Ep. 03: The Main Reason I Left the Jehovah's Witness Cult

 I have numerous reasons I have that I stopped being a Jehovah’s Witness. I have videos on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram listing them. However, the main, absolute, number one reason: the organization-wide cover-up of CSA within the Jehovah’s Witness organization, worldwide. Truly sickening and horrendous. Please listen, like, and SHARE this important episode. Thank you very much! - Mitch 

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Hello, everyone. I hope you are doing well. Recording episode number three of The Ex Jehovah's Witness. That's the name of my podcast. My name is Mitch. I hope you're doing well. Yeah, last episode number two, I got into... My family life addressed a few issues there because on my TikTok and Instagram accounts, I was getting the consensus that most people felt they were forced at a young age to be in the Jehovah's Witness religion slash cult. So I just addressed a few things, how my life was, and something that I was talking with some other creators about. It's like we all come from different backgrounds, right? But we have the thing in common is our religion, you know, that we were in and that we left. And we're at a place in our lives where we're deconstructing all of that nonsense. We moved on. And yet and still, we come from different backgrounds. We have different experiences. And what I was telling them is I realized that we all have different viewpoints. We have different takes on things. And, you know, what makes us feel the way we do, it's just different. But I think we all have that same common thread of, like, we were in that very high controlling cult, but we got out. And we help each other thrive. And so that's what episode number two is about, in case you missed it. This episode, I wanted to touch on something very serious. It's the main reason I wanted to break away, break ties away from that. religion. And it has to do with, uh, like when you sit on social media a lot, cause you can't say much on there, they flag post and comments left and right. So a lot of times they just say, uh, CSA, but you know, and I'm, I'm referring to like, uh, sexual assaults that took place and that are taking place. now within that organization of Jehovah's Witnesses. And sadly for the victims, nothing is being done for the majority of them. But the great thing is like we're bringing awareness to it. When I found out the crookedness of this man-made organization, I you know, it just doubled down on how I felt already. And I really wanted to break ties, but the things I found out, and it's just not like hearsay, but it's like proof that people are sending me like other creators, uh, on social media. And they're showing me and telling me why they are so passionate about how they feel. And they're sending me proof. And I tell you just like, it makes you sick to the stomach. And so, you know, some of you who listen to this podcast might not be familiar with how that religion works. Basically, very strict. They have a strict code of conduct that you have to follow, right? And, you know, they say everything is from the Bible, right? So you can't do things like you can't have sex before marriage or if you're married, you can't commit adultery. Anything having to do with anything like that is supposed to be immediate trouble for you. You have to talk to the congregation elders. They form what they call a committee, a judicial committee, and that is three elders. And they sit you in a room and they grill you and talk to you and question you and ask you all kind of stupid, sickening, perverted questions about what you did to get in trouble. Their main goal, they say, is to steer you back into the right direction towards God. They want to heal you spiritually and they're going to read a bunch of scriptures to you and They're going to ask you where your mind is now. Are you still putting yourself in those situations that got you in trouble? So you have two choices at that point. If you say, yes, I won't help. I'm not doing what I did to get in trouble. I've changed my circumstances. I want to work on myself and do what's right. they take that as a repentant attitude. And so they'll, uh, they call it reproving, which is you can still be in the congregation. You can still come to meetings. You could talk to people. Um, but they take certain privileges away from you, uh, and you gradually get them back while you're under their guidance. The other choice is like, say you go in there and, uh, You know, yeah, this is what I did. I did it. Probably not going to stop. I like doing it. You know, I have a girlfriend. She lives with me. We're not married. I'm not breaking up with her. If you have that type of attitude, they view that as unrepentant. And what they're going to do is they've had so many words for it over the years. Jehovah's Witnesses, they're known for the word disfellowshipping. or they put you out of the congregation. You could still attend meetings, but no one, no one can talk to you. Now they call it removing, and they've kind of lightened their stance. So like when