Jehovah's Witnesses are known for their hypocrisy and double standards when it comes to how they treat others and how they want to be treated by others. Nowhere is this more evident than when they disfellowship critics for opening their mouths, but turn around and demand full freedom of expression from governments.
Another area is in discussion boards. Any ex-JW who has tried to get on a debate-oriented DB intended mainly for Dubs knows that he'll usually be denied membership if the Dubs find out he's an ex-JW. Clearly they don't want to debate anything with knowledgeable critics.
Below is an example of a post from a JW-oriented email list (everyone except ex-JW critics is invited to participate) where this hypocrisy is illustrated. Seems that two JWs, Paul and Heinz, were deleted from a trinitarian-biased email list called "WhichVersion" for being, among other things, intransigent JWs. The email list on which the JW complainer posted this explicitly excludes ex-JWs, yet he complains that removing the two JWs from the other list was a "bogus action of cowardly behaviour". Note especially the complaint at the end, about "honest debate".
AlanF
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--- In XXX, Schmuel <schmuel@e...> wrote:
> Schmuel
> You are rewriting what I said... read my post again. You got
kicked off for being deceptive
> and uncooperative in determining your measure, NOT for raising that
question.
Having spoken to a friend who is still on the whichversion list I was
able to obtain a copy of the post where it was announced that Heinze
and paul had been removed. I'm not going to include the quote that
the groups founder used from an ex-witness, but I think by reading
this we will see that Schmuel is not being fully honest and truthful
as to why Heinze and paul were kicked off.
"From: "The Shue Crew" <theshuecrew@c...>
Date: Tue Oct 7, 2003 6:58 am
Subject: Attention All Members
Members,
After some consideration and thought Will and I have decided it to be
in the best interest of the club to remove Paul and Heinz from our
membership. They have confessed that they are members of a sect that
denies the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. With this fact being known
discussing 'which version' is correct with them is a waste of time.
There are other more pressing issues that need to be addressed with
them. However, this is not the club to do that.
If you have ever engaged a JW in debate before you know how difficult
a task it can be. No matter how indefensible your argument is (to
everyone else) they typically don't see it"
And then in a reply to a member who agreed with this bogus action of
cowardly behaviour this same founder wrote:
"From: "The Shue Crew" <theshuecrew@c...>
Date: Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:05 am
Subject: Re: [Which Version] Re: Re: Attention All Members
No problem Diane. One reason I removed them is because once everyone
knows they are JWs then the whole discussion shifts to (usually)
their denial of the Godship of Jesus Christ. While I would love to
discuss this with both of them it has a tendency to wreck a whole
club. We just felt it best to remove them."
It's clear why they were kicked off and it has nothing to do with
what you claimed, but
because of a serious bias against open and
honest debate by those who run whichversion. I understand they kick
off those who disagree with them on a constant basis. What kind of
debate can they hope to have that way?
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