Just reading all the AAWA related topics this morning and it makes me really sad. I'm not related to AAWA, just a fader in Western Europe and a longtime member of H2O and later on JWD.
It makes me sad to see what's the Legacy of the Watchtower Society religion: KGB style betrayal of family members, making screenshots of facebook group members, just to betray their christian brother and sister to the elders, to interrogate them, try to confess their faults and correct them aggressively. This behaviour places our religion definitly at the dark pages of history.
It makes me sad to see that some group of good peope, forming an association, then some things going wrong with the important and sacred topic named privacy. I can't believe it was their initial intention to release the names of others. Please take the opportunity to learn from this case. If some thing is going very wrong, learn from it, adjust policy and say sorry to the one you hurt. And go on with the things you stand for.
What I see is that when we fade away from our JW believe system, we have to grow to independence and autonomy. Have to stop thinking of being a part of any group. Learn to do the thing we personaly stand for. And try to learn from our personal faults.
So, it's my opinion that when our fellow witnesses point their finger on "Apostates", I can answer that "Apostates" do not exist. What exist is persons being part of mankind, having the freedom to chose the path we want to take in live. And make the best of it.
Gorby