I also did not pay enough attention to warning signs.
Around 1995, there was a wt article that really ticked me off and I found myself saying "how could they have such a cold hard attitude toward people who had suffered because of listening to them?"
This article had to do with alternative military service.The article actually gave a change in how we should view it.It was now allowed.But it also said something to the effect that Christians should not feel bad that they had "followed their conscience" in this matter and had suffered for it,(ie jail time etc.), even though now there was a change in view on the particular matter that they suffered for.
In other words; Just because we are now giving you "new light", don't feel bad that you suffered under the "old light".
This was a definite warning sign. I wish I had seen the full significance of it. I could have saved myself a few more years.
DakotaRed: What a story! These are the types of things the media needs to know about. I don't know how you restrained yourself from beating them down.
worf(warrior class)