Inside the World of Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses have a long history of being persecuted around the world. Their activities are banned or restricted in several countries. They are considered an extremist organization in Russia, while their members are imprisoned in South Korea and Eritrea. Even near their main headquarters and publishing house in New York state, Jehovah's Witnesses lead a somewhat secluded life. VOA's Anush Avetisyan has the story.
Originally published at - www.voanews.com/a/inside-worl...

[@terryannrose4582]

I was a JW for over 60 years. It is a publishing, real estate corporation disguised as a religion. Just like L. Ron Hubbard said, If you want to get rich turn a business into a religion.

[@lawrencevincent1]

60years...Are you sure dude??

[@terryannrose4582]

@@lawrencevincent1 Yes I was in over 60 years of my life. Pretty stupid, huh? I honestly didn't know how to get out without consequences. Just like the mafia, there is no easy way to leave. I faded but I suffer the consequences of being shunned by family and so called JW friends.

[@lawrencevincent1]

It took you 60 years to realize that these robots had you fooled?They simply re programme healthy normal human beings and turn them Into zombies.If you ever saw the film the stepford wives you're gonna resonate for sure...

[@terryannrose4582]

@@lawrencevincent1 Yes, I've seen Stepford wives. But when all of your family, husband children, JW friends from birth are all JW's, it isn't easy to leave. Remember the movie, Men in Black? I wish I could do like Tommy Lee Jones did when he retired. Will Smith zapped his memory of the alien beings. Wish I could do that with my JW upbringing.

[@deanguando1335]

I understand your plight. Very tough situation. But I do like your analysis. Pretty much plain and simple.

[@psi_thunder9899]

I grew up as one. My whole family stopped when I was 13. The door to door, preaching, strict rules. It's all real. I understand that it gave me the ability to speak in a convicting manner, but the separation from society, the not being able to convey what I thought about life and us, as humans...they lied to me. I was a child, so malleable, so willing to find purpose, a meaning to the chaos. People could say that life has no purpose, no meaning at all. Cover any ground, any argument against what I feel. All the way from "who hurt you bruh!?" To "I dunno maybe hes just stupid". But alas, as I sit here reflecting on my experience, and you, yours. It's just a matter of time, we all gonna die eventually.

[@kimyongcheng6551]

Yes, I am out from this religion too.

[@kingofthedots3835]

I hear you ....they make excuses for everyone but you !....If you had just acted like a stupid silent sheep ...No Problem ....How long can someone do that who isn't medicated ?

[@psi_thunder9899]

@@kingofthedots3835 True that. I feel like if I was older at the time, I could have seen how fundamentally flawed it all was.

[@juniorsir9521]

That’s because you are thinking rather negatively. Many who have left the organization thinking they were freed, well I would ask such people did you find the truth or did you simple left to be part of the world and do what you want? To me, I’m convinced JW are the only true Christians and outside of them there is no other religion that can even compare. I learned Gods name through them along with the truth of life and for that I’m really grateful.

[@kingofthedots3835]

@@juniorsir9521 oh God ....your the last to know !.....Kingdom Interlinear page 23 says that the Governing Body believes Yahweh is the most likely correct pronunciation of God's name !....that was 1950 ......What happenned to New Light ?....They chose a name invented by a Jesuit Catholic monk ,and used in the KJV ,which Watchtower claims is the most mistake riddled bible in existence !!!????....What's wrong with this picture ......

[@stornkolson]

Glad to hear a nice report on JWs. I found them to be a very nice and polite religion.

[@justmadeit2]

Polite is one thing, however they have a strict shunning policy of former baptised members if those members choose not to return to the religion. People won’t talk to their own family ever again unless they return. It’s happened in my family and is widespread in the countries where Jehovah’s witnesses are present

[@fforestgreenn9151]

@@justmadeit2 I'm not trying to start an argument here but i just wanna point out that we do this for a good reason. If a person in the congregation unrepentantly practices gross sin, God requires that he be disfellowshiped. If we remain loyal to God and to the congregation by not speaking to the disfellowshipped person, the wrongdoer may in time take a lesson from that, repent and be reinstated in the congregation. It is the disfellowshiped person who has made problems for himself and for his relative.

[@Pac-Man..]

@@fforestgreenn9151 Can you explain why you discouarge higher education and where this is sanctioned in the Bible?

[@stickcheck3045]

@@justmadeit2 You also have policies of strict shunning. Take for instance membership in a private club. The club has its rules and requirements. If a member refuses to follow those rules and requirements, the club will oftentimes "disfellowship" or revoke their membership from the club. That person will also not be reinstated as a member in good standing of that club until they learn and agree to follow the rules. The same applies to society in general. If a person commits a serious crime such as theft, fraud or an act of violence, they are thrown into a 6ft. by 6ft. cell and not permitted visitors and normal association for what can amount to several years or more. Why are they shunned this way? Because society is trying to correct their conduct. The same principle applies!

[@stickcheck3045]

@@Pac-Man.. Can you explain where and why higher education has taught mankind to live together in peace? Bible teachings do not produce nuclear weapons, rockets, missiles, bullets or guns nor do they tolerate hatred towards one's fellow man. While you get your so called "higher education" from this or that university and learn to make nuclear weapons, bombs, missiles, etc., and hate and fight with one another, we, who attend the university of Jehovah, have learned to love our fellow man and live together united under a bond of love in every nation while war and hatred break out among "higher educated" people all around us. So even with your "higher" education, you have not yet learned to live in peace, but Jehovah's Witnesses have! So tell me please, WHO really has the higher education???

[@DavidSchneiderIP]

I've been one of Jehovah's Witnesses since I was 30 years old. That was 46 years ago. I have absolutely no regrets!

[@Benny_B0O0]

Is there a way I can join? Or find a group near me to talk to in NC. I agree with so many of your values. If I never got a blood transfusion I would’ve never had a spinal fusion at 16 by my corrupt and evil doctor. My parents are extreme sinners and divorced. They’ve ruined my childhood and life by being addicted to drugs, greed, gluttony. I have to live with my mother until I can get the rods removed, as they’ve caused me extreme pain. But she constantly blames me for the surgery and wasting her money. All I want is a family to just eat and talk to that aren’t sinners. I feel the world is so corrupt, I need to find like minded individuals. I agree with not celebrating many gluttonous and harmful holidays such as Christmas and birthdays. Just makes sense, every day is a holiday and gift from god, why must we bring pride and attention to ourselves so much. I like that they don’t support war either, jw just makes so much sense to me.

[@ramrod576]

I was a jw for 35 years. I regret supporting a child sex abuse hiding cult. Source: Australian royal commission

[@OniKing1719]

​@@Benny_B0O0 hi, have you talked to someone already?

[@DavidSchneiderIP]

@Benny_B0O0 Hi, for some reason I am just seeing your reply now. Please go to jw official website, about us, and choose an option there. It's the best thing!

[@carlatroke4780]

Shunned podcast on KZbin of former witnesses being shunned. Heartbreaking as it is to hear the many many accounts and how they are ostracized by their own parents and siblings. This is not a loving organisation by any means

[@carlatroke4780]

I am so sorry

[@rhdtv2002]

30 plus years shunned here but never regret a day leaving it

[@jazzbassf]

@@lauralarrabee7870 if you were homeless then why ?

[@jazzbassf]

@Carl Troke so Carla you think it's heartbreaking to follow what the Bible says at 1st Corinthians 5 1 through 13? It says to remove and unrepentant congregation , otherwise a small lump and ferment the whole lump, in other words contaminate the rest of the congregation. The Bible says we have to keep the congregation clean.. That's what the Bible says to remove them. Unlike many churches that will excommunicate you and not allow you to come back to the church, we allow the individual to sit in the Kingdom Hall and listen to all the meetings and work with the elders to repent of what he's done wrong. I have a disfellowshipped son he's 41 years old and he lives at home with me because he lost his job. So I will not throw him out in the street it would not be loving. So you see what you say is not true.

[@jazzbassf]

@@rhdtv2002 so tell us, what did you get this Fellowship for?

[@Hollywood4Fun]

Hello, I recently purchased three t-shirts for my grandson they have dinosaurs on them but the dinosaurs also are wearing Santa hats and there are Christmas trees and candy canes on the shirts as well. My grandson is 3 years old and being raised by his grandmother. She is a Jehovah Witness and has indicated that she cannot allow my grandson to wear anything that may be construed as Christmas themed. I'm just wondering if this would be the case with my grandson? I'm not looking to cause trouble I just am curious what the rules are. Thanks, Robert H.

[@onesunnyday5699]

They are a cult. Stay out. It took me YEARS to break away

[@HiHi-zg7od]

This is basically it summed up You can only worship Jehovah Anything not related to Jehovah will be not allowed You must be devoted to Jehovah(cannot do anything else just jehovah Cant get a degree you have to spend all your time on Jehovah) Its basically just control and jehovah which is pretty sad

[@stickcheck3045]

My suggestion is to do a little research on Christmas and its origins. Just google search it. When you learn its origins, you may never want to allow your grandson to wear anything construed as Christmas themed either because its origins involved drunkeness, sexual orgies including with children, worship of pagan gods and goddesses, worship of the sun god Saturnalia, etc. The Roman church incorporated that pagan celebration into the Roman church in order to attract the pagans into their form of "christianity".

[@davidfaraday7963]

@@stickcheck3045 "its origins involved drunkeness, sexual orgies including with children, worship of pagan gods and goddesses" Complete and utter nonsense! Christmas is simply the mid-winter festival to welcome the passing of the solstice. Spouting lies about it, as you did, shows how brainwashed you are.

[@mkultrapasturizedmusic2920]

And dinosaurs are fake

[@ubertocreote3198]

Had them knock at my door once. I looked out to see 2 women in their 50’s and one girl who was about 25 and absolutely model material. I’ll admit it made open the door to see what was up. As soon as I did the younger girl stepped back and the 2 other ladies stepped in front of her and started their pitch. I almost called them out on it. Just said no thanks.

[@ubertocreote3198]

Cody Roberts NAH.....it was definitely bait and switch.

[@juniorsir9521]

Those sound like Mormon women preachers. They use a tactic of bringing about pretty young girls to lure people in. Mormon men are the same. They have these young charismatic Mormon men who try to lure people in, that’s how my mom converted really fast. I was like how did she joined their religion really fast? When JW would teach she didn’t even bother. Jehovah’s witnesses typically are elderly women and couples and their daughter or son possibly. They don’t try to lure people in. For them, if you are interested in the truth they teach you further, if you don’t then usually they stop. But they are still doing Gods will and fulfilling Mathew 24:14.

[@JohnSmith-lb6ww]

@@ubertocreote3198 ffs 😂 lol

[@coryhill6575]

Classic bait and switch gotta love it

[@coryhill6575]

@K, U aren’t a KILLA lol you're naive yes tf she is. All women are the same no matter what religion, race or creed

[@whitemagerose]

i left this religion when i was 17 and im glad that i did

[@shechaiyah6869]

How can I get the magazines, for research purposes? I understand, they are no longer mailed out.

[@supersam1914]

Shechai Yah go to any local Kingdom Hall and they will give you anything you ask for

[@shechaiyah6869]

@@supersam1914 I don't have a car, so I can't do that. I need to obtain by mail.

[@jaimefernandez1998]

Shechai Yah - you can request a Jehovah’s Witness to visit you on JW.org 😊

[@shechaiyah6869]

@@jaimefernandez1998 Yes, I know.

[@shechaiyah6869]

@@jaimefernandez1998 I did that, but they do not show up.