I was in, the decades I was in, it's like this fellowship person come in the hall, And you see people like getting out of their way, not making eye contact, not talking, but they've kind of lightened their stance and saying, you know, now you can speak to a person that's been removed. You know, hi, how are you? Good to see you here. So they kind of lighten their stance, but still like no one can like hang out with you socially or do anything like that. So. Those two choices are for wrongdoers. Okay, so keep all that in mind. So, say you're a victim. You've been done wrong by a member of the congregation. You know, someone who's supposed to be trusted. Like either an elder or right underneath an elder is called a ministerial servant. So, say... Somebody in those positions, say they've done you wrong in some way. It can be touching inappropriately, talking inappropriately, all the way up to CSA, okay? Say the victim, and remember you're young, say you tell your parents. Say your parents believe you. Let's go with that scenario first. Say your parents believe you. And you all go to the elders. The elders are going to say, well, does anyone else know about this? And see, they have they go by this. On the word of two or three witnesses. Taken from a verse where Jesus is speaking, if there's a conflict between people. It has to come from the mouth of two or three people. And so the elders are going to say, does anyone else know about this? Well, hell, in most cases, it's two people. The victim and the perpetrator. They say it then becomes a he said, she said. So some victims, and I feel horrible for this, some victims are, they may be called liars. Or they may say we believe you. but it's nothing we can do. But the most horrendous version of where I'm going with this is oftentimes elders know when there is an offender within their congregation. They already know. But this person isn't disfellowshipped. Isn't removed, still free to interact and mingle amongst the congregation when they say one of the elders primary duties is to keep the congregation clean. And that's what I always grew up on. You know, I'm thinking that like that's elders job. They keep the congregation clean, no way in the world. And they're, they're constantly feeding in, in magazines and literature that we received from the organization. That elders are going to keep the congregation clean from people who don't follow God's lofty moral standards. That's how they will word it to us. So, you know, you come up in that cult and you're thinking like, this is like a safe haven. This congregation is for my protection. You know, this is how God and Jesus wants it. And then you find out all these horrible truths that are going on. And so, yeah, it came to light that elders know about offenders that may be in their congregation. Then I'm finding out if this is coming from headquarters and the branch offices. If they know someone, if an elder knows someone someone like this in their congregation, send it to us, the information on them. And they're keeping it on file at headquarters. So not only do the congregational elders know about these predators, but the branch offices know. The headquarters know. In New York. And they have a database. No one can see it. No one knows it. And so imagine if you're. A young victim. And sometimes even adult victims. And when I say that, I mean currently, because there are it's a large number of adults now that went through CSA when they were younger. But I'm referring to like currently, say if you're a young one in a congregation somewhere around the world. And sometimes these perpetrators are elders. Imagine this man has done horrible things to you. Imagine no one believes you or they believe you, but they're saying there's nothing they can do because it wasn't another witness to the event. Imagine them up on the platform talking. Or imagine them during a meeting commenting. Like, how do you think that makes that young victim feel? Can you imagine just the mental and emotional anxiety? Can you imagine the PTSD? And that's what's going on. But if you bring this up, like on my TikTok, Especially on that account, why active Jehovah's Witnesses pop up on my posts. And this is where I get angry. They pop up on the posts where I'm making recordings and I'm telling different experiences that I've had with the religion or how I came up or something I went through. They rear their ugly heads on those videos, and they say the most ugliest, vile things to be such a loving organization. They say some pretty horrible things to me and other creators. But the posts that I make, and I'm going to read you three different accounts of three convicted ex, well... One or two of them are ex-witnesses. I'm going to read you what I posted. And I challenged them on several posts. I challenged them to pop up on one of those posts and talk to me about those issues. And they won't do it. Why? Because their brain works so hard in that cult. To just, you know, they just don't want to believe it. And I tell them, like, if they come at me respectfully, I return the respect. And I tell them, I have been in your shoes. I know