Choices you make when leaving the Amish. 🥺

[@amishog8123]

When I left the Amish, I thought I was going to Hell. That's what I was taught. I found Jesus a year or 2 later and finally found peace.

[@JimXultra]

Right on!!!! Definitely ain't going to hell for leaving the Amish. As you mentioned Jesus brings peace. He is the key. He is the way . He paid the price for all of our sins ( the believers) . Any belief less than that and they're downplaying the ultimate sacrifice . I would rather have faith like yours than just be Amish and follow rules with no religious reasoning behind them. Love your videos man !!!

[@Thenewbeginning449]

Amen three days after I left Jesus Came to me

[@amishog8123]

@@Thenewbeginning449 it took me about a year and a half

[@mattburton7149]

This is one of the examples I hear ex Amish people talk about when they say they were lied to their whole lives growing up Amish.

[@amishog8123]

@@mattburton7149My parents believed it to be true. because many of them lose their way without the rules. Some get saved but don't forgive the Amish. We know forgiveness doesn't just work one-way so it's hard to be judgemental about it

[@brettmason1942]

They're not going to hell because they're deeply loved by a new community

[@jennythoroughman6417]

Dude, you made good choices.

[@amishog8123]

Thank you. It was the right choice for me. I've seen others make the same choice and it wasn't right for them

[@kylepope6805]

Glad you got out of there bub. The technical term for what they’re doing is called “Ritualistic Abuse”. Good people never use religion as a weapon (threatening that people are going to hell if they leave) is a huge sin, in and of itself. There’s a lot of religious people in this world but not all of them necessarily going to heaven. I think God loves all his children who follow the 10 commandments and repent for their sins, both of which are very easy things to do in my experience. Moral of the story, god bless you and hope holding strong dude.

[@gundog4273]

Jesus made it very clear it's very very hard to follow the ten commandments.

[@jame2182]

Thank you, Sir.

[@mojojeinxs9960]

My great grandfather was a Mennonite. Was rather a scandal that my dad married Italian women my mom. Flash ward 2024....wish lived that simple life now.

[@amishog8123]

I can only imagine, good for him, that he didn't let that stop him

[@MsJoyce31202]

Well if you leave be sure it's the best decision ever. If you are unsure don't be baptized yet.

[@houstonstrong2681]

Do they think everybody in the world is going to “hell” except them?

[@amishog8123]

Most of them don't. The ones that do are doing it wrong.

[@magoodada]

As long as you have your relationship with Jesus and the father, you are hell proof brother

[@HeroInTheSun]

from the rain in the eaves

[@mattburton7149]

I've always found it very sad and frustrating that the Amish are taught and continue to teach the untruth about having to live the Amish life or you will go to hell. I'm so happy you now know the truth after leaving, yes Jesus is the only way to heaven and the Bible makes that perfectly clear.

[@amishog8123]

They teach that as well. I have heard them preach that many times. BUT, There is a translation error when it comes to salvation. They think it means "safe". They think that anyone who is "saved" thinks they can now sin and get away with it. Matthew 18 32-35. There are plenty of Amish who walk with Jesus, they will just never call it "saved". The act of leaving the Amish is not why they think you will go to Hell. It's because almost everyone who leaves already drank and smoked and lied about it and led a life of sin, while under the watchful eyes of the Amish. They don't think you will become a better person when you go into the world where there is no supervision over you. And most of us go wild after we leave😁

[@mattburton7149]

@@amishog8123 oh ok that makes way better sense to me. Too bad I had never got the full explanation until it came from you today. I feel much better about it now. Thank you for helping understanding the truth. I've learned alot from watching your videos and appreciate you.

[@kellykroeger714]

Is he still in the Amish community cuz if he is then 1, how did he get a phone 2. Who's paying for it and 3. Isn't he going to hell for using a phone.

[@amishog8123]

I have left the community. I'm here to spread truths because I'm tired of all the lies about the Amish. Most people just guess what they are like.

[@kellykroeger714]

@@amishog8123 oh ok. Well I wish you all the best. Are there a lot of Amish that want to leave the community? Also what was the reason you left?

[@amishog8123]

@@kellykroeger714 there are a lot that break the rules (and then confess) rather than leave. Because they are taught they will go to Hell for leaving. I left because I was frustrated with my elders "picking" on me, and I joked around about leaving with my cousin, and he was all for it. So we left together. I left behind my girlfriend, and told her I would be back in a month or 2

[@kellykroeger714]

@@amishog8123 I'm sorry you had to grow through that. I know how it feels however it's not so much of picking on me it's me it's more me not having a relationship with my mom the way I would like to have. I have others that took her place but it's not the same. So you aren't alone it happens no matter where you are from what religion you practice or culture. It must of been very difficult for you to leave the ones you love especially when they love you back. Why didn't your girlfriend go with you? I'm sure it was hard to tell her what you really wanted to do probably cause of fear she would say something right? Where did you go and what about money. I'm sure that's a huge shocker for anyone who leaves. I gotta be honest with you I really think that with all this nonsense with politics and the inflation the Amish have the right idea to an extent. If you take away all the fear of God and control over you about religion and how to live your life their way it wouldn't be such a bad thing. To be self sufficient especially today and to be left alone by the government sounds really good right now. Why don't you come up with something like that for all the Amish who leave this way they have a choice and if they want to stay they can if they don't then you can teach them the skills they would need to make it outside of the community and the way things are. Sorry I just wrote a paragraph.

