Good comments. I actually suspect that the GB reads this forum. How could they resist?
I would add this:
Please explain how you, the claimed mouthpiece of God, can continue to display the opposite of humility, kindness, love?
Can you imagine how much more favorable 'report' you would have, if for instance, you just allowed us to leave without trying to ruin our lives in the process? What is the value in that? I have met many former Protestants, Catholics, Baptists, etc. Not a single one has ever wasted any energy detailing the failures of their former church. Why? Because they could do just what most of us wanted to do - but were not allowed to do so in dignity - just walk away and remain at a distance to a religion that we no longer identified with any longer.
These thriving apostate sites, the thorn in your side apparently, are a result of your own policies. Your shortsighted attempt to 'protect the flock' from those of us who don't even associate with them any longer to begin with, is both stupid and immoral. It is certainly not a reflection of the Christ you claim as your King.
Who is really guilty of 'beating his former brothers'?
Jeff