The key things that exjws tend to resent most about the cult are their shunning policies, their handling of child sexual abuse, and their policies on blood transfusions.
Shunning:
If you leave because you realize the religion isn't true, you're labeled an apostate and that's the lowest form of life from a JW perspective. You're irredeemable and a foul beast of a human.
If you're kicked out, aka disfellowshipping, they think it's loving to not speak to you. They're bringing you back to Jehovah.
If you're just trying to fade away without making a scene, they're still advised to limit contact with you as you are bad association.
Child sexual abuse:
JWs are to report all serious sins to the elders. If there are two witnesses, the person can be kicked out even if they deny the claim against them. In the case of child sexual abuse, there are rarely witnesses.
So, even if they can't kick someone out of the congregation they should call the cops, right? No. They call the legal department. The police are only notified if the legal department says it's ok. Whereas, if a Kingdom Hall was vandalized they'd call the police right away. No need to ask permission. Rape a child, maybe they'll call the cops. Spray paint a penis on the front door, hell yeah they call the cops.
Blood Transfusions:
To be very clear, if you have a JW relative and you have to decide if they get a blood transfusion, their petty god will fault you for it, not them. So, by all means, say yes. They have to say no. If you force them, they say it's like rape but they feel no guilt and they get to live.
Their policy on blood is silly. They can take parts of blood, but not whole blood. They can't donate blood, but they can take fractions of donated blood.
Their policy is more based on a scripture in Acts than in Leviticus. Most people trying to prove their theology is wrong use the wrong scripture. Anyway, it says to "keep abstaining from blood" and then, ironically, "good health to you."
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Shunning:
If you leave because you realize the religion isn't true, you're labeled an apostate and that's the lowest form of life from a JW perspective. You're irredeemable and a foul beast of a human.
If you're kicked out, aka disfellowshipping, they think it's loving to not speak to you. They're bringing you back to Jehovah.
If you're just trying to fade away without making a scene, they're still advised to limit contact with you as you are bad association.
Child sexual abuse:
JWs are to report all serious sins to the elders. If there are two witnesses, the person can be kicked out even if they deny the claim against them. In the case of child sexual abuse, there are rarely witnesses.
So, even if they can't kick someone out of the congregation they should call the cops, right? No. They call the legal department. The police are only notified if the legal department says it's ok. Whereas, if a Kingdom Hall was vandalized they'd call the police right away. No need to ask permission. Rape a child, maybe they'll call the cops. Spray paint a penis on the front door, hell yeah they call the cops.
Blood Transfusions:
To be very clear, if you have a JW relative and you have to decide if they get a blood transfusion, their petty god will fault you for it, not them. So, by all means, say yes. They have to say no. If you force them, they say it's like rape but they feel no guilt and they get to live.
Their policy on blood is silly. They can take parts of blood, but not whole blood. They can't donate blood, but they can take fractions of donated blood.
Their policy is more based on a scripture in Acts than in Leviticus. Most people trying to prove their theology is wrong use the wrong scripture. Anyway, it says to "keep abstaining from blood" and then, ironically, "good health to you."
Anything else you wanna know?
