#ex jehovah's witness

[the-rad1o-demon]

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GET KOSA TRENDING.

STOP SCROLLING NOW!

AS OF FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, WE GOT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE DAY OF DECISION OF THE KOSA BILL, WHICH WILL CAUSE MASS CENSORSHIP ROUND THE INTERNET IF PASSED. OR DOOMSDAY. WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND CONTRIBUTE. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU ALL.

WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP YET. IF WE GIVE UP, EVERYTHING IS OVER. IF WE DON'T, AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE.

I'M THE ONE WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CURL UP AND DIE YET.

Reblog this post in every LEGAL way you can under the Tumblr guidelines with the appropriate tags. TELL AND TAG EVERYONE YOU KNOW, then add the tags to see below... and more if you can think of any complying.

Visit badinternetbills.com if you want to find a way to defeat KOSA. It WILL NOT take much of your time. Reblog with any other information or sources, too-- but make sure to reblog if you can.

Reblog if you support lgbtq+ content.

Reblog if you support questioning queer youth and/or abused youth getting the information they need.

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Reblog if you're going to repost this on other sites than Tumblr and spread the word across Twitter, Tik Tok, Pinterest, or elsewhere, alongside the link to badinternetbills.com.

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Hey, everyone. So yeah, this is happening. We're still fighting this battle. And we can't give up now. We can't. We can't stand idly by while one of the most important resources that helped us all wake up, or at least start to question things, is being threatened by the government.

We can't stand idly by when kids, teens, and adults just like us still trapped inside might lose access to the resource that could help them wake up. We can't stand idly by when they might lose access to their non JW friends and family. We CAN'T stand idly by when we can do something to stop this bill from passing.

I am sick and tired of this same old song, where conservative fuckers higher up think they can oppress everyone. I am FUCKING SICK of it.

Please, reblog both this post and the original post linked above what I've written, and do what you can to stop KOSA, please. We are running out of time.

I suggest that if it is within your power to do so, that you do more than simply reblog and assume someone else will do something. DON'T assume that. Please do more than just reblogging if you are able to, because that's not really enough at this point.

Call/email representatives in the House and tell them to oppose KOSA (you may want to list different reasons depending on who you're calling, some House representatives are anti-LGBTQ+, so it may be best to tell them to oppose because it violates people's privacy, safety, and anonymity online). Print posters and put them up where legal if you can.

Sharing all this information to other social media sites (Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, the bird app) to reach more people can really help too. The wider the reach, the better.

Thank you. Now let's fucking rip that bill apart like we rip apart Watchtower magazines and eat it for fucking breakfast. (In a "we're eating it and the politicians who are sponsoring it are looking on in horror" kind of way)

#kids online safety act #internet censorship #stop kosa #exjw #ex jw #ex jehovah's witness #ex jehovah's witnesses #not necessarily ex jw related tags but still relevant bc this bill also affects these communities: #queer #lgbtqia #lgbt #lgbtqplus #lgbtq community #ex catholic #ex mormon #ex christian #ex evangelical #ex cult

[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.

#ex religious #ex christian #ex religion #religious trauma #religious deconstruction #deconstructing christianity #ex pentecostal #deconversion #apostate #ex fundie #ex muslim #exvangelical #ex evangelical #christian fundamentalism #ex fundamentalist #ex mormon #ex catholic #ex jehovah's witness #ex jw #agnostic #ex upci #lgbt #lgbtq

[macrotiis]

Growing up as an ex jehovahs witness is so wild, like you think it's just an ordinary religion, a bit overly dedicated but otherwise standard fundamentalist Christianity.

You start to question & you start to realise they are really anti-education as part of their belief system bc they believe the end is coming. Instead, they encourage people to take up trade jobs.

"We won't need lawyers or doctors in the new system" they will say as their reasoning, because they believe after Armageddon, Jehovah God will reign supreme as law of the land & everyone will be immortal on earth with no illness.

But what you don't know is that the organisation that runs the religion is a real estate company with billions in assets.

They regularly buy up land & send in JWs to do what's called a "quick build" where together the whole congregation will build a "kingdom hall" (church) over one weekend. They don't need to hire any builders bc they already insentivise everyone to be builders by occupation. They will move congregations around & sell off old kingdom halls for a profit.

It's basically just a rly stupidly elaborate way for some old cunts in NewYork to make money off of free labour.

Anyway, this is why I'm a marxist now.

#i know this sounds like a conspiracy but i assure you its 100% true #ex jehovah's witness #ex jw

[sky-daddy-hates-me]

How delusional do you have to be to think that the religion that has forcibly invaded and converted multiple countries throughout the centuries has preserved languages and cultures.

Old norse was only converted to the Latin alphabet because of Christianity, almost destroying the runic alphabet.