how you feel. I know what you're thinking. Like, for 50 years, I was pro Jehovah's Witnesses. I didn't want to hear anything bad about the organization. I didn't want to read anything bad about it. And I'm pleading with them just to have an open mind to look at this. Don't take my word for it. Like I'm posting proof. You can go. It's matters of public record. Like. Open your mind. Stop being lazy. And you can look this shit up yourself that I'm talking about and that I'm posting. Real facts. Like, take emotion out of it and just think. And they will not do it. They feel that, you know, this is the true religion. And you know what really, really pisses me off? Some have had the audacity to say, that the victims are lying. You know, one of my friends posted, she opened it up and I know it was hard for, I commended her for posting this, but she told about yesterday posted about, um, what happened to her and, you know, the thought process, why it took a while to come forward. And do you know some idiots, um, a.k.a. Jehovah's Witnesses, were popping up on that post saying she was lying. Why did it take you a while to tell? What kind of bullshit is that? And yet, that's the culture. Most of the people in that religion deflect. They don't like to face hard facts. Rather, they deflect. And how low of an individual, how low of a human being do you have to be to deflect that bullshit onto a young victim? I don't know. It's frustrating. And that is the culture in that religion. As I mentioned, fortunately, governments are starting to realize that the ugliness and like everything that's going on all the secrets and the mishandling of information that these elders are receiving they're viewing it as like confidentiality if they find out about a predator and know about him or her, that that was something told to them in confidence. But that should make them a mandated reporter to tell, just like other entities. You know, if a teacher asks a student questions and she, you know, gets the student telling her things about what's happening in their home life and abuses involved, it becomes her or his responsibility to, uh, tell the administration there and they get law enforcement involved. Like that's just how it should be. But Jehovah's witnesses, the elders, they don't operate like that. It's ironic too, because in, in literature that we receive, uh, from the leaders there and they call themselves the governing body in literature that they pump out to the organization and in assemblies and conventions, they are constantly pumping it into our brains. If you're with a, uh, you know, a witness, no matter if they're just a friend or a family member or relative, if they do something wrong and you see it or no, you know, you come to know of it, You need to talk to this person and you need to let them know that you're going to give them a certain amount of time to go tell on themselves to the elders. If not, I'm going to have to go and tell. They put this snitch culture into your brain. So everybody's telling on everybody, self-policing. But then when it comes to something as important as CSA, the elders don't want to tell who they need to, which is law enforcement, to get these monsters dealt with. Like, that's so hypocritical to me. It's sickening. Sickening is disgusting, and yet that's what's happening. I'm talking to so many people where they say, like, yeah, my parents knew. The elders knew. Nothing happened. This person was still in the congregation. And I'm like, wow. And so one of my new friends, and she's like over in the UK, and she was like, do you want to see something? Like, truly disgusting. I'm like, yeah. And I'm just going to tell y'all this so y'all realize like how deep this goes. And so she sent me a letter and it was a letter from the branch and they were responding to a body of elders in a particular congregation. And that's how it starts off. You know, dear brothers, this is in response to the letters you all sent about so-and-so. We understand your concern that this person confided in you all in confidence about murders that he's committed. Paul's right there. In my head, I'm like, oh, you know, they're about to tell tell them those elders to like give him the business, like get his ass up out of there. So I unpause to read more. We feel that there's really no need for anyone to know this information. Let him continue in the congregation. Besides, if it got out, you say he's newly married and that would devastate that sister if she found out about something like that about his past. At this moment, I'm like, what? In the fuck am I reading? This organization that I have gave my life to, devoted my life to, been telling me how morally clean they are and uphold God's righteous standards. Like, am I really reading this? So I went to the beginning and started reading again. And I'm just like a literal nauseated feeling came over me. And Yeah, that's how the letter read, telling the bodybuilders in that congregation, just keep it quiet, keep it hush-hush. And it continued. Now, there is a question about if he used marijuana. Have two elders talk to him, question him about that. If