Thank YOU!!!
Hey gang! I don't do this enough. I get too busy and forget. But this time, I'm passing this along so that you know you're a part of this.
And this is no small deal. If you haven't dealt with Jehovah's Witnesses, they're far more cultish than your average believer. I wasn't disowned by my family when I left Mormonism. But that's standard fare as I understand it for JWs. Maybe some of you have even more experience and can chime in.
I knew a guy — really good and decent, who stopped speaking to or having ANYTHING to do with his daughter when she left the faith. Horrible! Heartbreaking!
I guess that's neither here nor there. The point is, your support for these shows has a direct and positive impact on people's lives. And that impact is no small thing. This is why I do what I do. So, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for supporting me! That's from both of us!!!
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Funny you should mention JWs. I was introduced to "Mr. Diety" by a woman who is being shunned by her daughter after she and her sister left the nonsense years ago. The best days while dating her was howling with laughter while watching your episodes! So, in a sense, JWs led me to Mr. Diety... LoL
Sad to hear these stories but great news when they can help someone. BriBri, if you haven't already, you should really check out one of my all-time favorite YTers, Lloyd Evans. He's helped SO many people transition from Crazy JW to free human beings with his work over the last 10 years and he is just an excellent individual and commentator. Smart, funny and empathetic. His channel was The John Cedars Channel for many years, just FYI. I think you two might be my favorite dudes on YT ever (and YOU know that's saying a lot!). Keep up your excellent work, young man.
Yeah, the JWs are infamous for their tightass adherence, with a deepset cult mentality. It's little wonder that Phillip was willing to escape with the convicts in "A Perfect World." To be fair, however, although not "disowned" by my family, like Chava in "Fiddler on the Roof," I was unmistakenly alienated, marginalized, avoided because I could no longer believe in Mormonism. For years my daughters wrote me off as little more than a "black sheep uncle" rather than their father, and only one of them later approached me to offer a contrite apology. The others? Well, from what I can tell, they still think I'm under the influence of Mephistopheles, destined for "outer darkness." Oh, the many tales I could tell of that shunning, but… I'll spare you.