#exjehovahswitnesses

[markyboyce247]

This afternoon was wonderful meeting after listening to a fantastic talk on comfort, and how Jehovah and his son comfort us now in difficult times that we are living in. - But the watchtower that we study today was amazing. It was all about, can we live forever? - It made it very clear that we have the desire to live forever, Jehovah built us that way, and we were designed to live forever, and Jehovah will keep his promise to all of us, who wants to live by his clean standards, that we will live forever on a beautiful paradise Earth. - This artistic image that I’ve done is a reflection of what I would want to do in paradise. Just been in the forest with my family late afternoon and enjoying the peace, nobody or anything will hurt us or take away piece from us. - What a wonderful time to look forward too - What would you like to do when you have the opportunity of living forever on the Paradise earth? - - - - - - - - - - - #jehovahswitnessesonly #jwjehovahswitnesses #kingdomhallofjehovahswitnesses #exjehovahswitnesses #conventionofjehovahswitnesses #assemblyhallofjehovahswitnesses #2016conventionofjehovahswitnesses #worldheadquartersofjehovahswitnesses #governingbodyofjehovahswitnesses #2017conventionofjehovahswitnesses #internationalconventionofjehovahswitnesses #2018conventionofjehovahswitnesses #jehovahswitnessess #regionalconventionofjehovahswitnesses #circuitassemblyofjehovahswitnesses #jehovahwitnesses #jwjehovahwitnesses #jehovahwitnessess #jehovahwitnessesareawesome #jwfriends #jwmexico #jwusa #testigosdejehova #jwonly #jwworld #jwbrotherhood #jwhappy #jwconvention (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSZ6oANcoW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[robinjacksonza]

War and Jehovah's Witnesses: Are They Truly Neutral?

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Whoever said size matters clearly didn’t know the impact this tiny book would have. Eric Schaeffer’s “A Lie Told Often Enough Becomes the Truth: Exposing how the Watchtower Deceives Jehovah’s Witnesses” For a better understanding on how The Watchtower has strengthened its grip on followers and how the “blindly obey” mentality has been instilled, I recommend this book. Coming soon on the #monthlymemoir giveaway. #exjw #watchtower #jworg #jehovahswitnesses #exjehovahswitness #podcasthost #cults #highdemand #highdemandreligion https://www.instagram.com/p/CdmAfuIoKop/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mattdobbins]

To Those Reaching Out

To Those Reaching Out

I have been so overwhelmed with Jehovah’s Witnesses from my past reaching out. I’ve pinned this to my social media accounts. I’m really surprised that I have heard from those in my past. It’s sad and really heart wrenching for me. I want it to stop unless it’s sincere. To all my Jehovah’s Witness family and friends who have been trying to contact me recently: It’s been overwhelming to hear from…

[exjw-confessions]

Not much of a confession, just passing by and makes me feel all warm inside knowing that I am not alone in all this craziness, oh and I just turned 21 last month and my friends made a cake for me they came over and we had some pizza and shots haha, so that was basically my first birthday celebration🥰 you guys stay safe and SANE specially if ya’ll are PIMO like me

Just realized I forgot to post this one. Sorry! Happy to hear you had a good time!

[gabrellle]

Missing my old friends

It sucks not being able to talk to any of them. And even if they wanted to talk to me, they wouldn't be allowed to. It's a very odd position to want to talk to someone but knowing that if you reached out to them it would only do them harm and make them upset and unsettled, while not having done anything wrong to them directly, or broken off a relationship in a bad way. Selfishly, when I'm feeling low, sometimes I wish I got that kind of consideration from them about my lifestyle. I need to remind myself that the lack of that kind of reciprocation is not because I don't deserve it. Very thankful for my new, future 'old friends' I have made and am making. I very rarely voice my feelings or experiences as an ex Jehovah's Witness, as I know it can be labeled as apostacy, but sometimes it's impossible to keep quiet about such a big part of my past life that greatly affects me every day. It's unfortunate that ex witnesses have the obligation to keep their legitimate feelings and traumas to themselves.

[staticblitz-moved]

Hey trans ex Jehovah’s Witnesses!

I asked this on a lgbt exjws Facebook group a short while ago but got no response, but I was wondering if you are trans & an ex Jehovah’s Witness, if going to meetings or anything like that caused any dysphoria for you?

For me at least, it’s been one of the main things I look back on when I think about how I experienced my childhood before I discovered my true self. I always really hated being forced into dresses, I could never place why exactly but I really hated it. It wasn’t till my mid to late teens & a few years after I had left that I discovered I was transgender.

[sundancer757]

A little recovering ex-Jehovah's Witness, cult escapee humor for the day. #exjehovahswitness

[atheistjw]

And yet they constantly remind members not to have ANY association with anyone who is disfellowshipped even if they are family. They specifically tell people to not talk to family members that are disfellowshipped. There's even a video about it!

[tea-farie]

#exhausted #trauma #braindevelopment #neuroscience #exjw #exjehovahswitness #exjwlife #exjwsupport (at Berkeley, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6WeL1fp22dladfJiHjIJN18MmpnmYvkGgSfoU0/?igshid=173261v9jpqwy

[jehovahcares]

Should I come back to Jehovah?

So for a few years i didn't post on this account. I actually went through a stage of losing faith in Jehovah and questioning nearly every aspect of the bible. The more I read, the more I questioned and did research. I found that I didn't like what I was reading. Why did god put the tree in the garden in the first place? Why couldn't we already judge good from bad like him? Did he want to keep us inferior to him in knowledge and making our own decisions? Because I had issues with the way the bible starts, it made me doubt the entire book. If I cant get on board why god would deny us ‘true’ free will to start with and in-exchange for having it, being punished with death (which is something we wouldn't do to our own children), then the integrity and creditably of the entire book comes under question. It becomes a cycle of, ‘well all these bad things happened, but if god was all powerful why did he let it happen in the first place?’. The angels and everyone watching when Satan challenged him, would have no doubt that Jehovah was all powerful and the right ruler. So was ‘vindicating his name’ worth all the suffering we go through now? Is me struggling daily with mental illness worth him proving something we already knew? and know now for sure since the world is just an awful palace in general?

