Don't be too hard on Greg,
keep in mind folks that if you or i were to approach the avg jw on the street standing next to their CO out in service and let them know that we are former jw - we all know that practically every jw would shut down like an ATM machine on the 3rd wrong pin number
but the net is different, we actually see jw- actually consider themselves spiritual minded, supporters of the organizaiton, yet we chit chat with these cats on a daily basis
you all know full well that we could never have a face to face discussion with them in the presence of their elders or any an elder in front of his fellow elders like we do online
so online for jw is a differnet world all together-
we have literally seen a jw take the time to examine the wt dogmas and we all know- it takes awhile for some folks to digest and deal with the ramiifications of accepting that the wt has bamboozled and hoodwinked them
it ain't easy at all and for some folks they roll up outta that camp very quickly, then others they have many issues to settle in thier mind,
many have family still in, husband wives, kids , mothers fathers, etc and for each person who has additional factors to weigh - leave at different times
i have seen folks tell me straight up I know this ain't the truth, go back and attempt to accept what the wt says and it is mental angish- and in a couple of years and sometimes months they roll up outta that camp again
so give my man some time and room each person deals differently when it comes to digesting and deciding what to do once they have tasted freedom from the writings of the Boys in Writing
personally i see a man struggling
it was not until i was facing the decision as to what do i do now with the information i know about the wt--
did i fully understand why ray called his book "Crisis of Conscience"
and in my exp and personal opinion, that is all we are loooking at, we are actually seeing with our own eyes a man struggling with what to do
one thing is for sure- one you get that "Apostates" stuff in your head about the wt, you can't get it out
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i have actually had folks tell me
"I wish i never knew this about the wt"
it shows how difficult is it for most humans to face Truth
any good psych student will tell you that this is called Defense Mechanisms
just my 2