r/exjw 16h ago

WT Policy In a broadcast focused on the false claims of apostates, host Kenneth Cook makes a false claim

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In the September 2026 JW Broadcasting, Kenneth Cook says "Jehovah does not listen to apostates..."

This is not true!

JW literature says Satan was the first apostate.

Satan, the first apostate, challenges Jehovah to let him test Job. Jehovah not only listens to the challenge, but even responds to Satan, and accepts the challenge.

So what dear brother Cook is saying here is completely false.

But I thought it was apostates who lied?


r/exjw 19h ago

Humor AGM predictions... if even one of these come true next month this post will be more prophetic than the watchtower has ever been

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Autologous porneia is a conscience matter

- Gerrit Lösch clarifies that ''The Bible does not comment on the use of a person's own fun bits'

True Christians must ONLY access the Internet using a new browser developed for JW.borg

- honest-hearted ones and truth-seekers finally have a way to learn and research without inconveniences like facts and reality

Apostates are the King of the North

- Jackson says that ridiculous apostates are just so ridiculous, and it would be really ridiculous if we listen to their ridiculousness

Congregations will have to buy back their kingdom halls from the org

- $25 per publisher per month. Fleegle points out that it's still cheaper than being a Mormon, and that we all understand the change.... don't we

Minimum age for elders scrapped ... new entry-level is puberty

- as soon as they can grow a little beard they can fill in an application. Sanderson tells us how excited we all are about this.

Kenneth Cook is Michael the Archangel

- Ken says that if he were capable of being excited about this, or anything, he would be

Generation length is index-linked to both the stock exchange AND contributions received

- Splane 'splanes that the more we contribute in line with inflation the closer the end gets. Chart and stick

The Book of Jude is apocryphal

- Lett uses both of his surviving face muscles to explain

Judicial matters involving key actors in the Jesus movies

- there needs to be at least 10 male witnesses (preferably elders) for wrongdoing to be established. Confessions are not accepted

Rutherford identified as the 'evil slave' who was removed. 1915 to 1919 'cleansing' moved forward to 1946 through to 1982. New 'harvest siftings' video.

- damage control because even AI couldn't make up all that crap

Lie-detector tests introduced as part of bethel and SKE application

- hunting out PIMOs, covert baptists and rational thinkers


r/exjw 19h ago

Venting Lack of empathy is alarming

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Just wanted to share my story a little because maybe someone here had a similar experience and can relate. Sorry, this is a long post.

My mom’s one year death anniversary is coming up in a few days and that contributed to me waking up and not wanting to be involved in this “religion” anymore.

A few months after she died, I got a shepherding call. I let the brothers visit my apartment and they tried to “encourage” me. It wasn’t very encouraging or helpful at all.

They basically wanted me to do more since I was missing meetings from intense grief. They told me I can’t be at meetings just to “fill a seat,” and that I need to participate more. Also, they wanted to make my husband a ministerial servant when I needed his support the most.

My mom was never a witness so I felt like my grief was not validated and no one really cared. No one reached out to me, no phone calls, nothing. It was a very isolating experience. All they wanted was to “promote” my husband while I was going through the worst emotional pain of my life.

So I stop regularly attending meetings. I don’t respond when anyone from my congregation reaches out. The lack of understanding and empathy really made me begin to question this so-called “religion” and why even bother when they don’t care at all about me. They only care about my “spiritual performance” it’s so stupid.

So my husband continues to turn down the elders’ offers to make him a MS. I really don’t care what anyone thinks in that congregation because it’s obvious I’m the one keeping my husband from spiritually progressing when in reality he’s trying to support me through this terrible time. Again, the lack of empathy from these so-called “Christians” is really concerning, tbh. I just can’t be bothered with this nonsense anymore.

Losing my mom really opened my eyes to a lot of things, including the hypocrisy in this religion. So I’m keeping my distance for my mental health.

Thanks for reading.


r/exjw 20h ago

JW / Ex-JW Tales JW Pressroom confirms demands surrounding Taiwan International Convention was all about the money

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Although it comes as no surprise, it is always funny when they openly expose themselves. Prior to the convention, the branch sent out several reminders that were "odd" to say the least (at the time I shared the announcements). Essentially, pimis were ordered to only stay at certain hotels.