 The old testament is mixed up with A LOT of culture, and people seem to disregard that the people living back then had a completely different way of life and apparently needed extreme rules to stay in line. I felt as if the God of the old testament was completely different to the God described in the New testament. The former being very strong headed, egotistical, not caring for human or animal life (and the animal part is crucial, since Adam and Eve were veggies and in paradise we’ll be veggies, it was Gods original purpose for us, so why arent witnesses now?? The world isn't flooded anymore. We have plenty of food.) as everything was punished with death and animals were constantly sacrificed.  But Jesus pretty much cleared up all the complicated rules and simplified it for us folk that always want to look into things so deeply. He told us in  Mark 12:28-31 to love God with all our heart soul mind and strength and then to love our neighbours like ourselves. But I felt its hard to love god if we were made in his image, because god doesn't answer to anybody, he has his independence, so naturally we would crave ours. and if someone is ultimately denying us that then it would be hard to truly love them. And as a witness we’re told we have free will to choose, but choosing to live our own life but ultimately die or follow Jehovah doesn't seem like a fair choice. Armageddon is about destroying all the wicked people, but people that don’t want to follow god will be destroyed no matter how good they are. 

Because of all these questions, I became an apostate. I faded away and lived life the way I wanted to live it. Free from religious rules.

apostateəˈpɒsteɪt/

noun

1.a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

I added in the definition because witnesses define apostates as very hateful people out to hurt the organisation. when in fact, it means they just don’t want to be a witness anymore. They're still the person they've always been. Though of course you get extremes of anything and there are many apostates out there that hate the bible, organisation and God. I don’t hate any of these. I want to clarify that. I’m not sure on my belief in god anymore, I question many things the organisation do and I find passages in the bible that don’t make any logical sense to me. But that doesn’t make me hateful. I just want answers. I found through my research, the organisation uses a lot of loaded language to twist the meaning of certain words to influence the audience listening. And since we’re not allowed to look at any other websites but jw.org and the bible its impossible to tell what is propaganda and what is true. I have looked at other sites because I want a balanced view. I honestly wish I never asked these questions to begin with and continued to be a happy JW, but I did and now I have to deal with it. I don’t consider myself an apostate anymore. In fact I’ve *wanted* to come back to the truth for a long time now, but there're certain things I just cant agree with or have a lot of difficulty agreeing with. I’m always up for a reasonable balanced discussion and would love to hear jw’s and ex jws views. But I’m so over the emotional hate towards the truth and vice versa. I don’t like how apostates have twisted so many things just to turn people away, and if you're an apostate reading this, you must understand, I read things very objectively. I don’t believe everything I see straight away without considering who has written the article/made a video, their motives, intentions, the emotional energy they have towards the subject.The defintion of cult:

cultkʌlt/

noun

1.a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object."the cult of St Olaf"

That is the official definition. If you’ve been told a different definition then you need to look it up in the dictionary and even look at the etymology of the word (its worship) . So yes every religion therefore is a cult because they are all devoted and worship their God/s.

 The video of Jefferey Jackson saying they weren't the only governing body/spoke person for god was taken completely out of context and you'd know if you watched the entire video. I don’t like how the GB have influenced us into fearing the world and the people in it, and how they deem apostates as evil and disgusting. They're human beings with a differing opinion but that doesn't mean they should be shunned for choosing their own path.  

Like I said id love to come back more than anything, but I completely lack any kind of faith and I’m not sure if I even believe in god anymore. So I hope some JWs and others will read this and talk with me about what they think/feel.

[feliciagrayer]

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[robinjacksonza]

Jehovah's Witnesses Beliefs: Millions Will Never Die.

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Across the month of December, I will be highlighting the various authors who have contributed to the show by sharing their writing. @geoffreyrwallis “A Voice from Inside” was my first thorough introduction to the history of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and The Watchtower. How the religion has changed and what that means for individuals inside it today. It’s also a comprehensive look at Religious Trauma Syndrome and the effects this can have on an individual, including Geoffrey himself. You can get a copy of this today - https://amzn.to/3Uq0Jd4 Or check the link in my story. I had the chance to interview Geoffrey for episode 116 which you can listen to today. #cult #cults #exjw #jehovah #jehovahwitness #jehovahwitnesses #memoir #memoirwriting #religioustrauma #religioustraumasyndrome #spiritualabuse #exjehovahswitness #pimo #pomo #pimi #cultpodcast #truecrimepodcast https://www.instagram.com/p/Clq_xtlo7xg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[advicebymeforyou-blog]

FIX YOUR CROWN. KNOW YOUR WORTH.

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A woman who knows her worth is a dangerous woman.

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When you start to fix your own crown and see your own worth you begin stay away from people who don’t and from family members who won’t. It’s time to heal and grow.

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Text GROW to 770.224.7502 for mentorship

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#exjw #fixyourcrown #knowyourworth #exjehovahswitness #watchtower #cult #freedomthinkers #freedomfriday #shegrows #ladyardysleslie #shegrowsgracefully #royalty #jesuschrist #mentorship #coach #coachinglife spiritualcoach #transformation

[exjw-confessions]

whenever we do the prayer i keep my eyes open. its not a very big thing but it makes me feel rebellious...

Do you hope to be more rebellious eventually? Everyone has to start somewhere, even if it's a small thing at first. Thanks for the confession!