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Robert Hendriks - National Spokesman for Jehovah's Witnesses and head of Watchtower PID ordered my disfellowshipping!
I tell the full story on Reddit.
He doesn't get to control the narrative on this one!
I have officially handed my letter of disassociation from the Watchtower corporation & Jehovah's Witnesses to the local elders.
I am no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
#exjw
Jehovah's Witnesses are unaware that exJWs in a very real way are fighting for changes that will bring protection for the people, especially the children, still in the organization.
You call us evil for it.
But we will be here to welcome you if you ever wake up to reality.
I have never had so many responses on my exjw Instagram account from JWs as I have today with the announcement of the removal of Tony Morris.
Some say "fake news" others "why are you sharing this, they say not to post on social media".
Others are PIMI asking how to find the news
Washington State House committee just voted to pass out of committee SB 5280 WITH an amendment to add "elder" to the language and remove the confession exemption to mandate clergy reporting of child abuse!
WA is closing the loopholes!
Let get this into law!
This is offensive propaganda from a global religious cult that shamelessly destroys families and is DIRECTLY responsible for countless suicides due to mandated shunning practices!
One of my goals is to bring greater media attention to this issue within the JW/exJW communities.
Robert Hendriks - National Spokesman for Jehovah's Witnesses and head of Watchtower PID ordered my disfellowshipping!
I tell the full story on Reddit.
He doesn't get to control the narrative on this one!
What does hypocrisy look like?
A group of Watchtower lawyers talking about totalitarian governments.
The man pretending not to be a JW sitting on the left of the screen is directly responsible for me being shunned by all family & JW friends.
Why? Social media posts like this.
Raymond Franz was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses during the 1970s.
He worked in the Watchtower writing department & was part of the team that wrote the book Aid to Bible Understanding.
He resigned 1980 & later wrote 2 books.
This is Crisis of Conscience.
Breaking news: Anthony Morris III (Tight Pants Tony) is no longer serving as a member of the Governing Body of Jehovahโs Witnesses.
First off, ๐
Why is this not on the front page?
It has been a year since I got the phone call from one of my former best friends that started the most stressful week of my life. He informed me that a judicial committee was formed to disfellowship me at the instruction of Watchtower's head of PR (that man no longer has that
Last night a friend of mine was disfellowshipped as a JW without ever meeting with the elders for a judicial committee.
This person was inactive & trying to "fade" while moving on with their life.
The elders literally spied on their home a number of times.
#JWvsNorway
This is the verdict in the Jehovah's Witnesses case
COURT CASE: After being deprived of state subsidies, Jehovah's Witnesses filed a lawsuit against the state of Norway. The verdict has been reached.
From Vรฅrt Land (machine translated by Google)
(VERDICT: The trial
I'm probably not in the right headspace to comment...
My heart aches for the JW families that are suffering after the horrific attack in Hamburg Germany.
All exJWs condemn violence against JWs. Everyone should be free from the fear of being gunned down at a house of worship.
Reports are coming in that Watchtower has lost the lawsuit it started against the Spanish Association of Victims of Jehovah's Witnesses support group in Spain.
I have not yet found confirming news articles but will pass those along when I can.
#exJW
#exTJ
This is a copy of my public disassociation notice on my personal IG account.
I've already had PIMOs reach out to let me know they're there โฅ๏ธ
I did the right thing.
Today a WA State House committee held a hearing on WA SB 5280 re: Clergy mandated reporting.
3 exJWs including yours truly and
@Mark_J_ODonnell
were able to provide testimony during the hearing. Links to that testimony are in the video description.
A Bethel PIMO (who recently leaked the 2 shunning videos deleted from the 2023 Conventions) has just shared that the "secret" boxes JWs are not to open until November contain a new brochure that will be announced at the Annual Meeting in entitled "Love Jehovah - Make Disciples."
Evidently Watchtower has ordered the removal of 2 videos from their convention program which has already been taking place over the past couple weekends.
The subject is faithfully shunning family.
Any PIMOs out there have an earlier version of the videos before they were removed?
Well it took 6 months, but my anniversary present to my wife was finally finished. And we love it!
A custom piece we commissioned inspired by some of my photography and moments in our lives.
Breaking News!
In the case Jehovah's Witnesses vs the State of Norway we have a verdict!
Jehovah's Witnesses lost!
The State won.
More to come, stay tuned!
5 more members of Jehovah's Witnesses in PA face charges out of the PA Grand Jury investigation.
If I understand it correctly a JW Elder faces 20 charges and is at large.
I hate saying this...
There really are exJW "Apostates" who are exactly everything Jehovah's Witnesses claim they are.
That's a damn shame!
Some self proclaimed activists that are very full of themselves, seemingly have delusions of grandeur, and take a "by any means
My wife, who is not even inactive at this point, just showed me the list of JW "friends" that blocked her without a word since I DA.