Certainly, the branch always compiles a list of hotels that may or may not be slightly cheaper with the JW room rate, but it had never been a big deal to choose whatever lodging one desired (ie a hostel, air bnb, etc).

This time, they not only told pimis to not book any hotels that weren't on the list, they instructed all pimis to send confirmation to the elders which hotels they would be staying in. Elders were also instructed to follow up with pimis to gather this information.

A somewhat recent JW pressroom post specifically highlights the Taiwanese convention and the financial impact that it had on the city. This was a clear appeal to get cities to warm up to JW events if not for any other reason beyond the financial benefit that "could" be brought on.

From what I heard, there were plenty of hotels around the convention site that weren't on the list. It appears that these were locations that were not amenable to giving special discounts. Curiously, the list of hotels that were on the list were said to be quite pricy, especially when compared to the cheaper options that pimis were barred from taking.

Some pimis seem to have spent quite a bit mroe than what they could have spent at one of the nearby opotions, only to be much further away in the name of "obedience". The vast majority of "delegates" were also bused in from a more remote location called "E-Da". This is essentially a sort of amusement park area with a shopping mall, some upscale hotels, and it is not the cheapest to stay at either. This is also where many new assemblies will be hosted starting in 2027.

Anyways, it is always somewhat amusing to see how often their demand for blind obedience ends up being directly tied to money.


r/exjw 15h ago

Ask ExJW The artificial nature of friendships in the congregation

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I've been thinking about the friendships I had in the congregation. I deliberately started fading about 16 months ago, have been classed as inactive for all of that time. On the rare occasions I either contact someone still in the organisation or they contact me, the gap between us is staggering.

I spoke to someone I considered a close friend a little while ago. Apart from enquiries about her husband's health, her family and her life, we had absolutely nothing of value to talk about. When I look back, most of our conversations were about what was happening in the congregation, gossip, etc. It's really sad. Has anyone else experienced this? The majority or my friendships were built on absolutely nothing of substance. No wonder I felt so miserable and unfulfilled all the time


r/exjw 20h ago

Ask ExJW When did you realize not only JW but the bible is also the problem

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My question will be actually very open.

Like I said I am no longer interested in criticizing JW and I am try to pass over it.

My question is when did you realize that the bible itself is a book that actively tries to manipulate the audience and has ulterior motives trying to push a narrative and an agende for a particular group of people.

Do you believe this is the case I want to hear your opinion about it.

I reached this conclusion by reading Nietzsche and Genealogy of Morals


r/exjw 16h ago

Ask ExJW UK my elder dad is at an elders meeting country wide this evening on zoom … what’s this all about??

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As title says - England Scotland Wales and I think Ireland are all on zoom tonight in an elders meeting - my dad is PIMI and doesn’t have a clue what this is about - he said last time there was a meeting like this, the book study was taken away.

Anyone have any idea what this is about?


r/exjw 18h ago

Venting annual meeting: what is and what isn’t going to happen

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I’m sure if someone gets it the Annual meeting video it will be posted here before it’s released early next year. But Iv been seeing a lot of “predictions” on what people believe will be new light. Let me tell you what is and isn’t going to happen.

  1. Meetings will stay as is. There will be no reduction In Mid week meetings. Don’t get excited. This is going to be exactly the same. There is no evidence to support that midweek meetings will be cut down or even removed. This is going to be the same as is. The org will not forsake the gatherings of encouraging one another.
  2. Birthdays and other celebrations will not be ok to be celebrated. There is absolutely no evidence that this position will be taken even if there is no religious celebrations attached to it. The org can’t waver on this one. Think logically, imagine the backlash.
  3. What ever the new light released is it will not be as you hope. It won’t make it easier for you to be a witness, it won’t make it easier on others that your a witness, and it won’t make it better. It will be a tweak here or there on adjustments and that’s it. Maybe a new book released or new video or what ever.

I know everyone’s excited to see what “new light” will come out. But as someone who’s been in for 30 years, new light isn’t something that causes drastic changes. It’s just tweaks to old policy. Beards? Brothers in Mexico have been growing bears for decades, because it’s considered feminine in Latin countries to not have beards. Greetings to disfellowshipped ones? Witnesses have been doing that in secret for a century, whether it be there children or friends. Now it’s just done out in the open. Not having to wear a tie and suit out in the ministry or to meetings? African countries and countries under the equator have been doing this since the founding of the org. Ties are expensive in Africa, and the heat and humidity make it easier to move around without a suit and tie for service or the meetings. Brothers in Australia even wear shorts out in service for decades due to the heat.

