sir82 - "I recall one time a more-ditzy-than-usual elder's wife commenting at a Watchtower study, something about 'the theory of evolution, or evil-lution, as I call it...'"
I remember that one.
I had personally come to the conclusion that evolution was, in fact, true before I'd even started fading...
...but even more interestingly, it was at that point I could hear the disdain and even downright hostility in other JWs' comments when the subject came up.
I scratched my head at first, because a) I hadn't noticed it before, and b) I couldn't figure out why they were so hostile...
Eventually, I came to suspect that many dyed-in-the-wool JWs were that way - not because they actually thought it was all lies from the Devil - but because deep down inside on some fundamental level, many were afraid it might really be true.
This was, in fact, confirmed when I discreetly discussed the subject with a JW friend who I (correctly) trusted.