Jehovah's Witnesses: Unbaptized Publisher Pursuing PhD Speaks Out! 

But being adopted by a preacher of the gospel of Jesus was the greatest thing in my life, because the Creator's love for one another was modelled to me! Besides my dad, who was old school and had a loving mother and lost her on his 8th birthday and was a humble man, Canadian white culture is NOT what you guys share about love in your Black families! At college, I was embraced by Hispanic people and loved me as one of their own. What a treat to listen to you guys! Hope Chris comes back again!

Yes. Agree 👍🏿 I would sit at those assemblies and be like what a fool. Young girl or young man, let me have your youth all over again if you're just gonna waste it all away.

Actually, also here in Philippines they discourage education but my mom did her best for us her children to have an education in college. The whole congregation is envious and pissed of mom. When I attend the meetings, I know that I don't belong. They always bully me every after sessions in kingdom s hall saying I'm far, have curly hair...they look into my weakness and imperfections so that they feel high on themselves and especially about my college degree

In 1974 while attending the The University of Alberta I had a Sociology professor who was an American. He said that in 1962 the population of Canada was equal to the population of African Americans. Yet more African Americans had university degrees than Canadians.

I feel sorry for the kids they take away their will . They are even abusing the people spiritually because they preach and teach things that the Bible does not teach. People should check every single thing that they teach in their “aid books “ many things are just garbage, that’s why they don’t allowed people to preach and teach people with the Bible along, because they love to control and abuse people with their own ideas, not with the healthy teachings of God...

It is just a control trip! That’s all what it is... Uneducated people won’t ask them any question regarding what they do with all the money they collect at a monthly basis; or why their light is not “bright some times “ Lol. Jehovah’s light is always bright but if you go with your own light, obviously you are going to be wrong. And that’s exactly what they are doing and when things get out of their hands, they cover themselves or excuse themselves with the “light been not bright “ Come on !! The Holy Spirit will never teach wrong things John 16:13; John 14:26. The demons teach things that are not true and twist the scriptures in order to control and mislead people Revolution 12:9; 1 Timothy 4:1

Good for you, so nice to be free to think on your own as to what is right and what is not. Congratulations for leaving!

@@arthurbarnes8390 Thank you, just wish it didn't take losing my dad to wake up. Wish he and I and my brothers had woken up before he got sick. I look back and there were things he and I talked about that I now realize were him waking up but like the rest of us I believe he loved my mom and his family and didn't know how to get out without being left alone and depressed and he dealt with depression, ptsd and anxiety already from things he went through from birth to the age of 8 at the hands of his biological mother who was not a witness but would kidnap him from his dad who was given full custody after she left him. My grammy is the one who raised him after that and was the first one to become a witness and raised him and his siblings, she was bio to all 3 of his younger siblings, as Jehovah's witnesses and then my mom and her foster mother and foster father were all witnesses as well as their two biological children. Most of my dad's aunts, uncle's and cousins and their children were all witnesses as well. So by the time myself and my siblings and cousins were all born there were so many in the organization, the few that didn't become JW we weren't allowed to be around outside of family gatherings so we never got to know them at all and we were taught they would be destroyed in Armageddon so we never built any feelings of love towards them or only did so superficially so that we wouldn't feel anything when they were destroyed. It is a sick way to be made to think and feel and I thankfully have been able to get to know better the members who aren't JW and have had to learn to be ok with losing everyone else. It's not easy but I'm getting there. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend, sorry for the Ramblin on and thank you for your kindness. :)

@@kirstenornelas881 That is so sad you were taught not to love others, if they weren't jw's,unscriptural too,Jesus taught to Love ones neighbour, that was one thing that drew people to Christ,the way he treated people..some of his last words were ''Father forgive them, they do not know what they are doing'' and those words were about the ones that were mocking him,,look at the difference...

Sorry many of them, reflect the same spirit the Pharisees headband not Christs...

@@Linda-ux8un i was taught to love them but not to associate with them. That's where the mind fuck, excuse my use of language here, lies.

