Jesus Jerk?
I think whether you are a jerk has ALOT more to do with personal choices than one's religion. Call me crazy, but that math makes more sense to me. That, and I don't think the VAST MAJORITY of JWs or Christian in general ACTUALLY think people who masturbate will be killed be god. Makes me wonder who the jerk is.. ..

Maybe the jerk is someone with no sense of humor. As David Rakoff said, "Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does."

Hey as a kid who grew up this way- I am looking forward to reading this book. 2/3 of us who grew up JW, end up leaving the "truth" in our young adulthood or adolecence, only to be alienated from our family, friends and the world we were part of (that ironically alienated us from the world). This is a a fairly large subculture of fuckups- as the JWs are over 1 mil strong in the US.

The teenage kid who is knocking at your door at 10am probably is aware at some level he is being a jerk, but is only doing what he is told good kids do.... so please be nice to him if possible. Just dont take his magazines, or else he will be obligated to come back.