[@ekayy.8]

The fact they have a governing body yet they don’t believe there should be government concerns me a lot...

[@ekayy.8]

No and they also claim to directly communicate with god and got multiple predictions of the end of the world wrong🤣 a true religion shouldn’t rely on gods name when it’s missing in 27 books of the New Testament and especially if the religion has a governing body and relies on telling people to go to a website or even read the book because they know they have changed the bible just like Satan changes things to lure people, and also if the religion gets multiple prophecies wrong. It’s just way too much nonsense...

[@ekayy.8]

@@terthancococoal2729 wallahi I will be granted everlasting life in Jannah unlike you, insha Allah you take the time to read into Islam to realise the beauty, peace and truth. PS there’s a reason why there’s 3billion Muslims and only 8million JWs why? Because it is very very very very easily disproved. They don’t even believe he was put on a literal cross🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣stop getting deceived by shaytan man♥️

[@Brenda-dc3bz]

@@terthancococoal2729 It is EXACTLY the same...a hierarchy that sets rules and regulations for the JWs. Lets be truthful ...oh...speaking of truth, which, NEVER changes...how about all those dates LOL

[@ekayy.8]

@@terthancococoal2729 hahahahaha the Tetragrammaton YHWH is missing in every 7 books in the New Testament but the name Allah is present in every single book including the edited and changed new world transgenderfaketion🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@buxtahooda1]

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect my own is also. ~ Mark Twain

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

Thanks for your video I’ve subscribed to your KZbin channel from Ireland. Love ❤️ from Ireland.

[@user-fy6sy6eb7f]

HELLO, IAM JOHN HOW CAN GET A COPY OF THE BOOK THE TRUTH THAT LEADS TO ETRAL LIFE FROM JRHOVAH KINGDOM HALL, PLEASE REPLY, THANKS , JOHN FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

[@joenelson5819]

Jesus is the truth. John 14. John 17 We need Jesus. Not religion

[@ivyedan7183]

I tried so hard to study Jehovah witness but I wasn't born into it and I found it made me feel quilty nomadder what I did..I love them and I always will...it was my own falure..I was on drugs first of all.. second I couldn't just give up all the holidays and third of all I didn't agree with certain things like the no blood transfusion..it says don't drink blood, transfusion is threw the vein.i feel if you aren't born into it, it's very hard..But I have all the respect in the world for the jehovah witnesses also and I truly miss them.

[@kerichasse1414]

You are kind , and humble in your word's. Religion sometimes is not for everybody, and I respect that very maturely you admitted that it wasn't for you. It's nice to see people say kind words like that and acknowledge that there are good witnesses just like in any religion you're going to have good or bad. Much respect to you for being honest.

[@Never_Me1]

We don't do blood transfusions because we don't want to impact in anyones life

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

And when the couple leaves or are thrown out, no social security for them.

[@cugrngneer]

Funny...As if "Cancel culture (also known as call-out culture) describes a form of boycott in which someone who has performed an act that is considered a violation of today's social justice norms, even if those acts occurred very long ago, is thrust out of social or professional circles - either online on social media or in the real" -Wikipedia What world do you live in? Jehovah's Witnesses don't ascribe to "Cancel culture" type judgement. And that people can justify it using a double standard they are all too eager to take advantage of.

[@hja52]

@@cugrngneer ...and as the sisters walk away after being rejected, they call those who refused their twisted version of bible scripture, "goats". Let us not forget that they truly do hate door to door service , but need the hours to be considered "active".

[@cugrngneer]

@@hja52 What sisters? "goats"? No telling what in the world you're talking about! Making up stories about no one in particular just to represent someone you don't like in a negative light? You have no credibility. Because those of use who used to be in the world with you, know the reality of going door to door. We really enjoy doing it and we love the people who are respectful and not afraid of engaging in a real meaningful conversation. Not everyone is paranoid. People who really understand JW's also know we aren't looking for converts. We want to invest our time and attention on people who actually want the same things we do. We aren't looking for quantity because we are not a profit motivated organization. We look for quality. People decide what quality they want to be.

[@hja52]

@@cugrngneer -Girl, get on out of here with that. I KNOW what j nutnesses say when out in service. They label the "receptive " people who chat with them as "sheep" and those who have no interest at all as "goats". Mt 25:32. The corny theocratic ministry hogwash school, cheap suits ,peddling propaganda, boring awake articles about insects on the cover, naive folks being brainwashed into believing its a "privilege" to raise their hand & answer the q's at the book studies...even tho the damn answers are given at bottom of page! ha! Its nothing but simple conditioning & mind control . Most JN (jah nutnesses) are wonderful people but the cult mentality destroys their sense of self worth & fosters toxic relationships within the org. To make matter worse, most of the creepy elders are barely educated who are given power to pontificate over the local congregation & 1/2 of them abuse their authority. Idk if your baptized in the cult or not, but if you haven't taken the plunge yet- leave before its too late. All the lies,scandals & unnecessary deaths. You are being deceived by the devils at the top organization .

[@ashthegamergal2222]

@@hja52 never heard a brother or a sister call anyone a goat, infact people who arent receptive we actually like to understand their personal reasons why and we respect that, my grandfather once opposed JW when my dad was very young and he was one of JW he said JW were brainwashed and never let dad go to meetings, fastfoward many years later grandad became one of JW till the day he died. So even though someone may not be receptive we do not lose hope or call them goats. We love them and we try to help them. Sorry you have been misinformed, in a world full of violence, hate and suffering and corrupt human rulership, if serving our God Jehovah and spreading good news of a better and peaceful future for all people make us nutty, well then send me to the loopy house !! People have the choice to believe or not, but as one dear brother of old stated at Joshua 24:15 "As for me and my familly, we will serve Jehovah" 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@kimkim8281]

I hated the term “worldly” . Just because you are not a JW does not make you worldly which they use in a negative way .

[@carlatroke4780]

I would rather they say normal. I agree with you

[@coryaustin4474]

compared to the Amish community, Jehovah's witnesses are pretty worldly....just sayin....

[@kncdco5966]

so if you get pregnant as a married person then do you abort the baby????

[@wylolister3218]

2 Samuel 12:14-18 God just killed the infant. No worries mate!

[@ziggylaurie2268]

You leave bethel

[@th3mmch]

JW Lies

[@anthonydipiano559]

How??

[@th3mmch]

@@anthonydipiano559 go and read the website jwfacts

[@MistahFen]

It’s a SCAM!

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

Yes, it is.

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

Democracy is also a scam.

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

@Lexi-Marie Buck it's a lie.... same as 99% of all self described Christians.

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

@Lexi-Marie Buck - Yes, it is a SCAM. The Governing Body is the scammers. Do you care to list the lies told by those disfellowshipped?

[@raimiranda126]

@Lexi-Marie Buck disfellowshipped telling lies. Is that the same with members about OTHER religions like Catholicism and non-Catholic groups who came out of their churches because their priests are pedophiles MUCH as some of your elders and members are pedophiles too? I guess that "lie" applies to OTHER groups since your group has perfect members, no? I guess others who came out of your religious Babylon disagree. www.silentlambs.org I'm not an Atheist, I'm Messianic and I believe in YAHOVAH and Yeshua His Son, but you see, even Yeshua didn't cover up and tolerated the SINS & CORRUPTION of the existing religion of His Day, and the Temple He usually went on to read every Sabbath (NOT PAGAN Sunday Luke 4:16) when He sees something wrong in them. They were HIS OWN PEOPLE (John 1:11) but they did not like Him because He CONFRONTED them and EXPOSED them for their sins, especially the corruption of their own priests and you can read how He denounced the pharisees on Matthew 23 by calling them FOOLS! SNAKES! and Brood of Vipers. They were HIS own people in the religion HIS own family grew up with. Not a pagan belief, not the religion of the Romans or Babylonians, but The Jewish faith. Still, He didn't turned a blind eye to their corruption UNLIKE your Society who discourages their abused members NOT to go to the police for help whenever they've suffered SEXUAL abuse from the hands of other members OR elders. And this is what you call a LIE? The "lies" of members that your elders like modern day pharisees, have abused? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ21eZSFZd5nqNE You are NO different from the pharisees who called Yeshua OR Jesus before a DECEIVER for telling the painful TRUTH about them. (Matthew 27:63) I remember a time when I knew a JW elder once here in the Philippines who told Me to keep My mouth shut and to "pretend to be blind" if I see atrocities in the society. Not surprising why I refused to be part of that religion because of their twisted sense of justice and I have a strong sense of justice as one who was once abused by a Catholic priest. How would you feel if YOU have experienced abuse by your own elders like us? 😊 There are good people among JW's no doubt, as there are good in EVERY religion including Buddhism, but this doesn't deny the fact that most of them are hiding skeletons in their closets. You hypocrites. Learn to clean up your own mess before cleaning others. ---------------- Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, AND SHOW MY PEOPLE their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Isaiah 58:1 (UKJV)

[@lisawillman8925]

Only 114.00 people is allowed into paradise. Why seek more by door to door? We are 10 siblings and all grew up in jehovas and only one is practising! Odd? Live the fullest in this life, You dont know if you are allowed in paradise no matter what the effort you make!

[@sebastiantd4240]

The only religious group in the world that sought to usurp the authority of the heavenly Father...see Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. They do not know how many times the destruction of the world is foretold

[@michaellarsonck7749]

Yes you should lesson to the bible. But don't lesson to the jehovah's witnesses they are not in the light of the gospel.

[@lisavidal8330]

Listen , When my mother forced me into this cult I was absolutely miserable . Starting from age 7 up until I was around 13 I had about enough ... I was always a very smart girl to know whatever she was trying to get me involved with was PURE EVIL . It got the point where I refused to be part of the occult or even participate . so she took it into her hands to ask the elders at the Kingdom Hall for advice and their advice was to throw me in a group home . That’s exactly what she did .... gave me up like I meant absolutely nothing to her and I was only 14/15 at that ..... A KID . I was Very lost very confused very hurt and I can never forgive her for destroying me leaving me feel so unloved and abandoned . Let me just say , this cult is extremely evil , manipulative, they destroy family’s , and do nothing but brainwash people. u become a slave mentality and physically and it’s sad that people don’t even realize it too. From experiencing the things I’ve experienced and seeing the things I’ve seen and doing the research I’ve been doing They hold a lot of dark secrets . I’m 22 right now happier then ever not to be part of there “ organization “ . I’m glad I’m free and I pray for my mother every day to god hoping for her to finally WAKE UP .

[@wylolister3218]

Stay strong!

[@hja52]

Oh my -that is inexcusible! I am so sorry that you went through all that & that your mama is a slave to that cult. Truly I am so happy that you are free from that & I am lifting you & your mother up in prayer. You are an inspiration to many. Be blessed always!!!

[@markhoyle2988]

Your exactly right about all their dark little secrets. Evil mind control. Im honestly surprised they've been getting away with it for so long.

[@juniorsir9521]

I’ve never experienced the things you did and I had many JW associations. I’m sorry to hear what happened to you. But I don’t agree with your statements on calling the organization evil. I experienced nothing not love and genuine warm hearted Christian brothers. I felt like family there. My first opposers to all this were my own family members which at first was hard for me to understand why. I asked myself how could my own family become so cold and hostile to me for learning the truth and sharing it with them? They were Catholics btw.

[@thecatsonholiday5932]

@@juniorsir9521 go away .

[@stephenletsnot6195]

Is there an open and honest discussion regarding the oppressive practices of Jehovah witnesses?

[@Pac-Man..]

