Ep. 06: Why I Am No Longer A Jehovah's Witness

I have explained my stance about why I chose to NOT be a Jehovah's Witness any longer. In this episode I go a little deeper as to why. Hopefully I can wake a few more JW's up so they flee that cult!

Transcript

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Thank you.

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Welcome to my second vlog or video vlog. I'm trying to get all high-tech on you all. But I wanted this one. I'm going to start doing these regularly because it seems like I am. I get more traction, especially on like YouTube. With the longer format videos, so. You know, I try to do what you all. Want like what you ask for so. Yeah, I figured today I would speak about. I get asked a lot. Why am I doing it? Why are you speaking out? And sometimes I'm asked nicely, sometimes it's rudely. Most of the time, I would say rudely 98% of the time by active Jehovah's Witnesses. So, you know, at first I was very, very upset about it, but I've kind of tempered myself down to... I respond kindly, especially if, okay, if they show me respect and if they're kind, I do the same thing. I talk to a few indirect messages, you know, in depth. They want to know why it is I do what I'm doing. Why aren't you happy? You know, I go back to Jehovah and I just try to explain to them, you know, it's my right, first of all, free will. Something we've always been, you know, it's pounded in our head, free will. And so, yeah, I figured I would make a video to kind of answer that because sometimes the comments are just way out in the left field. I tell you, witnesses are a weird, interesting bunch. You know, I got bullied a lot. In the organization. And then when it carries over. Out. To the world I'm in now. To where I'm free. And I'm away from that cult. And I don't. Have to go by the rules. I don't have to wait till. A governing body member. Pops up and. You know in a broadcast telling me. I have permission to wear a beard. I have permission. To. toast if

