Only a few former Jehovah's Witnesses have what it takes to make a difference.
Actually, only a few have the right to try and make a difference. let me use myself as an example...
I was never abused by a nazi JW father, never beaten by a pshyco JW mother. Never had an elder treat me badly, nor hurt my family. I didn't wake up and look behind the curtain, I didnt leave for 'noble' reasons either.
All I had was a mid life crises. I had no idea what was happening and the poor wife had even less idea. I and the Elders were poorly equipped to deal with it save for the advice to study more and pray harder. I had my demons to conquer and i didnt. it was not the easy way out, it was bloody hard and blew my life apart as surely as thse who looked behind the curtain and saw the truth about the truth. I was never shunned by family, all i lost besides material things and a family was all my so called friends.
I was disfellowshipped for deliberate cold calculated adultery to end my by now unsalvagable marriage and to free the wife to find love again.
I have long thought about waging some battle against the WT over child abuse or shunning, or taking the message to the steets and even a campaign to wake up current JWs, but you know what?
I HAVE NO CREDIBILITY
Who am I to be interveiwed on sixty minutes as some person of substance? Who am I to organize a massive rally out the front of Bethel? Who am I to print and distribute the real facts about the WT?
I am nobody, and sorry to say, many of us are nobody when it comes to slaying the Watchtower monster. All a lot of us are is shmucks who screwed someone we shouldn't have or smoked a ciggy.
I can see it now, ''Mr Oz, just how have you come to lead this army of ex JWs against the Watchtower organization"? "Well, mr reporter, see i just rooted some bird to end my marriage and then 12 years later realized my religion that i got kicked of or 10 years ago was a crock of shit, so..."
(well, talk about just putting it all in perspective for myself!)
See what I mean? Not many of us can fight the monster, all we can do is be indignant that it stole some time. And sometimes that just makes us angry and want to throw things at them.
Oz