I remember only too well how I fell for that "living on a paradise earth" routine. Lived with that assumption for 30 years. During that 30 years, all the don't dos and can't dos began to creep in slowly but surely. Then THEY got more and more insideous, and the WTS got even more demanding.
The love I was shown at first, cooled off. The joy that I felt at first, cooled off. The proof and the evidence that the WTS was sneaky and underhanded in its dealings, warmed me up to the point my blood boiled, and sickened me.
When I have definite proof that someone, anyone has LIED to me, I can never trust anything they say ever again. Anything printed by the WTS carries ZERO credibility with me. I don't like being purposely lied to. Does anyone?
Even the WTS itself doesn't conduct their lives or their finances as if the "end" will come tomorrow, so why do they insist that their followers do?
That's MY take on it.
Annie