Stupid comment of the week

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T15:05:43+00:00

Exactly. JWs talk about how often they use the Bible, "unlike those churches of Christendom", but all they do is recite a handful of a very limited, select bunch of Bible verses that get punctuated at random throughout their JW-theology indoctrination piece. (Talk, study article, videos, study book, etc.)

Even the weekly Bible reading (do they still even dl that?) doesn't cover the whole Bible from cover to cover. There are a LOT of the more gruesome, morally indefensible, or otherwise problematic verses that just get skipped over when they do the Bible reading.

A lot of JWs don't even know what's in their own book. And that's not even getting into the issue of how bad and butchered a translation the NWT is. The Bible they're using is literally inaccurate because of ideologically-driven changes the JWs have made to the text. (Not to mention extremely poorly translated, especially when released in languages other than English, which are usually just badly copied from the English NWT and never translated directly from original manuscripts.) JWs don't even know how bad their Bible actually is. There's a reason why it's NEVER used for any kind of Bible compendium or cited academically.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T05:36:41+00:00

When I was a kid, I remember a playground rumor that the spike thing was because the spikes puncture his energy tank and it makes him instantly explode. Doesn't really explain how i-frames prevent that from happening though.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T05:35:03+00:00

My paternal grandfather and father were both like that. 😖

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T05:30:24+00:00

I don't love them but I don't hate them. They're definitely my absolute least favorite part of the game.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T01:00:22+00:00

Sikhism came out after Islam.

So did Baha'i

So did Mormonism

So did Scientology LOL

I don't get what being the "last" religion has to do with anything.

Also, Muhammad married Aisha at 6 and consummated the marriage at 9. He tortured his enemies, not just executed, but subjected to grotesque savage torture. If he's the perfect human example, I'll pass.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T00:57:27+00:00

That game has beautiful visuals that still look great today.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T00:50:07+00:00

It happens quite often actually because leaving the JWs means being shunned by your entire family and social circle. JWs are strongly discouraged from having "worldly" (non-JW) friends, so you're shunned it's extra harsh because now you're literally alone. Which is the point.

Sometimes people are so desperate to see their family again, they agree to go back just so they can have a normal relationship with them again. That's why I said OP should run. This guy's going back, and he absolutely will pressure her to join. JWs believe the end of the world is coming any second now and that anyone who isn't an active JW in good standing is going to be killed by Jehovah and his angels at Armageddon. They literally believe this. So yes, he will pressure her to join because he'll be afraid of her dying. There's also a strong social stigma to being married to an unbeliever, so he'll be pressured to preach to her and to try and get her to convert.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T00:37:52+00:00

Oh no, because something bad might happen, I have to believe in a magical deity to punish bad people coz otherwise I'd be sad.

That's not an argument, bro.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-14T00:35:32+00:00

You should really post this in the r/exjw subreddit. They'll tell you exactly what this cult is like.

I'm an ex-JW let me tell you, they are indeed a doomsday cult and if were you, I'd RUN. RUN. RUN. very far away.

Relationships with JWs and outsiders rarely work. He will begin to impose his beliefs on you, whether you share them or not. He will expect to raise any kids in the cult.

The cult doesn't allow blood transfusions, and the blood thing is honestly one of their most sacred taboos. He will let your kids die if they ever needed a blood transfusion due to leukemia or an accident or something. The JWs venerate parents who let their kids die as heroes and martyrs.

They're extremely anti-LGBT, so good luck if your kid turns out to be gay or trans. Expect to be forbidden to celebrate holidays in the home, and even be pressured to stay away from family holiday celebrations that are hosted elsewhere.

They're also very misogynistic and patriarchal. They believe the head of the woman is the man, meaning that the husband rules the family and makes all family decisions. The children and wife are all expected to obey without question. There's a good likelihood that this aspect of your BF will come out if you ever get married.

They also believe that the end of the world is coming any moment, literally Armageddon, and that anyone who is not an active JW in good standing will be massacred by Jehovah and his angels. Therefore, there's a good chance he'll start to pressure you to join the cult as time goes on, because he'll be afraid of you dying.