@K, U aren’t a KILLA I hope you're not professing to be a JW with subscriptions to channels such as "Sexy Fantasy Girls" and "Gore Reality". What would the elders say?! 😂

[@jadamane]

I Ben there before I thought it was lit. But now it’s certainly unlit.

[@alexpeace7603]

About the meaning of "the Son of God" - in Israel, the son of a healer was a healer, the son of a prophet was a prophet, the son of a fisherman was a fisherman (Zebedee was a fisherman and his sons were fishermen, too), the son of a priest was a priest, the son of a carpenter was a carpenter, etc. Therefore, when Jesus said He was the Son of God before the Sanhedrin, the Sanhedrin regarded the claim as blasphemy. When Peter told Jesus he thought Jesus was the Son of the living God, what did Jesus say to Peter? That Peter figured that out with his human logic or reasoning? No, it was God who revealed it to Peter. It was impossible for Peter to grasp that with his human reasoning. In the same sense, the apostle John says it amounts to the conquest of this world to believe that Jesus is the Son of God. We should accept and understand the expression "the Son of God" as those in Israel in the first century understood it - that by saying He was the Son of God, Jesus equated Himself with His Father in divine nature. The words of God should not be interpreted with human logic or reasoning. Consider the example of Psalm 2:7 - "You are my Son, Today I became your Father." By human logic, this verse means that the Son was created by the Father. But by divine logic, this is the prophecy about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead - compare with Acts 13:32-34. We should be careful not to subject the words of God to narrow boundaries of human reasoning. God bless.

[@araratthanks8144]

Trash

[@dougfredricks2017]

Psalms 118:8-9 KJV

[@mikeschultz2459]

Organized religion is not cool

[@gerardovillacres9449]

What about disorganized religions? LoL!

[@lunawolfe5185]

Every religion

[@Destroyer-de6ej]

Everything is from God..he got a plan for your everything..let him organized everything..

[@ifecojahs8151]

yes atheis we have heard you. Next!

[@comradestalin4826]

The fuck have they witnessed?

[@lindacarter4543]

Don't worship "Jesus Christ", believe in the "Holy Trinity" and don't recognize the "cross"???

[@stromaeg1427]

ask former Jeohvah witnesses, they'll tell you, "it was hell !!!!"

[@stromaeg1427]

​@Ben Santoyo used to go in a religion doesn't mean you are enjoy it. A lot of people in these religions are suffering but they don't know what to do.

[@classickruzer1]

It is difficult to follow Jesus' teachings in a world where SATAN is throwing temptations at you 24/7..Those who can't survive, always blame the religion rather than their own weaknesses.. So most all churches preach what makes the congregations happy and keeps them coming back.. How many religions follow 1 Corinthians 5-11? It's a REQUIREMENT from Jesus.. Failing to follow it makes a congregation guilty of not following Jesus' teachings and therefore UNCLEAN.. J W's do follow that teaching per Jesus' requirement, yet they are BASHED and DEMEANED for doing it by those who think they're smarter than Jesus.. They say it's CRUEL. Therefore, they are saying Jesus is CRUEL because he is the one who required it be followed.. Preachers LIE to the people about Heaven, Hell, and even tell them the end could come at any moment..The end won't come until all prophecy has been fulfilled.. Babylon the Great hasn't been destroyed..After it is destroyed, the Beast rules the earth for 1 hour (42.6) years.. No preacher will ever tell you that because they're Scripturally illiterate.. Heaven is a spiritual realm.. There is nothing physical in Heaven,. Those who go to Heaven, go as spirits to rule with Christ over the EARTH.. There is a RESURRECTION of the DEAD.. They do not go to Heaven upon death.. If they did, there would be no need for the resurrection. Lazarus died and didn't go to Heaven.. He was resurrected from the grave. He came out of the grave at Jesus' command. He didn't come down from Heaven.. They took the name Jehovah out of the King James bible because they said it shouldn't be there because there was no "J" in the Hebrew text... But, didn't take Jacob, Joshua, Jeremiah, Job and all the others whose names start with "J" that are in the Hebrew texts.. The word JEHOVAH makes Satan shudder.... The only way to tell if you're in the right religion is to see if they follow Jesus' command at 1 Corinthians 5 - 11 along with all his other teachings.. If not, you better run as fast as you can from that religion, unless you have no desire to follow them yourselves either.

[@stromaeg1427]

@@classickruzer1 it's a problem, there are some predators, some pedophils in these congregations but your people hide them from justice and now here you speak about honnesty ?!!! Really ? (take a look on google about "JW A Secret Database of Child Abuse"). Again, no word such "Jehovah" makes satan shudder, it's just in your mind! your behaviour maybe could but definitely not a word !!!! A lot of former JW give their testimony on youtube and through books, and all these testimonies tell an only thing : "they escape from hell !" .......

[@classickruzer1]

@@stromaeg1427 FYI- There are pedophiles and predators in SCHOOLS, BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, BAPTISTS CHURCHES and EVERY OTHER structured organization.. Oh, but where are all you BASHERS demeaning and attacking them.. YOU AREN'T because you HATE Jehovah.. You can't live up to the standards Jesus set and feel better about yourselves by blaming the religious organization that does follow his teachings ..Every one of these former J W's have committed SERIOUS SINS that got them disfellowshipped as 1 Corinthians 5 - 11 instructs, per Jesus' teachings All you who want to follow your own rules justify demeaning the J W's because it makes you feel good about yourselves. You think you're smarter than Jesus.. . Your religions let you do anything you want and you never get counseled or shunned by the others in the church.. You say it's an act of HATE .. Jesus says it's an act of LOVE.. Oh, sorry, I forgot, you're smarter than he is..

[@classickruzer1]

Stromae -- Oh, but why was the names Joshua, Jacob, Jeremiah, Job not taken out of the K J V???? You can't answer that can you.. And if you had any Scriptural knowledge at all, you'd know that SATAN does shudder at the name JEHOVAH..

[@zengalileo]

Propaganda puff piece.

[@authenticmonkey5331]

zengalileo huh

[@mhbbej1]

Back in the early 90s I was living on the top floor of an apartment building in Queens New York City. On a hot humid Saturday morning in August my doorbell rang. When I opened the door there was a JW women with her son who about 5 years old. The poor kid was wearing a suit and carrying a heavy suitcase. The mother asked me what do I think the biggest problem in the world is today. I looked at that poor child and the first thing that came out of my mouth was child abuse. I got the kid some cold water. I told the mother your poor child is sweating like crazy. You need to get him hydrated and a house with air conditioning. If you do not leave this building immediately I will call the police on you for child abuse. She thanked me and did leave. 30 years later I still regret not calling the police on that woman.

[@Tm_37]

They are not preaching because they want you to be saved, they are doing it to score points from God. With that kind of mindset, you are missing out on what Christianity is really all about.

[@jeremiahboomin8625]

Their religion is definitely works based

[@ultimatefirecracker1486]

Someone literally rang my bell early in the morning while my siblings were still sleeping, and I just said Hallo how can I help you? And that crazy folks just said: What do you think about Jehovah?

[@adembasou]

u should of thrown a bucket of water out da window

[@kerichasse1414]

No witnesses said that ever....

[@gennaropannelli7138]

@@kerichasse1414 non puoi esserne certo ,anche se dite solo le cose che vi trasmette la società Watchtower, ho compreso che di propria volonta non potete trasmettere niente .(ma Dio ci ha fornito il libero arbitrio)e la società Watchtower lo ha tolto .

[@abelsietecuatro9249]

Doesn't sound like a JW. Maybe a YT prankster

[@createdeccentricities6620]

It is important to note that, just as the Mormon Church, Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT a branch of Christianity.

[@rod7139]

That's funny, because globally they are recognized as Christians by everyone except you!

[@createdeccentricities6620]

@@rod7139 I am not, please understand, denying these folks the right to practice their religions as they please.

[@rod7139]

@@createdeccentricities6620 You have made a False Statement and you should correct it!

[@ratiotuner5776]

@@createdeccentricities6620 Titus 3:10 any man claiming a sect/ divise / religion reject him after the second admonition. A sect\ divise/ religion= the same thing. I'm not trying to add to the word.

[@jamesflynn8443]

Christians are those who accept the teachings of the Bible and who, through the definition of the historic undivided Church, give assent to the Creed which includes the Holy Trinity, Divinity of Jesus the Christ, baptism in the Name of the Holy Trinity (Mtt. 28 !), etc. They use the 27 books of the Bible that have been accepted by the historic undivided Church. Church Fathers like Origen of Alexandria (c 185 to 254 C.E.) and the Easter Letter of Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria ( 367 C.E.), listed those same 27 books that we use today. Without any accepted Biblical scholars the J.W. organization has rewritten and reinterpreted the Scriptures in such a way that no Biblical Scholar (a person prepared in the original languages of Koine Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew who has shown to have studied the Scriptures in his educational field and has published his research for the critique of other scholars) can accept many of its teachings. J.W.s blithely accept the teachings (many times changing with "new light") of an organization that lacks Biblical scholarship that Christian churches would NEVER presume to do. Even the insistence on the name Jehovah shows this lack of true Biblical scholarship. The tetragrammaton was thought to be pronounced as "Jehovah" in the Renaissance and Reformation periods, Biblical scholarship beginning in the 19th century recovered the real pronunciation as YAHWEH. No one needs to apologize for referring to groups who do not accept the Creedal statements of the ancient and undivided Church as non-Christians. There are groups I met in Africa that worship one god and claim that Jesus was one of their prophets and that doesn't make them a Christian church. Where could I find a Kingdom Hall in 1800? Or in 1700? Or in 1400? Or in 1100? Or in 800? Or in 500? I could go on. Didn't Jesus promise to NEVER abandon His Church (Mtt.28: 20)? Yet believers in the Gospel were abandoned to false teaching until Charles Russell founded his Bible Student movement ? Was the Bible really mistranslated until 1950 when the organization, without a single Scripture scholar, changed many passages to suit their beliefs? If you choose to follow the J.W. organization, that's your business. Don't fault Christians for maintaining the Christian Faith of 2,000 years with history and the Holy Spirit to back it up.

[@robertzamarripas9004]

How can such a small group be hated by so many?

[@gunsnsexdolls4022]

They arnt hated! And they are not the only religion banned in Russia. Gays are hated all over the world! Why? Are they picking on someone's sister?

[@papajohndavid]

You think this small group is the only one hated? Who told you that, an elder? True Christians are hated cause we follow Jesus. Does the elder want you to think jw's are the only ones hated(since your supposed to believe everything the elder says)since your the only ones and the only true religion? You've been lied to again. Jesus said "everyone will hate you because you are my followers. But the one who endures to the end will be saved". Mark 13:13. I'm not or ever will be a jw, i don't have a new world translation. What does it say in Mark 13:13? I'm trying to prove a point. Comment back to me, jw's are notoriously known for replacing Jesus's name for Jehovah's name. That's just one of many reasons your hated, for replacing the truth for a lie, and then spreading those lies. Even nonjws know it's not the truth and their lost in the world too, but there you are, knocking. Another reason is for waking people up on Saturday morning, when people just wanna be home, relaxing. Believe me there are are many many more reasons why jw's are so hated.

[@papajohndavid]

@@miahmoogray8507yes we all know how well satan is organized and is in every corner of the earth, he knows who to use and how, he also knows his time is short and he wants to take everyone he can with him. But who can save your life (soul)?

[@Bald_and_Brown]

Robert Zamarripas The same way a small group of terroists would be hated around the world.

[@robinkishmiller2596]

They hide too many child molesters....and they practice shunning.

