Has anybody seen the film Deep Impact? It was about the possible destruction of the world by an asteroid and it came out at about the same time as the film Armageddon. The reason I ask is because this film had a very profound effect on me whilst I was still associating with the congregation. The point that came across to me was the reaction of people to their impending destruction. The film concentrated a lot of attention on how people responded to the distress of others and gave their lives so that others may live - these were ordinary people. It showed a completely different side to human nature from that which is portrayed in the Watchtower.
The Societys publications often show pictures of brother killing brother, people screaming, holding guns to each other, women running with babies etc, as a visual insight into what they think the human reaction would be either at Armageddon or during the Great Tribulation. I'm sure we have all seen these pictures, they are truly horrific, whoever drew these pictures looked at the worst in people.
My view now is that this is a reflection of the Societys psychology rather than how people would really react under circumstances such as shown in Deep Impact. This film made me really question the Societys viewpoint of human nature. There are a LOT of good people in the world, I'm sure that everyone reading this post would agree with that. I'm sure that the majority of us would give up that hypothetical last seat on the rescue helicopter if it meant saving the life of a mother and child. Seeing the pictures in the Societys publications I am not sure that they would.
I now know that your average man is not as inherently evil as the Society makes him out to be, they only believe that to make themselves feel better about the destruction of humanity.