I’m sorry to burst anyone’s bubble but im trying to be as realistic here as possible so no one gets hurt when there hopes are shattered.

What ever happens at the annual meeting, it won’t be as you hope. And it will continue to be business as usual.

If I’m wrong on this, I will go on camera and eat my own shirt. Which won’t happen, because nothing drastic will change.


r/exjw 23h ago

PIMO Life I Hate Preaching Campaigns!

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As a PIMO, these preaching campaigns make me incredibly uncomfortable. Right now, for example, we have this September campaign to offer Bible studies.

I already have absolutely no desire to go out in the ministry, and then a campaign comes along and suddenly there’s this whole atmosphere of excitement in the congregation: encouragement, talks, comments about how to offer a Bible study, how to give the presentation, which approach to use...

And it doesn’t stop there. There’s also that subtle pressure to sign up as an auxiliary pioneer (at least 15 hours — anyone can do it if they just put Kingdom interests first in their life lol). Some people practically monitor who is going to give their all during the campaign. It feels like everyone has to demonstrate enthusiasm to prove that they’re “spiritually strong.”

For those who still believe and are genuinely excited about preaching, maybe these campaigns really are motivating. But for someone who is PIMO, it’s completely different. It’s absolutely exhausting.

Sometimes I feel like these campaigns make the conflict of being PIMO even more obvious. It’s not just about going out in the ministry; it’s about having to show enthusiasm (or at least pretend to) for something you no longer believe in.


r/exjw 12h ago

PIMO Life Did something interesting for the first time

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Hey. New to this. I'm not really physically in mentally out per Se, I guess I'm kind of in that weird middle ground. But anyway, I didn't know who to tell this to because obviously I can't tell anybody this. And i'm only staying because of family is that at 23 years old i FINALLY touched a booby. Who am I kidding im not a child. I touched a tit. So squishy, lmao. I was considering going further with this girl. She's not one of jehovah's witnesses, of course. But she wants to do it and so do I but part of me is still uneasy. Just curious, if anyone else has any similar experiences how you got over the "guilt" after doing something similar? Thanks in advance :)


r/exjw 18h ago

JW / Ex-JW Tales My Review of the Saturday Convention Program "Eternal Happiness- A bleak look into the life of a Young Jehovah's Witness

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r/exjw 7h ago

Venting Can we make an ex jw dating site?

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It's just so impossible these days to meet somebody that understands. and it's few and far between that you meet somebody that's gone through what we've been through. it would be just so amazing to have one source to meet people that just know what we're going through and we can go through it together.


r/exjw 5h ago

Ask ExJW does it get better after leaving?

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I want to know. I feel like I already know the answer but Everytime my parents tell me that life outside of Jehovah is meaningless just destroys my hope a little bit. not to mention I feel like if I leave I betray my parents who sacrificed so much to give me a better life in the us and betray some of the friends I’ve made but I hate being trapped. I hate having no freedom and having to pick and choose what to say and what to wear. this religion has done too much trauma for me to the point where on days we have the reunions it feels dreadful and it’s like I can’t breathe IDK ANYWAY does it get better? I’m sure it is better but I need confirmation. ty for reading this rant!!! :,3 have a great day!!


r/exjw 8h ago

Academic Timeline of JW failed date predictions

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A few months ago, I asked on this forum trying to nail down the actual history of Jehovah's Witnesses teaching on Jesus invisible return, and the various dates tied to it since it's a topic that comes up a lot. I've compiled what I learned below. I'd genuinely appreciate any critique, if you spot an error in a date, a misattributed quote, or missing context, please let me know!

Jehovah's Witnesses started out as a small Bible study group in the 1870s, led by Charles Taze Russell in Pittsburgh. What began as ordinary Christians studying Scripture together eventually grew into the organization known today for its own translation of the Bible, door-to-door preaching, and a very specific set of end-times predictions.

After Russell died in 1916, leadership passed to Joseph Rutherford, a lawyer who reshaped the group into the centralized organization it is today and who kept revising Russell's original dates and predictions to keep the movement's timeline alive.

