Being Shunned by Jehovahs Witnesses

QUICK NOTE: I QUOTED SOME LYRICS FROM TOOL IN A COUPLE OF PARTS OF THIS VIDEO. THE SONG IS CALLED SCHISM. I thought I should make note of that.

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[TrueFaced]

"Unfortunately belief isn't a choice, it's a conclusion. I didn't choose to stop believing in the same thing as you. It just happened. I simply don't believe it, and no amount of hatred from you is going to change that."
I couldn't have said it any better, bro.

[astralclub]

This video is very raw emotionally! I think the single worst aspect of high control cults is the practice of shunning. Telltale, at least now you know who your true friends and family are at long last. We ALL support you and your channel. Out of your pain you have birthed something truly beautiful!

[ethanadams]

This video... You... You know how to make me cry.

[toriandtilly]

I hope this helped you lift some weight off your chest. Hope it made you feel better!

[GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

We're all here for you, just like you're here for us. Thanks for sharing. We're building a community strong enough to overcome the toxic bullshit.

[peterparkersass]

This was so sad and beautiful, shunning is so sad and terrible, the watchtower needs to be stoped, it seemed like you had a great relationship with him and its so sad that they made him shun you.

[ninjaman]

I have been shunned by my entire family since I was 21, I never got to see my mother or father again before they both died. My sister had a daughter 13 years ago and I still have not meet or talked to her. Getting shunned is hard, and I feel everything you do. I think the watchtower society might just be the most corrupt organization on earth.

[BlaisingBard]

I can't imagine what it must be like to be rejected by everyone you knew like you were. I'm happy for you that you were able to find a better life.

[Keynki]

This was one of the few things wich touched me and made me cry for real. I seriously have all my respect for you...

[tortoisehallion]

It's videos like these that make me realise how lucky I am for living in the UK where cults are that rare. I've only had a JW knock on my door once and I was 12 they left a leaflet which neither me nor my parents read. You've got to reject the poison and heal the wounded.

[chocolino]

The pain is real. I lost a friend when i I came out. My ex still forses my birth name on me...

[LegioDecemGJCAESAR]

I am being ostracized for listening to these and other atheist video's as well as other educational video's. This is my only escape from this pain. My family, many of my childhood friend's an many other's. The hardest part is some people still do talk to me and at the end of the day I would help them even at the cost of my life. I got my face cut to help a stranger, I have put my life up for shit often, yet a part of the reason is to prevent others from feeling unnecessary pain, but another part is the easiest way to escape the pain is to end it all. I dont believe suicide is in anyway reasonable, just or proper, I would prefer to live and fight even if I have to suffer, if I help another, but the feeling of calm that over takes me when I feel as if I might not survive, the momentary rush which enhances me in a natural desire to do I can gives me clarity on the bigger picture. I am hurting while watching the young experience the same mental manipulation and suffering and the Emotional knee jerking. The words, "do it because I said so" is the worst form of mental abuse which directly leads to a irrational corruption of the mind. The fact is, we are a damaged generation born into a world steadily falling apart because of the continuous deception and illusion of reality we are being fed.

[hugomusic]

I can't imagine the pain from being hated by your own family.

[benjaminvroman]

Another potent-as-hell upload, this hits me where it hurts telltale.

[elizabethjohnson]

I am on the same page as you, though not to your degree. I left mormonism, but I can't move out as I am only a teenager. It hurts to see my family go to church every Sunday and see them get swallowed up by the cult more and more every week. While Mormons don't shun, they do continue to try to reel you in constantly. I was jealous of my pet cat because he wasn't forced to be Mormon. It brainwashed my family. The worst part is, mormons are taught from a young age that if someone is trying to tell you it's a cult, it's the adversary speaking from their mouth, so no one listens to you.

[vampire]

This hit home. I'm going through a situation similar to this though, not caused by religion. I hope he comes out of the brainwashing and can once again be your brother.

[draxxthemsclounts]

"Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion"
That's a cool line. Somebody should put that in a song.

[biancalopes]

You don’t deserve any of this. You are a good person. I’m kinda crying right now.

[mcruz]

God damn telltale, I can't handle all these feels

[captaincactusman]

I'm sorry you went through this, Telltale. And I'm sorry it's happening again with your niece. Nobody should have to go through that pain. We're here for you, and we believe that everything you're doing is worth it. You have to be the voice, you have to speak up for all those the watchtower society has hurt, that way you can bring an end to the pain. We're all standing behind you. Never give up.