1 person messaged her last week to say they should do a zoom call, my wife told her she's not going in service anymore = instant block.
So some life long friends just had to message my wife to let her know how hurt and upset they are about my DA goodbye message I shared on IG.
They felt like it was a personal attack.
What part specifically?
That I dared to say this in the final image.
This is a copy of my public disassociation notice on my personal IG account.
I've already had PIMOs reach out to let me know they're there โฅ๏ธ
I did the right thing.
You know what's wild?
Having active JWs out in public stop and pet our dog while shunning the person holding the leash.
I mean, she is the goodest girl!
But come on ๐คฃ
Why should Jehovah's Witnesses lose their family for no longer believing these men that can change anything at any time and never apologize?
Thanks to
@Larchwood20
for the screenshots.
#exjw
#jw
#jworg
Jehovah's Witnesses hope you accept their invitation to hear their peaceful convention program where they explain that all babies can be called a "little enemy of God"
Thanks to
@FadetoEx
for highlighting this portion.
I blocked this horrible person.
Can you imagine saying this directly to a person that is a survivor of CSA at the hands of a JW and who testified in the same hearings as a leader of JWs that confirmed there is a problem with CSA in his organization?
Or don't
Just don't.
This does nothing but scare people and fit the stereotype of crazy angry apostates.
Nothing good comes of doing dumb shit like this
I didn't plan it, but March 7th marks two of the hardest things I've lived through.
It marks 8 years since I found my friend and boss after he hung himself.
Today is 1 year since I said goodbye to my parents.
Check on your friends.
Call your parents if you can.
Watchtower lost over $500,000 in Jehovah's Witnesses' donated funds to fight the government of Norway taking away their state funding!
Jehovah's Witnesses will never be told this by their leaders.
They are totally free to practice their religion and continue to shun exJWs.
An Elder in a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for CSA against a 13 yo victim that took place in 2020/21.
He was already a Level 3 Sex Offender and served 10 years in prison in the 80s!
"A legal bid by the Jehovah's Witness church to get out of being part of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has been dismissed by the High Court in Wellington."
Time for testimony today was only 60 seconds.
So I had to greatly condense what I had to say, but this is my written testimony submitted to the committee:
Good Morning,
My name is Mitch...
I resigned as a one of Jehovahโs Witnesses almost a year ago in part due to learning of
Washington State lawmakers have brought forward a new bill - SB 6298 "Concerning the duty of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect."
This bill picks up after the Senate failed to pass SB 5280 last session due to caving to the lobbyists of the Catholic Church because
Watchtower / Jehovah's Witnesses are planning a funeral event in Hamburg. To be attended by a Governing Body member.
"We are pleased to inform you"
"Look what we have done" ๐คฌ
Are they capable of normal human behavior?
Really proud of you Jan.
You're standing up for what it right. It's what we were trained to do.
You're standing up for us as exJWs and more importantly you're standing up for the rights of JWs.
As I said in my DA letter: Watchtower is fighting a war, it's a war against JWs.
Testifying in court against the religion i was born in and spent 35 years in, with a hall packed with members of that religion, people I knew, was something I never pictured myself doing.
But here we are.
I did what I had to do.
And I will do it again.
"A victim of childhood sexual abuse by an elder of the Makaha congregation of Jehovahโs Witnesses is entitled to $40 million in damages, a Circuit Court judge has ruled"
The Watchtower / Jehovah's Witnesses organization
โขclaims divine authority
โขdemands total trust & obedience
โขdoes not tolerate dissent
โขbreaks apart families
โขinsists on zero accountability for their failings when confronted by their victims, media, governmental authorities
Reports are coming in that Watchtower has lost the lawsuit it started against the Spanish Association of Victims of Jehovah's Witnesses support group in Spain.
I have not yet found confirming news articles but will pass those along when I can.
#exJW
#exTJ
WA State lawmakers passed SB 5280 concerning making clergy mandated reporters after a long and surprising floor debate last night.
Their vote of 75 to 20 reflects the overwhelming support I believe the people of Washington give to this bill.
Protect Children, not abusers!
Do Jehovah's Witnesses elders send out group chats warning of known child molesters? No!
Warn others about those guilty of rape or sexual assault? No!
Threaten to call the police on those criminals? No!
But they label someone as a "mentally ill apostate" & warn everyone around!
Tomorrow the NPR radio program 1A will be discussing the issue of CSA within the LDS and Jehovah's Witnesses organizations.
"How child abuse goes unchecked for Mormons and Jehovahโs Witnesses"
Look forward to hearing them speak with Chelsea Goodrich,
Today will be my first official Thanksgiving.
At the dinner, most people will be strangers to me.
Thinking of how to make sure I fit in.
