Dear Mad,
I posted to a question of yours on another post (which you haven't read or answered) when I happened to run across your comment above.
You say they love research. Not so. I researched ,using the Bible and our reference material and the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. The outcome was not what you would expect.
It took a year of meetings with elders, a letter to the Branch and more meetings. Though I had never run afoul of the brothers in 21 years of baptism i hit a wall here. No one did any research. If you call repeating script without any thinking at all. The only thing they could say was that we only learn the Truth through the Faithful and Discreet Slave. I pointed out that our own literature was corroborative of the consciencious conviction I had reached over many years of research. The elders treated me with respect for the most part when they met with me on the matter. Except for one . He was the one who warned me that if I were not careful I would "loose out". I asked this question,"Are you telling me that I cannot affirm the words that the Bible uses in this account?" this brother answered "No, you have to say what is in here." And he put his hand on My Book of Bible Stories.
Now, only one brother said it. I asked a second one if he would tell me to do the same. He wouldn't answer me. But no one contradicted theat one statement. I learned in all the subsequent meetings and correspondence that the only concern from the CO and the Branch and the elders was not Jehovah's Character. No one would do any Bible study or research with me . They just asked me to recognize that the Slave gave us the Truth.
I am determined to let God be my judge. I don't argue with JWs The brothers said I couldn't talk to anyone in the congregation about my research.
No, they do not research. Not even the Branch had any compelling material. The corporation answered my letter. But was it the Faithful Slave? No it was just some ordinary person like myself who answered without even signing a real name . Just "Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses"
Face it, It is a corporation--not the Body of Christ. They don't search out the truth. They just cover up for themselves.