u/saturdaysunjae

it was a typical quick argument with my parents on the whole JW beliefs thing. we were on the topic of the beginning of creation and satan.

i begged the argument, "if jehovah created everything from the start, which also included the angels, then satan was created by jehovah" bare basic reading and thinking skills if u just OPEN the book.

my parents responded back just rejecting my argument only saying that "jehovah created the angels but did not create satan." really they didnt do anything to counter my argument.

but satan was once an angel and jehovah created them right? nope, jehovah only gets credit for the "good" angels he created and not the one that had "fallen"

they did nothing to argue back as we needed to get ready for the meeting (ironic). all they told me was to do more research when rlly they need to open their eyes more 😂

It's been a bit of time since I've outted myself as a PIMO, and this is what's happened so far. I'm still young, but because I never got baptized it's taken "lighter" since they think with time I'll come back when I get older.

I told my dad to tell the elders to stop giving me those assignments, otherwise I'd tell them myself. I'm a person who stands my ground and I meant it when I said that I would tell the elders myself, so he perfectly understood. Both of my parents went into a pretty short meeting with them to talk about it. The great news is that I no longer have those stupid ass assignments.

At the moment, my phone's busted because it's a brick and it's been about damn time that it finally gave up. Apparently some sisters are still trying to text me, but I don't receive any of it. No clue what they're saying to me but yeah. For the messages I did receive before my phone self-destructed, it's all of them just trying to be nice. Saying that they're there for me if they want someone to talk to, how they're praying for me, that they're willing to listen about my troubles and all, but all their messages paint me like I have some "mental illness" so I take it with a grain of salt.

After much arguing with my parents, they allowed me to not have to go out in field service or go to those gatherings/parties at a brother or sister's house. It's been an absolute blast that I can finally sleep in and wake up and do things on my own time. My weekends are more well rested and better spent in alone time to recharge myself. I'm also even more productive with my side hustle. Here and there they will still ask me if I want to go out in service, and of course I say no.

Meetings wise, they still make me attend the weekend meetings, so I have to go through the whole shabang with needing to socialize with the JWs, but I keep it short and simple with a "Hi, how are you" "I'm good thanks" and leave. For weekday meetings, my excuse is that I have work to finish so I can just connect on zoom, which I don't do.

I can also see that they're more cautious of me now too. Yesterday, my brother (also PIMOish) and I were planning to hangout with our JW friends, who are around our age, after the meeting. However, the hangout was called off because their mom didn't want them to go out because of me. We had been friends since we were out the womb. It's crazy to think that before I outted myself, their mom would willingly allow them to hangout with us with no hesitation. Just goes to show how their trust in you is completely gone once your religious beliefs no longer match. It's really stupid.

So far, that's all!

TLDR; I've been living the time of my life for the most part! I still need to go to weekend meetings, but other than that it's great!