MythVision Podcast Ashli Campbell - What it's like growing up as a kid in the Jehovah's Witnesses
Jul 29, 2021
59:46
Meet Ashli Campbell.
She was born and raised as a Jehovahs Witnesses and is now an Ex Jehovah's Witnesses.
Being born into this cult is not easy as a child. You don’t think the religion or anything about it is strange at all. You think everyone else who isn’t a Jehovah’s Witness is strange. You’re told what “the world” is like (it’s all bad) and how dangerous it is.
You grow up never acknowledging your own birthday, treating it as a normal day and not celebrating it. You also don't celebrate Christmas, Easter, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day or national days like Independence Day. But you don't miss it, because you’ve never had them anyway. You’ll also find that you feel at least a little bit proud about it though because you’re taking your religion seriously and those “silly people” are celebrating “pagan” festivals.
Your weekends are never your own. In fact, you won’t ever get a lie in. Saturday morning is spent knocking on doors and Sunday mornings are spent in the Kingdom Hall for a 2 hour meeting followed by more knocking on doors. On Sunday you likely won’t get home until about 3:30 pm.
If you’re in school you’re expected to try and convert your classmates and you’re not allowed to have non-JW friends outside of school. So if they knock for you after school to play outside or come over to their house you have to think up an excuse and say no.
You won’t learn about any other religion, unless it’s from Watchtower literature, and you’re taught that everything that the Watchtower magazines say is true.
You’re taught that Armageddon is coming any day now - it’s “just around the corner” (a real term they use) and the only way to stop Jehovah from killing you is to become a Jehovah’s Witness before Armageddon.
You know full well from an early age that you’ll never go to university. The Watchtower Society teaches that university is dangerous and causes people to think critically - something the religion doesn't want its members to do.
You’re taught that all non Jehovah’s Witnesses are bad, evil and not to be trusted. That only Jehovah’s Witnesses are capable of real love and that if you ever leave the religion all Jehovah’s Witnesses will shun you. You’re taught that Jehovah’s Witnesses are your real family and you must be loyal to the organization because it’s impossible to worship god without it.
You’re commanded not to watch or read any negative news report about Jehovah’s Witnesses or to read anything that says the Jehovah’s Witnesses are wrong. You should preach to others but if they try to tell you about their religion you’re to leave immediately.
It’s like living in a bubble. You don’t actually know the real world or understand it.
But Ashli did leave the bubble at a relatively young age.
Watch this fascinating interview as Ashli tells her story on MythVision.
Visit Ashli’s YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCBlM3DJO...
Show starts at 00:60
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She was born and raised as a Jehovahs Witnesses and is now an Ex Jehovah's Witnesses.
Being born into this cult is not easy as a child. You don’t think the religion or anything about it is strange at all. You think everyone else who isn’t a Jehovah’s Witness is strange. You’re told what “the world” is like (it’s all bad) and how dangerous it is.
You grow up never acknowledging your own birthday, treating it as a normal day and not celebrating it. You also don't celebrate Christmas, Easter, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day or national days like Independence Day. But you don't miss it, because you’ve never had them anyway. You’ll also find that you feel at least a little bit proud about it though because you’re taking your religion seriously and those “silly people” are celebrating “pagan” festivals.
Your weekends are never your own. In fact, you won’t ever get a lie in. Saturday morning is spent knocking on doors and Sunday mornings are spent in the Kingdom Hall for a 2 hour meeting followed by more knocking on doors. On Sunday you likely won’t get home until about 3:30 pm.
If you’re in school you’re expected to try and convert your classmates and you’re not allowed to have non-JW friends outside of school. So if they knock for you after school to play outside or come over to their house you have to think up an excuse and say no.
You won’t learn about any other religion, unless it’s from Watchtower literature, and you’re taught that everything that the Watchtower magazines say is true.
You’re taught that Armageddon is coming any day now - it’s “just around the corner” (a real term they use) and the only way to stop Jehovah from killing you is to become a Jehovah’s Witness before Armageddon.
You know full well from an early age that you’ll never go to university. The Watchtower Society teaches that university is dangerous and causes people to think critically - something the religion doesn't want its members to do.
You’re taught that all non Jehovah’s Witnesses are bad, evil and not to be trusted. That only Jehovah’s Witnesses are capable of real love and that if you ever leave the religion all Jehovah’s Witnesses will shun you. You’re taught that Jehovah’s Witnesses are your real family and you must be loyal to the organization because it’s impossible to worship god without it.
You’re commanded not to watch or read any negative news report about Jehovah’s Witnesses or to read anything that says the Jehovah’s Witnesses are wrong. You should preach to others but if they try to tell you about their religion you’re to leave immediately.
It’s like living in a bubble. You don’t actually know the real world or understand it.
But Ashli did leave the bubble at a relatively young age.
Watch this fascinating interview as Ashli tells her story on MythVision.
Visit Ashli’s YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCBlM3DJO...
Show starts at 00:60
=====================================
MythVision Website: 🔥 https://mythvisionpodcast.com/
MythVision Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/mythvision
MythVision Paypal. 👉 https://www.paypal.me/dereklambert7
MythVision Merch. 👉 teespring.com/stores/mythvision
Cashapp: 👉 $rewiredaddiction
Venmo: 👉 @Derek-Lambert-9
Recommeded books 👉 https://amzn.to/35FqNYf
Email MythVision 👉 mythvisionpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook page: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/MythVision/
Facebook group: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWa...
Twitter: 👉 @DerekPodcast
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