it needs to be a judicial committee, can be formed about the marijuana usage. But not the murders. And what's that phrase? The straw that broke the camel's back. That shit was it for me. I was done. I was like, fuck that organization. Fuck the governing body. Fuck the elders that know. Like, I was done. And like I said earlier, it's supposed to be. A safe haven, right? The congregation. How the hell is it safe when members that the congregation don't know about are predators? Not only sexual predators, but hell, the letter I read, like, homicidal predators, too. Like, are you kidding me? And they're telling the elders, keep this shit hush-hush. I lost all faith in in the organization in that moment. Like it had already been coming and I was having the questions and the doubts and I felt I was living a lie because I wasn't feeling it anymore at the end of last year. Stopped going all together and, you know, in June last month, I find this out and yeah, like I'm so done. A couple people ask me, do I think I'll ever go back? Hell no. For what? Like, I want them dismantled. More and more people need to know about them. And there's already, you know, what's the general consensus about Jehovah's Witnesses is that they're a cult. They're too strict. You all can't do this. You all can't do that. But yet and still, You have elders protecting freaking molesters and predators. It's sickening. I'm telling you, like. They have the audacity to try to talk about other religions. Like if you ever go to a meeting, a Jehovah's Witness meeting, an assembly or a convention. They put themselves up on a pedestal and they are dogging out every other religion. And they even talk about Catholics and all the trials and everything and priests molesting kids there. They talk about it. But it's happening in that organization. You are not clean. And they portray themselves to be But how can you be? And you have. Individuals crying out in pain. Trying to raise awareness. And. Trying to let. The world know what happened to them. What's going on. Some even go into kingdom halls and interrupt meetings. And I'm pretty sure that's why they. Changed the. how attendants operate in the, uh, at the kingdom of the door used to be in a lot, but now the door is locked and there's dang ring cameras and the entrance attendant, like they have to know you, they, you know, they have to know you to come in or the, it's a little screening process. We did it. It was someone we didn't recognize. And I'm sure that's probably why they, uh, made it so airtight because individuals were coming in during meetings and trying to warn the congregation. Now, was it right that they did it like that? No, because it gives the witnesses something to work with. Jehovah's Witnesses love to play the damn victims. And so they would say, oh, they're just fanatics. Oh, look how we are persecuted. The world hates us. Jesus said the world hated him. They will hate us. Look, it's happening. We're being persecuted. So we must be the true religion. That's how Jehovah's Witnesses roll. They spin anything negative that happens to them into they're just being persecuted and it's Satan's fault. And so, yeah, I understand why the people barge in like that, but there's better ways to do it. Like, I want to see everyone do it in a way where Jehovah's Witnesses can't play the damn victim card. Because if it's something that a Jehovah's Witness will do, it is play the damn victim card. When in reality, they are the true monsters. A bunch of arrogant, hypocritical snobs is what I call them. Another reason, like, I couldn't roll with that religion anymore. So let me get into the first one. And so the three examples that I'm using, real court cases, you can look them up your damn self if you want to see for yourself, which I urge you to do. Don't take my word for it. It's in public records and governments' files. These particular instances just have to be Happen to be from Pennsylvania. But yeah, they're happening around the United States and different countries around the world. Look up Australia. It's going crazy in Australia. When I find out the number of allegations in Australia that the government are like, y'all need to come up off those names and that they're trying to protect It's the last time I looked, it was just shy of 2,000 perpetrators that the government want those names of the ones, the predators that are doing these horrendous things. Yet, the Jehovah's Witness organization is trying to protect them. Won't work with the government. Sickening, I'm telling you. Do your own damn research and look. Like, this shit is for real. It's true. So, this first monster, he went to a congregation in Pennsylvania, Forest Hills Congregation. Mark Brown. Let me see. He was arrested in February of 2023. He was an active witness. Act of Jehovah's Witness, police report says he molested two female minors who were his stepdaughters, to whom he was a legal guardian at the time. The assaults on the 12 and 13-year-old girls mainly occurred in the shower and in their beds, which Brown would call horseplay. He molested them while their mother was away more than 20 