Christians forced indigenous children in North America and Canada to attend schools that stripped them of their culture and abuse them into Christianity. There are still Christian organisations who are dedicated to preaching to the native tribes on the North American continent.

How many mythological/folklore/fairytale figures have been diluted down to make it more christian friendly? How many have been demonised because they went against christian values?

How many historical artifacts or culturally significant items have been stolen or destroyed because of Christianity?

It genuinely breaks my heart to think of all the pain and suffering and death Christianity has caused to numerous countries, and the historical knowledge we might have lost in the process.

#ex jw #ex jehovah's witness #jehovah's witnesses #religious trauma #exjw #cult survivor #ex christian #ex cult #apostate #possible tw #culture #culturalheritage #christianity #imperialism #conversion #languages

[seraphimfall]

jehovah’s witnesses: “we don’t celebrate any holidays. we feel it’s sinful to do so.”

catholics: “today is the feast day of—” *looks at writing on hand* “the immaculate conception of the inauguration of saint leonardo copella delucas, who may or may not have even existed in real life. let us celebrate.”

#|| the disciple || #they really have a feast day to any ol’ mf #ex catholic #ex christian #ex jw #exvangelical #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #ex religious #ex jehovah's witness #ex cath #religious trauma #catholic guilt #apostate #apostasy #losing my religion #leaving the church #deconvert #deconversion #deconstruction

[lgbtreligionstudy]

After a period of delay, the study has finally been re-activated!!

I hate to spam tags, but I need about 50-75 more participants for my dissertation study looking at the impact of non-affirming Christianity on LGBT sexuality. Participants may be former or current Christians, from either affirming or non-affirming backgrounds/faiths. You must be at least 18 and have been sexually active to participate. You do not need to be from the United States. The study should take approximately 20-40 minutes and there is a $50 Amazon gift card raffle you can enter upon completion.

I'd really, really appreciate your participation, and it would really help forward understanding of how religion can impact people, especially queer people! Feel free to forward this to people you may know who might be interested.

(The survey is now closed as data collection is complete. Thanks to everyone who participated!)

You can contact me here or at [email protected] with any questions.

#lgbt research #lgbt christian #exvangelical #religious trauma #ex christian #ex catholic #ex mormon #ex jehovah's witness #lgbt community #lgbt christians #lgbt catholic #lgbt people of faith

[the-jesus-pill]

You did the right thing by leaving. 

Even if it feels scary or wrong, your life is ultimately going to be better for it. They made you afraid of practicing your free will because they want to keep controlling you. 

But they can't touch you now. 

You're free. You belong only to yourself. You can rest now. 

Your life is only just starting..

#ex religious #deconstruction #exvangelical #apostate #deconverted #deconversion #exvie #exmo #exjw #exmormon #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #ex methodist #ex orthodox #extian #ex baptist #ex protestant #ex jehovah's witness #religious recovery #reminders #ex muslim #ex jew

[wisteria-grows-here]

#ex jehovah's witness #ex jw #ex jehovahs witness #cult survivor #pimo #exmormon #exmo #exmo stuff #exjw #cults #purity culture #mysogyny #ex christian

[jasperthejester]

i don’t know why i only recently realized that most kids didn’t grow up with the anxiety of thinking that at some point in the near future they’d have to hide in their basement or attic because the government would hunt them down because their religion would be banned due to ‘gods plan’.

most kids didn’t have to feel guilt at wanting that day to never come even though god said it would happen because they were scared. most kids didn’t have to see real footage of peoples homes being invaded by police in countries were their religion was banned.

most kids never watched a dramatization imade by their religion where in the end police found the basement full of people were it was implied that you better be ready for that to happen to you because there’s a high chance it will.

most kids never watched a music video made by their religion where they were in an open field and police members rushed towards them guns drawn with the implied you better have the courage to be able to face that in the future because it very well could.

most kids don’t have this fear that runs so deep in me because their religion never did that. and hell, maybe it fucking did i don’t know anything about what other kids childhoods were like. but that was my childhood. this is my life.

having nightmares about my house being raided by police and being held at gunpoint.

being terrified of police men or swat members because my only exposure growing up was how in the future they’d hunt us down.

still wondering if i would be able to survive time in prison because growing up we were told we should be ready to serve if it means keeping our faith

this shouldn’t be my normal. but it is. and i fucking hate the watchtower for making it so.

fuck the governing body, fuck all those videos they made for their convention. fuck being raised a jehovah's witness. i fucking hate it

#exjw #ex jw #ex jehovah's witness #ex christian #ex cult #i hate them for making me so afraid #religious trauma #tw religious trauma #tw gun mention

[only1lorrie]

#trauma #ex jehovah's witness #exjw #ex jw #cult #self sabatoge #self compassion #healingjourney

[the-rad1o-demon]

