Mormon Stories 1428: Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses - JT and Lady Cee Pt. 1

JT & Lady Cee were raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses from the age of five years old. Lady Cee was a regular pioneer and went to serve where the need is great with her pioneer partners. JT served at Brooklyn Bethel and was an elder in the local congregation.

After spending a combined 60 years of Watchtower indoctrination, they discovered that something was seriously wrong with the 1914 teaching. This led them to doing more research and after reading Crisis of Conscience by former Governing Body Member Raymond Franz, they faded from the organization. JT & Lady Cee realize the importance of giving back to help those they left behind. Therefore, in 2013, they began hosting the Critical Thought podcast on the EXJW Critical Thinker YouTube channel. Their decision to join their voice with the community of other Ex-JW activists is resulting in many happy endings as individuals begin waking up and learning the real truth about “The Truth.” Learn more about them on their website and other social media outlets.

Timecodes:
00:02:12 - Introduction
00:05:00 - Lady Cee’s conversion story
00:09:14 - JT’s conversion story
00:13:37 - The culture of Jehovah’s Witness & growing up JW
00:20:42 - How does conversion work in JW?
00:26:15 - “From Truth to Trash”
00:29:36 - Wealth of The Watchtower & the LDS church
00:32:20 - What makes people convert?
00:41:50 - What are the good things about the JW lifestyle?
00:47:01 - High-Control groups vs low control groups
00:53:26 - What behaviors define a Jehovah’s Witness?
00:56:38 - JW Shunning & obedience to authority
01:01:43 - “The Watchtower”
01:07:54 - JT & Lady Cee’s courtship
01:15:42 - “Society men” & The corporate side of JW
01:17:50 - “Do Not Share in the Sins of Others” - How JW tears relationships apart
01:25:44 - How JW mixed-faith marriages work
01:33:18 - Community based on conditional love - “If you want to know if you’re in a cult, observe how they treat you when you leave”
01:37:33 - Marriage & divorce in the Jehovah’s Witnesses Religion - No sex before marriage
01:46:13 - Jehovah’s Witnesses discouraged from having kids
01:49:22 - Preparing for the end of the world - Armageddon & 2nd coming of Christ
01:53:23 - Why JW’s discourage college & community service
02:00:27 - How church workers are mistreated
02:06:14 - “Alternative military service” & Imprisonment
02:16:20 - How JW harms people - Blood Transfusions
02:33:51 - Jehovah’s Witnesses LGBT+ policies
02:37:01 - Sexual abuse cover-ups - protecting abusers at the expense of victims
02:40:09 - The Watchtower Legal Department
02:44:31 - Women in the Jehovah’s Witnesses - discouraged from working outside the home
02:48:37 - Women as 2nd class citizens in JW
02:54:37 - “Head Covering Doctrine”
03:00:43 - Conclusion

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