Blondie
While I appreciate your honesty and candor in reviewing the article, there are a few things I wonder about.
I was baptized in 1975, and later left (fell away) from the organization a few years later. I wandered the entire landscape of Christendom looking for something better--something that more closely resembles the truth. Years have gone by and although I do not attend the meetings, I am never very far from observing what is going on and the direction the Society seems to be going.
There are times I miss the fellowship, and I wonder what it would have been like to have married a witness. Like so many others I expected the "great tribulation" to begin at any moment--yet decades have passed and the end has not arrived. I still have many of the older books and a few of the newer ones. My personal preference is the spiritual food we received in the late 70's (e.g "The Nations Shall Know that I am Jehovah--How?"). I attended the assembly in 1971 when that book was released and heard R.V. Franz deliver a powerful talk, "When All Nations Collide Head On With God). I remember it like it was yesterday.
My question to you, and others is simple: Why do you question everything the FDS says? If you have reached a point of non-acceptance, would it not be better to just leave? Just curious. I left because of family pressures, later attended a theological school of ministry and have explored the alternatives. I have thought about coming back, but just do not have the courage (or perhaps enough conviction) to do so.
Thanks for listening. I appreciate your insights.