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want to

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like

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it's so much about control and man made rules a lot which are like outdated they made them way back in the day but it's still what we do I'm sorry what they do as an organization and you know every once in a while they'll change something me and a lot of my friends, we're still saying they're making all these changes because they're losing members and they're trying to make it look more appealing. They're trying to keep more members because at the end of the day, it's all about that, the money. And so empty seats, you know, means no money in the long run. So, you know, I have them popping up, making these ugly comments, um, Like I said, it's pretty much bullying. And for an organization religion to always claim they're the one chosen religion and they have God's favor and we show so much love and unity. Like the comments that myself and other friends of mine that are ex-Jehovah's Witnesses get, far from loving. You know, It's either bashing me about my weight, telling me they can't wait until I'm destroyed at Armageddon. They'll be laughing. They'll be smiling when God destroys me and all those who oppose him. Stop whining. Stop crying. Which, if you took time to look at my videos, I'm not one of them. Am I whining or complaining, especially about a person? I'm voicing my opinions, my thoughts, my feelings, excuse me, as to why I chose to leave. But that's what witnesses are good at. They're good at deflecting. They're good at temper tantrums. They're good at not being able to hold a calm, reasonable conversation. Without them losing their shit. And then just start spewing hatred and things they can't wait to see. It's just ugly, rude behavior. And I'm not saying this to all witnesses, because like I said, I'm talking to a few. And when they genuinely ask me, I have a conversation with them. I was speaking with a lady in the comment section yesterday. She says she's not a witness, but her family is, and she thinks they get a bad rap. They're really good people, and she hates to see them picked on. And I let her know, first, how long I've been in it. I let her know that I'm actually empathetic with those that are still in there. But I also... tell people, what I do is not to drag you away from it. It's to get you to think. It's to plant seeds so that you can just use your brain. That's what I'm doing. And I've said on numerous videos, if you choose to have that belief system and you want to be an active Jehovah's Witness, that's your life. I'm not faulting you. I know for me, myself, There were things that I needed to step away for. And so, yeah, I can have a reasonable conversation. So I've started blocking the ones who just come on saying rude, vile things, which is stupid because they're not even supposed to be engaging with us. The apostate world, the ex-Jehovah's Witnesses, they're not even, their masters tell them, masters aka the governing body tell them to stay away from us don't talk to us don't listen to anything verbally or anything they say on social media I've heard they had a lot of things on there and I've seen an actual video from the convention this summer about apostates and they're talking about pure worship and apostates that's one thing that messes with pure worship and so I get being in that organization slash cult and all the things they feed to you and just drilling your head and so yeah you get these overzealous active Jehovah's Witnesses that come and pop up on our accounts and they think they're doing good for that cult they think that they're a lot of them sadly think they're going to change my mind. And, you know, I let them know that, you know, I appreciate what you're saying. Like I told the lady yesterday, I'm not going to change my stance. And I have different reasons. The new light, as they call it, the changing on the teachings, the constant gas lighting, you know, Inside the congregation, there's so much hypocrisy. The way that I've seen people dealt with or I've seen how people are treated. And it's based off of things that witnesses should not be basing them off of if they were supposed to be a religion so full of love, peace, and unity. And I've seen, witnessed, heard how certain ones are treated in the congregation. All the gossip and the talking behind someone's back to influence the way they're treated in the congregation. That's not right. And I've just always been one to call out bullshit when I see it. And if an active witness really want to pop up and say that that's whining or crying, that shows that they're one of the individuals that I'm referring to. If they see nothing wrong with that, and you want to lash out at someone who's saying what they have seen, what they've witnessed, how other people are being treated if you aren't in a certain clique, or you're not in a certain income bracket, you know, yeah, because that goes on too in that organization. Some people treat you accordingly in their mind to whatever income bracket you're in. They'll tell you to their boo in the face that it's not like that, but it's like that. And you can ask a lot of us in the ex-Jehovah's Witness community. And also, you know, get the ones that say we were probably disciplined and why don't you just go away and shut up. You've been dealt with. Why do you have to keep talking about it? And again, it's our right. Witnesses are the first ones who talk about free will and people's rights. If they feel like they're a victim and they're being persecuted, they are the first ones to throw out, we have rights. But as soon as you speak up, Or you question things. Or you're saying, what I'm saying isn't right. It's not lining up to what I'm being taught from the Bible. As soon as you do that, then they throw up all this deflection towards you. It's ridiculous. And so what I always ask them to do is if you want to start throwing out accusations, go and look at my videos. Start from the bottom. Work your way up. You'll find out exactly why I left. It's not a big secret. But a lot of active witnesses don't like to do research. The governing body spoon feasts them whatever they want them to believe. And, you know, it works. So I asked them to go look at my videos, get an understanding. If you've done it, like, let's have a logical home. adult conversation. I challenge them to that. They don't do it. I also challenge them. My main reason is because of the CSA, the abuse that goes on within an organization worldwide where the predators of some horrendous crimes against children, those predators are Most of them are going unpunished. The organization has a database of who they are, what congregations they're in. They receive this information from congregation elders, and they keep it hidden. And there are, like in the United States and other governments, there are courts trying to get them to give up that information. Give the names. But they won't. They are saying like. If something was confessed to them. And because of religion. They won't give up those names. It's like they confess to us. That's private. So we're not going to give it up. Mind you. The monsters. that are doing these crimes are still mingling within the congregation the majority of the congregation don't know like who these people are what they've done and a lot of them what they are still doing and that's my biggest reason that I just couldn't you know something an organization that I've gave my life to For over five decades. And to find out. And see proof.

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That you know what's happening.

