Posted by AF [AF] on November 24, 1999 at 13:10:28 {BlpRHB6gpcDjRmAxB/kMdaOt1gg/Zk}:
In Reply to: ********For Friend posted by Friend on November 24, 1999 at 12:12:18:
: As I said before, The problem lay in the Society’s accepted framework of sharing divergence. While I feel that framework is too constraining it is not as constraining or duplicitous as you portray it. That you feel otherwise is not surprising.
As they say, the proof is in the pudding. I and many, many others have been accused of being "apostates" merely for expressing divergent views to a tiny number of close relatives and to the Society itself. These accusations came from individual JWs, elders and the Society itself. In the face of such demonstration of real attitudes on the part of living, breathing JWs -- especially the parent organization -- your theoretical apologetics are meaningless.
AF