[some-jw-things]

This blog runs on queue and I’m gonna be slow answering asks for a while, but I am gonna try to get to them all. If you sent me an ask forever ago and it hasn’t been answered, I know. It’s still there

[some-jw-things]

How's that tranny shit going, did they convince you to kill yourself over being misgendered yet? #deathcult

Never let it be said that TERFs aren't classy

[some-jw-things]

Ways to get Jehovah’s Witnesses to fuck off (as written by a former Jehovah’s Witness)

Ask to be put on the Do Not Call list. If you think it’s necessary, ask to watch them get out the territory card and write it down, but realistically, Witnesses in my experience are pretty good about this and the only time it won’t be honored is if someone forgets to check your address or if it’s been like 10+ years

Tell them you are an apostate. They are not allowed to speak to apostates at all, ever, but especially in regards to their beliefs. They aren’t supposed to go to places/events where they know apostates will be

Argue with them. Jehovah’s Witnesses are instructed to end the conversation and leave if it becomes clear that someone wants to debate rather than just passively learn and accept that they were wrong before. This might get you put on the DNC list without even asking

DO NOT answer the door naked. You wouldn’t think this needs said, but intentionally flashing people is sexual harassment, and Jehovah’s Witnesses frequently preach with children— both as a training thing and because people are more likely to be receptive. They say every JW who’s preached long-term has gotten a naked householder at least once. Do not do this

DO NOT unleash your dogs in the yard. First off, your dogs aren’t as mean as you think they are lol. Second off, almost every JW has been dealing with giant jumpy dogs— again— since they were children. Letting loose your dogs will get their dress clothes muddy, possibly tear them, and maybe scare some children/a few adults who will simply pass the door to someone else. It will also make every other dog in the neighborhood start barking. This isn’t helping you or anyone else

DO NOT call the police. Evangelizing is fully legal in the United States and JWs are not soliciting anything. Some areas make Witnesses get permits to preach, but that’s it. One time an elder in my congregation had people raise their hands if they’ve ever had the cops called on them, and it was two thirds of the Hall. Witnesses use these incidents to further their persecution complex. If you call the cops on them, they will absolutely be back next week, even pushier and more determined

[some-jw-things]

Additional reminders:

Remember that you are dealing with a high-control cult. Jehovah’s Witnesses have falsely prophesied the end of the world almost a dozen times. Around 33,000+ members have died for the sake of a doctrine they made up in the 60s. Whoever you are talking to has trained for years or possibly their entire lives on exactly how to sell this, and make literally anything sound reasonable and appealing. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that God will kill all non-JWs at Armageddon, as they deserve, and are actively praying for this. They won’t tell you that on the first visit, or the second, or the third. Don’t let them get their foot in the door. Don’t talk to them more than once

The Jehovah’s Witness you are dealing with will have a mindset ranging from “every door I don’t knock on is blood on my hands” to “I’m trapped in this religion and can’t leave, please please please don’t listen to me,” or sometimes a horrible mix of both. Don’t show interest, do your research and stay away

[criticallyalexandrite]

As a victim of the cult please please please signal boost this. Make sure it gets over 100,000 note, Normally I have dni standards but I want everyone to reblog this. No one deserves to be preyed upon by the JW org. Also to people who are tempted to call the police on the JW’s. There’s been quite a few videos  that have proven the governing body have friends in the court system. They’ve been sued many times,.and during the Montana case they managed to keep breaking court rules without being held in contempt of court. That to me suggests that they must have friends within the court who are letting them do this.  This cult know how to extort people into holding off on finally labeling the cult as a hate group globally. They couldn’t stop Russia from doing that but the governing body is still trying to stop other governments from doing the same. Not only is it a high control cult when it comes to silencing and demonizing its victims who’ve left. But its a high control cult that’s learned how to become mostly above the law. Also if anyone is curious to know more about what this cult teaches fee free to ask me too. I’ve been a JW cult victim since I was 22. I was 22 when I woke up to the reality that it was a cult. It was the only perspective I had on life for a long time until I turned 18 and began to try to mentally become more independent. I have a lot of info on how dangerous the cult is. I’ve told some of my other mutuals about how dangerous it is. But not all of my followers and mutuals know yet. So feel free to ask away. I don’t want any of you to be manipulated by this cult. (This cult also has real pedos in it so if you’re a minor  would not suggest you try to go out of your wa to confront adult JW’s. For the sake of your safety.)

[kaiyeti]

Now I don’t feel so bad for chasing that JW around my front yard with a bloody meatcleaver after opening the door and telling him with a smile, “Oh good I don’t have to go hunting tonight.”

