HS...... Thanks for that insightful post (I mean that) You have clearly had experiences of your own in the JW "hierarchy" that were unpleasant and have been clearly not right. This I think we deal with in a human sense, we all remain imperfect. Many hundreds here will be quick to back you up with honest experiences of their own, and of course they are just as valid. Its no suprise to me that out of an active membership of 6 million plus with 9 million more attenders that experiences like this will surface in an imperfect group made up after all of imperfect humans. Thats not to discredit those here, its to agree. I disagree if ever the WT has claimed to be a "Prophet" that gets it right all the time, and I will take my place along side Jehovah to answer my reasoning in due time I'm sure. I've been inactive way too long now to be as so clever to answer all the posts here, but to me and despite being out the 12 years that I have, I never found the Witnesses to be whilst I was in, and since being out, as those kind of people that many like to paint here, thats what I find offensive. I guess this kind of colours my judgement somewhat. Of course I have questions in my mind about the NGO status, Blood issue/organ transplant, and more importantly the Silentlambs issue. These I will come to sort out in my head in my own time, along with research. I do understand that to some its these very issues that have caused them to make the choices they have. (often painfully)
I cannot however wholesale go along with this mob mentality that exists here, it is spiteful, vindictive and hateful towards any that do not follow suit,as I've said before. To watch 2 totally oppossed groups sometimes is interesting, the love shown here at times appears much more "conditional" than that shown at the Kingdom Hall. And the "shunning" is far worse! Your last line says that people of my reasoning know where the door is......and of course you are right, we do. This is a forum for ex jws discussion, not a forum for jws discussion as it purports to be on its header or from a search. I believe Simon forget to change the title......lol sure. Like you say we all know the door. Thanks again.