Religion and Politics are excellent conversation topics, right? ๐ค
Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm proud to have helped spark the creation of this article.
So glad the change about the GT teaching and the quote about no need to apologize were included.
The Dutch parliament was given an early screening of a new 3 part documentary on Jehovah's Witnesses that will be released publicly tomorrow.
In response a motion in parliament is going to be made.
Governing Body member Gerrit Lรถsch gave a 45 min talk to the Spanish branch over the weekend in which he endlessly speculates about the earthly resurrection & several times cautions JWs against speculating.
From a WT study article a few weeks ago we learned only they can do that
I think it is truly sinister & unforgivable the way Watchtower demonizes anyone that tries to highlight a problem with the way they handle CSA.
The Governing Body of JWs equates the issue with Apostates.
"Breaking news" : There are 2 new complete strangers that your family will trust over you.
8 million+ JWs around the world will listen to anything these newly appointed bald white guys in America say as if it is coming from God himself.
Yet another legal loss for Watchtower this past week.
A Finnish exJW activist prevailed in a lawsuit brought by Watchtower for publishing videos on shunning online.
If showing your propaganda is damaging to your reputation... Change!
Stop lying!
I am very excited to see the lunch of The Liberati.
A new non-profit organization started by a team of exJWs with the goal of providing practical help & a safe community for survivors of high control religion.
I can't wait to see what this becomes!
It's time for a thread on all the crazy statements or insane dramatization clips from the 2023 "Exercise patience!" Regional Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses
To start us off, in the opening part, Governing Body member Mark Sanderson shows us the GB are God's Bible editors!
"We don't do it because we hate Jehovah's Witnesses"
#JWvsNorway
From Vรฅrt Land
By
@jfnilsen
(machine translated by Google)
While we await the verdict
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: What kind of society should Norway be? Should we protect the weak, those who are affected when freedom of
The Governing Body is simply giddy about announcing that they are reducing Pioneer's hour requirements because they desperately want Pioneers to retain their made up positions.
Moving the goal posts to keep up appearances!
My mind instantly went to the clip at the end.
Want to know what concerns Watchtower and the Governing Body the most?
Look at what they are having JWs constantly review at meetings.
Most important message for Jehovah's Witnesses these days: Ignore information critical of us and the organization.
I don't think a month goes
I was unshunned for exactly 1 text message from my dad yesterday to let me know a great-aunt had died.
I let him know I already was made aware by other family and said I loved him. No response.
Jehovah's Witnesses continue their efforts to avoid being included in New Zealand's Abuse in Care Inquiry.
JWs are the only faith based group to oppose being involved.
I want to share a brief story.
I had one very sweet JW sister in her 20s like an IG story I posted about a week after DA.
I sent her a message just letting her know I had DA in case she just didn't see my notice
"I don't feel the need to unfollow you"
That made my day!
This is a copy of my public disassociation notice on my personal IG account.
I've already had PIMOs reach out to let me know they're there โฅ๏ธ
I did the right thing.
Our 8 year anniversary was earlier this week. Photos of our wedding are all over our TV & Google home due to this.
Pretty messed up to have the photos from the best day of your life be filled with people who would now cross the street to avoid you.
#exjw
Washington State Senate bill 6298 concerning clergy mandated reporting just passed the senate chamber by a vote of 44/5!
Before passage they struck down an amendment submitted by republican state senator Fortunato designed to cripple this bill.
Those opposed to this bill were
Most of our family is at the same convention this weekend.
My wife's "best friend" just sent her a picture with her hugging my little niece.
Do you think they even know they are being manipulative?
It really sucks ๐
Since waking up, I've been greatly distributed by the endless stories of elders asking highly inappropriate questions of sexual activities, especially of young women.
Where do elders learn this practice? Was it in older elders books? Orally taught at KM schools? Passed down?
The fact JWs on social media apps seem to be more outraged by reporters calling it the "Jehovah's Witness Church", rather than the loss of life that took place during the Christmas day shooting in Colorado is telling!
A reminder for JWs:
Your organization does not trust you to have access to all the "spiritual food" they have produced.
If Jesus chose Watchtower in 1919, why are you not allowed to examine what was published then?
The fact is, it's all available digitally. Just not to you.
Massive thanks to my buddy
@MyLittlePIMO
I had given up on ever getting my YouTube account back.
But we're back baby!
Thanks to
@ashleynbelanger
for making some noise at YouTube for us.
I guess Serena Williams decided it was finally time to quit pretending & officially join the Jehovah's Witnesses before the big Armageddon comes.
We must be in the final minutes of the last hours. The toenails of the Daniel image.
#jw
#exjw
What is the worst sin a JW can commit?
A child rapist, murderer, or an adulterer may not even be DF. If they are it might only be for a few months. During which time JWs can still greet them at the meetings.
Criticize the the Governing Body = Apostate = worse than criminals!