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Like I can't. I just couldn't. Be in that organization. Slash cult anymore. And so I let people know this. Like. These are all my reasons. But like I said. I wanted to make this video. Just to. I know. That a lot of people watch. the videos, and sometimes they'll comment, and they make their little snide remarks. And so I mainly wanted to make this, you know, for anyone who has that question. You know, there are a lot of us out there. There are more ex-Jehovah's Witnesses around the world than there are current active Jehovah's Witnesses. Statistically true. There's more of us than there are active witnesses. Some fall away. Some get disfellowshipped, or they call it removed. A lot disassociate themselves, don't want anything else to do with it. And then there are those that just quietly fall away from it, which is what I did. In December of 2024, I was just done. Left, walked away. I was not disfellowshipped. I did not disassociate myself. And something else I want to address, too, because witnesses, they're quick to ask you, are you disfellowshipped? Did you get disfellowshipped? Did you disassociate yourself? My answer is no. They ask why. Because, again, that is a control tactic. Used by that organization. For punishment. That disfellowshipping. Shining. Removing. However they try to pretty it up. Depending on what month you're in. It's just a tactic. That they use for control. And for a brief period. Like in the spring. I was like. I wonder should I. like write a letter to tell them I'm done. And then I was like, you know what? F that because like I'm done being controlled by them. What difference would it make? I'm not going to sit there and answer their questions and be grilled and interview and ask the same damn question 10, 10 times, 15 different ways. Like I've been through all that shit before. So yeah. I walked away. So there are more, and a witness will try to dispute you about this, but there are more ex-witnesses for whatever reason than there are active witnesses around the world. And, you know, a lot of us are just waking up.

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That

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cult, the way it started, you know, the group of Bible students and, excuse me, Charles Taze Russell. And I posted something today on Instagram and TikTok. But it's from a book, and it's a paragraph that's highlighted. And Russell is just like, we have already entered into the Lord's day in the last days. And this is going to lead up to what we've been waiting for, which is God's war. And his war is going to come, and it's going to put an end to all these nations on Earth. And he will come in 1914. That's when Armageddon is going to come. And, you know, of course we're still here. It didn't come. It didn't come in 1975. It didn't come in the 90s. So here we are in 2025, and I posted that in the first slide from what Russell is saying. Second slide from last year, 2024, a watchtower, and they're still trying to clean up that mess and glaze over it. They were like, 1914, he said it would be like, turmoil and things happening in 1914, they glaze over the whole fact that he said in 1914, Armageddon is going to be here. God's war. It's going to put an end to all these nations on Earth. And, yeah, they totally glaze over that. And they tell you, no, that was just a turning point. He meant it was just going to be a turning point. And look, World War I happened. Satan got kicked out of heaven. He was furious. It was a world war. So they still try to glaze over. They still try to gaslight so many blind cult members. And there's things like that. There's things that they backpedal on. You know, you can wear beards. And you don't have to wear a necktie. When they were very, very hard-nosed about that. Clean shaven. If a man has sideburns. And I was laughing about this with someone earlier this week. It depended on where you lived in the country. It was all these different stipulations that different bodies of elders in different congregations had. And we were laughing about that because When I lived up in Chicago, the men could have sideburns, but they couldn't go below the earlobe. Moved to Texas, someone even said something to my father about it. He's an elder. They didn't want the sideburns coming below the top of the ears. Man-made shit. Does that have anything to do with learning about God? Learning about Jesus. Or exercising faith in Jesus. Ransom sacrifice. Nothing at all. Just man made crap. And so. You know. It's just reasons like that. I can go on and on. That's what I tell them. When they ask how much time do you have. There are numerous reasons. Why I left. And I'm not hiding them. They're in my videos. If people want to have a reasonable

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conversation about it, I'd do that too. You know, but they get