times. Records indicate between the years of 2004 through 2006, one of the girls testified that he used threats to keep her silent, and if she reported her abuse, he would also sexually assault the other girl. On one occasion, to prove his threats were real, Brown strangled the girl until she urinated herself. Then he made her mop up the urine. He also told one of the sisters that she was a child, so no one would ever believe her. Imagine how true that was. She found out how true that was, probably. Because, yeah, the elders try to say that the victim is lying. Which is complete and utter bullshit. Eventually, one of the sisters was at a breaking point wrote in her diary about the abuse. She left it open for her mother to see. The mother read it, went to the elders of the congregation about the abuse, and kicked Brown out of the house. It was then that the sisters learned that they were both being abused in the same time frame. So they didn't even know the other was being abused. They said records... don't indicate that the elders or the family went to the authorities about the abuse. Let me see here. There's a recent update on Mark Brown as of March of 2025. His plea slash sentencing will be held at the Pennsylvania Courthouse and they give the judge's name And it's a link there. You can look it up to see about that case. And if y'all want to, like I said, look this shit up for yourself. I found a very nice website, jwchildabuse.org. And you can see they have a bunch of information about what I'm talking about. Here's another piece of trash. He was in the Lancaster congregation in Pennsylvania. Norman Gariga. I think that's how you pronounce it. But he was an active Jehovah's Witness in that congregation. Not only was he an active member, he was an elder when he was charged in February of 2023. This nice gentleman. Sarcasm. was convicted for molesting three young girls from his extended family while settling in the US from Puerto Rico. Though the girls told the mother about the abuse, as little as five years old, the mom took no action. They tried to discredit what they was telling them was happening. During sentencing, 25 family members testified on both sides, some defending him and his character, condemning his refusal to acknowledge the harm he caused. The victims described lasting trauma, including panic attacks and suicidal thoughts, which happens to a lot of these victims, sadly. You know, either no one believes them or no action. No justice being taken. And sadly, that's the result. PTSD, suicidal thoughts. But do the witnesses or elders care? Abso-fucking-lutely not. So they said, yet in trial, another Jehovah's Witness elder told the court that the girls were likely lying and that the judge should consider that. So you had an elder... saying that the girls were lying how sick and low is that and remember they're supposed to be protecting the congregation the judge thank goodness declared him a sexually violent predator the judge praised the victims as heroes for their courage in seeking justice Stating, at last you and the truth both win. One of the victims said that she had waited 25 years to get justice after her mother and two congregations ignored her about the abuse. Let that sink in. Her mom and not one, but two congregations ignored her. That's what's going on, people around the world. After 25 years, I finally could tell everyone what happened and was finally believed. That's the best feeling, she said. And she said she was thankful to the grand jury. Let me see here. He got sentenced. to 11 1⁄2 to 25 years in prison. And this was in October of 2024. So he got sentenced to 11 1⁄2 to 25 years in prison on 12 charges of sexual assault against children in families that were hosting him from 1999 to 2003. Sickening. And, you know, here's a case where the parent nor the elders did anything. One more example. This is from the Sheridan congregation in Pennsylvania. Roger Zellers. He was an active Jehovah's Witness in that congregation when he was charged in April of 2024. Police reports state that he sexually assaulted his stepdaughter. She was 9 and 10 when it happened in 1992 and 1993. Get this. He turned his sexual abuse into a teaching lesson and strategically planned his abuse when her mother was working or out of town. In 1993, the victim's aunt, who was close in age to her, caught Zellers one day on top of the victim. She fled with the victim to her house and told her grandmother and the girl's mother about what she had seen. The mother reported the abuse of her daughter to the congregation elders. The elders actually disfellowshipped him for what happened. Which is surprising. This is the sick part. And maybe this is. I wasn't there. I don't know. I'm just saying maybe this is why. They took action. In an elders report. About his abuse. When asked if he would do it again. This monster said. Quote. Probably would. End quote. And that came off that he was non-repentant. Remember, I was telling you about that at the beginning of this episode to them that show he's not repentant. So they disfellowshipped or as they pretty it up and calling now removed him from the