Truthfully I didn’t feel bad at all to begin with.

[some-jw-things]

Hey what the fuck

[some-jw-things]

Ways to get Jehovah’s Witnesses to fuck off (as written by a former Jehovah’s Witness)

Ask to be put on the Do Not Call list. If you think it’s necessary, ask to watch them get out the territory card and write it down, but realistically, Witnesses in my experience are pretty good about this and the only time it won’t be honored is if someone forgets to check your address or if it’s been like 10+ years

Tell them you are an apostate. They are not allowed to speak to apostates at all, ever, but especially in regards to their beliefs. They aren’t supposed to go to places/events where they know apostates will be

Argue with them. Jehovah’s Witnesses are instructed to end the conversation and leave if it becomes clear that someone wants to debate rather than just passively learn and accept that they were wrong before. This might get you put on the DNC list without even asking

DO NOT answer the door naked. You wouldn’t think this needs said, but intentionally flashing people is sexual harassment, and Jehovah’s Witnesses frequently preach with children— both as a training thing and because people are more likely to be receptive. They say every JW who’s preached long-term has gotten a naked householder at least once. Do not do this

DO NOT unleash your dogs in the yard. First off, your dogs aren’t as mean as you think they are lol. Second off, almost every JW has been dealing with giant jumpy dogs— again— since they were children. Letting loose your dogs will get their dress clothes muddy, possibly tear them, and maybe scare some children/a few adults who will simply pass the door to someone else. It will also make every other dog in the neighborhood start barking. This isn’t helping you or anyone else

DO NOT call the police. Evangelizing is fully legal in the United States and JWs are not soliciting anything. Some areas make Witnesses get permits to preach, but that’s it. One time an elder in my congregation had people raise their hands if they’ve ever had the cops called on them, and it was two thirds of the Hall. Witnesses use these incidents to further their persecution complex. If you call the cops on them, they will absolutely be back next week, even pushier and more determined

[some-jw-things]

Additional reminders:

Remember that you are dealing with a high-control cult. Jehovah’s Witnesses have falsely prophesied the end of the world almost a dozen times. Around 33,000+ members have died for the sake of a doctrine they made up in the 60s. Whoever you are talking to has trained for years or possibly their entire lives on exactly how to sell this, and make literally anything sound reasonable and appealing. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that God will kill all non-JWs at Armageddon, as they deserve, and are actively praying for this. They won’t tell you that on the first visit, or the second, or the third. Don’t let them get their foot in the door. Don’t talk to them more than once

The Jehovah’s Witness you are dealing with will have a mindset ranging from “every door I don’t knock on is blood on my hands” to “I’m trapped in this religion and can’t leave, please please please don’t listen to me,” or sometimes a horrible mix of both. Don’t show interest, do your research and stay away

[criticallyalexandrite]

As a victim of the cult please please please signal boost this. Make sure it gets over 100,000 note, Normally I have dni standards but I want everyone to reblog this. No one deserves to be preyed upon by the JW org. Also to people who are tempted to call the police on the JW’s. There’s been quite a few videos  that have proven the governing body have friends in the court system. They’ve been sued many times,.and during the Montana case they managed to keep breaking court rules without being held in contempt of court. That to me suggests that they must have friends within the court who are letting them do this.  This cult know how to extort people into holding off on finally labeling the cult as a hate group globally. They couldn’t stop Russia from doing that but the governing body is still trying to stop other governments from doing the same. Not only is it a high control cult when it comes to silencing and demonizing its victims who’ve left. But its a high control cult that’s learned how to become mostly above the law. Also if anyone is curious to know more about what this cult teaches fee free to ask me too. I’ve been a JW cult victim since I was 22. I was 22 when I woke up to the reality that it was a cult. It was the only perspective I had on life for a long time until I turned 18 and began to try to mentally become more independent. I have a lot of info on how dangerous the cult is. I’ve told some of my other mutuals about how dangerous it is. But not all of my followers and mutuals know yet. So feel free to ask away. I don’t want any of you to be manipulated by this cult. (This cult also has real pedos in it so if you’re a minor  would not suggest you try to go out of your wa to confront adult JW’s. For the sake of your safety.)