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on and they just feel the hatred. One idiot was like, oh, you just want to plate a barbecue. Like, just stupid shit. You're always supposed to be this... model organization God's chosen people and all they can do is hurl insults spew hatred saying they want to see you dead someone said go hang yourself a witness they deflect the best thing witnesses do is play victim so when I At first, when they were coming at me and I was kind of nude, like getting into social media, I would lash out. And a witness, they would do what a witness does best, play victim. How could you say these things to me? When they're the ones who pop up, like shoveling out insults. So I was like, okay, I'm going to change my tactic. And I just go full nice. with everyone. It's some that are just dumb and rude and stupid and I don't even respond. I just block them. And I still maintain that the reason the reason active Jehovah's Witnesses pop up on the ex-witnesses pages is they're curious. And I tell them I was in their shoes when I started having questions and doubts and You know, you're curious. You get these things pop up in your head, stuff just not jiving. But you're so all in to the cult that you don't really say anything. Then you go on these pages you're not supposed to go on, and you hear what we're saying. And I think, because it happened to me, I think a lot of them, it scares them. And then they go into that fight or flight mode, and they choose fight. And I think that's what's happening to a lot of them. And so I said, I'm just going to be nice. Especially me knowing what it's like being in that cult and the obligation that you feel, whether it's an obligation to God or, excuse me, a lot of us, you know, we were brought in, born in it and raised in it. So we have this obligation to our family. Like, we have to keep it going because of them. In fact, that's what took me so long to come to this decision and to leave. You know, I'm almost 55, and here I am still worried about, like, what will my parents say? What will my family say? And,

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yeah,

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I'm just done. living my truth. Not trying to conform to how someone else wants me to be. But I still maintain my beliefs in God. I still maintain my beliefs in Jesus and his ransom. I don't question those things. I stepped away and I make it very clear in my videos, I step away because of what I've explained to you. Just the teachings that they backpedal on, the abuse that goes on within these congregations. If

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a person stops and stops trying to defend

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the organization so much, Like I said, I get it. I empathize with you. I was in your shoes. I defended that organization like crazy. You have no idea. I defended it to schoolmates. I defended religion to workmates, to relatives. I believed in it. I was all in. And so I have a lot of empathy for the ones that pop up on my posts and that's why I try not to be I try my best not to be mean or hostile even if they are to me I want people to hear the message I was telling my buddy yesterday like I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing some days it's not easy but if I get one or two people to just

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Stop. Listen. Think. And just meditate on it and use

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the mind you were given. You know, even if two people did it, like, I'm happy. But like I said, people are listening. People are interacting with me. And that's what I'm going to do is just get the message out. I'm not going to stop. You can ask me in the mean way. You can ask me so nice and polite, but I will not stop doing what I'm doing, which is just exposing that evil organization with the mind control and the hiding of these monsters that are sprinkled in congregations around the world. And like I posted, Because a person popped up on one of my posts and his take on it was he don't like ex-Jehovah's Witnesses doing what we do because we are biased. And our bias shows in our posts and our conversation. And when he said that, it kind of triggered me. And what I did and what any of them can do. what any of you can do. I went and I Googled up, um, a case that someone had told me about and I hadn't had a chance to look at it yet. And I looked at it and it's a, from a court in Pennsylvania and I posted four slides of screenshots and I, I said, I'm going to warn you. A couple of the slides have things that may, you know, um, cause some triggers in some people because I have a lot of people that have been hurt, been abused, and been failed by that damn organization. I have a lot of them on my different accounts on social media. And so I wanted to let them know, like, you know, a couple of these slides have some stuff, have details, and this is from the court. the court cases. You know, it'd have details in there that might trigger you or make you go back to when the abuse happened to you. And, you know, I said to everybody, someone says that we just talk out of bias, biased information. And I told him, I said, I'm about to post something. Four slides from a court system and from a media outlet in that state that gave in detail about what these men were doing, a lot of them elders, and that they were being convicted. And the congregations and headquarters knew about them, but did nothing. One girl was even

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autistic. A young girl. A victim. Okay? Um... I don't want to get too triggered. One of the outstanding gentlemen and elder, this

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person was so guilty that when the police went to arrest him, he ran into a bathroom in his home. and took his own life they know what pieces of shit they are yet you have active witnesses deflecting and defending which like pisses me the F off that you would defend and deflect predators and I'm like I don't have any patience with those that pop up on my page Trying to deflect from CSA. I have no tolerance for that. I'm not going to sugarcoat anything. I posted these four slides. It was kind of tough for me. I explained why I was doing it. I told that person, I said, I welcome you. I just posted it. I welcome you to join me on that post. We talk about facts