Bryan Brown, Congratulations!! Seems there has been an exodus since the pandemic. The pandemic set things in motion for folks to start leaving. Well, I'm sure you'll get lots of advice, so here's my 2 cents: find a passion, something you've longed to do but felt guilty about as a JW, while maintaining your values, and you'll be fine. Your passion(s) could be one of a gazillion things, like painting, volunteering, learning a musical instrument, joining a hiking group, self-improvement, etc. Whatever floats your boat. You get involved in something and hold strong to your values. You don't have to be in a cult to hold true to your values. Now, go and live your life for real.

@@jdstep97 Okay thank you for your advice. I am glad I didn't waste to much time in there I am 18.

@@bryanbrown7698 welcome to freedom! Enjoy your life and live it to the fullest

Congrats!!👏👏👏

@@apostababelindajames7461Okay. I live in Florida there is something called Pinellas Technical college I am going there after I graduate from high school this year. It's a trade school I am going to do culinary arts.

Bingo

#B1

@@ExJWCriticalThinker im currently a PIMO and i want to pray to God but I feel like he won't hear me, I have a spiritual need but I don't know where to go, I just don't what to believe in anymore?? The Jw organization really has my head all jack up!!! You have suggestions for Me!!!!??? Thank you for all your videos!!

@Truth Shark 👍🏾Agree 100%, good post.

@Truth Shark It does, black women notoriously almost never have support from family or anyone, she was divorced and more than likely had to support her son and herself, we all know other races can land jobs and even more support than a black woman. When it comes to black people if you’re not black just be quiet and yes I’m PIMO. If you’re black well you need to take a look at the injustices most black women endure from colorism in the org and society. #BreonnaTaylor

Why did you put a magnet in the refridgerator so it became "(even a refrigerated magnet)"? You should have simply put it on the refridgerator door. No need to refridgerate the magnet.

@@dr.richmann4477 you must be the elder that she is referring to in her comment. did you track her down here to this site? you people are good

@@Pursuepeace0715 Lol. I was never an Elder.

@@dr.richmann4477 😆

Sorry for your loss. I was born in, 3rd generation JW, and when my dad died is when I walked away.

Sorry about your Mom. Thank you for acknowledging that moving in with your father helped change your perception. So many times I hear that born-ins that stay are just stupid. It is infuriating. Well, some of us do not have any family out of the religion/cult and are incredibly sheltered. If someone is out, they are disfellowshipped and we are not allowed to talk to them, and they for sure can't tell us the truth about JWs. It takes an incredible amount of abuse, plus a little window opened by the internet to get us on the right path. Thanks again. That acknowledgment felt so good to me. Good luck to you.

I am so glad that you were able to see through all the FOG. FEAR, OBLIGATION AND GUILT. I truly wish you success in life and hope that you believe in the resurrection. Religion as a whole is a business. Being a spiritual person is what God appreciates. Everyone has to work out their OWN SALVATION.