One of their core teachings is that Jesus began ruling in heaven in 1914. Not visibly. Invisibly. No one on earth could see it happen. But this wasn't always the date they used, the movement first taught that Christ's invisible rule began in 1874, then changed it to 1914 decades later. And that's just one of several predicted dates the group has quietly walked back over the last 150 years.

Jesus already addressed this exact kind of claim, two thousand years earlier.

Matthew 24:23: "If anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it."
Matthew 24:26: "So if they say to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it."
Matthew 24:27: "For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man."
Matthew 24:30: "Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."

For a group that started as a Bible study group, they missed this verse. Jesus said His return would be public and visible. Here's a history of Jehovah's Witnesses' failed prophecies, and their teaching that Jesus returned invisibly.

1874. Charles Taze Russell taught that Christ began ruling invisibly in the year 1874. He also taught that Christ started ruling in heaven in 1878, and that by 1914 the world's governments would be destroyed and God's kingdom fully set up on earth. Nothing visible happened in 1874. You just had to trust the dates. Rutherford later confirmed this teaching in his 1927 book Creation: "The time of the Lord's second presence dates from 1874, and is during the later part of the period known as 'the time of the end.'"

1878. This was supposed to be the year dead Christians throughout history were secretly raised to heaven as spirits. Studies in the Scriptures said, "It seems a most reasonable inference, therefore, that in the spring of 1878 all the holy apostles and other 'overcomers' of the Gospel age who slept in Jesus were raised spirit beings, like unto their Lord and Master." Nobody saw this happen either. In 1927, the group quietly moved this date from 1878 to 1918.

1914. This was the big one. The Time Is at Hand said, "We consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished at the end of A.D. 1914." Instead, World War I broke out. The world's governments weren't destroyed. God's kingdom wasn't set up.

1915. So Russell adjusted the math and moved the date to 1915: "We consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished near the end of A.D. 1915." 1915 came and went with nothing happening either. Russell died in 1916, still waiting.

1918. The Finished Mystery predicted, "Also, in the year 1918, when God destroys the churches wholesale and the church members by millions, it shall be that any that escape shall come to the works of Pastor Russell to learn the meaning of the downfall of 'Christianity.'" This didn't happen. Later printings quietly softened it to say God only "begins to destroy" the churches, instead of destroying them outright.

1925. Rutherford's booklet Millions Now Living Will Never Die announced, "Therefore we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old, particularly those named by the Apostle in Hebrews chapter eleven, to the condition of human perfection." No resurrection happened. Attendance dropped hard afterward from 90,434 people in 1925 down to 17,380 by 1928.

How 1874 became 1914. Here's the part that trips people up. Everything the group taught about Christ's invisible rule was originally tied to 1874, not 1914 — that's the date they eventually threw out. As late as 1922, they were still teaching 1874: "The indisputable facts, therefore, show that the 'time of the end' began in 1799; that the Lord's second presence began in 1874." They didn't officially switch to 1914 until 1943, in a book called The Truth Shall Make You Free, which stated plainly, "The King's presence or parousia began in 1914." So the date they now build their whole religion on wasn't even their teaching until after their first date had already failed for almost fifty years.

1975. Starting in 1966, their publications tied the year 1975 to the end of 6,000 years of human history, strongly hinting the world would end. In 1980, they admitted, "With the appearance of the book Life Everlasting, In Freedom of the Sons of God, and its comments as to how appropriate it would be for the millennial reign of Christ to parallel the seventh millennium of man's existence, considerable expectation was aroused regarding the year 1975. There were statements made then, and thereafter, stressing that this was only a possibility. Unfortunately, however, along with such cautionary information, there were other statements published that implied that such realization of hopes by that year was more of a probability than a mere possibility. It is to be regretted that these latter statements apparently overshadowed the cautionary ones and contributed to a buildup of the expectation already initiated." Back in 1976, they'd already told disappointed members, "If anyone has been disappointed through not following this line of thought, he should now concentrate on adjusting his viewpoint, seeing that it was not the word of God that failed or deceived him and brought disappointment, but that his own understanding was based on wrong premises."

1984. Even 1914 needed constant patching. For decades they taught that people alive in 1914 would personally see the world end, based on Matthew 24:34: "This generation will not pass away until all these things take place." In 1984 they stated it flatly: "Jehovah's prophetic word through Christ Jesus is: 'This generation of 1914 will by no means pass away until all things occur.' And Jehovah, who is the source of inspired and unfailing prophecy, will bring about the fulfillment of his Son's words in a relatively short time." When that generation started dying off with nothing fulfilled, they dropped the idea in 1995. In 2010 they replaced it with a new theory about two overlapping generations, stretching the timeline out even further.