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and things that we post are from court systems,

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from governments. It's not something we're making up. These are things you can go there. They're public record. You can look it up for your damn self. I'm making it easy for your ass because I know Witnesses don't like to do too damn much, okay? I'm making it easy for your ass. Told him to meet me on that post. And let's talk about the facts. Once you see what they're doing, what they're being convicted of, how many years they're getting in prison, you let me know if it's bias. Didn't show up on that post. F-ing cowards. That's what they do. And so, yeah, I have no tolerance for people in that organization. that wants to make excuses for the evil and darkness that's going on, especially to young children. I have no tolerance for that. They never show up on those posts. I posted another one that showed some financial

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shadiness. This one was kind of like

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You know, it was humorous. Once I found out, and I think I was laughing, so I wouldn't punch a hole in the wall, but it's like when you go to, like, they call it Bethel or House of God. And so when you go to Bethel and you live there or a headquarters or a branch office, you take what's called a vow of poverty, right? And this is saying like you're going to forego making any income, you're pretty much just devoting your life to kingdom interest, they call it. So whether you're creating literature or some other department, they have so many different departments now because it started off as a huge publishing company, but now they went mainly digital. And so, you know, whatever you're doing at headquarters, you take this vow of poverty. So someone said, I want you to look at something. And it's from a state in the United States. And, you know, businesses have to register. You have to be a registered business and go through the certain legal steps. To be a. You know properly running business. Right. So. First picture they show me. And it's from. The secretary of state's office. And this company is registered. And I'm like. Okay. You know it's a business that registered. They send me another picture. And. It's a. A website. And it's like janitorial supply. And I see that, okay, on the website, the name matches the registered name on the registration with the Secretary of State. So I'm still kind of like, okay, where is this going? Third slide. And I know this for a fact because being a ministerial servant, like the ministerial servants and elders, we could go on They call it like JW Hub. And it's where we went to look at letters. And I was an AV, so I would pull media from the branch to show at meetings and all kinds of things. But it was also a part on there for supplies. And so if you went on supplies, it was only certain vendors that they want Kingdom Halls to order from, right? So keep that in mind. Fourth picture they show me. They blew up the picture, the first picture they showed me. And it showed the board of directors. And I was

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shocked that one of the board of directors,

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in fact, the top dog on there, was one of the brothers. They classify him as a helper. helper to the governing body, and he's on a lot of broadcasts. So, just let all of that marinate with you. The vow of poverty. Some business in this state, in the Midwest, in the United States. We have JW Hub, where the operating committee orders cleaning supplies and other supplies for the Kingdom Hall. And it's a for-profit company. So before any of the at-home attorneys pop up, it's a for-profit business. And then you have this governing body helper on top of the board of directors. And I'm like, well, damn. They're making money all kind of ways. you know like and that was one of the things I questioned I was like so they want us to buy like supplies through these different companies like can't we just go down to Walmart or something like oh we have to order through this like the branch is telling kingdom halls and operating committees here's a list of vendors just order from me and then to see that That's one of the vendors that this joker is on the board of directors for a for-profit company. And yet another reason why I felt I needed to get away. It's just so much, so much goes on behind people's eyes that you just don't know about. And that's why I keep saying you have to have an open mind. I get it. It's going to shock you at first. I've been away from the cult since the end of last year. And each week I'm seeing things. I'm being sent things. And I can look it up for myself to see. And it floors me. And like the people who send me stuff, they'll check with me. Like after an hour or two. And I'm like hey. Just checking in on you. You okay?

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Like how you feel about that? And I'm like. That was a lot. And you have no idea. That is happening.

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Or what's going on. Another thing I'm looking into. Like I said I can keep me. And people ask me why. And I'm like how much time do you have? And so another thing that was ran past me and I'm like, I'm looking more and more into it.

