Some decisions are from the heart, are they not? Most people I know would not accept the financial burden of adopting an orphan at such a late age. I will be over 70 years old (I hope) when she graduates from college. In Judaism, adopting an orphan is considered one of the highest mitzvahs (good deeds) a Jew can perform.
FYI, . I am not wanting to destroy the WT religion. I only want to see two things change- the end of their shunning of ex-JW's ( which destroys families) and the end of their evil no-blood dogma, which is based on a false interpretation of Jewish blood laws. .
Legally speaking, for serving as loyal minions (elders) of the WT cult, I feel we do have collective blood guilt for what happened during that time.
My goodness, we have some testy people here. They admit they will will avoid being shunned by JW family at any and all costs, which include lying about their true beliefs, going to meetings they loathe, being subservient to the opinions of JW family (can't rock the boat), avoiding any negative WT Org. comments and no public meeting with known ex-JW's/apostates. Finally, being a virtual mental hostage to the WT cult ( they have your lips taped shut) - well you get the point.
Cut to the chase people, all you have to say is: Moshe, I'm a doormat for my JW family and I'm OK with that. Case closed. No need to go into a long rant about how you can't bear to lose mommy and daddy's approval. But when faders go to great lengths to justify their fading, that does seem odd. Why would anyone need to defend their actions, if they had already decided their decision to fade was the BEST one?
Why kick the actions of a 19 year old man who wanted to see the end of the cold war? We have not seen the Russian commentary on this event, due to the lack of open journalism in Russia and the lack of many first person interviews on the key players in Russia from this time. However, I am pretty sure the Russians do understand the fading concept.