@@tammyg8031 Thank you for your kindness, I no longer believe in religion at all. Too many discrepancies within the Bible itself and I cannot reconcile the fact that God is supposed to be this all knowing, loving being and yet allows suffering to prove his mightiness. When in reality, if he truly existed, suffering and death would not be necessary and he would possess the power to put a stop to it all without causing any pain whatsoever. I hear the argument that he gives us free will, the only problem with this argument is that God is supposed to be all powerful which means he has the ability to remove that part of our consciousness and reasoning and we would all be perfect, living in perfection and nobody would know if we did or didn't have free will. I cannot reconcile the fact this so called great flood occurred where all but the "chosen ppl" were destroyed but this didn't count as the reset that was promised and didn't return humans to perfection as promised. I do not want to celebrate and worship a being that has the power to just say poof and everything is perfect, no pain, death, destruction, no earthquakes, tornados or any other destructive natural disaster... instead this God just sits up there getting some type of pleasure or at the very least entertainment from watching this go on. If you look at the beginning of the Bible, the beginning of the story of our beginning as humans, and use logic you can truly see this story for what it truly is, a good story. God created heavens and earth, God creates man and gives man a woman. An angel ticks God off by challenging his almighty status and the ability of man to keep from buying into a new leadership. This made God angry and he argued that his two brand new humans, think of the ability a toddler has to understand the concept of manipulation and how to not be manipulated, these two humans were basically toddlers in the since that they had only been alive for a very short time and hadn't learned very much at that point. So God took the bet, he threw the angel to the earth to see if he could in fact trick the human subjects into believing him instead of standing firm. The angel lost no time in approaching the humans and won the bet. God was furious at losing this bet but instead of just getting rid of the angel, the two humans who disobeyed and starting over again God decides his heavenly tantrum was more important than doing anything the logical way. So he instead makes a declaration that from that point forward humans would procreate and keep filing the earth but they would now suffer for some indefinite amount of time until he feels better about the betrayal of the first set of humans. He even went so far as to actually interfere in humans wars in the Bible days, according to the scripture, going so far as to command directly the mass genocide of men, women, children, making sure they didn't leave behind even the infant, the animals ect. I cannot worship God and logically reconcile the fact that we are expected to show love and kindness to each other and these commandments were given by this being who didn't even follow the same commands. It just makes me sick to think about it all too deeply. I'm sorry I went off on a ramble, I just wanted to share my thoughts and in no way am I being disrespectful to your belief system I simply cannot believe in it myself for these reasons and much more. Take care hun and please don't be upset i mean no disrespect and am not trying to tell you what to believe either :).

Brother I left at 17 as well in 2013!

i dont understand why do jw,s have to put on a dress suit and tie in your own home for a zoom meeting.

it was more encouraging than those fake "experiences" at those boring assemblies.

They look SHARP 😊 💕

@@georgecoons6872 lol 🤣🤣🤣

Thats right knowledge wisdom even in secular or from the world is beneficial for young people man or woman should accept this course in life you won't get nothing for being a jw person or in their organization the gb members wants the younger jw people to spend their time serving them and then make them think that their really serving God if they do that the rank and file members are too stupid as not to see all. Through that.

I love this! You aren’t bitter toward God! Me neither. I love God with all my heart. But you’re right. You do have to leave. It’s…. How was it put… it’s a crisis of conscience.

I totally remember that. I even said it to a householder once, when he tried to tell me I should go to college. I said if I read the magazines every month, I have the equivalent of a college education. I will never forget the look on his face, when his jaw dropped, because I genuinely believed that. He looked dumbfounded… speechless. And then he recovered, and said, NO IT IS NOT!!! And I left quickly, because it was Satan that I was speaking to. But now I look back, ashamed. Maybe he was trying to help me. I stayed in for another decade or maybe 15 more years. I’m just mortified, remembering.

#B1

@Truth Shark 👍🏿

They are doing wonders for everybody

This has been True . . For DECADES !! 😣

My dad was disabled and let me sign up for baseball. I was sponsored by our city’s council and was had my games being played on local TV. When the elders found out I was forced to end playing baseball. I was being told my priorities were wrong and the Armageddon would be here when I was out in college or playing professionally so I need to focus on Jehovah and stay close to his organization. I’m now 35 and if I made it pro I’d probably would be or retiring soon lol

@@akatheheretic3014 The truth is in the bible Psalms 119:105,John 17:17,2THIMOTY 3:16-17,not in opinions Roman's 10:2-3.

So true! They are so impressive of JW who have natural talent. I remember there was artist in our hall years ago, who could really paint and wife could decorate, everyone was impressed when he worked for Oprah Winfrey, they would say they were happen to have him since he put beautiful picture in the hall. The sad thing is he is not moving his talent has much because this means he would have to stop service and only do some hours. Yeah they discorage dreams. Remember that assembly when the children cannot go into music playing instrustments in opera. That could be his only success and now he is forced to do something else hopefully he could be sucessful in other things, not every one can work a trade.

@@rachellejoachim2652 Just as Jesus christ said people will hate and speaking liars about his followers Jehovah's witnesses Mathew 5:10-12,24:9,John 15:18-21.

So right

You dodged a bullet

You dodged a bullet. I came into the organisation because of my boyfriend who was raised a JW. It was a huge waste of my time!