[@achildofthelight4725]

At what point do we get to live and enjoy life, if you are constantly knocking on doors telling people how to live life? God made us to enjoy life, to seek pleasure in life, and to worship Him every step of the way. If we worship Him without taking steps first, we will get nowhere.

[@araratthanks8144]

Matthew 28:19-20.. Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.+ 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations,+ baptizing them+ in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.+ And look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”*+

[@achildofthelight4725]

@@araratthanks8144 it's a chain reaction... people see the change in you and start to ask questions. You bring them into faith by your works, and they will follow. No need to stand on street corners with booklets everyday lol. Enjoy life and give thanks, people will come to you.

[@araratthanks8144]

@@achildofthelight4725 ..... door in heaven, and the first voice that I heard speaking with me was like a trumpet, saying: “Come up here, and I will show you the things that must take place.” 2 After this I immediately came to be in the power of the spirit, and look! a throne was in its position in heaven, and someone was seated on the throne.+ 3 And the One seated had the appearance of a jasper stone+ and a sardius stone,* and all around the throne was a rainbow like an emerald in appearance.+ 4 All around the throne were 24 thrones, and on these thrones I saw seated 24 elders+ dressed in white garments, and on their heads golden crowns. 5 From the throne were coming lightning+ and voices and thunders;+ and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, and these mean the seven spirits of God.+ 6 Before the throne was something resembling a glassy sea,+ like crystal. In the midst of the throne* and around the throne were four living creatures+ that were full of eyes in front and behind. 7 The first living creature was like a lion,+ and the second living creature was like a young bull,+ and the third living creature+ had a face like a man’s, and the fourth living creature+ was like a flying eagle.+ 8 As for the four living creatures, each one of them had six wings; they were full of eyes all around and underneath.+ And continuously, day and night, they say: “Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah*+ God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming.”+ 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanksgiving to the One seated on the throne, the One who lives forever and ever,+ 10 the 24 elders+ fall down before the One seated on the throne and worship the One who lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying: 11 “You are worthy, Jehovah* our God, to receive the glory+ and the honor+ and the power,+ because you created all things,+ and because of your will they came into existence and were created.”

[@101runaways]

God has a unique plan for each person, his way is good, he comes to give life and life more abundantly. Listen to God live the life he planned, you will enjoy what you do and be a witness on your own path. JW makes people keep a journal of a required amount of hours each month spent knocking on doors. Pretty legalistic.

[@achildofthelight4725]

@@101runaways I could not agree more. God has a plan for us all, healthy, rewarding, full of Love for one another and everything our heart desires if of the spirit. Not of things we attach ourselves with from the earth, big houses, cars and money etc... He will give us all that we need, and if it is a mansion so be it, as long as it don't make us greedy and feel superior to the less fortunate. We reep what we sow, we give to the poor, God repays us with good things that suit us. He comes first in everything. As for JW keeping a journal on the time spent out and about.... what happens when they don't perform as other members of the watchtower? Are they forced to do this, are they punished if they don't? Are they working for God or man?

[@Sarah.Riedel]

I lived right over the river from Walkill for nearly a decade and had _no_ idea this was even there

[@joshtyler1398]

Hi

[@terthancococoal2729]

Yh they do not like fame

[@onesunnyday5699]

@@terthancococoal2729 except for the Governing Body. They love being famous & lauded

[@alexandervinicious8345]

Please I mean no offense or any insult, i understand here might not be the right place to do this but it wouldn't mind I wish am your friend, am sorry for infringing on your profile,do you mind be friend.... 💕 💕 💕 I don't mean to be rude commenting on your post without your permit, i understand here might not be the right place to do this but it wouldn't be a bad idea to meet you if your wouldn't mind I wish to know you more better God bless you.

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

They dumbed some toxic stuffs in Wallkill from all the massive printings.

[@brisnar1]

You do not need to worry where my soul is going to go. Worry about your soul. Worry about how you can become a better person.

[@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

Aww. Threats, how quaint.

[@jazzbassf]

@brisnar1.... you were not given a "soul" you are a soul , it's that simple Genesis 2:7...... and of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." ... He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.... so as we can see.....man is a soul and became a living person....

[@merikatas4279]

Hello who can teach me Bible education?

[@mrcheezle3910]

Next time they come knocking on my door I’m gonna be naked with a boner

[@aslscott78]

Lol at least they don’t get into debt buying Xmas and birthday gifts

[@escursionisuburbane6107]

And they feel free to have parties and share gifts all-year-round

[@morelmaster]

@@escursionisuburbane6107 And so does everyone else.

[@codyh9155]

@@escursionisuburbane6107 Yeah except "sharing gifts all year-round" isn't a common thing and you know it, "We get gifts all through the year" is just a over-used line JW parents feed to their children to tell strangers so they feel less guilty.

[@escursionisuburbane6107]

@@codyh9155 honestly I do not feel like I am missing out on anything by not celebrating xmas

[@codyh9155]

@@escursionisuburbane6107 I used to say the same. Not until you are older and you realize they are just another man-made religion will you start feel the childhood memories you were robbed of.

[@jimmyferris]

Two of them came to my door. One of them was so nasty to me because I was Baptist. Another girl was with her who stood behind her, making terrible faces at me. I grew up going to church, and I am religious. I would never try to force my religion on them. Finally, she asked me if she should come back with my husband was here! I said oh no, he won’t even talk to you he’ll turn the hose on you! And then they left. Also, a lot of the things that are prohibited only affect children like Easter bunny, tooth fairy, Santa, birthdays, etc.

[@prlopez6134]

Cradle Catholic here but I have many family and friends in the JW and yes I do go to the memorial every year and do attend meeting and assembly only on special day but that is it I refuse to convert .

[@pescadero10000]

I hear a lot about how bad the JW is. I also hear about how Mormon is bad, Catholics are bad and on and on with other religions. My opinion to all this is that if you are looking for a religious place to fit in then do your homework. Check out those religions you are considering. You have the right to say no thank, it's not for me. I know because I have tried several of the religions you speak about and found flaws in them all. I don't feel bad because so did Jesus.

[@jerryjones7745]

We Neem Doing research on any religion keep you from making a big mistake. Specially when they make their own fake Bible to brainwash you into their teaching....

[@aaroncooper1328]

if they're not a cult, then I don't know what is!

[@someguy6135]

Aaron Cooper And what makes you believe that they are a cult? Because all cults have 3 things in common. But before I tell you what they are, I will let you know that my mom and sister are part of that religion. And me myself, am ok with that religion. Although, yet to this day I refuse to get fully involved with them because of my own personal reasons. Anyhow, these are what all cults have in common. 1. A leader that calls “All” the shots, and tricks his/hers followers into believing he/she has some kind of power. Or that he/she is god, or has a very strong connection to god. 2. A cult forces there followers into Isolation. Making them all stay in one place, close to the leader of the cult. Also they don’t allow there new followers to Socialize with anybody who is not part of the cult. 3. A cult gets there followers to give up all there money to the cult, or to have the follower give them a very high percentage of what they makes. Now all of these 3 examples don’t have anything to do with the Jehovah Witnesses. (1) They don’t have a leader, and there is no one claiming they are god, or speak to god directly. (2) All the followers have there freedom and are not Isolated. They can work whatever job they want, and they can talk with who ever they want. You probably walk pass a member today but didn’t notice because the act and look like everybody else. (3) No one is taking there money, they have the choice to donate money. Me for one, never donated money, and no one has ever asked me to. You probably wouldn’t even know where to donate unless you were looking for the donate box.

[@Bob-cn6gp]

@@someguy6135 Most people don't really know the meaning of a cult. There's really no point of debating with someone who makes that claim, as your not going to be able to reason with them anyways due to how preoccupied they are.

[@wylolister3218]

@@croberts4448 Jesus talks about his servant, his faithful and wise slave in the 2,000 plus year old Bible. According to Jehovah's Witnesses this slave from the 2,000 plus year old Bible lives today in 2020 in modern day New York at JWs headquarters. Surprise, surprise, surprise, it's JWs top elders in this -cult- religion. What does these top elders, this slave from the 2,000+ year old Bible tell average JWs? To cooperate, to trust them, to be loyal to them, that they *"need to obey"* them. Even if they make no sense from a human standpoint, obey, obey, obey.

[@jwhistorymadeeasy3998]

Nice Guy you are actually redefining a cult in order to avoid admitting that Jehovah’s Witnesses are in fact a cult. A personality cult like Jehovah’s Witnesses doesn’t have one leader that calls the shots but rather a group of leaders that calls the shots and makes extraordinary claims for themselves. The governing body who are in fact the leaders of Jehovah’s Witnesses do make extraordinary claims for themselves. They claim that in 1919 God chose them as his soul channel of communication with humanity. Jehovah’s Witnesses do in fact socially isolate their members from the outside world and repeatedly tell them not to have unnecessary contact with outside members and not to form friendships with non-witnesses. Not all cults go into isolation nor do they require all of their members to be in the same place. Look at Scientology or the Monies or the worldwide Church of God or in this case Jehovah’s Witnesses. The goal is to isolate them from outside influences and to limit their contact with nonmembers to avoid exposing them to potential information that could sway their thinking. Jehovah’s Witnesses cannot actually have any job they want as there are several jobs that involve interactions with other religious denominations and thus they are precluded from having those positions as well as any position that would put them in contact with the military. The idea that a cult has to take peoples money in order to be defined as a cult is simply false. The goal of the leadership could be money power authority or the leadership may simply be delusional and actually believe what they’re teaching but monetary acquisition is not a prerequisite of a cult. Jehovah’s Witnesses are a cult. They use shunning or disfellowshipping as they call it to keep people from leaving the organization and to keep them enslaved. A Jehovah’s Witness who raises objections to some of the teachings or policies of the organization will be branded and apostate and they will be slandered and their friends and family will be told to cut ties with them. Any organization that punishes you with predatory isolation and family estrangement for questioning what they teach is a cult.

[@jwhistorymadeeasy3998]

Bob I’ll be very interested to hear your definition of a cult seeing as you as well as nice guy Seem to be deliberately redefining the term in order to avoid admitting that Jehovah’s Witnesses are in fact a cult

[@laymanphil8513]

I don't know of any other "religion" that has made so many false promises and harbored so many false hopes than the Watchtower.

[@DjMakinetor]

I know of no other religion than the largest Catholic sect that has murdered the most people over the centuries.

[@laymanphil8513]

@@DjMakinetor Yes, all religions are religions created by humans. All the new American fundamentalist religions of the 19th century (Adventist, Jehovism, Mormonism ...) are the false prophets of modern times. All these new “religions” cut themselves off from institutionalized churches and thus became more or less sectarian movements. All these new "churches" are from Millerism. This new current of thought arises from the message of William Miller, who was notably the first to predict the return of Christ for 1844. Influenced by this new movement, Russel will do the same by announcing the return of Christ for 1874. Then the dates (false predictions) will follow each other as they fail. Mormonism, Jehovism, and Adventism all appeared in North America (the New World), they all came in the late 19th century, all settled in the Northeastern United States. (New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan). Each of them was born from the providence of a man. Latter-day Saints (16 million followers) founder Joseph Smith, Jehovah's Witnesses (8 million followers) founder Charles Taze Russell, Seventh-day Adventists, (20 million followers) founder Joseph Bates. All these American movements announce "the moment is near", all proselytize, all demonize the world, all claim to have the truth, all have their world headquarters in the USA, and to top it off, all have a governing body exclusively made Americans. All these movements are in fact the product of an era, nothing more. Time will continue to pass with its vicissitudes without worrying about these small American movements which ultimately represent nothing on a global scale.

