Zebedeo,
In any event the do acknowledge that some of the things they did during WWII were wrong and that they were rebuked by Jehovah and that is why the preaching work stopped during the war and the societies governing body was put in jail.
I believe you are thinking of World War I (The one with Kaiser Wilhelm involved). Much is made of JW neutrality and the persecution suffered because of it during World War II. They don't acknowledge having done ANYTHING wrong during World War II.But I fully understand your desire to find some explanation for this outrageous letter.You want to shift focus to today? I understand that desire. But when you consider that the religionof today is a product of its past and that the teachings of the organization were held as truth by the adherents at that time, it can help us have a more balanced view of staunchly held "truths" today that may very well change considerably by the year 2025.It may be too late for you to get a degree by then, though. Even though they may have recanted their current stand on education (again) by that year.AuldSoul