Hi Jeff,
Don't think we've met, since I arrived here while you were having time out. I'm sure you're right. I'm learning it's fatal to try to persuade them or explain to them why they're wrong. That's what enabled them to catch me in the first place.
Mad Sweeney
I think sometimes - I admit it in my own case - active criticism of the Borg is as much a part of one's own healing process as it is to accomplish any real change among current JWs. If some are helped out or learn something from something I say or post somewhere, that's great, but even if not, it helps me just to say it. At some point I won't need it anymore, I suppose. Right now it is quite cathartic.
I can see that's exactly where I am, even after the short time I was with them. I threw myself into it. It was intense. It took over my life. Extricating myself even after after so limited a time is much less easy than you'd expect. I can Run Like Hell just as people advised me to do when I first arrived here, but it still catches up with me and even invaded my dreams the other night!
So I really value the sanity here.