[@thefaithfulchristian2035]

NO Jesus Christ no heaven very simple kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYS4hHRomr1pg9E

[@the_son_of_man01]

Forgot the Roman church 😂😂

[@coryaustin4474]

Do you ever get tired of reading scriptures regarding Jesus, and feeling like you constantly have to filter how you think about it?......Constantly having to battle, why some scripture seems to indicate he could be God, and others seem to clearly show, that he is less? Some scripture seems to indicate that we can pray to him, and others not? Some seem to indicate that he alone saves us, and others seem to show that only Jehovah saves? Do you ever get tired of feeling like you constantly have to battle the back and forth? If you want to be freed from this, then please take a moment to read my post. I hope this helps you! - let's think about a few things. #1 - Jesus does not know something that his Father knows.....Jesus cannot be God....? Or can he? #2 - Jesus is the Arm of YHVH per John 12, and Isaiah 53. #3 - Is your arm you, or is it someone else? Is your arm a different guy? #4 - Jesus can do nothing of himself, but what the Father does....Jesus cannot be God if he cannot do anything of himself.....right? #5 - Jesus is the arm of YHVH.....Can your arm do anything of itself? Or do you have to give the commands to your arm?...….Is your arm someone else? Or is it part of you? #6 - Jesus talks to his Father, so he can't be God.....why would he talk to himself?......Jesus can't be God.....or can he? #7 - Jesus is the arm of YHVH. Does your head communicate to your arm? Does your arm respond? Yes. Is God, the head of Jesus?....Yes, that is what the scripture says, that Jesus is the arm of YHVH, and God, is Jesus head...….So, I ask again, Does your head communicate to your arm? Yes......Does your arm communicate to your head?.....yes.....is that proof that each is a separate person?......No. #8 - let's say your name is Joe, and someone stops you on the street, and starts talking to your arm, and says to your arm, Can I see Joe please?...….How would your arm respond?......Probably something like this, If you have seen me, you have seen Joe...….DUH! Wait for this...…..Joes arm...….is Joe...…..I know that's super hard to understand, how someone's arm, can be simply their own self, but maybe try a mirror.....and look at yourself, and remember that God said, he is the head of Jesus, and that Jesus is his arm, and that Jesus said he was one with the Father, and that to see Jesus is to see the Father...… #9 - And lastly....this is my favorite.....Do you know everything your brain knows?.....Nope! Do you know everything your body knows?....Nope! How can you be you, and not know everything ….you know...…. Pretty crazy, that you consider yourself one person, even though you have separate parts, that communicate to each other, and even know things, that you yourself don't know...….. So, how many people are you?...... We all know this...just one. Aside from Jesus, not even one thing was made.....Jesus was not made, because he is the Arm of YHVH,. and YHVH and his arm and spirit are uncreated because he is himself, and only an idiot would argue that his own arm is some other guy, because his arm has to receive communication from the head, and can do nothing of itself...…. When Jesus is in the garden and the soldiers ask him if he is Christ, and he says, I am......the soldiers fall backwards, and anyone that has an actual brain, and thinks for themselves realizes what Jesus meant, when he said, If you have seen me, you have seen the Father..... It's so freeing when you take all of the scripture regarding Jesus, and realize that the only way he can be the creator of all created things, and the lord of all, and have all power and authority in heaven and earth, and be lowly and communicating to God......is if he is the arm of God, and God is his head.....and thankfully that is exactly, and precisely what the scripture says. Jesus is the Image of God's person, and we were made in the image of God.....that is Jesus.

[@fuhgetabatit1051]

“....not allowed to have children....” one thing among the many things they are not allowed to do. You get pregnant, you get kicked out of the cult compound. Keep that in mind.

[@sweetenertimez]

Pfff what? You mixed up with another religion. Jehovah's witnesses has been allowed to have a children... what are u even talking about?

[@bellam7797]

That’s actually not tru that’s a different religion. Jehovah Witnesses are not allowed to have sex and have kids before marriage. When you are married you are allowed to.

[@melyndaduh3501]

Yeah, not allowed to have children if they stay at Bethel. You know what that means. Some will secretly get abortions or try to hide pregnancy even to the point of killing the child when birthed. It is human nature when you put unhuman restrictions on people. How sad.

[@fforestgreenn9151]

@@bellam7797 Exactly

[@papajohndavid]

Think of the implications(spiritual death/eternal separation from God/Jesus and the Holy Spirit) the new world translation makes from God's true bible. The language or words makes the thoughts of our spirits, minds and hearts possible. But when the words disappear or changed/added so does our ability to think about those ideas the words represented or what the Holy Spirit really wanted us to know. The jw's/ watchtower organization changed/added or took away so many words and there by preventing it's members from saying or thinking God's(Yahweh) obvious and true words, to their own word's and ideas to fit the governing bodies agenda, teachings and doctrine, which not only gives them complete control but is designed to make it's members forget that God/Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one, and to just focus on jehovah. Overtime it becomes impossible to see the obvious. And that's exactly of course why they do it. Those who control your words control your mind.

[@internetmail3888]

I see a lot of similarity between Islam and JWs.

[@HappyHands.]

Islam teaches it's OK to kill in certain circumstances. Jw's teach it is wrong to kill. Islam suposedly follows the Koran. Jw's follow the Bible closely. Where are the so called similarities you mentioned??

[@romankolyuka8153]

Yes, it is so.

[@clarkkent5859]

I'm not really surprised to see people ridiculing us in the comment section, as we are already expecting it to happen anyways. Even Jesus himself was ridiculed too during his time, so this comes to no surprise at all.

[@JSJ1978]

That´s right, don´t use your real name so that your elders will not discover your online activity! You are a Watchtower string puppet, sad but true. 8 obese gluttons and sloths in New York control your life and biblical understanding and any criticism or disagreement from you will result in imminent excommunication and all your fake friends will treat you like you are dead. A total and unmanly subjugated sissy is what you are, the counter opposite of Christ!

[@zackmorris5003]

@Clark Kent Yeah it's really funny how these ex JW's don't want to move on with their lives, because they can't help but become obsessed with us lol. 😄

[@JSJ1978]

@@zackmorris5003 Don´t flatter yourself, your "life" is reduced to metabolism and the ability to reproduce. You are completely controlled by others and you are under constant supervision as well. Spoon fed by 8 obese men in New York who have managed to mind condition you to believe that they are something special when in fact they cannot even control their own appetites or level of physical activity. And all your fake, cultish and conditional friends would not hesitate to spit you out if you showed the slightest sign of independent thinking or reasoning. The Watchtower is your god and not the God of the bible.

[@777Tralfaz777]

@@zackmorris5003 I see Samy came to prove Clark Kent's contention, and provide a most vile example.

[@zackmorris5003]

@@777Tralfaz777 Your point?

[@Justaguywithtruth]

How in the heck people can't see this con game..

[@bobloblawb2593]

@Ben Santoyo Secular humanism is deemed a religion now so you have to have faith to believe anything! The problem of using that enormous brush to paint over all religion specifically belief in the Lord Jesus as God , is that yes there are con men out to fleece the flock, but there are hard working people who love the Lord and are helping people daily . Your paint job blots out the good whilst it should only blot out the bad.

[@roblloyd8453]

Troy Jones Sr GOATS seeking something which promises rewards then seen as GULLIBLE sheep to be controlled by evil entities in the WTS ORGANISATION. THey seek something promised something else but Do not know it.

[@maryannlockwood7806]

Cult. I should know. I grew up in it and left shortly after I turned 18.

[@joshdelgado7355]

Most young people leave for many reasons that are not allowed as a Jehova witness, for example the want to start having sex or smoke pot, or some are gay and want to be free to do whatever they want. As for us older people, we've been in the mud and have done all kind of crazy things and when we find out about Jehová, we realize this is the right way, and wished we had listened to them in our younger years.

[@benson1914]

but a cult is a group of people that follow one person? They don't.

[@benson1914]

@Alec Alberti haha

[@codyh9155]

Yep 100% cult. If anyone is reading this and is interested, visit www.jwfacts.com/ and if you like compare it to their website. The inconsistencies and thought control will be immediately obvious.

[@Just_Jessiah]

How are we a cult I love this religion it’s the best family you could ever be in

[@emerilyleon9851]

I survived with 4 bag and the dad of my kids and my grandma 94 today and my niece with cancer all with transfusion of blood my son donated blood and my ex , We can save lives, you never know when we will need extend the lifes ..The emergency hospital doctor he saw asked to me what kind of religion u are to do that then invent talk I was cold and weak he said I dnt care , he took the desition to do the transfusion in my minds I want save my life Amen

[@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

Its why I donate blood and platelets. It's the easiest way to help someone in need.

[@myway-1992]

Do you know that in the Father has the word and the Holy Spirit?

[@ziggylaurie2268]

They replace the spirit with the governing body

[@jazzbassf]

@curtis rodriguez the KJV has added words that are not in the original manuscripts 1st John 5:7 is not in the original and the list is long with other words not found in the original manuscripts....

[@wylolister3218]

The Bible warns about Jehovah's Witnesses, it warns of false teachers, false prophets, those that add to or go beyond scripture. *JWs claim to follow the Bible and yet* no Bible I know of says anything about 1844, 1879, 1914,1915, 1918, 1919, 1925, 1936, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's,1975, 2000,ect. JWs call their literature "food FROM God", repeat "food FROM God" yet it has these false dates. *"Jehovah's Witnesses, ... have suggested dates that turned out to be incorrect."* Awake 1993 Mar 22 page4 *Jehovah’s Witnesses have had wrong expectations about when the end would come.* - Jan 1, 2013 Watchtower "Does this admission of making mistakes stamp them [Jehovah's Witnesses] as false prophets? Not at all, for false prophets do not admit to making mistakes." Watchtower, Nov. 1, 1972, page 644 - in brackets added Admitting to making false prophecies doesn't magically change them, they are still Bible defined false prophecies.(Deut 18:20-22) Very poor reasoning, probably why JWs "suggested dates" and went beyond scripture. Food from God? I guess you could say that even JW religion says they are false given their admission to false teachings that they have carried worldwide! Those are man's dates or they come from Satan!

[@jazzbassf]

@@wylolister3218 the only false prophets are those that don't follow the Lord's Prayer. Number one the sanctification of the fathers name or the hallowing of the father's name see Ezekiel 36:23 the Nations will have to know that I am Jehovah. So tell me are you sanctify in God's name or does your Bible have God's name in it probably not. Number two praying for God's kingdom to come , Jesus said that he was sent to preach the kingdom of God Luke 4:43 he sends his disciples to preach the good news of the Kingdom at Matthew 24:14 and then the end will come ! who is the false prophet that doesn't do these things?. Next he said God's will done on Earth as in heaven. If it's God's will that heaven is a paradise then it'll be God's will that the Earth will be a Paradise 2. We're the only ones that preach a paradise Earth according to Psalms 37:29 the righteous themselves will possess the Earth and live forever upon it. She's just said the meek will inherit the earth Matthew 5:5. If you're not preaching these things then you are a false prophet. All those dates have been debunked. Here again you are putting out misinformation from Google Seminary which is loaded with apostates and opposers.