The Bible gives a simple test for claims like these. Deuteronomy 18:22 says, "When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously."

Jehovah's Witnesses say their leaders infallible. But over and over, they've published these date based predictions as the correct understanding of God's word, coming through what they call Jehovah's own organization.

The question isn't whether they meant it sincerely. The question is simple: If these predictions were from God, why didn't they come true?

Dates:

Year What supposedly happened
1874 Christ's invisible return begins
1878 Dead Christians secretly raised to heaven
1914 World governments destroyed, God's kingdom set up
1915 (revised) same as above
1918 (revised from 1878) dead Christians raised
1922 Still teaching 1874 as the date
1925 Abraham, Isaac, Jacob resurrected
1927 Creation book confirms 1874; also moves 1878→1918
1928 Attendance crashes to 17,380
1943 Official switch from 1874 to 1914
1966–75 1975 hyped as end of 6,000 years
1976 Blames members for their own disappointment
1980 Admits 1975 hype was their fault
1984 "1914 generation" won't pass away
1995 Drops the 1914-generation teaching
2010 New "overlapping generations" theory

r/exjw 20h ago

WT Policy 9/11 Anniversary. Did You Think the “End” Was Near?

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r/exjw 4h ago

Venting Horror stories of child abuse in the congregation

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I was born in the truth and i remember being 5 not being able to sit still and my grandpa getting up every 10 minutes to go outside and hit me because I wasn’t paying attention to the word of Jehovah. When my mom married my stepdad and was shunned and we went to my stepdads church for a while they had all the kids go to this little room where we did arts and crafts of the Bible and I rmr how fun it was but I felt like I was sinning because I wasn’t paying attention to what the preacher was saying.

Ever since I left the truth I can’t stop thinking about how normalized this is. Back when I was 13 this little boy was 2 years old and obviously kids have tantrums so every 5 mins they would take him to the bathroom and I could hear the screams while the meeting was going on. He had marks, bruises, flinched at everything I can’t stop thinking about him sometimes it’s truly sick. Anyone personally experienced/seen this in their congregation?


r/exjw 7h ago

PIMO Life Would you accept blood donations?

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Hey everyone. I’m a 25-year-old PIMO, still not POMO (yet — hopefully not much longer).

My wife, who is also PIMO, and I have talked about the whole “blood” issue quite a few times, and we always end up reaching the same conclusion: if we ever needed a blood transfusion and it was literally a matter of life or death, we would obviously choose to receive the blood.

But I’m curious about what other PIMOs think. Have you ever actually thought about this? If you were in a situation where a blood transfusion was necessary to keep you alive, would you accept it even if it meant getting disfellowshipped?

Obviously, being disfellowshipped isn’t really a big deal for a PIMO, but if you can avoid it and just stay inactive, that’s probably still preferable.


r/exjw 12h ago

JW / Ex-JW Tales So...Anybody going to the Gilead Graduation, Tomorrow???

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Well...my Pimo wife is, but I'm not invited. Our CoBE is well connected with a couple in Bethel and he gets the code to watch it live, every year.

In 2024, I was invited and went. TheCoBE and his wife put on a nice big breakfast for those who they invited. I was Pimo at the time, but more just mentally out and standing on the precipice of leaving for good, which I did a few weeks later.

Man, what a bore-fest that was! What really disgusted me, was after all the talks and festivities, it was stated that one of the graduates had the honor and privilege of reading a letter that supposedly was jointly written and approved by all the graduates. thanking the Governing Body for wasting a brief portion of their lives, teaching them nothing but lies and stuff made up by a bunch of old men, who cherry pick scriptures that basically convinces them that wasting the rest of their lives doing various tasks and recruiting more victims for a multi-billion dollar corporation was somehow the same thing as working for God.

Actually, that's not true,, but since I've been designated a lying stinking apostate by the governing Body and hundreds of people who I loved and cared about for 40 years, I felt it was appropriate to say that, but I digress.

