Dang Doc!! You beat me to it! I was at work, didn't have time to post, but that illustration of "just a drop of poison" in the water.... Would you drink it?" has always stuck in my head, and as a witness, I have asked it of many.
When Jesus was asked for evidence of his resurrection by Thomas, did he say "Wait on Jehovah?" or did he let him stick his fingers in the holes of his hands? Jesus gave proof, he didn't disfellowship people for asking.
On the other hand, I have had a family member disfellowshipped for telling the truth at a trial. We knew they would be disfellowshipped because we read trial after trial, and saw the same thing occur. No DFing until the trial was over. Want to testify in favor of a child? want to tell the truth? Be prepared to lose your family, your friends, your everything you have made for 20, 30, 40, 50 years. Bam! Gone!
The WT is not 'concerned about children' or they would welcome 'the truth' in such trials. I remember hearing as a child, teenager, young adult, mother that "We (the WT) have won so many court cases, we have fought for freedom of speech" .... when in reality? in these court cases (time after time after time) they use this "freedom of speech" to say, "we will not answer this, it takes away our freedom of religion"
I constantly heard the lawyers from WT say, "We have to protect the right of people to confess to the elders" Pedophiles are constantly protected 'by the law' that JW's so proudly quote. Children are not.
If Jesus is like the WT, and you like Jesus, then it is a sad day indeed.
Very sad.