will be saved you will be with me in heaven, the teachings they learn are from the devil, he hates Jesus

​@@aspenenglish4976it's a good thing they don't cause they are not born again. If they did they would be partaking unworthy and be judged for it.

I would have waited in the car.

Tank God I am a Muslim

Yes! 😂

Always felt the same. Deffently not Gods spirit.

The atmosphere was deadening bc theee is spell being casted on you when you are in there. I always felt it the second I walked in. With their creepy songs and bone chilling quiet through the whole thing. Now that I know JW are run by Feeemasons the whole eerieness and spell like attitude people are under makes sense.

Our weekday meetings were on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All day every Tuesday and Thursday I felt like I had a cloud over my head at school.

@@Monkeyshine911 I was lucky: my parents (born into it) weren't that intense. In fact my mom always questioned and secretly hated it, even as a very little girl. By the early '80's she was able to negotiate a letter of Resignation/Dis-association with the Elders, not without some controversy, but without the full-on brunt of shunning that dis-fellowshipping would bring, at least from the immediate family. To their credit, none of my grandparents had the heart to do that, as she hadn't committed any overt crimes of Apostasy. By then, my dad (secretly entertaining New Age doctrines, reading _absolutely forbidden_ material like Edgar Cayce and Ruth Montgomery), was kinda drifting. Once in a while he'd go to a meeting, but he didn't get back into it (and destroy his life) until after their (amicable) divorce. The Jehovah Construct (and the disgusting fear It generates) was imbued too-deep into his psyche to him to exorcise. So the bulk of my childhood experience was only going to meetings when spending weekends or summer holidays at my grandparent's. By my teens, my dad and the malignant psycho twat he hooked-up with (from whom I ran away) tried to strong-arm me back into The Truth, but I was having none-of-it, able to escape and eventually live with my mom. By my late teens, the anthropomorphic Father-God Construct had been effectively slain, but It's rotting offal has left me contaminated, fiercely against all religion and viral Group-Think.

Really? I would, just to see if it's changed or not.

I couldn't get paid enough to do that! 😂

Me either!!!

I’d do it just for funsies to see how far I’ve come

Just now thought 🤔 about it.....I would not.

If you’re a real true Witness, recruiting others (sharing the good news) is always what’s on your mind.

@@renafielding945 , obviously. Doesn’t make it any less weird.

@@lane6216 well he had to follow him to his car as the doors are locked and most people would do some sort of small talk. Relative to the situation he's in, if he's not getting preached, it's not uber weird.

@@Freeeeeeeee27 , yes, and I totally get that. It just struck me since he didn’t say that part aloud. I was going purely from a “normal” mindset to hearing this interaction. Caught me as funny.

This is a security measure, prompted by the escalation in news coverage on church shootings and whatnot.

I feel you. I wish I played a sport during high school. Sometimes I felt outcasted for not wearing a Halloween costume or not participating in Holiday activities in school. I would just have to blank my mind out.

@@tin8060 yea 100% same. Another reason to get made fun of and being outcasted and called weird

All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17

LMAO robbed, you so butt hurt, you had a choice 🤡

I also joined the army to get away from JWs and the whole life being born into it.

Not defending but they lock em due to that white boy shooting up the church a few years ago

It would be illegal here.. fire safety..

I actually think it is illegal due to fire code. They don’t have any windows. It’s really dangerous if you think about it.

I think them locking doors would be enough for me to wake up if I hadn't done it before now. Why would they be doing that? Are they trying to imprison the current witnesswes so they can't leave? Sus behavior.

@@aspenenglish4976 ..when we designed and built our KH in the 80’s.. religious buildings were exempt from installing outward opening fire safety doors… but we did any way… on the far side of the entrance hall..one at the front and one at the back. It must have been good.. just before the pandemic, WT sold it to the church next door .. Satan’s $$$ in exchange for (supposedly) gods house..ha.

They do sometimes.

I used to have panic attacks too and sometimes I would vomit if I listened for too long - the time I could hear their nonsense got shorter and shorter until I could barely stand to be in there for 10 minutes

That would be me. Knowing what I know now...the boiling over part. Wouldn't end well...

Same here mate. It's nothing but abuse and love bombing

Same here.

Yet, you chose to go knowing that was going to happen.

AMEN

Same here.

That's what I said! 😂

Jesus seeks a relationship with you. Not just outward "religion". JW deny the deity of Christ and are very legalistic like the Pharisees in the bible. Clean on the outside but dirty inside. God bless and know Jesus loved you enough to die for you.

