I have touched on this subject before and had some more thoughts about it. In addition to the active dubs, I wonder how many people there are in the US that believe the JW religion, but arent baptised or are da'd or df'd?
The reason is, and I will use my wifes father for example, he has spent the last 10 or so years of his life living off the system. He gets social security every month, and he is an active addict. He has been df'd for 10 or more years now, but still believes the JWs are the true religion. This puts him in the same mentality my wife had when we met. I call it the all or nothing mentality. "If I am not doing everything right and living my life according to the JW standards, I may as well do nothing right". I guess they figure they are damned anyway so why bother.
We have freedom of religion in this country so they have the right to believe that. But we pay to support people like my wifes father with our taxes. In some way we are supporting the WTS by allowing people to still believe in them and let them get money every month. My wife went into the SS office a few months back and saw several JWs there. Not that I am saying they dont deserve it, there are many non-religous people who abuse the system.
My question is how many jw believers are out there who are living that all or nothing mentality life at the expense of taxpayers? And how much are thier self-destructive lives costing taxpayers?