6 killed, including pregnant woman, in mass shooting at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Hamburg, Germany
Fuck cults.
From birth - 18 years old, I was raised in this cult, Jehovah’s Witnesses. My personal “wake up” call came when David Koresh killed his followers in Waco, Texas. I knew that if the Governing Body of JW’s were to order a mass suicide, my mother & the rest would follow their lead unto death.
Yesterday, a former member entered their “church”, the Kingdom Hall, with an automatic weapon and opened fire. 6 were killed, including a pregnant woman and her unborn child. The gunman, formerly a survivor of religious abuse then became the victim of his own bullet, killing himself.
To those who have walked away from religious abuse, surviving PTSD & warped thinking every day without resorting to this kind of violence, my heart is with you. Trying to obtain revenge against cult leaders as this gunman did brings you down to their level. Even after being disfellowshipped 30 years ago, therapy is essential to correct the early patterns that the cult brainwashed into me since infancy. My prayer for other survivors is this: Do not become like them. You’ve survived, the best revenge is living joyfully.
#IGotOut #exJW #JehovahsWitnesses
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/10/europe/hamburg-germany-shooting-intl/index.html