I already decided that when a JW family member passes I will not go to the hypocritical memorial service. I was never baptized, was a publisher (LOL) until the age of 12 when I put my foot down and endured so much punishment as a tween, but never went back. These people, in my eyes are horrible.

Dude. I feel you. You're not an agnostic then. If you believe in God, you are per definition not an agnostic. But that's fine. I really feel you dude. I would encourage you to just read the gospels. Start with John so you get an idea who Jesus is. Then go on to Matthew to figure out what Jesus taught while he was walking the earth. And don't have me convince you of anything. Just ask God to show himself to you if he really exists and have a plan for you and love you. You are obviously free to do whatever you want, but if you are as far as believing in God, then it would be kinda strange not to want to find out for sure who he is. It's possible you know. Contrary to what JWs and a lot of branches of christianity, we as christians do not have a blind faith. I'd talk all day, but that's gonna look wierd. I wish you good luck with your journey. :)

its phony as hell...nothing to compute. its lead be jehovah..is absolutely hilarious now!!lol

I am waiting for them to say oops Armageddon not coming but please send us money and stay!

It's all about money. Kingdom Halls are just real estate investments. The GB are soo full of shite, always have been, always will be.

All about following orders

Taqiyah will be allowed soon .

My father has been in for 60 years and will never wake up. His whole network is there, and his pride would never let him realize all those years were given to a cult. Congrats to you for seeing it for what it is.

@@sylkelster I never thought I would wake up, as it was my whole life. A couple of personal traumas that did it for me. ( Divorce, and the death of my dad...JW family can be so cruel and unloving) I hope your father will wake up too.

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 Isa 9:6 the word Prince in the Prince of Peace means PATRON ANGEL also Leader. WHO IS the ONE LEADER that we have? Jesus. Now, that same exact Hebrew word was used for Daniel 12:1 which is used for Michael the Archangel. So are you saying there are MANY LEADERS now?

If I’m ever somewhere I don’t know who they are. Lol This one time I was with my elderly parents and my sister who is a witness, I saw a cart of them. So I directed everyone to walk that way. I was further up than they because ma had a Walker. I’m like, “OMG yer Jehovah witnesses” they say, “yes we are.” They be so nervous anyone talk to them 😂! I then say, “ma these are Jehovah Witnesses!” (I’m reinstated at this point) (but I’m an asshole and didn’t never believe in this but, I needed help and that’s the only way I could) anyhooo… My whole family into this shit right?! Bahahaha 😂 I say, very loudly! 😂 I say, “I always wanted to learn about this religion!”! “Ma! Here’s your religion 😂!” Everyone turned red!!! I’m laughing my arse off. I then say can I have one of each? They start putting them all together the literature. I put it in my mas’ basket! My mom flipped 😂😂😂. Rachelle stop that! 😂😂😂 she takes it out hands it back! 😂 I tell the cart people they all be witnesses! 😂😂😂 I’m an ass 😂😂😂😅

Mainstream Adventists don't shun.

@joez3706 he did say "offshoot of" and I doubt many JWs are going to question or even know that.

@@soundthealarm83 I know that

What a strange transaction!

The founder of the JWs was a former Mormon, but still pretty clever.

Good honest reply 🙂

😂😂😂😂

They don't count time anymore no card reports by the end of the month

Its only new in the states. In Germany is has been a lot more common and more acceptable for some years now...

@@davidhadden-ii5hs yeah. It has a few exceptions, but It has been taught that we have to shave it every time we have some "privilege" to deal with in the congregation

Judges 2:19 ..matthew 24: 48,49 look, they encourages every jw's to patronages the anti COVID-19 vaccines to have the vaccine card which only with the mark of 666 could only patronages(buy) and campaigning to patronages it(sell).(revelation 13;17)

I was part of the world wide church of God too since I was 19 I am 70 was in it over 30 years. Part of it was good but it depends on the people.

Re-entering a Kingdom Hall feels like the Twilight Zone filled with friendly, smiling robots who take great delight when one angel can slaughter 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night.

Damn that’s crazy… I would have been upset too

@@rpbandz3533 Guess they say spread the message everywhere, they really mean everywhere.

@@alxemceebut ofc they target people who are heartbroken, grief stricken people or people who are vulnerable so they can rope them into the cult much more easily

I rarely made the meetings. But when I did I would be sleeping through them entirely.

