This is something I have thought about for 7 years now. What is the hold the elders still have over me that will not allow me to just go to them and say, "you're all a bunch of lunatics and I want nothing more to do with your pedophile-loving, family-wrecking, life-destroying group!" ?????????????
what would happen if everyone who WANTED to do this just went and did it? I mean like all on the same day? We could tie up the elders for months if not years...think about it! A mass exodus. Make it a huge affair...get the media involved. Thousands of people all leaving a religion at the same time because of the same reasons(basically)---now that would be newsworthy and get some attention... not to mention the fact that the elders and committees would never be able to handle all the cases, so it would take alot of pressure off us as individuals and families.
we are already being shunned and living in fear. Don't you think there might be strength in numbers and if we all left on appointment--all over the world, it might raise some questions from within? We have the power...why are we still afraid to use it? We could effect the end of the Watchtower in a matter of months. Look at the mess the Catholic Church is in now because everyone decided to come forward at once! Sure SilentLambs is a start...but it is not big enough. SilentLambs is still looked at as a bunch of disgruntled Xs...we need more power--the power of sheer size and numbers. There are enough of us to force the issue. My husband made me think yesterday when we were watching the news about the Arizona Bishop who left the scene after a fatal hit and run accident and just resigned. He said it had nothing to do with child molesting, yet they still tied it all in together. Then another story came on about two former priests in CA who have been arrested for molestation. Even tho they were removed by the Vatican and it was acknowledged that they were criminals--the Church is still reaping the bad press---he wanted to know why it was not happening with JWs who have what 43,000+ molesters ON FILE? The govt asked the Catholic Church and the Mormons to see the records, why haven't they asked JWs? Could it be that JWs are still not considered a serious enough religion to merit the bloodguilt? We can change that. If we all came out at the same time and forced the rest of the world to recognize us, then maybe the JWs would self-destruct like the others.
What do you think?
Ravyn