[@amishog8123]

@@kellykroeger714 its all good, I had a job lined up with an ex amish guy that gave me a room to stay in. After a month and a half I moved in with coworkers, other ex Amish. It was a struggle. I had to live modestly, still do. I can survive on less money than most 😄. God always provides. My girlfriend didn't want to leave. I told her about it, she did end up telling people the night we left. A whole group of people came to try and stop us. We saw them coming and had to sneak through the woods and across the fields to the other road to meet our getaway driver

[@jalleman61]

You should have found peace long before leaving

[@L_MD_]

Nice in theory but I’ve watched documentaries where people have had to escape from this community. If you leave you’re going to hell in the community’s eyes.

[@amishog8123]

Yes, but not for the act of leaving. They think temptations are everywhere out in the world. And they have doubts that a person could resist. And you know what? Temptations are hard to resist out here. They are right. You get exposed to things and people that you never see in the Amish. Now every community is different, but so are the individuals in the community. And what an Amish kid learns about the rules of the Amish comes mainly from his parents' interpretation. So you will have some parents that swear their child will go to hell for leaving. Even if they dont believe it themselves. In an effort to scare their kids into coming back. The things you are talking about do happen but 99% of the time, it's coming from a desperate parent, not the community or the elders. There is a creator out there who blurs those lines intentionally, because he blames himself for some things that happened

[@cauliflowerpower41]

You're not going to hell Jesus saved you from a community that doesn't share his gospel with the outside world which he commanded us to do

[@BKSWAG718]

I thought you was Lebanon Levi from the A&E show Amish Mafia

[@amishog8123]

Lol nope, im here to tell truths, no Amish Mafia exists. They do collect money, but the elders do it.

[@BKSWAG718]

@@amishog8123 just curious, are there any black people that are part of the Amish Community?

[@amishog8123]

@@BKSWAG718 I have never seen any personally but I have heard of a few cases where Amish parents adopted a black child.

[@BKSWAG718]

@@amishog8123 ok, thx

[@leidersammlung6955]

@@BKSWAG718 I once met an ex Amish black lady from Florida. She did not like the Amish AT ALL! She could speak Platte deutsche like an Amish Grandma, which was different and cool!

[@ewaldradavich7307]

The Amish don't the Lord, nor His word

[@amishog8123]

Where did you get that information? Totally wrong. I was baptized, unlike some others. I can inform you that I was baptized in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. We have communion, which anyone can tell you, stems Directly from Jesus at the Last Supper. Not to mention, they read from the King James (German) Bible. So please, tell me how to explain all that? I chose not to live my life in the Amish way. I left the faith, so I am not even defending my current way of life. It's not a perfect religion, but which one is? Please get all the facts before rushing to judgment.

[@sarahrankin4682]

Do they teach that God is an all-loving God? 😢 it pains me to hear this.

[@georgeparrault9945]

Those who know JESUS as Their Savior (Born Again) Will be Safe With The LORD for Eternity.

[@josephnguyen4390]

Are the Amish only white?

[@amishog8123]

Most around me are, they are mostly all of German and Swiss descent. They have been in the USA since the mid 1700s and only marry other Amish. So there aren't many options. The few cases are because of adoptions etc

[@Scrub_Lord-en7cq]

Oh no there are still quite a few decent ones out there such as myself. - 👨🏿‍🦳

[@jinglebell9424]

Yes, Anabaptists from Switzerland.

[@ConservativeCE2]

This guy isn't Amish.

[@amishog8123]

You dont think so? Then this is for you. Enjoy it, you expert! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3Krdaawp9qkh6Msi=vMLqvE5BkStyaV03

[@richardschouten2210]

Stil cant believe people think its german. Come to holland en iedereen kan je verstaan.een.twee.drie.vier. vijf.zes.zeven.acht.negen.tien

[@amishog8123]

I have no clue what you said. It is German. Ich bin deutsch

[@richardschouten2210]

@@amishog8123 maybe its german. You know better than me. Than dutch is also german. As the amish speaking is completly the same as my dutch speaking .really zero difference maybe writting is different. The counting is als today stil the same.100 procent.

[@amishog8123]

@@richardschouten2210 all I know is that when I google translate into Dutch, I don't understand it. Although there are some words that are very similar. I do believe Dutch is a Germanic language as well. That would explain the counting similarities

[@richardschouten2210]

@@amishog8123 yer possible indied. Not only the counting do. We should send speak messages haha.

[@richardschouten2210]

@@amishog8123 ik ben dutch