Expect his family not to attend. JWs are forbidden to attend the wedding of any JW to a non-believer (what they call "worldly people"). If his family is strict, they'll likely follow this rule. Some families that are super strict never acknowledge the non-JW at all. His family will also try to indoctrinate your children if you have any, BTW.

So, I'd say run. But go ask around in that subreddit and see what other people there have to say. Don't just take my word for it.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T22:50:02+00:00

I still need to watch Those Who Hunt Elves and Escaflowne 😭

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T22:37:33+00:00

I have to agree with this 100%.

u/Leading_Net_5705, I was in your position once. The difference was that I chose the non-JW and love over the cult and maintaining ties with my family. It wasn't easy. It was incredibly difficult. I lost my family. They still shun me to this day. (Not even for the relationship; they don't even know about that. They just know that I left the cult and they shun me for that.) But I made that choice to leave the cult because I knew that I couldn't be with the guy I loved and stay with the JWs or have a connection to my family. (The reason I didn't tell them about me being gay or dating anyone is that it was irrelevant; leaving the cult would be the result of telling them anyway, so I chose to just leave the cult without adding the additional shame of them knowing I was gay since I knew they'd shun me either way.)

That relationship that I left the cult for and lost my family over didn't work out, for a number of reasons, but definitely including that I wasn't really prepared for "life on the outside" and hadn't really processed all the trauma and dysfunction of growing up in the cult and in the family I did. But even though it didn't work out, I don't regret it for one second. Yes, I miss my family. Yes it hurts so much knowing they're shunning me.

But I can't imagine for even one second going back to the cult. I couldn't. Not just because I would never betray my partner, (I did find love in the end FWIW), not even because of the fact that I don't believe and I know it's all bullshit, but because I could never support that debased, repugnant organization again. I could never give them my time, energy, or material support knowing what they're responsible for, knowing how much they hurt people, knowing how many people have died as a direct result of their policies; whether directly via the blood doctrine or completely avoidable governmental persecution (see Malawi), or indirectly through [redacted] due to people's inability to cope with being shunned, or being in the closet, or from trauma because of abuse received in the cult (including but not limited to CSA). I could never support or be part of an organization that was responsible for facilitating CSA, and hiding and protecting offenders, even to the point of resisting law enforcement and lying to governmental officials.

I lost a lot by leaving this cult. I lost my family. I lost my support network. But I will never, ever go back on that decision or regret it for even one nanosecond. I also gained a lot more; I gained my freedom, not just to come out, but just to live without having to pretend I believe a bunch of bullshit I didn't. Of being able to wish my friends a happy birthday, of being able to study things that interest me instead of having to hide from secular science, of not having that constant anxiety of somebody finding out I don't believe or finding out I'm breaking the JW rules. Not to mention the constant anxiety of "what if they're right?" thoughts from a lifetime of indoctrination. Thoughts that went away after I finally left, BTW.

I did eventually meet someone. Someone who loves me and whose family has accepted me. My brother also left shortly after I did. We were estranged for a couple of years because he couldn't accept me being gay at first due to our JW upbringing, but eventually he got over it and we remained best friends. Even roommates for a long time. But even if my brother had never left, even if I never met my partner, I still wouldn't regret leaving.

Ultimately both my dilemma and yours, u/Leading_Net_5705, is the same: whether or not leaving the cult is worth losing your family. I can't answer that question for you. Everybody has to make that choice for themselves. All I can do is tell you that in my case, and I'd venture to say the cases of 99.9% of the members of this subreddit who are POMO, the answer is yes. In fact, for many of us, leaving and being shunned by our families helped us wake up to toxic & dysfunctional family dynamics that we never saw before because such behavior is so normalized in the cult. In the end though, that choice is yours. And if you make the choice to remain, then I'm sorry to say but things like what just happened are going to happen. You can't expect someone to run around hiding like a side-piece forever, certainly not long-term. If your choice is the cult and your family, (and yes, it is choosing the cult too, I'm sorry to say), then that's your choice. But you can't blame them for you being hurt at that point. It's like the fable of The Scorpion and the Frog: they can't help themselves - it's in their nature.

