Welcome ChiChi and lastcall,Good to hear from new ones. ChiChi,
Ray Franz doesn't condem them because he would still be one of them if things didn't happen as they did.I sensed a sadness and longing in his books over the loss of position and his buddies on the GB.
You may have overlooked that the scandal that took place in Bethel that ultimately resulted in Ray Franz’s dismissal from the GB and Bethel started while he and his wife were on a three month leave of absence. They were looking for a place to go as Ray had already decided to resign the GB and leave Bethel. I personally did not detect a sense of “loss of position” but did sense an intense loss of friends and forsaking the fantasy that we have all given up (most of us anyway)Lastcall, The sad truth is people suffer and even die for their religion. That is not unique to JW's. But if we are pissed off at the lives that we lived in the past, we really only have one place to look. The Mirror. If we were a minor child when we had a miserable JW life, then look in the mirror, then look at Mom and Dad.
Interesting.Jst2laws