"Those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it"
I've tried during my life to figure out people and religion
People, women, going up over 10 flights of stairs on their knees,
Stopping on each step to offer prayers,
MuslIm emerges from a mihrab, in tears, emotionally exhausted to be
comforted by family,
The ritual of mass sometimes daily,
Older folks "old faithfuls" going to "meetings" 3 times a week,
Ministry
The commonalities here between these groups are greater than their
differences,
The greatest book the Watch Tower produced was "Mankind's Search for
God"
It gave an understanding of where religion came from
It quoted Anthropologists
Most importantly Witnesses could read it without reprisal!
One thing I learned about all the examples above and later from fellow
Witnesses
They all DO NOT want to examine their religion
Do you know the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes"?
In the modern day application the people CAN'T see the truth,
To me it's apparent that they don't want to
They can't "handle the truth"
And in the modern version they silence the little boy as well
:0)