Posted by Farkel [Keflar] on November 08, 1999 at 13:40:12 {Nq8EnQ8RVAjc7.1TE24IvhKqcjatLo}:
In Reply to: **xJW haveUlterior Motives? posted by GP on November 08, 1999 at 12:09:14:
:This is also one reason and I think it is (I hope it is one of yours)one of yours that you know there are good hearted nice people who are JWs and they are not all jerks.
I agree with everything you've said, GP (except I don't think you're a jerk).
Of course there are many good-hearted people who are JWs. I've never known a single apostate who would say otherwise. Notice that I specifically mentioned those in power (and those close to those in power) when I used the word "jerk."
The whole WTS system of "reaching out" and the whol WTS system of irrational legalism can make even the nicest person become a jerk, or at least act like one. While any sizeable organization will naturally have some people who are jerks from the get-go, the WTS is different because the very nature of its own internal legal system causes people to behave in ways they wouldn't outside that system.
That's just my opinion, though.
Farkel