Great post cobweb!
I came here all wounded and shattered but still believing....
I almost left because of the cold superior attitude of one poster.
Fortunately, the warmth of other posters combined with the fact that they were telling the truth and the JWs were not kept me here.
Now I see the whole JW religion for what it is and have a more stable emotional foundation under my feet. This helps me to take blunt or even rude posts with a very tiny grain of salt.
This is a most wonderful forum with some extremely bright, kind and wickedly funny people and Im so glad I didnt crumple and slink away back when I was so very thin skinned.
There is a lot to be learned here...ignore what you dont need or want in your life.
I like the line from a song...
"take what you need and leave the rest..."