I finally started reading Ray Franz book and was reading the part how he ends up with little to no money, buying a trailer in MS. I thought about my own mother, who sacrificed a lot in the name of the "truth" meaning she only worked part time jobs so that she could pioneer, she didn't accumulate money or buy herself a nice house, she continued to believe and still does that Armeggedon is around the corner.
Some of these people have literally sacrificed their whole lives. At this point they may or may not come to the realization that Armeggedon isn't coming. Whether they are still waiting for it or not, many of them have gotten old and they may not have paid a lot into social security, they may have a very limited income, may live in trailers or whatever. They may not be able to afford health insurance.
I think about my mom, who still doesn't talk to me, and wonder should she "pay" for what she believed in all these years? Like the old scripture, "you reap what you sow," at this point in her 60's she should have a retirement or some savings but she doesn't. Can a person rightly blame them and think it's their fault, it's their bad choices, much like a crack addict makes choices that might lead him to living on the streets. Is it anyone's fault other than their own? I know we can blame the WTS for lying to them, but they also had freedom of choice. Is it justice if someone shuns their family and ends up not getting the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
I feel conflicted in many ways about this. I actually am compassionate and helpful. I do charity work, I try to help others, but sometimes when it comes to a person's choices sometimes I feel like it suits them right after condemning everyone else to NOT get what they were waiting for.