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Why aren’t y’all allowed to particiapte in PE?

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Huh, I seem to remember a supposed JW kid sitting gym class out for religious reasons, but maybe he was from a different cult.

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

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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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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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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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who is jehovah and why are they so interested in seeing them

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Did you do any of the door to door stuff? How was it? Did anybody actually invite you in to talk about it?

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Damn that sucks I’m sorry you had to go through that.

I always just took the pamphlet, said thanks, and goodbye. Could never imagine yelling at some poor kid.

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I used to love those guys, when I was in my first apartment they used to do that area all the time. I’d just left a super religious home and was really bitter and had huge chunks of the bible memorized. I would go verse by verse tearing into their arguments but since I was actually engaging they would hang out for a while. I like pretend that I changed a couple of minds.

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