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Same boat until I was 6 or so. The “haha” funniest part is after my mom got the boot from the org, she tried to put the genie back in the bottle about Santa Claus. Sorry, sister, that ship sailed years ago.

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Exactly. Like, once you see Christmas for what it is from the outside looking in, even if you have the luxury to join in, why would you?

My dad was a lifer born into the JWs so getting disfellowshipped fucked him up. My mom just went back to pretending her way of worshipping Jesus was just fine.

I’m an atheist.

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Same lol! I love not celebrating Christmas though it’s always kinda felt like a waste to me

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I’ve never once participated in the national anthem or flag.

I am super jealous of this solid flex. God, I wish it were me.

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JWs are pacifists. The reasoning for not saluting the flag is kind of meh, but the fact they don’t is awesome.

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yeah I always hear about JWs getting in trouble in Russia. I actually watched a few of their recent vids because I got a written letter in my mailbox lol, guess with the Covid pandemic they weren’t gonna be knocking :)

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same lol. did u ever disfellowship people/ shun them? we did it to one girl once

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How can I get JWs to stop sending me a handwritten fucking letter and a Watchtower every month.

How did they get my name and address?

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If you’re getting personalized stuff, someone most definitely signed you up. My grandma, who was a lifer, made sure to cough up all my personal information every time I moved. And I would get random letters and strangers knocking on my door who somehow knew my grandma clear across the country.

Fucking weirdos.

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I bet it was my landlord from over a decade ago. The landlord and her family would come to our house every Sunday to give us a Watchtower and talk to us and we didn’t refuse because we were always behind on rent lol, so we were hostages.

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What did you witness?

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