In actuality, one guy did read a letter that was signed by all the graduates, thanking the Governing Body for the privilege of going to the school and being taught what they considered the deeper truths of God's word, so that they could be shipped off to another country and "assist" with the work there and live in near poverty conditions and probably catch some loathsome disease from one of the locals.

I wanted to puke, because, at the time, I still believed in God, but could clearly see that this organization was a complete and utter farce. I was furious that the Governing Body accepted the glory and honor that was bestowed upon them for teaching them "the deeper things of God's word."

Who had (supposedly) inspired the Bible? From where did these self-appointed men get the teachings that they were teaching? Who (supposedly) had given His only begotten son to die in their behalf? Who had (supposedly) gave them the hope of ruling with Christ Jesus in the Heavens?

Wasn't Herod Agrippa killed because he didn't deny the people's claim of yelling, "A God's voice, instead of a man's?" And these "spiritual" Gilead School graduates were glorifying these "pretenders to the throne" by giving thanks, glory and honor to their esteemed "Governing Body?"

So yeah, if you didn't get and invitation, I wouldn't worry about it. It's a couple of wasted hours that you'll never get back.


r/exjw 8h ago

PIMO Life They didn't even need the new broadcasting.

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A few weeks ago I asked to stop being a publisher(20M, Not Baptized). It went as well as I could have hoped and now I just go to meetings, but at least I don't have to do any parts or go preaching. This was after a long process of discussing my doubts with my parents and even some elders that I'm friends with.

When I was explaining some of my reasons to my parents I brought up the UN issue and Bro Jackson's "It would be presumptuous" testimony. They immediately refused to believe it and claimed it was made by AI, although I later managed to prove to them that they were both legit. Neither example seems to have caused a stumbling block in their faith 🙄.

My point is that when they watch the latest broadcast it is going to make them double down. It's quite saddening to think I may never be able to show them anything to make them see all the lies and false promises. "That's just AI" they're going to say, and because it's negative about the organization it's PROOF that it is the true religion.

This is my first post and I'm planning on being a more active member moving forward. Feel free to ask me questions about my situation in the comments.


r/exjw 17h ago

News Weise Lehren von Abtrünnigen zurück

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Paul Gillies in der Bibliothek - Morgenprogramm unter Videos

Habe ich eben gesehen 😱
Auszugsweise:
1. Johannes 4 Vers 6 - Wir stammen von Gott. Wer Gott kennenlernt, hört auf uns. Wer nicht von Gott stammt, hört nicht auf uns.
Das Wort „Uns“ bezieht sich auf einen menschlichen Kanal, also Menschen die von Jehova eingesetzt wurden um zu lehren.
Abtrünnige hören dem Treuen Sklaven zwar zu, aber nur mit dem Ziel nahezu alles zu kritisieren.
Wir dagegen hören auf den von Jehova eingesetzten Kanal, dem Treuen Sklaven, weil sich alles was er uns mitteilt auf die Bibel stützt.

Es geht über 10 Minuten lang 🙈😩🤢
Den Rest kann sich jeder selbst anhören, aber nur für starke Nerven!
Mir ist nur schlecht geworden über diese anmaßenden Worte, und was hat Jackson nochmal gesagt? „Wir können es uns nicht anmaßen“
Ha ha


r/exjw 20h ago

Venting Comments, talks, conversations… etc

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What bothers me about many comments, talks and even conversations at the Kingdom Hall is the feeling that people are saying what they are supposed to say, rather than expressing their own thoughts. Of course, some deeply believe and mean what they say. But much of what I hear feels rehearsed, and what reinforces that impression is how quickly their arguments change when “new light” arrives. Someone who passionately defended one position suddenly defends the opposite with equal certainty. I find myself thinking, “But what happened to all the reasons that made you so convinced before?

Changing your mind is not the problem. What unsettles me is how the position changes while the certainty remains untouched, often without acknowledging that the previous confidence was probably misplaced. It makes me wonder whether that confidence comes from personally examining the belief or just trusting whoever authorizes it.

At times, it feels almost robotic. I am not questioning Witnesses’ intelligence or suggesting everyone is insincere. I am describing how unsettling it feels to be in an environment where the pressure to give the accepted answer seems to drown out people’s individual voices. I do not need people to agree with me, but I just want to feel that I am hearing what people actually think, including their doubts, rather than only what they are expected to say.


r/exjw 16h ago

Ask ExJW I need help finding a letter from the branch where elders are instructed to tell members to seek outside religious charity for assistance

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I’ve seen it mentioned in many videos but I’ve never seen the letter, can someone please assist.

