Ray said-
Listening to the video interview it sounds genuine. This is not to say that proves anything but a starting point is just hearing it with an open mind.
Ray, I don't suppose you personally know either of the guy(s) in the video?
Can you help us out, and identify what it is that you saw in the video that you found compelling that struck you as "genuine"?
What I'm getting at is, the speaker was short on specifics, eg he just repeatedly said, "I kept hitting them with questions they couldn't answer, like 'well what about THIS, and what about THAT?" Great, but what exactly were the THIS' and THAT'S which he presented that left the elders and JWs in a mental vapor lock?
And the one stumper question where he shared was from Genesis about the Tree of Life; it's hardly something that's going to stump any JW (active or ex-JW alike).
As an ex-elder, you surely know it's not about having a logical answer, but being able to deliver an answer that complies with GB policies, and seeing how they respond to determine if they're a 'sheep' or a 'goat'.
142 active JWs showing up to hear an apostate speak (!) just doesn't pass the sniff test....
Adam