#ex-JW

[jwapostate]

atheist not in the sense that I don't believe in god (I don't) but in the sense that even if there was evidence that a higher power existed, I'd be so opposed to the idea of worshipping it I'd rather die

[usiel21]

When you start getting harrassed by Jehovah's witnesses again Lmao first they turn up where i work to give me pamphlet, and the next i get a text from the dude who used to do my bible studies... Love they still have my number after 4 years Lmao

[wierdkid20]

I often talk about how Small gods and good omens got me out of a cult. But I think I have to give psalm of the wild built props for showing me the kind of religion I could feel safe in again.

[chelledoggo]

CW: Jehovah's Witness mention //

i wanna make a Caleb and Sophia AU where they start deconstructing their JW teachings, are adopted by a loving new progressive/affirming Christian (or maybe even interfaith) family, and seek out God/spirituality in their own way without fear or shame.

also as she gets older, Sophia discovers she's a lesbian and starts a relationship with Zoey, who also grew to doubt JW teachings. they get married as adults and adopt several ex-JW children. Sophia also enters into a STEM field career and is highly successful.

maybe Caleb will look into Christian witchcraft, Christian mysticism, or Christian folk magic, since he was shamed for liking a magical character as a child. kind of a way to take back that part of his childhood. and just for the heck of it, let's have him start exploring his (or her. or their.) gender identity, too.

like dammit the more i watch these fucking Caleb and Sophia shorts (by proxy through people riffing on them), the more i want a better life for these poor kids.

[radio-free-beth-sarim]

A JW Kid Halloween Story

So unlike most JW kids, I grew up with Halloween for a good part of my childhood. This was because my father was worldly and decided we would have holidays. As I grew up and got further indoctrinated into the religion, the holidays stopped. So my first year without Halloween was a little awkward.

I showed up to school without a costume and was immediately asked what I was dressed as in the snide way people ask children without costumes on Halloween.

"What are you supposed to be dressed as?" She asked with annoyed disdain in her voice.

"I'm a Jehovah's Witness," I responded.

"What?" She asked as if she couldn't believe I said that.

"I'm a Jehovah's Witness," I repeated.

"You shouldn't make fun of people's religion!" She said. "They're good people!"

"I know," I said. "I'm one of them."

"That's disrespectful!" And she went off to report me until people around me began to speak up.

Eventually I showed her my blood card to prove I was actually a JW. She was extremely nice to me for the rest of the day. I told her that I appreciated the defense.

Years later it's a funny story but I felt like shit at the time.

PSA: If a kid isn't dressed up on Halloween, don't say a single fucking thing about it. You don't know what's going on in that kid's life. You're not the fucking Halloween police. Sit the fuck down.

[ex-jw]

Nothing like being ex-JW for years and moving on in life and honestly not even thinking about it most of the time…then working your normal retail job and a customer opening their wallet and you accidentally see a classic “NO BLOOD” card right there. With his young child standing right next to him.

[fandom-hoarder]

Ok this is completely (well maybe not *completely*?) random, but I've been watching this JW Thoughts channel recently (unable to concentrate on fic for sick kid reasons). He watches JW videos and reacts and makes comedy skits. JW have a lot of dramatizations in video form. But the Jade and Neeta drama...

Freaking. Watch this (i highly recommend increasing the speed though lol) and TELL ME it shouldn't have been a wlw dramedy about a JW's sexual awakening and subsequent escape! I want to write fic for it lmfao. What would they do about it, I wonder.

[indigoandochre]

#and of course there's the book of bible stories#which despite being aimed at kids half the illustrations are of#people being thrown out of windows#bloody violence#Gods Wrath#also animal abuse#and several other things that should have stayed NON-ILLUSTRATED

Doesn't Jezebel's face just... stick with you forever?

YES.

Jezebel and the illustration of Lot's family are fucking Haunting.

They are without a doubt the most upsetting illustrations in there.

[the-rad1o-demon]

So far, chances of KOSA being enacted is 31% according to the site linked below.

Let's get that fucker down to zero, guys!!

Stuff to help us do that is linked here!

The call scripts linked below were originally for Congressional representatives, but now that the bill is in committee consideration by Senate Commerce, you should call your Senators instead and you can use the scripts for them. Also, when calling your Democrat senators, make sure to add that Senator Blackburn explicitly stated in interview that it would be used to "protect children from the transgender." I think it's pretty clear that this is not meant to protect children. It's just going to harm children further, especially trans children.

(Article below with a video of the interview embedded.)

Please help stop this bill in its tracks. Reblog, donate, call your senators, and keep an eye on the bill's chances of being passed. We can't stop now. 31% is still kind of a big number. We need to shrink those chances by a lot more.

[nectarink]

[jwapostate]

PLOT TWIST: Someday your body too will realize not everything wrong in the world is your fault. Shocking!!!!

[exmojoe]

Is your love language really acts of service or were you raised with the sole purpose of being a caregiver for all of eternity??

[seraphimfall]

you were taught to hate yourself when you needed love the most.

[apostateoverrubies]

It's funny how certain religious people act like accepting LGBTQ rights will lead to paedophilia being normalized when they've already let that shit slide for centuries.

Then again, what else do you expect from people who value religion over the rights of children?

Don't let them trick you into thinking they care.

[huntersroses]

Cults in media: 12 guys in robes in the woods chanting as some random is pulled into the circle to be stabbed as a sacrifice to Satan or something

Cults irl: Why does our meeting up location have no windows? Why am I so sleepy. Why is everything monotone? Why is it all multi-hour long repetitive, simplistic rhetoric and parts of acting out or repeating back near exact language? Why can't I go to school or play with other kids? Why are you showing me images of outside people dying in fear and panic and blood, of us being attacked and tortured for our "faith" any day now. Why do I have to be happy about that? Why is it always any day now. Why am I so sleepy. Why is the air-con set so weirdly and why can't we change it. Why is my stress response in life to smile.

[wildfeather5002]

Indigenous folks, ex-christians & anyone who's knowledgeable on social issues, I have two questions that have bothered me for a long while and I believe y'all might know how to answer them.

The question: I read a webcomic about community A living on an island along with another community B with different culture & beliefs from them. Community A believes that their culture & religion are the correct ones and that members of community B are dooming themselves to eternal damnation (in a religious sense) if they don't adopt the beliefs & practices of community A.

I saw someone talking about the comic in its comment section, saying that one of the characters who's a member of community B is selfish for not adopting the burial practices from community A's religion, because according to that someone, not burying their loved one like community A believes is correct is " potentially dooming their loved one to eternal damnation".

If you're indigenous, has rhetoric / talking points like this been used against your own religious / cultural practices? Could you give any concrete examples?

If you have religious trauma / are ex christian of any kind, have people used talking points like this to guilt trip, to frighten, or to shame you into obeying religious rules? (People belonging to other religions than christianity are welcome to give their perspectives as well!)