After all the disproofs and debunking of the Watchtower Society are done and its status as the "truth" is destroyed, we are left with one final
argument supposedly in their favor: if the whole world was nothing but Jehovah's Witnesses, it would be a peaceful paradise.
This is the last argument that held me in the "truth" as an elder - inspite of all the lies and corruption I encountered in "Jehovah's
organization" - and I can read that some of you still may be swayed by it.
We have no way to test this proposition other than by extrapolating the current behavior of Jehovah's Witnesses into goverance of this
globe.
First, ask yourself, how can an organization remain free from corruption without the freedom to expose it? "Who watches
the watchers"? What would the Watchtower Society be collectively doing to children - if no "rebels" or "apostates" were
alive to expose its wrongdoing - and use 'worldly' governments to suppress its misdeeds? What would the world be like
if all freedom of the press was abolished - in favor of a tightly controlled Watchtower press? Who are protecting the children?
The Governing Body? or "Satan's world"?? Would you prefer a leadership that is absolutely unaccountable to vote or
impeachment?
Second, how eager are Witnesses to punish? to shun? If you were accused of a crime, would you rather face a judicial
committee - with its secret trials, its refusal to allow legal counsel, its uneducated 'justiciars' and its extremely limited
appeals - or would you prefer a 'worldly' court - that at least attempts decent standards of justice? Many nations ban
capital punishment - and allow the innocently convicted a chance thereby. Would Jehovah's Witnesses do the same?
In Iran, women may be beaten and have their makeup removed with a razor. How far away would such behavior be,
given the Biblical act of stoning?
Third, extend the severe lack of productivity in the "ministry" to general society. Would such create a prosperous world?
Would "materialism" be condemned - in favor of a general poverty, that often characterizes a totalitarian nation?
Fourth, How honest are Jehovah's Witnesses, really? Would they return your wallet - but hide your child's molestation?
Would they give back your misplaced songbook - but endlessly lie about predictions, statistics, and scandals?
The above is merely part of why my final apologia of the "truth" collapsed. Feel free to add your own observations.
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