It's my understanding that this site is a place one can express one's true feelings about spiritual things w/o alot of censor
I was completely ignorant of jw's before they came to my door and I thought that during our bible studies we could have open discussions and say whatever we want and that's how it can start out in a very deceptive way. When you're a study you say anything you want and it's only after your baptized that you feel the net closing in on you. At a certain point you realize free expression is not allowed and you realize you really didn't ask all the questions you should have. Why would I ask about 1975 for example I never knew anything about it. Back in the 80's there wasn't internet info and now I look back and realize I didn't fully get what I was signing up for.
For me the whole thing was some crazy experiment that I tried out and it wasn't the right answer. live and learn however, I wasn't raised in it and that's a whole different ballgame.