Witch, I will answer to one aspect that you mentioned since you went out of your way to assure me that you are not trying to offend.. (god help me if you were )... You assert that if someone is so cowerdly they wont step down from being an elder after they know its all a fraud, how could they speak up for someone as an elder..
as in the case with mac you assume facts not in evidance. You Start with the proposition that a man is a coward if he wont step down the instant he realizes the reality of the fraud being commited. That proposition is false. No one, not mosche the super apostate, not even the apostate saint Ray Franz went that route. Why do you think that simply because a man comes to the realization that the org is indeed a mind control cult that he should immediatly jump up and down and scream from the roof tops about it, making a big show as he steps down? I also find it humorous that you want others to do something that you never had to prove you would do. Also, That method has been tried by hundreds and has failed. I dont need to repeat that experiment. I am trying a different tact.. and if it fails too, then as ole blue eyes would say, at least I did it my way. I will live and die happily with that.
The other point here is that since we cannot simply assume I or anyother elder is some milktoast push over, perhaps we could have a civil discussion about how we do, while we are still serving, help...