Oddly specific but same

I went back into a kingdom hall. I was curious what it would be like. I went because my niece wanted me to go. She and her husband are both still in. I finally had to just come out and tell her that I would never be a Jehovah witness. She said that she was sorry to hear that. I should have told her long before I did. It made things a lot better. Now, no more asking me if I am going to the memorial. It's nice. She doesn't suggest for me to go to the kingdom hall anymore. It's so much nicer all the way around. Oh, and she has never shunned me. Even when I got married in a Presbyterian church. I guess that is a serious infraction. (I got called to the back room over that.). What a joke! I guess the elders thought that they could cancel my birthday over it. Only to find out that I didn't give a rats. Lol

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@@jimbobaggans1564 Good for you :) !!!! The looks on their faces when they realize they've lost their power over you are priceless. A bunch of uneducated, misogynistic appliance repairmen pretending to know how to run the world. Pathetic.

I was thinking the same thing. So painful to sit through.

Right. That part is for safety. From the comments saying it’s creepy seems like people think you’re locked in lol. You can easily go out.

But can you..........hmmmm@@pocahontas4583

They started doing that at around 2016 2017 in the congregation I was in. And when they started doing that, my daughter said no more this is creepy as hell. I am never bringing my children in there again. And, whenever we would go outside to walk the children, a brother would follow us out, stay with us the entire time, which children have energy that they need to burn off and we don’t spank or beat the children when they express their energy. We just let them burn off some energy and be children. There was at least one elder the entire time out there with us. It was the weirdest thing and my daughter could not handle it. And having children can make you late because you have responsibilities to take care of. It doesn’t matter the time of morning you get up or how hard you try to be somewhere on time things happen, but they lock doors and you can’t get in. That was a huge red flag for my daughter. It freaked her out and she never went back.

Ex cult members can be very angry about being abused by the cult. That's why they vandalize kingdom halls.

@@pocahontas4583 No, you’re locked out.

I will never put my kids near a hall. They ruined my childhood. 16 years of lockup. I had enough. Never. SCREW this place.

And they refuse to apologize for anything, no matter how difficult or deadly their rules are!

Because some of them are just too dumb to see the falseness of the religion.

What , they change, they go wise from the Bible, why? You hate them, they done that to Jesus teaching,, People don't like JEHOVAH God Almighty, semple, all lies , you are all lieyer,, Love Jehovah God, whit All your heart, semple,, He is not Honest, thus guy

That is sooooo funny!!

Damn I went to the wrong hall. I'd get reinstated if I could go to a hall like that! 🤣🤣🤣

They like to hide some of the history from us because it shows the cracks and fissures that have always been there. Kinda like the whole reason we were not allowed to wear a beard to begin with.

I was born in, and I hadn't known about the Adventist connection either.

I also was a born in. Many many years ago, I went through a time in my life when I wanted to know everything about the cult. I was still in high school. I really dug into trying to find out everything. I mostly kept my discoveries to myself. I just felt that I needed to know. The more that I discovered, the more I needed to know. It was a quest. I was never close to Jehovah witnesses anyway. Being born into it, you would think that I would be. They seemed so odd to me. Intrusive, is the best word to describe them. They wanted to know everything I was doing and they were not at all shy about asking me about it. From a young age I learned to keep my mouth shut. Because I saw what could happen if you didn't. I didn't trust anyone in the cult. I couldn't understand kids my age who would spill their guts to these people. I so wanted to take them aside and tell them to tell them nothing. But, I couldn't trust them either. They would probably run to tell the elders. Couldn't trust them. No matter how benign the subject, you weigh every word. Some of the elders hated that. They were sure I was up to no good. Some of the cult members thought that I was just backward but I wasn't. I was just careful.

@@jimbobaggans1564 Great story, jimbo. I'd been a complete "believer". Four years ago, I realized that I had neither "worldly" friends nor JW friends. And I'd come to the realization that I couldn't trust ANY JW with my thoughts. So, I read Crisis of Conscience. Such a revelation! It was like the Jim Carey movie "the Truman show".

Isn't that unbelievable? You have an organization that hides it's roots: Adventistism, Russell the pyramid, Russell and his beard. Hi Wally, dig into the founding of JWs for us sometime please. PS 😅 They don't want their members to know about the TRUTH when it comes to JW org. And they have very successfully kept the truth hidden from their members.

Wish I could have been you…

What are these much worse things?

Do they have a choir?? Wow!!

Well if you haven't left the cult already, you will. Just a matter of time. One day you will say, enough of this. I am amazed that they are able to keep anyone anymore.

@jimbobaggans1564 Thanks for the support. I'm not ready to live on my own yet, but as soon as I can, I can guarantee that I'll never step foot inside a kingdom hall again, lol.

Continue to enjoy your freedom on the other side and don't go back to that place, where you will be among scammers, sinners and con artists.