Please do what you can to stop this bill from being passed, and please share this message where you can. It's going to be very bad for pretty much everyone on the Internet if this bill is passed. If you're skeptical: There are resources online with more information about the KOSA bill, including articles written by lawmakers explaining why this bill is a terrible idea. There is even a TechDirt article written by Mike Masnick titled "Marsha Blackburn Makes It Clear: KOSA Is Designed To Silence Trans People" where they write of and post a video in which Senator Marsha Blackburn (who co-wrote the bill) explicitly stated that this bill would be used to target the trans community. So please share this in your stories, with your family and friends, and call your Senators to tell them not to sign this bill. And if you know anyone in Massachusetts, tell them to call Senator Warren to ask her to withdraw her support of the bill. Thank you for your time and consideration.

EDIT - UPDATE:

Please read the post I linked below, it pertains to the status of the KOSA bill. Things are not looking good right now.

UPDATE #2:

Please look at this post!

#lgbtq #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia #lgbtqplus #lgbtq community #lgbtqia2s+ #lgbt #critical race theory #blacklivesmatter #black lives matter #race #exjw #ex jw #ex jehovah's witness #ex mormon #ex catholic #ex christian #ex cult #apostate #religious trauma #religion #stop kosa #kosa bill #kosa act #kosa #kids online safety act #internet censorship #censorship #us politics #politics

[apostateoverrubies]

Children don't need religion to develop good morals. I'd argue that certain religions get in the way of that because they encourage you to do things because a deity approves and it will lead to you having a good afterlife or whatever. And I don't know about you but I find that to be self-serving.

Not to mention, the fact that religion can advocate for immoral things.

Let's just teach children to be good just because.

#ex religious #ex christian #ex religion #religious trauma #religious deconstruction #ex pentecostal #deconstructing christianity #ex fundie #ex muslim #deconversion #agnostic #ex catholic #ex fundamentalist #ex jehovah's witness #ex jw #ex jew #ex mormon #ex evangelical #exvangelical #ex hindu

[cococowboah]

I think about this video whenever I realize how far I've come after leaving the JW organization.

I went from being a self-hating, self-denying bisexual trans kid who kept insisting my boyish tendencies were "just a phase" and that I'd grow out of them eventually, a person who couldn't even function outside of a relationship because I had been taught I was a woman and a woman is nothing without a man, a person who longed so badly to immerse myself in queer relationships and queer culture but couldn't because I believed in my heart that if I so much as thought about two men kissing I'd burst into flames,

To today, where I'm an openly awkward trans guy who just wants to write gay stories and drink coffee and enjoy the life I finally have now that I'm not spending all my free time knocking on doors and handing people shitty magazines.

Even my mom made a change, she was a MASSIVE homophobe even coming out of the religion, she referred to gay relationships as "grody," she never held back disgust when a gay couple were shown kissing on TV, she made every effort to be offensive towards queer folk and even when I was within a similar mindset I found her to be extreme about it, because we weren't supposed to hate the person, we were supposed to hate tha act.

And now, she reads all my books, yes, even the gay ones. She supports me. She was openly approving of Kai and Alan's relationship in my ExJW novel and gave me advice when writing it, she openly mocked the fictional homophobic Dad and stated how disgusting HE was, completely flipping her old comments on the head. She still doesn't "understand" what it means to be trans but she has stated she will support me no matter what and that's what's important to me.

Yes, Caleb's mom, people CAN change.

People CAN go from being self-hating forced homophobes into proud, loving people who acknowledge gay love is valid. I've seen it with my own eyes, and I can guarantee I will see it a million times more!

#ex jehovah's witness #exjw #ex christian #cult #Christianity #homophobia #people can change #gay pride

[sky-daddy-hates-me]

I'm not sure if I'll ever recover from believing that fearing someone is a crucial aspect of loving someone and I fully blame Christianity for that.

God-fearing is such a fucked up term especially since its viewed as a positive thing.

#ex jw #ex jehovah's witness #jehovah's witnesses #religious trauma #exjw #cult survivor #ex christian #ex cult #apostate #possible tw

[what-the-fuck-god]

uhm

“The Governing Body has decided that sisters may choose to wear slacks when participating in the ministry and when attending Christian meetings, assemblies and conventions.”

what the fuck is happening

#in all my 18 years i never expected anything like this to happen #like wdym afab ppl just get to wear slacks now #like of course there’s terms and conditions to it #but the majority of the time i get to dress how i’ve been begging to for the past 10 years?? #CRAZY man #ex jw #pimo #ex cult #ex jehovah's witness #exjw #pimo jw

[annasinthewalls]

#ex religious #ex catholic #ex christian #ex evangelical #ex mormon #ex muslim #ex jehovah's witness #ex jewish #ik there's more #religion #religious trauma #religious imagery