[black-geek-supremacy]

Or you can just tell them that you believe in Satan 🤷🏿‍♂️

[tkthegoddess]

🤦🏽‍♀️Yo' ass!!!😂😂😂💋

[dicapito2-deactivated20230424]

I tried that and it didn’t work :(

[black-geek-supremacy]

Aw man :/

[genderfluidlucifer]

There’s plenty of non witnesses who’ve done that. An ex JW could’ve told you that. Which the blogs some-jw-things and criticalalexnadrite already did. Ex JW’s say this isn’t an easy to solve issue because we know it’s not. You have to be tactful about it. A real way to get a JW to leave you alone is say you’re an apostate after doing some research on apostate activism. So that you know how to defend yourself from them. Otherwise they’ll keep coming again. You have to go into this taking it semi seriously because JW”s are determined to “save you” from armageddon. It’s not a joke or a game.

[weirdcultstuff]

[jwdotmemes]

[untitled274920]

[keplercryptids]

adulthood gets such a bad rep and like yeah, a lot of adult things do suck (thanks, capitalism). but i do worry about what constant complaints about adulthood do to depressed kids and teens who feel trapped and sort of like adulthood is the only way out of their current situation.

so let me tell you, in case you haven't heard this ever, that in my experience, being an adult is 100x better than being a kid or teenager. being able to more or less control my living space and who i spend time with, being able to prioritize my health and wellbeing, being able to be who i truly am and pursue my interests and hobbies... all of that is worth the other dumb stuff, and none of it was possible when i was a minor. honestly, I've just gotten happier and happier the older I've gotten.

being an adult is GOOD. and it can be good for you too.

[keplercryptids]

im loving that so many people are rbing this to agree that adulthood fucking slaps. cuz it does.

[anonymousalchemist]

other unpopular opinions: i think a little gender crisis is healthy, even if u end up deciding ur cis. i think more people should have the “oh jeez what AM i” experience. i just think a gender and/or sexuality crisis should be mandated as part of the teen experience. i think that would make us more compassionate, as a culture. 

[weirdcultstuff]

One of my biggest apostasy jams is Rio by MIKA

🎶🙂

[shepherdtheflockofqueers]

hello and welcome to the day of being bitter you weren’t allowed to go trick or treating as a kid

[sky-daddy-hates-me]

Also known as the day your parents would give weird names like 'Satan's night out' and remind you to be on your gaurd against demons.

[writer-girl99]

Did anyone else hide in their house with all the lights off and no loud noises were allowed like at all? Or was that just me?

[shepherdtheflockofqueers]

i have a very specific memory of being 4-5, i was at the window and i saw some kids in costumes walking around outside, one of them was a vampire. my mom told me to get away from the window cause there were demons outside and she closed the blinds

[thethirteenthchild]

[acrality]

Fun fact about me: my grandfather was one of the first missionaries in my country so you could say that he, along with my grandma, are pretty relevant among all the og jws here. I have noticed that because of this, and also because they are white, my family name is sonewhat considered "superior".

So when I stopped going to the meetings as well and my mom had to show up alone, you'd best believe people panicked.

[edwardsaidpdf]

gentle earth // retroluvv // andrea gibson, I sing the body electric; especially when my power is out

[mairzymarzipan]

i don’t think people understand that people can ‘love’ you and not actually love you

like my grandmother ‘loved’ me, but she also was always trying to change me.  she tried to take me away from my (catholic bisexual) mother.  she made me wear dresses when i was there.  she always tried to get me to go to church and was always asking me if i was dating a boy yet

i spent years feeling guilty that i wasn’t what she wanted me to be until my mom told me one day “she never bothered to know the real you”

and it’s true.  any time i tried to show her something about myself, even cook for her, it would be dismissed, and a replacement would be offered.  even northern food was somehow a sin.  

she loved me what she thought i should be, she never loved me.  

bc people who love you, they love you for all the stuff that makes you you.  they never consider that it makes you inconvenient.

[cameoappearance]

“It was true: the other mother loved her. But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold.“

Loving someone like a prized possession is a very different thing from loving someone like a person you care about.

[glozirina]

[closet-keys]

[ID: photo of a brown brick building in a city, with other city buildings visible behind it, and a light post in the foreground to the right side. On the brown brick building there is a rectangle section painted white. On the white is black text in all capital letters reading “You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.” End ID]

[thedesertwalker]

AND ANOTHER THING that grinds my gears

the assumption that being a Christian is a guarantee of betterness

my mother would say, of annoying people, “well, at least she’s a Christian! it could be worse”. that the quality of an organisation or business or person being Christian elevated it somehow, made it safer and better and purer.

likewise, someone not being Christian was to be pitied and lamented, or feared. there’s something wrong with NOT being a Christian.

frankly I wondered if she went to the same church I did because I’ve seen the behaviour of plenty of Christians and it doesn’t guarantee shit