congregation. He was a true monster. Just telling you, nope, probably won't stop. Records don't indicate that the elders or family went to the authorities about that abuse. Somehow the authorities found out because, you know, he was put on trial. And it was supposed to happen in like March. I'm sorry, the trial was supposed to happen in May of 2025. So, yeah, somehow the authorities found out. Not sure if it was the elders, probably not. But see, these are the things. that go on in that organization. And like I said, I'm just telling you because of time constraints, I just told you three, I've read so many accounts and like I keep saying, like, go see for yourself. The internet is a beautiful thing. When you use it the right way, go see for yourself. The atrocities that are happening in the Jehovah's witness organization. Look up that Australia, like what's happening in Australia and different countries around the world, even in Europe and America. A big case coming up in America is like a class action lawsuit. And I watched the interview with an attorney who's representing this, I think it was like three dozen ex-witnesses that he's representing. over these CSA cases and man, this attorney, my heart went out to him because he's saying it's like some of the worst abuse and coverup schemes that he has seen. And at one point he has to stop because he's literally getting emotional and about to break down. He says, that's how bad it is. He hasn't seen anything like this in his opinion. What he's seeing in the Jehovah's Witness organization and the cover-ups that they do is like worse than the Catholic Church. His words. And I mentioned that to a fanatic JW cult member earlier this week, and their head almost combusted. You know, they do not want to hear facts. Just get that in your head. Now, Jehovah's Witnesses do not like hearing facts. Jehovah's Witnesses run off of high emotion. And they throw out these catchphrases to you that's so popular in their cult. And like I said, they're going to pull out that victim card sooner or later. But easiest way to make a Jehovah's Witness become unhinged. is state hardcore facts about the organization to them. They have no defense for that. They'll either say you're making it up. One of their popular ones is, oh, bad stuff like this happens in every religion. Why aren't you talking about other religions? Or they'll say we're just being persecuted because we're the true religion. Jesus said he got persecuted, so we'll be persecuted too. That's Jehovah's Witnesses' defense in a nutshell. The organization thinks for them. And quite honestly, they're just like brainwashed robots repeating catchphrases that the governing body vomits onto them. That's what you're going to get from Jehovah's Witnesses. Every congregation meeting, every assembly, every Jehovah's Witness convention is ideals and catchphrases that the governing body vomits into their brainless heads and that they repeat over and over and over. And I'm sure you know witnesses or you work with some, some maybe relatives, and you know, it's sad. And now, Being on the outside and looking in to what I used to be in, you know, it sickens me. But that's the mind control that they have on you. Some of my videos that I've been posting this week, that's what I'm saying, that the governing body and, you know, these, what they... put out in the monthly broadcast that they shoot to every witness around the world on their website and you know the literature and meetings and the assemblies and the conventions I've been saying it's all like psychops and mind control you know and they tell the mindless sheep in the colt That people like me who speak up, they call us apostates. Now, if you look it up in a secular dictionary, an apostate is someone who's left like a religion or a set of ideals. It can even be in business. You know, you can have these beliefs about business, but then you change your beliefs. So that's what an apostate is. Someone who, you know, in a religion, you don't believe in that anymore. He changed the direction. Now, from the governing body, the leaders of the Jehovah's Witness cult, their definition of an apostate or people who are like me who left the religion and who speak out against it, their definition in their literature and the programs that they have, Their definition is that we're under, like, demonic influence and that we aren't mentally stable and that we've lost our mind and the mindless sheep eat it up. And everyone I have been talking to, and a lot of times we joke and call ourselves the free thinkers because we had an open mind and looked into everything. and used our critical thinking that we've been blessed with. And we're like, we are calm. We are collected. We show facts. We speak our truths. But you want to know who the unhinged ones are? Because the governing body is painting to them that we are the unhinged ones and we're spewing off lies and mistruths. The unhinged ones are the active Jehovah's Witnesses that pop up on our post. Want to know the very ironic thing about that, about them popping up? Like when they're telling the organization about how bad we are