end cults 5ever

ex-jw sideblog where i yell about this horrible "religion." PIMO (physically in, mentally out), 25 y/os. any pronouns!

[tophats-tea]

sliding scale of posts about Jesus being a carpenter who was nailed to a cross

[ebrithilbowser]

@apocrypals

[x-jw]

fighting for my life on r/exjw

[x-jw]

love being told that my identifying as nonbinary is "pointless and unnecessary" because anyone can be anything but not nb or trans bc of fucking biology i guess. love being told im in a different cult. its so much fun getting into arguments with people i care about woohoo yippie yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[x-jw]

especially love being told im in a different cult with the other person Knowing. Knowing how i was raised. and still says that. like holy shit groups of people (trans in this case) can suck at times but that doesnt make em a Cult. cults have actual structures and shit. you cant do this by vibes.

[x-jw]

love being told that my identifying as nonbinary is "pointless and unnecessary" because anyone can be anything but not nb or trans bc of fucking biology i guess. love being told im in a different cult. its so much fun getting into arguments with people i care about woohoo yippie yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[callali1y]

continually astounded to learn that someone around me is actually for real christian. like. aren't you supposed to grow out of that

[cowpokeprose]

When Adam bit the apple he did it because he trusted Eve. Because he loved her. Adam bit into the apple because the woman he loved told him to, no matter what God said. No matter the rules of heaven. What’s heaven to a woman’s love anyway? What’s God to your wife? The first sins of humanity, were trusting others. Eve trusted a snake, Adam trusted Eve, and I trust you. Maybe that’s a sin, just like the first couple. Maybe everyone’s right about us and we’re sinners and we offend God. But like I said, what’s God to a woman’s love anyway? What has heaven got that I can’t find sitting next to you on a cool autumn morning?

[is-this-fascism]

have you ever had jehovah's witnesses knock on your door?

yes

no

i am a jehovah's witness

idk what a jehovah's witness is

Voting ended onAug 14, 2024

[is-this-fascism]

[oxytocinatrocities]

Yet another comic about leaving the Mormon church that can be applied to a variety of things.

[acetyzias]

tl;dr i made a youtube video, got doxxed, and got outed to my unsupportive parents. i am safe for the moment but i have a time limit in this house.

i dont have time to make a long post abt it, maybe later, but this is my ko-fi. you are not obligated to donate, anything helps. thanks for reading.

[hollowboobtheory]

[cheaphalloweencostume]

ive seen a lot of unintentionally VERY funny interpretations of Cain & Abel but portraying them as a couple of mid-1950s schoolyard boys having a “WHY I OUGHTA” fight is realy just splendid

[x-jw]

"you're the only [GENDER] in their 20s in the hall now!" gee i wonder why.

[exmotranny]

you will not be stuck here forever.

they will guilt you and force you to attend every meeting and participate in every activity but one day you will be gone and they won't be able to control you anymore.

one day you will not be forced to find solace in church bathrooms.

[wisteria-grows-here]

In light of the new announcements made by the Governing Body, I wanted to share a few reminders. If these changes bring anyone hope for a better future within the religion, I am not trying to take that from you. I believe we are all allowed to be happy.

Women are now allowed to wear pants to meetings - But we are still not allowed to divorce abusive spouses. We are forbidden from having any position of authority within the congregation. We are still considered the "weaker sex" who must submit to their husband's. There is still the pressure to have sex with one's husband because it is a "marital duty."

Witnesses are now allowed to speak to disfellowshipped individuals - But only to try and convert them back. Not to reconnect with old friends or to even ask them how they are doing after losing everything. Witnesses still cannot talk to us as people, but only through the means of conversion.

Men can grow beards - but still lack basic autonomy over their bodies. Still no tattoos or piercings. Still no "flamboyant" attire that might label them as homosexual.

All in all, I see these changes as new manipulation tactics. As a way for the organization to say, look how progressive we are being! Look how welcoming and supportive we are! They are trying to deflect from the long list of constraints against the members. Trying to hide the irreversible pain and trauma that is still inflicted upon disfellowshipped individuals. These changes are breadcrumbs. They do nothing to reverse the institutionalized horrors of Jehovah's Witnesses

For anyone reading this: may you go in peace and happiness 🩷🩷

[cornflowers-and-sunrises]

Being an ex cult member in fandom spaces is so hard because people really do not understand cults at all

They view it as 'group that's super obsessed with something' and thus make jokes like "welcome to the [fandom] cult" and "[character] cult" jokes

And i cant say anything, especially in public spaces cause they'll either ignore me, don't understand/care, or worse, ask me why or do it deliberately to make me uncomfortable

And i know that most people who do this are ignorant rather than malicious. Many of the people who make these jokes are young and only know of cults through the 'satanic ritual cult' trope we see often in media

But it still makes me want to throw up. That something that ruined my life and many others is seen as a joke. And jealous that they've never had to experience a cult in real life

[interdimensionalrealitymachine]

exjw culture is feeling irrationally bothered whenever someone starts a sentence with the phrase "the truth is" even if it's something completely innocuous

[x-jw]