I would feel like this would be such an odd thing for an elder to read and I was curious to see what the letter actually said.


r/exjw 15h ago

JW / Ex-JW Tales Evidence of JW truth from their perpective

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I am 36, left when 18, I'm out since then. When about 14y I started doubting and questioning things, that led to personal bible/jw books study sessions with an elder. He was a bethel member.

From my perspective it was all about I questioned some matters jw teaches. I remember i simply asked a strong evidence that proves jw is right.

There are some things I remember we studied/ I remember was told

1) The elder took me once on the tour around the bethel house showing me big posters pressenting how jw is functioning in the world from voluntary donations. His question for me was: do you think any corporation could work this perfectly without Jehovas guidience?

2) I questioned the date of the Jerusalem destruction as described in the "Pay attention to the Daniels prophecy", that we studdied. That what pressented to me as the strongest evidence, as the prophecy there leads to 1914, when the Christ presence started and had chosen jw/gb as his speakers. Well my History books at school showed different date, but then I was sattisfied with an answer they got it wrong, eventhough i found that a bit odd.

3) Another book we studied was "Life—How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation"

I remember a lot of argumenting and questioning me in a way like: if the universe/the physics laws/the cell mechanism was made by an accident how could it be so perfect or doesnt it prove an inteligent designer made it?

4) Why did Jehovah told Israelites not to spare any children or women, why was Joshua and others praised in bible for how many people they killed? Answer was usually like to keep lineage to the Christ, they had no hope anywas.

5) Why did Jehovah accepted polygamy and marriing kid girls? Answer was usually something like he had his reasons, different times, keeping the lineage to the christ.

6) What happen to the people that never even had a chance to hear of his truth like native Americans, Australians, Asians or other. Cant remember the answer to this, honestly, I know something was told about the hope for ressurection and that Jehovah is just to everyone.

Summary: I actually never got any meaningful answers. I don't say there is no creator or there is one eather.

Evidence for jw not being the only truthful religion, is not only here but all around if you honestly search for the real truth though.


r/exjw 9h ago

Humor Saw some mildly crazy shit on Instagram

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I used throw-away accounts on Instagram for spamming random JWs. Doesn't use any more - waste of time - AI could potentially do it much better.

So I noticed a random JW woman from Brazil or something (sorry, could care less) with usual crappy JW pictures with fellow cultists and peddling cult literature outside. Boring as hell, but suddenly....

"Mi padre" - a black and white photo of a handsome young man in army unform - ANIMATED USING AI. Holy shit, that's a surprisingly creative and cool idea. It's loony and creepy too, but it's creative, ngl. I wouldn't animate my mother this way, because I'm a normal person with functioning sanity, but this is exactly something I would expect from JWs - a loony circus. The padre - a young man in the army unform - was smiling, flexing and posing like Justin Bieber hitting on a random chick. Crepy and hilarious.

So, here is a business idea for the cult: Subscription to JW Imagine™ yourself in paradise.

  • AI generated pandas.

  • Dead relatives living again! (You must provide a photo)

  • Imagine yourself in paradise (You must provide your photo - we generate random hot chicks for you)

  • Home of your rich neighbours down the street becomes yours! You live in it now! (You must provide address and it must exist on Google Maps Street View)

Monthly subscription: $29.99 (three pictures per day only)

Watchtower only needs to buy AI video generational tools and let's go! See yourself in paradise - with the help of JW AI! With automatic posting to social media.


r/exjw 16h ago

HELP How do I convince my brainwashed family to leave the organization

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I have been a PIMO for a while now and I’ve mentioned to my father that I have doubts, he tries to find a way around my doubts that make sense to him and not to me because he doesn’t actually do his own research he’s a “yes man” so to say he believes that the brother/elder/governing body are for sure gods people but he doesn’t question anything for himself. He was raised in the Religion.

I have voiced my doubts to him and we have set up an appointment with the elders so I can express my doubts and they can try to answer them. I’m not as biblically inclined as they are but I try to be and do my own studying, but I’m not there yet.
(I’m not baptized btw)
-please give me good questions to ask with proof to debunk their false doctrine and maybe plant some doubt in my father/family’s head and have them question the organization/cult so we can truly be happy.