What happens when Jehovah's Witnesses think independently? What happened to Adam when he sinned? Since when is independent thinking equivalent to disobedience?
"In keeping with the principle of this proverb, Adam acted selfishly and his foolish thinking ‘distorted his way.' His heart turned from Jehovah God, and he set out on his own selfish, independent course. Why, Adam became such an ingrate that he blamed his Creator and thus made himself an enemy of the Most High! Adam's sin brought his own way and that of his family to ruin." Watchtower Magazine 11/15/92
"Is the often heard Protestant go-to-the-church-of-your-choice mentality any different from the independent thinking that led Adam and Eve into erroneous belief and subsequent trouble?" Awake Magazine 9/8/89
What happens when JWs disobey their Superiors? Are they shunned? Treated poorly by their JW friends?
Does the New Testament not speak highly of independent thought? Their publications associate it with disobedience thus making it a negative connotation. Does this not lead to a phobia, a fear to disobey?