Aroarer,
You obviously are close to this issue. My comments came from a much narrower perspective than yours. I guess I just want others that are close to me to see things as they really are in the congregation today. It is not a lot of fun having the knowledge of what really goes on in this organization and then have to sit during the Watchtower study and hear comments about "media distortions, etc.,etc,etc.) Bill's comments about a "pedophile paradise" caused most of my family to discredit everything else he said. But that's not Bill's fault. It's the programming that we've all been subject to. "Jehovah's Clean Organization", "A spiritual Paradise". Most cannot fathom the depth of problems this organization has. My sixteen year-old daughter, after seeing Connie Chung, said concerning one of the poor abused sisters "I hate her." What a shock to my system. My daughter is a very loving and caring person. But she felt this young sister was betraying Jehovah! So sad. If this organization is used by Jehovah,and I believe that to some extent it is, It is due time for him rock it to its foundation. At this point in time, we don't even deserve the name Jehovah's Witnesses. What a shame.