OTWO
I don't know if you would agree with me, but even nominal JW's have a real tendency to never address the question or topic at hand. Their minds work like a funnel, and it always goes back to an argument that they can tackle. Concepts seem lost on most.
If you will notice, my opening salvo here focused on those points of dogma that do the most damage, such as failed prophecy. Reinaa, like other JW's would, tried to change the focus to a more JW friendly topic, like smoking. She herself admits this....
I Picked smoking because it has the added effect of being bad for other people's health too like still-births etc, I myself got a disease from years of passive smoking other peoples smoke. I actually think one day the governments may ban smoking alltogether from the sheer health costs of looking after people who deliberately hurt there bodies that way.
Ok, pick one topic that most people know. And you know what? Most people are not banned from associating with friends and family if that one smokes a cigerette, thus breaking up families and causing great anguish over the personal decision to smoke.
The accountability in this instance ISN'T smoking, its how the GB uses smoking as a control mechanism through the real issue, that of shunning a person because of a habit that isn't specifically commented on or condemned in the bible.
The GB FORBIDS the association of a JW who smokes. THEY INSIST ON IT. Horrible damage is done to the person and families in this instance.
Meanwhile, the GB makes a law, causes damage, and walks away.