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Remember during COVID, the pandemic, and

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the government started coming out saying we have some companies, some pharmaceutical companies that are going to be making vaccines. I was very unsure about it, and I was quite open with it. You know, I would tell my wife, like, I don't know. It's weird that they did pop up and come up with the vaccine that quickly. I'm not totally against it. It's just scary. So that was my stance. And, you know, we're meeting from home over Zoom. And then, you know. They're just bombarding you with. like media, the news, you know, you need to get the vaccine, this and that. And then remember they, you know, the governing bodies started saying, it's probably wise that we get it. We could even speed up the time we meet together in the future again. Why we have so many And they gave like a percentage, and it was a high percentage in the high 90s, of how many at headquarters in Bethel were getting the vaccine. And so, you know, they always, you know, it's up to each Christian what you want to do, but they would always kind of like nudge you. Like, hey, we're doing it. We're getting it. It would be advantageous if you got it too. So that's what they were pushing. And then a couple weeks ago, I find out that not only are they the organization, not only are they a huge publishing company that kind of nosedive with the digital world, but they are huge into real estate. They have so much property that they're selling. They started taking over ownership Of these kingdom halls and assembly halls. And they're just selling them off. Getting that money. And so. They also. Put. Sorry about that noise. It was like an airplane going overhead. They also. Buy stock. And so I heard. And they're. someone is still sending me information, but that they bought stock into one of these huge pharmaceutical companies, right? And then they started pushing for us to get the vaccine. And I'm like, if that's true, they are just like cold, heartless, manipulative. And like, I'm hearing it from more and more people and it's, It's things like this. It just doesn't stop. And that's why I'm still just telling active witnesses, stop fighting. Stop deflecting. Stop making excuses. Just listen. Look at what we're saying. Look at the proof that we're posting. If you still want to be in that cult, after that, fine. I'm not begging people to stop. All I'm doing is trying to show people and plant that seed as to why me and so many others stopped going. And we're no longer in that cult. And that's all I do. I'm not trying to strong arm anyone. I just ask people to stop, breathe, listen, think, meditate. And I've had some say, yeah, oh, yeah, that don't seem right. But they always follow up with, but. And, you know, they make excuses for the organization on whatever point we're talking about. And, like I said, I get it. Like, I was you. And I tell them that I was you for so many years. So I get it. But if more people would just... And that's why the governing body and so many things they print and things in the meeting that they go over, that's why they are so afraid of their people talking with us. Because they know, man, if some of these people start waking up, it's going to be very detrimental. So it's working. People are waking up, they're losing numbers. Someone in the ex-Joseph's Witness community, I can't believe she did this, but she actually went to a convention over the weekend.