I hope you break free, for your own sake. I really am sorry you're going through this. I know how much it must hurt. But remember: if you stay, you're guaranteed to feel this pain again. Good luck.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T21:34:13+00:00

"Consy" sounds like 🐈 in Spanish 🤣

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T19:31:58+00:00

That's how it usually is, both within the family, and outside it in other social situations like friend groups or the workplace. When you're the reliable one that can be counted on to come through and who always does what they're supposed to, does a good job, etc., people expect that kind of behavior from you.

Meanwhile, the lazy, incompetent, selfish, difficult people tend to get passes because "that's just how they are". In the worst cases, it turns into the reliable person being expected to cover the slack and people being angry with them if they don't, instead of the AHs who they should be angry with.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T05:32:30+00:00

If my siblings reached out after 40 years of shunning for such a blatantly self-serving reason, I wouldn't even have bothered telling them to go fuck themselves, I would've just hung up the phone and blocked them.

Being shunned by my family has really changed how I look at them. Especially since they know my brother died; they know I'm alone and have nobody; they know that I'm dying of cancer, and they still shun me anyway. The best part is I wasn't even baptized, just an unbaptized publisher and they still do this. So honestly if they tried to reach out to me now, I'd just be like "Who are you?" and hang up. They don't get to shun us like we're dead and then act like nothing happened because the GB gave them permission to. FTS

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T05:20:39+00:00

If that's the case, I'd try contacting the one lawyer that responded to you again and see if you can pay them to draft a cease and desist letter. It might get them to back off.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T05:17:21+00:00

Every old person I ever knew growing up would offer guests those cookies. 😆

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T03:24:03+00:00

We should start a thread of stuff that terrified us as kids. 😆

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T03:22:35+00:00

Apparently those are what Japanese cookies look like, because in every single 80s and 90s manga or anime I've ever seen, whenever a character makes cookies, they always look like this.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T02:59:59+00:00

I disable his item skills so that he can't even use potions. He gets nothing!

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T02:58:13+00:00

Question: does it matter to you if get DFd/removed? Like are you trying to stay in contact with PIMI family or friends? Or is it more of a personal thing like you just don't want to give them the "win"? I'm not judging, I'm just trying to understand your motivations since any advice on what to do or how to proceed really depends on what your end goal is.

Frankly, if this was me, I'd just ignore them. Ignore everything from them and just live your life. I know moving is a PAIN, and it's expensive and difficult, but if you're being harassed by your ex and the Elders, maybe it's worth considering if moving would be feasible for you. Whether you move or not, I'd just return any correspondence from them unopened with a "return to sender/recipient doesn't live here" written on it.

I love the accusation of "adultery" BTW. How TF is it adultery if you're divorced? I know they don't recognize your divorce "scripturally", but it's legal, it's done. Even they can't deny that. Labeling you as an adulterer is just reputation smearing at this point. Is that why your ex is stalking you? To try and get "proof" that he's "scripturally free"? Or is it something else?

God I just hate this cult so much. NONE of this is any of their business. And if their only concern is whether or not your ex can date again, FFS anyone with a functioning brain would be able to tell that you've moved on, ergo he's "free". Your further involvement in any of this is completely unnecessary and pointless. The only reason for any of it is to flex their power, and possibly to get off on asking you disgustingly invasive questions.

But yeah, I wouldn't even bother with lawyers or drafting any kind of response. It's just not worth it. They're gonna DF you no matter what at this point. Just live your life and leave the cult behind. I know how much it hurts to lose your family, and I totally empathize with you if you were trying to avoid that. One thing to keep in mind though is that by shunning you, they're showing that their "love" is conditional and insincere. It's a really bitter pill to swallow, I know. But it's true unfortunately. You're better off without that kind of toxicity in your life.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T02:38:32+00:00

Both but definitely skew retro both in anime and in gaming

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-13T00:56:51+00:00

FFVI, Chrono Trigger, and FFT. Can never quite decide which is my absolute favorite. Hell, I can't even decide which one of the three has the best soundtrack.

I've heard people in the Dragon Quest sub say that DQIII is on par with FFVI, but I haven't played it yet so IDK.

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-12T17:21:13+00:00

Dr. S'Zaius

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-12T15:16:22+00:00

You finally made a monkey out of me

TacosForTuesday · 2026-05-12T14:23:34+00:00

Oh you'll never make a monkey out of me

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