......it puts them into a state of disequilibrium.
Take, for example, the case of someone who has been disfellowshipped from the organisation. Heads will nod knowingly and wisely if that person should:
Do drugs.
Become alcoholic.
Become promiscuous.
Such is the price paid for someone who "Turns his back on Jehovah". The DF'ee has turned out just as expected, Thank you Jehovah for keeping our org clean!
But what if the disfellowshippee should make a success of his life, become well educated or become finacially prosperous?
The same reasoning will still come into play here, now the disfellowshippee will be castigated as a "lover of the World", a materialist who has lost his way because of his lack of love / spiritual values etc. Once more the leaver can be slotted into a neat pigeon-hole.
The same thing would even apply if the DF'd one should for example, become active in a beneficial charity, perhaps even be responsible for raising large sums of money for a good cause. Then the ex would be deemed as having had his reward because of the accolades of men, as far as JW's are concerned, the pigeon-hole effect has come into play again, all is in order for the narrow-minded dub.
So what about events that occur in the lives of ex's that JW's find incomprehensible?
How about an ex that has a happy marriage? They can't equate to this at all. How can a marriage be happy without the "3 cords" of husband wife and Jehovah? Hmm, better not think too much about that one, does not compute.......!
Or the ex-witness who found a visitors wallet containing hundreds of US dollars and handed it in to a London police station? The finders JW parent commented "What was the point? That won't save you at Armageddon!" Strange behaviour for a hater of Jehovah's name...!
Or the ex-JW who was mugged for his valuable watch and then visited the repentent perpetrator in prison where he freely forgave him for his crime? Oooh-er........too scary for a dub to think about!
I just wonder what other things a JW might find baffling regarding ex-witnesses and, just maybe, cause just a little spark of light to occur in their dark little pigeon-holes?
Englishman.