@@dantoinettetaylor1663 what do you mean by a waste of time ? Did you guys breakup ?

You was open minded! JW'S want sheep

Maya, that was the best thing that could have ever happened to you. You would have most likely been pulled into this very dark DOOMSDAY CULT and would of endoctrinated your children and continued the cycle. The damage that has been done mentally, financially and physically to JWS is severe. To the point that a to many have taken their own lives. Religion is destructive. Its all about mind control and money 💰. You can be a spiritual person without being in a religion. The scriptures say, that we have to WORK OUT our own salvation. Its up to us to find the REAL TRUTH of God. We need to search the Bible like searching for deep treasure.

WORD

Congratulations on your accomplishments!

You're Not Alone ! 😕 ( Keep on keeping on ! 😉👍 )

Even when you know it's all a lie every once in awhile you catch yourself with their thinking and then you're like what am I doing?

So true!

Yes, instead of condolonces where they a witness? Shameful!

Thanks! We got my mom and dad out 20 years ago. My dad got baptized after he retired from the military.

Thanks you put into words just what I was thinking I too had a long affair with Jehovah’s Witnesses without ever being baptized but, did live by their doctrines, and never fit in with them. Or really anybody else while I was involved with this group

You are on the path to being washed clean now. You will be fine. Time to reflect and move on from here. I have been out for 20 years and doing great and so will you my friend 👍😊.

JT

Sure thing. Reach out any time!

The English language can be funny. you meant waste.Not waist,that is the thing between your lower abdomen and your pelvic area🤔😊

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Who cheated? LOL

Even if does he can always finds way to get rid of it even if it takes time he will pay it off not everyone can run a business off and online or work a trade some people are good in college.

My wife got a student loan when she got her MBA. It hasn't stopped us from moving into our new house at the start of this year. Good credit. Majority of debt paid down. DTI in good shape, etc There's always going to be people to throw up negative reasons TO NOT do something. I encountered this ALOT as a witness. Debt. Time. Too expensive. Always negative reinforcement instead of positive.

I had one Jehovah's witness friend ask me, "so, when or if you get this college degree and try to look for work no one is not going to hire you and start you off at top pay, you are going to start at entry level. So you would rather do that then serve Jehovah. Or it's not guaranteed that you will always have that job because armegedon is right around the corner, better get prepared for the end of times. Or what if you get fired?" Uhh 🤔 my response, there's nothing wrong with working up the ladder 🪜 The Governing body had to start out as publishers before they became governing body, right? Well, if I get fired, I just gotta keep looking for a job until someone calls me for a opportunity, right? It's not guaranteed to stay at bethel as a long career goal people get laid off from there as well? And for armegedon concern, if it does come during my life time, well, I just have to make adjustments and keep my life simple, but for now I'm going to live life too the fullest and stop dwelling on all your negativity and fear mongering thoughts that the organization is pushing into your mind.

@@professorx1739 Your right. But it is UNDENIABLE the fact that many people have been SCREWED with Student Loans. Dave Ramsey's highest video count is a DR who had $1M in student loans. Yes he is getting paid well but anyone that understands 9th grade math knows this is a problem. Anyone who decides to go to college should be aware of the financial traps .. Hell, There is a book of a b=young man who went to college and became a doctor DEBT FREE !! Knowledge is power. I am not against anyone going to college but do not put your head in the sand and sign a financial contract is what i am saying.

Do not rule an inquisitive dude who violated the rules of his elders. I had a similar experience. But I woke up when I knew the truth of the "truth"😉

Yup, well done 🔥🌭

@@johnryan1798 Well , 👋 Hi there John ! Tell me . . are you still "serving"🤔 Jehovah ??😁

@@akatheheretic3014 Is hotdogs still being served??

@@johnryan1798 Or "getting served "😫 (ouch) BY the Witchtower society ! 😊😂

True! It really should be a personal decision, free from religious influence. What one person thinks is good for them may be a nightmare for someone else. No one should interfere with your personal choices because at the end of the day, we have to deal with our own consequences and failures. We don’t need outsiders steering us down a path where even they cannot redeem our actions and mistakes!

Very well said 👏