I don't know if any of you heard about the young pregnant Witness who had her baby cut out of her stomach and was then killed by some psycho neighbor woman, who, after killing this girl and taking the newborn, told her husband and neighbors that she had given birth to the baby. (She had this planned and told everyone that she was pregnant months befor this.) It happened about two years ago I think. Anyway, it was tragic, horribly sad, the baby lived and the father is now raising him. The woman killed herself when the truth was discovered. To get to the point, a non-witness friend of mine lives in the area and attended the memorial. She said there had to be hundreds of people there, alot of witnesses, since they were JWs, but also a large amount of worldly attended to show respect and support for this murdered woman and her family. My friend said that the outpouring of support from the community and the media was enormous! There were collections taken and constant updates in the media regarding this father and his newborn. She said they had cameras outside of the hospital, with permission, when the newborn was released to go home with his father. Why? Because the community reacted so strongly to this tragedy and felt bonded to this newborn and his father, even though they did not personally know them. They even had an update last year regarding the baby and his dad. And communities rally and support those hit by tragedy all the time.
This outpouring of support from "worldly" people to this Witness man made me ashamed of what I had been taught about worldly people when I was a kid. Being fed that nonsense that anyone that wasn't a JW was automatically bad association. Do you think Witnesses would have bake sales, or any event, to raise money for a Baptist or Catholic neighbor ? How about attend a Baptist or Catholic service to lend support to the family left behind?
sorry IW, didn't mean to write a book. but your post is very thought-provoking is, and another WT issue that really makes them appear self-righteous and sheltered.