Jehovah’s Witnesses: Vow of Poverty (Former Bethelite Tells His Story)

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29 Apr 20221h 13min

#exjw #JehovahWitness #exjwcriticalthinker #Jehovah'sWitnessRelationshipsThis episode will be one of many in a series educating the public about Jehovah's Witnesses and relationships. The information contained herein is from our perspective and what we have seen. Trust and believe, there are many more sides to this coin. It is just one of many that we will be presenting to the audience to see how Jehovah's Witnesses think and view relationships. The religion simply makes relationships more difficult because it sets up false titles and positions that people want to attain and when they do not materialize, it can wreak havoc in the lives of its members.We regularly receive email's from individuals asking us for our advice about pursuing relationships with Jehovah's Witnesses. There are many different combinations of issues pertaining to these relationships. Some are married to disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witnesses and didn't realize it until their significant other decided to return to the Kingdom Hall. Others met the Witness on the job and began seriously dating all to find out that the person wanted them to join the group or else they would have to terminate their relationship.We realize that in order to help educate individuals about being married to a Jehovah's Witness, it would be best for them to see what it is like when both parties are baptized in the faith. Once you see how stressful it can be for two people that are both willing participants in the religion and the issues they face, it makes it easier to help unbelievers to see the possible difficulties they will face.In this video, we discuss the basics about how Jehovah's Witness women are pressured to marry individuals that are ministerial servants. We also provide experiences of several individuals that realize their past mistakes about getting married too young.  Please consider supporting our work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/exjwcriticalthinker Support the show

28 Apr 202216min

Autism AwarenessOur guest, reached out to us to tell her story about what it was like living with Autism and trying to fit into with the Jehovah's Witness culture.Autism in Adultshttps://www.helpguide.org/articles/autism-learning-disabilities/autism-in-adults.htmhttps://www.autism.org/autism-symptoms-and-diagnosis-in-adults/Autism - Mayo Clinichttps://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/topics/autismEarly Identification of Autismhttps://neurosciences.ucsd.edu/centers-programs/autism/early/signs.htmlAutism Societyhttps://www.autism-society.org/what-is/symptoms/Support the show

28 Apr 20221h 10min

Sean has a YouTube channel called "Ask An Apostate (almost) Anything" https://www.youtube.com/user/cordialneondiva/featured Like most born-in Jehovah’s Witnesses, Sean got baptized young at age 16. Over the course of time he served as a ministerial servant, engaged in regular and auxiliary pioneer service. According to Sean, the waking up process was rough and so is the subsequent fallout. However, he confidently states that “It's totally worth it, but man, it's brutal.Sean was raised in a progressive Jehovah’s Witness household where he remembers his father climbing the Jehovah’s Witness corporate ladder. Both parents were regular pioneers (and his mom remains one today). Throughout the years, his parents have sacrificed a lot for the organization.Sean’s dad was the regional convention and circuit assembly overseer and has now been moved into a position where he is being used to train other brothers to do the same thing. He also did a lot of work on Kingdom Hall quick builds and Assembly Hall builds, and has done work with the LDC, RBC, and HLC. He recalls meeting a lot of "heavy hitters" in the organization. He grew up constantly going to dinners and family vacations with district overseers, circuit overseers, branch representatives, bethel speakers, missionaries, and even went to dinner with a Governing Body member. (Or at least he thinks he was, but at such a young age he was not impressed.Sean’s family hobnobbed with the elite Jehovah’s Witnesses, and he got to see a LOT of the behind-the-scenes stuff that goes on at regional conventions and on local congregation levels. Looking back, he believes this was the start of his waking up process although he didn’t realize it at the time. Please consider supporting our work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/exjwcriticalthinker Support the show

16 Apr 20221h 14min

Jehovah's Witnesses Illinois Court Case. Discussion with Mark O'Donnell about the state vs. Michael Penkava & Colin Scott . Mark provides an update about the sentencing of the two Jehovah's witness elders.Support the show

16 Apr 20222h 4min

In this episode, JT & Lady Cee discuss how the Jehovah's Witnesses view Heaven, the only ones that will be accepted and how they view those that do not agree.Support the show

16 Apr 202215min

We are living in the last days, yes, we are down to the toenails. So, it’s time to get back to the Kingdom Hall and be part of Jehovah’s safety net. This is what elders and circuit overseers are no doubt parroting from the platform all over the world. They have been using bad news about world event to continually scare their members into staying or returning back to the fold.We recommend that you do your research to learn more about the organization known as Jehovah's Witnesses.ReferencesMay 1974 Kingdom MinistryPlease consider supporting our work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/exjwcriticalthinker  Check out our videos on why we left the Why We Left the Jehovah's Witnesses https://youtu.be/rqYUCV4FHI4https://youtu.be/bLaSB9P2MEESupport the show

10 Apr 202210min

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2 Apr 202257min