and don't talk to us, don't listen to us, don't read our material because we don't want your minds to be influenced by their demonic ways. controlled minds. They tell them, and they give them this warning, don't engage with them. We know sometimes you want to defend the religion, but even on social media, don't engage with them. Don't go in their comment section. Don't talk to them. Just keep scrolling. Block them. They are given very clear direction from their master's In New York, don't engage with us. The ironic thing is, so many active Jehovah's Witnesses pop up on mine and other people's accounts that are spreading the absolute truths about that ugly, wicked organization. Active Jehovah's Witnesses pop up on our posts And they just, like I said, they're unhinged. And the things that come out of their mouth, you know, someone told me to go hang myself. Someone, not someone, several of them said they're going to be laughing when Jehovah God destroys you at Armageddon for talking about the organization. They're going to be laughing when I'm destroyed. But that's the true religion. That's Christ-like and model themselves after Christ and show love. That's the true religion, huh? Saying you're going to laugh if somebody dies or go hang yourself. And these are coming from witnesses all around the world that say these crazy, hateful, spiteful, Unhinged remarks on my account. They tell me to delete posts. I'm telling y'all. Jehovah's Witnesses have to be the most arrogant sons of bitches ever. They pop up on my account and tell me to delete posts. Like what in the actual fuck? Like who do you think you are? And I tell them that too. I'm like, this is my account. I post what I want to. You decided to stop on here. And each and every person, I tell them, you know good and well your master's told you, do not engage with me. You are on an apostate account. You're not even supposed to be talking to me. And I wish, a lot of us wish that we could just find out the information of what congregation they're in and we would just rat them out. since they believe in that snitch culture. But you know what a lot of them do? They have these burner accounts and no names, no profile picture, and they're popping off at the gums on our accounts under different posts, spewing Jehovah's Witness hatred like they usually do. I'm telling you, if you know anyone in that religion who or you know someone's studying or someone thinking about studying like just hope that they don't go through with it because it's just a sick twisted organization and I'm telling you this is someone talking to you who was in it for over 50 years I know the ins and outs of it I've And if you follow me on TikTok, I'm making little videos about things that I've experienced, things I've seen, things I didn't like, and I'm just bringing everything to light. I want transparency on that cult because it is hurting people now. Think of the ones that go through abuse now that we don't even know about. that's being kept quiet. And then I want justice for those where something ugly and negative happened to them now, and they're adults now, and they're trying to thrive as adults, but they have this ugly past because of the Jehovah's Witness organization. They have this ugly past in their head, and no justice is being taken. That's why I do this. And I'm very clear with everyone why I do it. Even the bobbleheads that pop up on my post on TikTok. And I let them know why I'm doing it. I'm not keeping it a secret. And they always ask me, why are you doing this? You know you shouldn't be doing it. And I tell each and every one of them, Go scroll. To the bottom of my videos. And follow my video progression when I first started this, at first I was just kind of posting photos. Because I was still trying to like. Get out there and like. OK, I'm about to do this, so I posted like several photos. And then one day I was like, you know what? It's time to stop hiding. and speak my truth. And I made five introductory videos, which explains my thought process as to why I wanted to stop being a Jehovah's Witness. So I invite them, I say, scroll down my account, start from the beginning, stop being lazy, and you'll see exactly why I'm doing this. But they don't want to do that. Jehovah's Witnesses have to be the most laziest people because they don't like to do their own research. They'll rather have the organization think for them. Whatever they read, that's their thought process. In a nutshell, that's the typical Jehovah's Witness. Whatever they read from their masters in New York is their typical mindset. And I made a post about this this morning. It's like when you're learning about the religion and you're studying to be in it, they drill in your head. Now, while you're studying and while we're teaching you the Bible, please keep an open mind so that you can fully grasp what we're trying to teach you from the Bible. They want you to have an open mind. As soon as you get baptized, I mean, you haven't even dried off yet. They want you to stop having an open mind. And one of the baptismal questions, you're pretty much pledging allegiance to the governing