[@wylolister3218]

@@jazzbassf Saying they are debunked don't make it so. (what else would a false prophet say?) I quoted JW OWN literature that they call food from God and say is God's voice. "Jehovah's Witnesses, in their eagerness for Jesus' second coming, *have suggested dates that turned out to be incorrect."* Awake 1993 Mar 22 page4 *Jehovah’s Witnesses have had wrong expectations about when the end would come.* Jan 1, 2013 Watchtower "Does this admission of making mistakes stamp them [Jehovah's Witnesses] as false prophets? Not at all, for false prophets do not admit to making mistakes." Watchtower, Nov. 1, 1972, page 644 - in brackets added Admitting to making false prophecies doesn't magically change them, they are Bible defined false prophecies (Deut 18:2-0-22) Very poor reasoning, probably why JWs "suggested dates" and went beyond scripture. "suggested dates, wrong expectations" ARE false prophecies. God's channel of communications, his voice on earth, God's mouthpiece, JWs? Nope just a false religion!

[@wylolister3218]

@@jazzbassf JWs call "jehovah" a "misspelled & mispronounced" name for God, they even call it a "blunder". "Yahweh . .. is admittedly superior to Jehovah. *'The wrong spelling Jehovah* occurs since about 1100' and then it offers its arguments in favor of Yahweh as the correct and original pronunciation." - Let Your Name Be Sanctified, Jehovah's Witnesses, p 16-20 AID TO BIBLE UNDERSTANDING 1971 Watchtower and Bible Tract Society p884-885 - literature elaborates as to its Catholic origin in 1270: By combining the vowel signs of 'Adho.nay and 'Elo.him' with the four consonants of the Tetragrammaton the pronunciations Yeho.wah' and Yehowih' were formed. The first of these provided the basis for the Latinized form "Jehova(h)." The first recorded use of this form dates from the thirteenth century C.E. Raymundus Martini, a Spanish monk of the Dominican Order, used it in his book Pugeo Fidei of the year 1270. *Hebrew scholars generally favor "Yahweh" as the most likely pronunciation.* "jehovah" = misspelled, mispronounced name for God! A false name. The only way to get rid of a false name for God is to quit using it. They have admitted that the use of the name Jehovah was a "blunder." See JWs own Byington Bible in Living English, published by WBTS (1971ish), page 7, on your WT Library CD (this is in the intro so is conveniently been left off the JW dot Org website). (thanks Lee) *"As to the Old Testament name of God, certainly the spelling and pronunciation "Jehovah" were originally a blunder."* God wants his name to be known as a "blunder'. Seriously? JW produced literature calls it wrong, misspelled, mispronounced and a blunder, seriously a "blunder"!!! YOU are making a blunder name known throughout the world, how would God feel about that? Why would JWs boast about restoring God's sacred name when they know it's false?

[@madzen112]

Honestly, some of the best stories I've ever read, are the stories of how some Jehovah's Witnesses reached the church. Yes, from one of those magazines you get in the door.

[@patbaby2011]

I used to be one but left. Waste my 8 years of life. Finally i am free.

[@jesuschristsaves9067]

I’m an embarrassment To all children It destroys lives

[@ziggylaurie2268]

I’ve just sent my dissociation letter

[@martinshannon7632]

2 woman called at my house praising the goodness of brown bread over white bread after five minutes I said who are yous they said HOVIS WITNESSES, LOL FROM UK

[@BABYCOOKIE918]

If we have children we are ask to pass them over to a trusted family member to keep them in the family or raise them as Jehovah witnesses

[@sharonscott7608]

I've been a witness for 30 years ,they are not a cult

[@Kylie-playsroblox]

Sharon Scott me too ive been a witness my whole life and Jehovah has helped me through soo so so much!!

[@sharonscott7608]

So glad you feel that way too

[@bran73]

@@sharonscott7608 So am I, I been a JW for all my life, they are not a cult as what people are claiming it to be.

[@alanbourbeau24]

Well then sadly, you're being mislead and deceived.

[@jeffpeff]

Sharon Scott Then how do you explain this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mofckqiGmdhli6M

[@videohell201]

I'm a Buddhist

[@araratthanks8144]

9 The fifth angel blew his trumpet.+ And I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth, and the key to the shaft* of the abyss+ was given to him. 2 He opened the shaft* of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the shaft* like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun was darkened,+ also the air, by the smoke of the shaft.* 3 And locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth,+ and authority was given to them, the same authority that the scorpions of the earth have. 4 They were told not to harm the vegetation of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.+ 5 And it was granted the locusts, not to kill them, but to torment them five months, and their torment was like torment by a scorpion+ when it strikes a person. 6 In those days people will seek death but will by no means find it, and they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

[@benjaminfalzon4622]

Just as bad!!

[@Tabby5899]

Cool dude :)

[@lindenbeck]

They should've used a mothertongue and not a russian reporter. Difficult to understand..

[@deus_vult8111]

Not allowed to have children? Pretty sure Genesis 1:28, 1 Timothy 2:15 and 1 Timothy 5:14 contradict that view.

[@axelmamouaka2223]

At the day of judgement we will know the truth!

[@Fukkit_]

Sean Baca your calling him that but look at your self

[@SteveSmith-go4ug]

We know the truth now thru the Word of God and the help of the Holy Spirit..see John 16:15,16..He the Holy Spirit is the 'revealer of truth..and yes,Jesus referred to the Holy Spirit as'He' indicating 'PERSONHOOD '..and not an 'active force ' as is falsely taught by the Jehovah's witnesses...

[@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

Says every religious sect ever as proof they are correct.

[@gregh5100]

Whoa , isn’t the wt man at headquarters wearing rather tight pants and jacket ?

[@desertrose6100]

gregh 5100 lol right

[@SC-gh6gd]

🤣🤣🤣

[@juniorsir9521]

Who?

[@alexandervinicious8345]

Jehovah is my witness

[@sunshineknight7953]

I did not enjoy this report. They learned what the bible taught using namely The King James Bible LONG before they printed bibles that are easier to understand and in many languages (and not changing the bible message)...it is Gods word and His direction they take, not their own...it just irks me that people are told The Witnesses decided what the bible said and created around it. ...Jehovah decided what it says and they try to live by it, never the other way around...

[@josebarajas3630]

As the JWs are very misunderstood by the out side world , so " they " as well mis understand the Gospels .When all the New Testament points to the Son , Jesus The Christ .The JWs ignore that fact that Jehovah sent His Son . And on Him , our heavenly Papa , put ALL authority ! and power !...so with that I am a JW as well !..... a " Jesus Witness ".....Colossians 1:16.. " For by him were all things created , that are in heaven , and that are in earth , visible and invisible , whether they be thrones , or dominions , or principalities , or powers : all things were created by him , and for him ".....with Love and respect ,..faith on 🔥

[@777Tralfaz777]

You said "When all the New Testament points to the Son , Jesus The Christ .The JWs ignore that fact that Jehovah sent His Son ." Please tell me how JW ignore this fact. You said "And on Him , our heavenly Papa , put ALL authority ! " Who gave Jesus "all authority"?

[@EJ-mb6du]

Why were Jesus and the apostles hated by so many? They preached Christianity and opposing religions didn't like that exposure. They were silenced.

[@RiverDanube]

There's not a lot of people that like cults, like Scientology and the JWs

[@ziggylaurie2268]

They don’t use Jesus’s name.

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

Years the J-Dubs have predicted the End of Times: 1914, 1925, 1951, Before the turn of the century, and now it’s “Imminent”.

[@hmmnope9231]

Efrain Rivera Junior And my family is saying they are focusing more on “the end of this system of things” like it is right around the corner. Trying to rekindle any dying embers. They bring up Noah* for those that say we have been preaching the same message for years and nothing has come.

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

@@hmmnope9231 - What has Moses have to do with this? I hate it when J-Dubs bring in Moses. Moses was imperfect but his message wasn't. Moses didn't have to go up to Mount Sinai every few years to come down with new commandments because there was "new light".

[@hmmnope9231]

Efrain Rivera Junior Haha I meant Noah, sorry for the confusion! About how the people Noah was preaching to had never seen rain, and he was preaching for years and they didn’t believe it would come, until an angel shut the door behind Noah.

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

@@hmmnope9231 - You know that the Watchtower later said that people did actually see rain before Noah's day. They just keep changing their version of the story and J-Dubs can't keep up.

[@hmmnope9231]

Efrain Rivera Junior I did not! Thank you for sharing! I left the religion 6 years ago and haven’t done my own research to prove or disprove the bible’s teachings, as it would hurt my family. And not coming to my own conclusions so soon has left the door open for me to keep asking questions about things I find in videos like this or John Cedars, DarkMatter2525, and Telltale. I have to watch the video and form their question like my questions as if they watch the video they may get caught up on one small detail and that taints how they view the question. I have found that talking about the organization is a lost cause, as they will go along with it until the organization changes the bible, the bible teachings... So me saying all these little changes don’t bother you at all? When they raise red flags for me. But they say they follow Jehovah not man, it’s all very hard to wrap my head around.

[@jeywow]

iam muslim but if they say Jesus is not god they are right

[@crazyhandshands9028]

Jesus said before Abraham was I AM.

[@10thMorales]

“The Jews, therefore, said unto him, ‘Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham’s coming - I am.’” (John 8:57-58, YLT) The conversation’s context simply points to the Jews’ questioning of Jesus’ pre-existence before Abraham’s… *not* his identifying himself as their own God and his own heavenly Father. In any case, Jesus’ heavenly Father self-designating Himself as “ʼEh·yehʹ ʼAsherʹ ʼEh·yehʹ” in Exodus 3:14-329 years *after* Abraham’s death-should be syntactically translated. The King James’ (1611) word-for-word “I am that I am” is poor translation to the modern reader and conveys meaning indifferent to the context of the conversation between God and Moses then.🕊

[@araratthanks8144]

@@10thMorales ... please read proverb 8 : 22-34.. when Jesus Christ was created. Matthew 16 : 16-17 tells who is jesus christ. Luke 1 : 32-33 tells was is jesus christ position in the kingdom of God Jehovah.

[@michaelbowman4607]

Jesus was speaking in Greek. Translators translated it that way - a total mis-translation into the English language (and mis-use of the English language). Read on. Jesus STATED he was "God's son".

[@jesuschristsaves9067]

Ron Morales Jesus claimed many things to the Jews before finally saying He was the I Am, such as; coming from Heaven, God honoring Him and being a co-Witness with Him. If they wanted a reason to stone him, they had it. Also, the KJV 1611 is not the only rendering of the literal “I am that I Am” and contextually it makes perfect sense in light of who God reveals Himself to be as scripture unfolds. The only bible that I know that misapplies terms and muddies up the context of certain passages is the New World Translation. If you even want to call it a translation.

[@jesuschristsaves9067]

MICHAEL BOWMAN *The writer of Hebrews states:* _“And, “ You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment, and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out. ””_ ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭1:10-12‬ ‭NET‬‬ See *Psalms 102:25-27*

[@mayabhojwani4537]

They used to bre insulted the jw, bible is only god word which we rely, they have their own bible and different preaching🤔

[@dylantco4810]

Nope, its the same bible, just in modern, simple English. They also refer to the king James bible and many others

[@elias.a.mkasanga1797]

Not true

[@colinmccarthy7921]

I cannot stop laughing.It’s like looking at a Programme on TV,where the people are Brainwashed. But in this case they are BRAINWASHED.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

Why is there millions,millions,millions, millions and millions of people,including ex-JW’s,saying that the organisation is a cult,there is sexual abuse,their beliefs are wrong,etc.Please explain this.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

Do not answer a question with a question . Millions,Millions,Millions of people are not Brainwashed,including ex JW’s. I said to you,explain it.This is my last comment.I am looking forward to your explanation.You do not need to reply, but it is your choice.I will understand. With Best Wishes.

[@mikeyjohn9903]

@@isabellawillemsen6715 yes they are brain washed and under mind control by the governing pharisee's in warwick new york

[@mikeyjohn9903]

@@colinmccarthy7921 because its true they fit every hallmark of a cult,they have huge issue with pedo's in their organization many lawsuits against this organization for its many cover ups of child sex abuse.