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And I don't even, I'm not

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sure where it's at, but it was in an arena. The amount of empty seats at that convention. And like from my years going to conventions, like when they were four days, um, remember Thursday was like a half day started in the afternoon. They gave people time to get in town. Friday, uh, good old field service. Friday was more people, you know, and then Saturday and Sunday usually were like the big ones, the big attendance makers. And so this was, one of the weekend days Saturday or Sunday so many empty seats and you know I was telling my daughter about it and I was like I can really see that people are starting to slow up going like people are waking up the CEO of the governing body they don't want people to listen to us that's why they tell them to stay away from us uh, don't engage with us on social media because the more they see, the more they hear, you know, the brain is like a sponge and it's just soaking it all in. And like, they're going to start thinking and that's why they don't want them talking to us. But like they, there are so many reasons that I saw that I personally chose to just break away. And so, uh, Like I always do in my videos and my audio podcasts, if you are one that's studying or thinking about studying, by no means am I going to say stop. Because if it's for you, it's for you. I'm just going to say just look closely and look at facts and see if that's If that organization is something you want to align your life with, because they're going to have a lot of control over your life. And, you know, just ask yourself, honestly, is this something that I want to align my life and my mind up with? And then there are those that listen to me. They call them a PIMO, P-I-M-O, physically in, mentally out. So these are ones, for whatever reason, they still have to attend meetings. and be in the religion. But they've checked out up here. Mentally, they're done. They're finished. But like I said, for whatever reason I have to go, I've talked to about three elders that have confided in me. And one even told me all his responsibilities in the congregation. And I was like, damn. He was like me, just in it deep with everything that he's doing and his responsibilities. And Yeah, I'm talking to three elders and they are PIMO, but they can't leave because of family or they feel bad because of obligation. And like I've told all of them, I understand why you're still in me personally. Like I was tired of being in that situation and I was just tired of not being true to myself. And the more facts that I found out, it made the decision that much easier. And so. I tell them also to just think, I know your situation is different. I know you can't just get up and leave, but, you know, just think. I was talking to another lady on my Reddit account, and it's a huge ex-Jehovah's Witness community, over 110,000. And so she said her husband passed in the spring. She's trying to decide if she's still going to go. She said she's always considered herself a diet JW. Like she never did all that she could do. And so she was like, I don't know if I should stay in. I feel like I should, but I've already gotten two tattoos. I want more tats. My heart's not in it. And I'm just like, look, just stop. Stop going. You already said you've gotten two tattoos. You already said my heart isn't in it. You already said I was a diet, JW. Never did enough. And I'm just like, stop. Stop going. Stop trying. You're not happy. You're not obligated to anyone. You know, gave her my condolences for her husband. passing away and I said you don't have to feel that obligation you had with him any longer like just stop and free yourself from the torture that that obligational torture you know that we all went through and like I just want everyone you know the categories I just listed just think be true to yourself I know Some can't get out. But, you know, stay strong. And fortunately, even if you're a PMO, fortunately, you have a huge community of ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. And, you know, that brings me to my point here. So if you want to find my different social media outlets that I'm on, Like one of the easiest ways, and I also post my audio podcast on here too. I have a link tree.

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over there. Okay, sorry. Well, I have a link tree that lists different social media and also my audio podcast. I put the links on there. Click a button. You can hear my audio podcast. But it's Linktree slash MitchXJDub. So M-I-T-C-H-E-X-J-D-U-B. And on TikTok and Instagram, you can find those accounts on, it's the same thing, XJDub, E-X-J-D-U-B. Out of all my social media, TikTok is the one that's going crazy. I started a few weeks ago, and I have about 1,100, almost 1,100 followers now. YouTube is really picking up a lot. I'll post this video on YouTube, but YouTube is Mitch-EX.com. reddit is the u slash vxjdub and twitter xjdub with the number one so look me up especially on tiktok I think I'm most active and I even post you can post longer videos on tiktok so I would urge you to look me up there especially. First, look me up on Facebook too if you want to. The Mitch Wright. But yeah, I would say TikTok if you want just daily video. I post pictures. I try to keep it light. And then I have my series post where I'm really... I wrote a poem. I like writing poetry, so I wrote a poem the other day, just how it is growing up, being a child and a teenager. Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, I wrote a poem about that, and I'm getting a lot of positive response and people saying, you wrote exactly how I felt and how I feel. So that felt good. So it's like a community of us, and we support each other. The organization will tell you that we're all drunk and shooting dope and smoking weed and living under a bridge and fornicating and adulterating, but that's not the case. You just have people that just want to live, be happy, and thrive, and that's what we're all doing. I urge you to join me on my social media accounts. I hope you enjoy this video. Leave me a comment. If you're going to be rude, mean, like I've heard about everything, so if you feel like you're going to leave one of those comments, just hit the back button and go about your life. Leave me the hell alone. You're negative because you're hurting and you're sad and you're lost, but you won't admit that yet. When you come to that realization, come back and we'll talk. I'll show you how to be happy. But until then, everyone, please enjoy your day. Have a great week. And I will talk to you soon.