Someone on AskReddit asked for parents to share their harrowing experiences with what drove them to disown their children. The resulting stories are pretty dang heartbreaking. Proceed at your own risk. 

Text - Mizzscarlett2ptO 20h As Jehovahs witnesses, my parents disowned my siblings and I several times since I was in my late teens. One of the JW "rules" is that you do not associate with others who know "the truth" but refuse to follow it, including family and Parents are encouraged to disown any children who have left the religion. The first time was when i was 19. It upset me, i was heartbroken and eventually they changed their minds only to do it again a couple years later and so on until i