[@crypto2633]

BRUH YOU'VE BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO THINKING THEY'RE BRAINWASHED. smh

[@coryaustin4474]

Why would a Jehovah's witness Go to Joseph and ask him for the bread they need to live, but they will not go to Jesus and ask him for the bread and live?.......Because Jehovah's witnesses believe that they would be disrespecting God, to Go to Jesus and ask.......they are Egyptians who refuse to bow to Joseph and ask him for bread, because they think Pharaoh would not like it......Even though Pharaoh commanded it......The Father said "Hear Him" speaking of Jesus, and Jesus said ,I am the bread from heaven.....Come to me, and I will give you rest......Ask me for the water, and it will spring up within you, unless you eat and drink of me, you have no life in you.....Moses had to ask the previously struck rock, for water......he never asked it for water.....he never entered the promised land......Your man made organization can't save you.

[@otx_daniel9993]

Look im bringing this out of nowhere but the story of "Noahs Ark" its all fake and i dont have the straight up facts but ive seen on youtube other similar storys to that one and they were written way before noah ark...so i feel like they copied the other storys

[@lady6164]

You better have children. You will get old and there will be no one to take care of you. Just look at the older friends in your congregation without children.

[@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

Or we will choose to not live such a feeble life where we need to be cared for.

[@angelicalee6]

@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer Late gamer can not be a jehovah witness 😅😅😅

[@BiancaAnne]

I've been doing Bible Studies for the past several months and I'm loving it. Its been the happiest times and challenging as Satan is trying his best to make me stop my studies. I'm still learning about the Religion but so far from what I've observed they're very normal people who are very misunderstood and theres a lot of false accusations made about JW so before you believe any gossip or news you shouldn't judge a book by its cover and do your own personal investigation if you're genuinely curious...that's what I've done. They never pressured me in anyway and you can ask a million questions and they'll respectfully and patiently answer you. Do your research and they encourage that. I admire there dedicated research and I love how seriously they take the word of God and want to share it. If theres good news, it's meant to be shared.

[@joeyrogers8193]

I grew up in the kingdom Hall very good people of course there is bad in all religions but they are obedient to the word been studying different religions.it is difficult to know which is the right one but I am thinking about studying with witnesses again.psamls 83:18 that men may know that Jehovah is the most high over the heavens and the Earth!

[@bobloblawb2593]

Jesus Christ calls Himself the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end . You will find that in Revelation chapters 1,21,22 and oddly enough Jehovah of the old testament calls himself the very same. You need to be born again ,why? look up Gen 5:1-3 and see what we are created in the image of. Do some serious research on the Jehovah's witnesses as a group and see why the mainline churches do not include them as anything other than a cult of Christianity. Catholics have a problem with priests who molest children , find out how the JW's address sexual abuse in the church. It will open your eyes . May the blessings of the Lord Jesus Christ be on you and I pray the Holy Spirit will guide you into truth. Understanding or believing in the trinity is a non event , what counts is the relationship between you and the Lord Jesus Christ.

[@joeyrogers8193]

@@bobloblawb2593 I think you are right about the holy spirit will lead you.there most probably been molesters in all religions but I can tell you this I'm not a member of JW church but have family that is Jehovah is God's true name Psalms 83:18 and almost 7000 times in the Bible before they started talking it out the KJ started putting it back on of you read the last verses of Revelations it says add nothing to or take nothing away from the scroll. I have heard a lot of people say things about witnesses that are simply untrue Jesus Will be at the right hand side of the father the Bible says.everybody thinks their religion is right.i know you can take a KJ and compare to the NWT and it says the same thing it doesn't take God's name out.

[@bobloblawb2593]

@@joeyrogers8193 Psalm 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. You need to see that the word Jehovah is a translation of the word the Jews used as there was no pronunciation available. You are correct in the occurrence of the title Jehovah , however the entire new testament is dedicated to what Jesus Christ has done for us to get us closer to God. ( YHWH ) Man has concocted YHWH to be Jehovah as we for some reason have to have a name. Strange that Jesus in Rev 22:13 calls himself the beginning and the end , the Alpha and Omega. How could this be when you say God created Him?

[@lizosio3281]

When I was 5 years old I was abused sexually by one of the Jehovah's Witness elders

[@romankolyuka8153]

The correctly reading of trtragrammothon (YHWH) is Yahweh, not Yehowa or Jehowa. The word "Jehova" is used by freemasons to Satan--their god.

[@badromenful]

Jehovah’s Witnesses concept of Jesus as the arch Angel Michael is A concept taken from a misinterpreted verse in scripture and embellished upon, The arch angel Michael did not die for our sins nor has the almighty power to bare the sins of the entire world of each Man and woman. JW is not a denomination of Christianity although they believe this , they teach a different Jesus,a Jesus without deity who can not save , to say there is no hell is to say there is no ultimate justice, which is creating a god outside of scripture, this is idolatry ,the true scriptures teach us of a unique and one of a kind (MONOGENES theos)God a triune All-powerful being of ,one in three (the Fatherthe God Head the mind ), (the Son the body the heart)who came down “You have made him for a little while lower than the angels; - Hebrews 2: ) and the Holy Spirit , spirit ,soul ,life To take away deity of Emmanuel ,the Messiah,Jesus is to be against Christ ,is to be Anti. Christ , all paths will lead to one truth that is in Christ our Lord

[@christian.comedy.channel.2]

I have 1,198 videos uploaded to KZbin of my discussions with British Jehovah's Witnesses, sorted out into various UK geographical regions. It's amazing to hear so many elders being completely incapable of defending their own beliefs.

[@msmsbluesky]

1:47 “having repeatedly predicted Armageddon.”

[@codyh9155]

Until they happen to pick a date WW1 started on. It was just luck after the 9th try.

[@papajohndavid]

Exactly, and they were wrong every time. That makes them false prophets and a false religion.

[@codyh9155]

@@cynthiaisabel6142 Save your breath, me and John David already know the real truth and copy and pasting propaganda lines from your magazine wont help. I was a JW for 19 years. Those "signs of the end" are things that humans have been doing since the beginning of time, they are nothing new. What a coincidence the end is still right around the corner just like it was 100 years ago.

[@mzboosiebaby1432]

@@cynthiaisabel6142 in due time they'll see WHO'S THE ALMIGHTY JEHOVAH.... keep in mine that Satan was an angel but NOW an enemy of God....same with ex Witnesses they didn't stand fast in the truth cuz they want to be apart of this wicked world.... which obviously conflicted with serving Jehovah wholeheartedly.... which often causes them (former Witnesses) to act n speak rebellious towards Jehovah and his people ...oan one other thing Jehovah also spoke about people will grow tired of hearing that the last day is near.... but ones who know n trust in Jehovah knows he accomplish any and everything he says... but of course he's allowing one's who wants a close relationship with him n to serve him faithful to come to know him n dedicate their life( especially since he have given his ONLY BEGOTTEN SON) for US to have everlasting life n for our sins to be forgiven)... people really need to stop speaking crazy about Jehovah because as we move closer n closer to the end Jehovah will be the ONLY 1 that's going to be able to save us for what's going to take place very soon.... rather they want to believe or not.... IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!!

[@mzboosiebaby1432]

@@cynthiaisabel6142 Jehovah works on his time..... NOT MAN! WTBS when i stopped serving Jehovah at a young age.... my life have been a mess...i went again Jehovah words n my life haven't been the same.... but we Reap what we sow.... ever sense of the word..... no matter wat people(EX WITNESSES) SAY.... IF JEHOVAH ISN'T APART OF YOUR LIFE.... THERE'S NO TRUE PEACE N HAPPINESS....OR DIRECTION! ONCE JEHOVAH GAVE HIS SON JESUS AS A SACRIFICE FOR US TO HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.... FROM DEN ON WE HAVE NO LIFE BUT TO SERVE JEHOVAH WITH EVERY FIBER OF OUR BEING... OUR LIFE IS OWED TO SERVING N LOVING JEHOVAH GOD.... HE MADE US NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. CUZ RITE NOW SATAN IS RULING OVER THIS WICKED WORLD N JEHOVAH IS GIVING ACCURATE INFORMATION TO NOT BE DECEIVED BY SATAN N HIS DEMONS.... BUT PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

Why did Jesus come to us on earth.? To save us or snatch us from the kingdom of darkness (of this world) Colossians 1:13. The only way is by calling on Jesus. Jesus said Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. The watchtower won’t allow people come to Jesus?Paul persecuted those who were calling on the name of the Lord Jesus and he then met Jesus and called on Jesus and receiving his free gift of forgiveness and salvation.Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus will be given the free gift of forgiveness Romans 10:9-13. Are you going to call on Jesus right now and have eternal life.There is no point calling on Michael the archangel

[@seanrathmakedisciples1508]

Thanks again I’ve subscribed to your KZbin channel

[@williamdraper3192]

Now just how is it that FREEMASON is controlling so much of what goes on in the world . HOSEA 12: 7 and let's look at MATTHEW 4 : 8 - 9

[@captainnemo2150]

They are criminal gangstalkers and SCAPEGOAT people until they join them...fvk JEHOVAH WITNESS and FREEMASONS.

[@festol1]

I miss when the world was ruled by large dinosaurs. They were way better than the current mammals.

[@morielrorschach8090]

Clarify a claim made 1 minute in about JWs at bethel "foregoing rights, like they are not allowed to have children." People don't get in trouble for having kids... it's just a full time commitment. If you have kids, you should be focusing on them. Most people who serve at bethel only do it for a few years, then move on with their lives, have a family and all that. There's no shame or punishment if you can no longer dedicate your time to the commitment. But they want people to focus while they're there. (Also, the food there is pretty good)

[@vandalayindustries8036]

It is completely accurate that you cannot serve at Bethel and have children. If a couple is found to be pregnant, they are asked to leave. It's as simple as that.

[@morielrorschach8090]

@@vandalayindustries8036 fair enough, if people are having a kid, they're not applicable to volunteer at bethel. But do you understand the difference between that and the place "forbidding you from having children?" They don't force birth control or get you in trouble or anything... They just acknowledge that kids deserve more attention than someone at bethel can give them, so they need to focus on their family, not bethel. That's not a bad thing.

[@morielrorschach8090]

@Sha' an interesting how the mileage is doubling too now... Fish stories are interesting that way. By next month, people will be claiming that he was driven there in a limo...

[@vandalayindustries8036]

@@morielrorschach8090I agree Bethel is not a place for children. Not by a long shot. My statement is not however misleading. Nobody can "stop" anyone else from having children if that is what they choose. But married couples that are accepted, are given very clear instruction (some may say warning), that if pregnant they would be asked to leave. So yes a married couple is forbidden from having children and serving at Bethel. I am not sure why this statement bothers you, as it is absolutely factual. Most of the time, if a couple decided to have children, they would leave, set up shop, and THEN try to get pregnant. So if someone at bethel gets preggers there, it is usually an "accident", and it causes their lives a major upheaval as not only are they going through a major life change, but they have now also lost the security of their dwelling and basic needs. It is what it is.

[@vandalayindustries8036]

@@morielrorschach8090mileage? Not sure I follow.

[@hamoudi_d]

Where do all these sects like Scientology or JW get all the money from to build huge buildings?

[@wylolister3218]

cult members & selling real estate

[@hamoudi_d]

@@wylolister3218 They seem to be successful in that!