body. Like you're admitting that they are God's representatives on earth. Like, that's your channel to God through them. So the information that they're putting out is from God. So that's what they have in you, like, say. And you're saying that you will never go against the governing body. And that whatever they tell you to do, you will do it faithfully. Even if it seems like something strange to do, you will do it. Like, that's one of the baptism questions. that the elders go through with you. And so they want you to have this closed off mind when you're a Jehovah's Witness. Don't listen to any outside influence. Don't visit other churches. Don't read other versions of the Bible that may be put out from a certain denomination or religion. Don't view other religious programs. Don't listen to anything And by all means, do not. We mean do not listen to apostates who used to be Jehovah's Witnesses. Because they are all being influenced by Satan and the demons and they are telling just outright lies. So as soon as you get baptized and become a witness, they want you to just close off your mind. Only accept what they tell you. Only do what they tell you. And I'm quite open with some of the ones that pop up on my posts. And I'm telling them, like, you're being controlled. You know, they tell me I shouldn't post something. And I always tell them I'm not a JW. Like, go read my bio again. I'm an ex-JW. And I tell them, like, the rules that you have from your masters do not apply to me. I do whatever the hell I want. And they, man. They about lose their fucking mind when I tell them that. They're not used to free thinking. They are used to people thinking for them. I'm trying to tell all y'all this, not to bash them, but just to let you all know what you're dealing with, the mentality you're dealing with when you talk about the average Jehovah's Witness around the world. That's their mentality. And yeah, I'm quick to tell them like I'm not under. The control of your masters and. Like, I'm just going to each day. My obligation is to just put out more and more light. About that dark organization. And. Like the more. We speak up. and just boldly tell what we know, hopefully the quicker action can be taken against that organization starting at the top. Because it's just a huge scheme. It's a cult. The leaders there is just a big real estate property money-making scheme. And that's the God honest truth. And that's why, honestly, personally, that's why I think they're so hush-hush about it because they like to hold on to all their money from the contributions they get from all the blind sheep from around the world. And, you know, if they have to keep paying out all these damn lawsuits, that's cutting into their real estate money. You know, and I'm just being like. Honest and open as I can with you. I think that's why I think that's besides being fucking evil. I think that's one of the biggest reasons they don't want to pay out lawsuits and they're losing lawsuits. You know, with all this coming out. And the government starting to pick up on what's going down. And so, yeah, I think money. has to do with it, as to why they're being shady, quiet, keeping this database full of damn predators from around the world that they know who they are, but they're not giving it up to the authorities. I think it's all fueled by money. But yeah, I just wanted to share with everyone my number one reason that I am against that organization known as Troubles Witnesses. And a lot of them who pop up on my post, they say, oh, you're just mad because somebody did something to make you mad. And I'm like, God, y'all are just petty and lowly educated. But it's like bad things happen in that organization. And I'm not going to be a part of the cover-up. I want the world to know what type of organization they are. And that's why I do what I do. That's the number one reason right there. The abuse that goes on where there's no justice for the victims. But it's starting to change, which makes me very happy. And so I want that momentum to keep on swinging in favor of the victims and, you know, bring down that stupid organization. So I hope you enjoyed this episode. Please, oh, if you have, want to email, I've been getting nice emails and people telling me their stories and I'm answering questions. So if you want to email me, my email address is xjw1 at gmail.com. So it's exjw1 J-D-U-B, the number one, at gmail.com. Most of my social media accounts, if you put in X-J-Dub, E-X, J-D-U-B, it should pull me up. But Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Man, I'm finding a lot of friends from around the world on YouTube telling me their stories and very supportive of what I'm doing. So if you're listening to this on YouTube, I thank you. I appreciate all of you. And, yeah, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. Each and every day I'm going to put out something against that evil organization. So, yeah. Look me up on social media too. But I appreciate each and every one of you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening to me. I hope you have a great day and a great week. Go do something positive.