Simon -
On this forums opening page,you yourself advertise this place as "an independent community site offering support for both current and former Jehovah's Witnesses and anyone else who has been affected by the beliefs, doctrines and practices of the Jehovah's Witness religion as governed by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
and provide a friendly, tolerant and informative environment where you can ask questions, share information and make new friends.
I've been lurking and posting here for 9 years. This is where I realized I was not alone in my guilt and shame.
It was the many great people I met here that convinced me that JWs had already lost the cream of the ethical,compassionate and intellectual crop. And I learned soso much - my own ignorance became undeniable
I left years ago as an elder 'in good standing' but totally disgusted with what I saw practiced against decent honest people in the congregation. One day I'll tell my/our story, names and ALL...
I hate that fucking cult with my whole soul so.. one day recently it occurred to me that although WT has boldly tackled modernities greatest moral issues like pillow-humping, tight pants and masturbation among the deaf - they seem quiet on the issue of human rights.
Given that their doctrine is a study in how to deny all Freedom of Religion/Conscience to their own members it begs the question of whether the church might fear or be affected by the exercise of Religous Freedoms granted under the Charter.
I devised a document which when signed constituted both a claim to, and an exercise of a Constitutional Right Plus - repudiated a vile cults corporate practices -all on one page.
Among the hundreds of far better approaches for leaving cults - this one seemed to really touch a nerve. For the heresy of imagining that Freedom of Religion in legal principle might actually translate to Freedom from a Religion by actual practice.
No suggestions were made about how the document was flawed in design, wording (verbose I know), how its' intentions are suspect, or how it harms anyone in anyway.
I invited constructive critisizm and got ridiculed as "an idiot who lacks the cranial capacity to understand simple concepts," My concept of 'using religous rights law to achieve a religious right' is "pure 100% gibberish nonsense" and that makes me "delusional" to at least two posters.
I guess I'll find out ir I'm 'locked' (for having a thought and defending it) when I hit post.