[@alessandrorossi1294]

“Voice of America” but can hardly understand the accent

[@jwhistorymadeeasy3998]

This video neglects to inform the viewer that Jehovah’s Witnesses can be disfellowshipped which involves being cut off by every member of the church including their friends and family if they choose to get a blood transfusion. It also neglected to highlight the controversial issues surrounding their belief in covering up the sexual abuse of children and not reporting it to police. They also didn’t talk about the fact that disfellowshiping Is used as blackmail to keep people from speaking out about disagreements they have with the beliefs or policies, it is also used to silence those who try to come forward about sexual abuse.

[@XeninaCalifornia]

So - a cult.

[@jwhistorymadeeasy3998]

Azay Deelay If you haven’t heard of the mass cover-up of child sex abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses then you haven’t been paying attention to the news. I recommend you look into the Australian royal commission and the findings there as far as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Also some of the child sex abusers are elders and circuit overseer‘s so you can call them fake witnesses all you want but these are people who were supposedly selected by Holy Spirit to be in those positions.

[@kuzinvknee3318]

Regarding your statement concerning blood, you're 100% WRONG / INCORRECT !!!!!!

[@jwhistorymadeeasy3998]

KUZIN V KNEE ! ! No actually I’m not you can in fact get disfellowshipped for Choosing to have a blood transfusion

[@kuzinvknee3318]

@@jwhistorymadeeasy3998 : What is your source of verification, and what was it said or put into print? I've been around a good while and have never seen or heard of it happening. Unless you can provide verifiable proof, you are incorrect. It is a Conscience Matter between the Person and God.

[@anniereuben3232]

And over 4 million members in all countries. You think that's small. They are a big organization

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

It’s small when you see how many show up for meetings. Very empty Kingdom Halls.

[@codyh9155]

4 million is TINY. The mormons have 15 million, the Catholics 1.2 BILLION. Besides, per their last report baptized publishers in almost every developed country is literally in decline, they are only seeing noticeable growth in poor countries with rarer internet access. What a coincidence...

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

@my manner The great crowd which no man could number. I'd you know the number then you're not apart of the great crowd the bible speaks of... think about that. Take care.

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

@my manner I understand that. The bible says it's a great crowd which NO MAN COULD NUMBER. So... my statement to you and your organization is as follows: If you KNOW THE NUMBER of your crowd then it is NOT the great crowd.

[@captainnemo2150]

They work closely with the elks, MOOSE, and lyons "FREEMASONS" they are criminal gangstalkers.

[@fidelfolozanoiii4499]

Who Worship The Father of ALL?" (יְהֹוָה,YHWH, LORD, Yahveh, Jehova) "YOUR WORD IS THE TRUTH" John 6 Jesus said, they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to THE FATHER AND HAS LEARNED comes to me.John 17: 8 Jesus said: because I have given them the sayings that you (Father) gave me , l and they have accepted them and have certainly come to know that I CAME FROM YOU (Father). 17 Sanctify them by means of THE TRUTH; "YOUR WORD IS TRUTH". 18 Jesus said: JUST AS YOU SENT ME into the world, I also sent them into the world. 19 And I am sanctifying myself in their behalf, so that they also may be sanctified by means of TRUTH. Matthew 12: 49 And extending his hand toward his disciples, he said: “Look! My mother and my brothers!s 50 For whoever does the will of MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN, that one is my brother and sister and mother.”

[@bellford7067]

they cant have children?...but the bible says "After marriage be fruitful and multiply"

[@bellford7067]

@Kaylee :D @1:03-1:07..the voice that is narrating

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

@Kaylee :D They imply it by *misusing* scriptures like Mark 13:17 Woe to the pregnant women and those nursing a baby in those days!..

[@loveunderlaw]

LOBOTOMIZED WITNESSES MORE LIKE...

[@classickruzer1]

Why do you PERSECUTE the J W's..They have a RIGHT to worship any damn way they wish..Neither YOU or anyone else has a right to attack them for their forms of worship..Who the hell do you NAZI-LIKE religious Dictators think you are.. You're sure as hell are no Christian..I may not be either, but I damn well know one when I see one and the way they present themselves and all you damn BULLIES are the LEAST at being Christians .. You're no more than a bunch of religious zealots who demean and persecute anyone who doesn't have the same views as you assholes.. You're closer to imitating SATAN than Jesus as you falsely claim you follow .. DAMN HYPOCRITES .. LEAVE THEM THE HELL ALONE.. You SATANISTS ..

[@wylolister3218]

@@classickruzer1 JWs are proven false teachers, Bible defined false prophets and they turn a blind eye to sexual child abuse. Just like the Catholics.

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

Calling something out as a lie is not a form of persecution. Persecution is when you use media and construct laws to disrupt people’s lives. Those tactics usually encourage others to attack you socially and even physically. No one has said Jehovah’s Witnesses cannot drink from this water fountain and cannot eat at this restaurant. No one has used media to say, these people are bad and we will show only them doing bad things. If Jehovah’s Witnesses never use social media they’d never know. They are allowed to go about their lives and preach. That’s not persecution.

[@classickruzer1]

@@arrellehnisrael8229 PERSECUTION is when others attack an individual or group when their beliefs are different from mainstream. It has nothing to do with a water fountain or a restaurant...That's DISCRIMINATION, not PERSECUTION... GEEZ.. And there are vast amounts of persecution all throughout social media outlets and even some governments ... describing these people as "bad". Whether J W's use social media or not, doesn't absolve the fact that they're not persecuted. What do you think you're doing? J W's are persecuted more than ISIS, Catholics, Baptists, Buddhists, Hindus, and Islamists.. And I doubt that you nor all these other persecutors even know that in 2019 the most religious sexual abuse cases were the 1, Catholics..2.Southern Baptists..3.United Methodists .... but for some reason, it's always the J W's that everyone points their little sticky fingers at. In fact a study showed that the amount of sexual abuse within the J W's organization was no more than found in any other organization other than the aforementioned.. All sexual abuse is terrible, but to chastise one and ignore all the others is persecution as well. So you have a lot to learn..I hope you're at a young age and your ignorance is attributed to just that, rather than to the lies and propaganda you've heard throughout a longer lifespan. God teaches love, not the hateful and intimidating manner found in your posts. If you claim to be a Christian, you are required to behave as one, otherwise, you're no more than just another hypocrite...

[@arrellehnisrael8229]

@@classickruzer1 do you read the bible?

[@ratiotuner5776]

1 Corinthians 11:3-4 any woman praying or prophesying without her head covered is disrespecting her head which is Jesus if not married her husband if married

[@berthataylor2106]

Who was that WRITTEN to and who said it, study to show thyself approved.

[@ratiotuner5776]

@@berthataylor2106 proverbs 26:4 answer not a fool according to his folly or you yourself will be like HIM

[@katymbeke8400]

My pastor doesn't tell people to cover their heads

[@blissfulbeauty3148]

It's amazing how former witnesses call it a cult. We are not a cult. You just don't like accountability and to truly follow JEHOVAHS rules( to the best of your ability we are still human) by being accountable also spread the good news of the KINGDOM as fast as you spread everything else in life. 🧐

[@Pac-Man..]

The Jehovah's Witness organisation is undeniably a cult whose entire ethos is predicated on the coercive control of its members. Firstly, your wicked practice of shunning those that decide to leave, ostracising them from friends and family is a form of coercice control. People have been driven to suicide by this wicked and cruel policy and no organisation claiming to be a "religion" should impose such sanctions on people wishing to leave. Then there's the unique and very bizarre policy of discouraging higher education which is done to stop the younger JW generations being exposed to alternate viewpoints such that they are less likely to challenge your bizarre doctrines. Where is this decreed in the Bible? Answer - nowhere! You're not following God but the doctrines of 8 old men in New York. Wake up you deluded fool.

[@laymanphil8513]

When you say:" The devil's deadliest deception of all time, is to seduce us with his false words by mixing error with Bible truth..." Yes indeed, today more and more JWs are waking up and understanding that Acts 1:7 increasingly condemns the cult of the Watchtower. “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put in his power” Acts 1:7. The Watchtower Society does the exact opposite by constantly seeking to define this generation. For decades, Jehovah's Witnesses were proud to announce to the world that some people who saw 1914 would still be ALIVE to see the "end." This teaching was widely disseminated for decades in Bible studies, public speaking, preaching, congregations, or Watchtower studies...this teaching was a perfectly established, "divine light." this teaching even made the cover of the Watchtower. This “generation”, although so well established for decades, will be thrown in the trash in 1995 to be replaced by the generation of bad guys which will itself be thrown away again in 2008 for the benefit of the “elastic” generation. All the lights that illuminate this “generation” have all proven to be more false than each other. Instead of humbly recognizing its inability to understand this “generation”, the GB prefers to persist in its false teachings, going so far as to distort and make incomprehensible the words of Jesus to artificially prolong the generation of 1914 which no longer exists. Stubbornness in error to the point of absurdity is a characteristic of proud humans. After pride comes the fall. Proverbs 16:18. Today I don't know any JW who believes in this double superimposed generation taught by the Watchtower since 2008. Worse, JWs are ashamed of this teaching and do not dare to teach it to others. Who would dare to teach this teaching as wholesome food from God? The JW is so dependent on the Watchtower that they are ready to follow it in all its ramblings to the point of distorting the words of Jesus to artificially lengthen the generation of 1914 which no longer exists. The more time passes, the more delusional the aging doctrines of this “church” will become. The cult of the Watchtower no longer has a future and its decline is inevitable.

[@stressfree1817]

Wow

[@spookybitch3454]

Cult cult cult

[@ag-bk5wf]

They didn't predict 2020?

[@wylolister3218]

nope

[@wylolister3218]

Here's just a very short list of JEHOVAH'S Witnesses "speaking what God did not command him to speak" and "what was spoken did not come true'. (Deut 18:20-22) God's Word the Bible's definition for a false prophet! 1940 - “The year 1940 is certain to be the most important year yet because Armageddon is very near.” - Informant, April 1940, p1 1941 - “Armageddon is surely near…” - Children, 1941, p.366 1941 -- "Receiving the gift, the marching children clasped it to them, not a toy or plaything for idle pleasure, but the Lord's provided instrument for most effective work *in the remaining months before Armageddon,"* - Watchtower, Sept. 15, 1941, p.288 JWs spirit directed *truth & "accurate knowledge"* 79+ years ago. *949 months!* 1942 - “Now, with Armageddon immediately before us…” - Watchtower, April 1, 1942, p.139 1946 - “The disaster of Armageddon… is at the door.” - Let God be True, 1946, p.194 1955 - “In the light of the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, it is becoming clear that the war of Armageddon is nearing its breaking-out point.” - You May Survive in God’s New World, 1955, p.331 1966 - “Armageddon is, in fact, very close indeed.” - Watchtower, October 15, 1966, p.629 (Luke 21:8) NIV He replied:"Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them."

[@benitojohngenitojr.5608]

There are no Lifes Who Has Perfectly the Same Knowledge, the Same Understanding, the Same Thoughts, the Same Spirits, the Same Beliefs and Perfectly the Same Thinking the Reason Why there are So Many Spiritual Doctrines Yet ONE GREAT GOOD CREATOR in Christ, the MOST HIGH HOLIEST ALMIGHTY SUPERNATURAL LORD GODFATHER in Christ.HE LOVES All HIS Created Beings both Good and Evil, and HIS LOVE can not Allow Any Suffering to Exist as Long as HE Lives from Everlasting to Everlasting.HIS LOVE is Even Kind to the Evil that HE Also Give Them Food to Eat.Be the Love of GOD in Christ and You can not Think Merciless Hell to People Around You.