Those of us who left many years ago strictly CANNOT be termed "Apostates", as we did not "stand aside" from what they currently teach.
If you left before the ludicrous "overlapping generation" twaddle for example, you spent no part of your life seemingly supporting that.
We old leavers are no more Apostates than current J.W's, who have "stood aside" from what was formerly taught, and swallowed whole the current total B.S.
The funny thing is that J.W's, under the Mind Control, simply cannot take on board the reality that we woke up and left because they are NOT teaching truth.
They make up all sorts of other reasons why you left, if like me, there was no "Sin", I did not take up a life of sin after leaving, so why did I leave ?
One hilarious rumour that went around about me was that I had left to start my own religion ! I laughed when I heard that, and said " What a great idea, there is money in that !".