borgfree: I read the thread, I agree with you with one additional point to add: that was six months ago, and perhaps this former elder has changed. There is one thing he said that bothered me: that resigning as an elder made him feel really bad and that he would live with it the best he could.
hmmmm...
No more dragging rape and molestation survivors before judicial committees to 'inquire'.
No more dragging young men in before judicial committees to make sure they haven't masterbated in the last month.
No more 'loving shepherding calls' on a pair of young people of the same sex sharing a residence, to make sure they are not having sex together. (happened to me son-in-law)
No more 'inquiries' into whether that young couple with a recently hospitalized baby resorted to blood transfusions for their sick child.
I did not understand then, and I do not understand now, what the H*L* there is to miss. All the 'good' things elders allegedly did for their 'flock' are all the same things that publishers, and especially women, have been doing in the Watchtower org for a CENTURY. I did it myself. I STILL do it, even tho my views may be unpopular and go totally uncredited by certain individuals on this board when I DARE <gasp> to maintain an opposing position.
People change. There are many individuals who came to the board and behaved abominably in the beginning, and now they have changed. Good for them. Some behave abominably still; there are a few posters (all male I think) that will subject ANYONE who holds a viewpoint in oposite to them who WILL be subject to ridicule.
But you know what? They can eat s**t. That is what their BEHAVIOR is worth. And as you pointed out, this has nothing to do with them being JW or EXJW. And as you also pointed out, their words remain on the board, and can be pulled out and put into the open for all to see at the drop of a hat.
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