Pathofthorns	Re: Why DO they stay?
	It does not make them stupid, ignorant nor gullible I beg to disagree and I believe your post proves the opposite of what you are trying to say. Some of the reasons that I have seen are: They want everything in black and white. They prefer to leave thinking to others. They are scared to be shunned. They are just ignorant souls who are on the "opium of the people" They dont want others to think bad of them. All of these "reasons" are traits of "stupid, ignorant, gullible people. You even used "ignorant souls" in reason #4. We all were this way either by nature or conditioning, otherwise we would not have remained as long as we did. At the present time, any reasonable person who is a Witness can see clearly there are problems in the congregations (ie. marriages breaking up, "rebellious" youth). There is also more information available to those with doubts than at any other time. The only ones who might not fit this category are those who are aware of "things" but CHOOSE to remain out of what they feel to be NECESSITY (ie. wife and family active). No reasonable or thinking person will ever sign up to be a JW. Only the "stupid, ignorant or gullible" do, and that mostly encompasses JW children who have not the intellectual maturity to critically examine things before making such a serious decision. Being "stupid, ignorant and gullible" combined with fear is what IMO keeps them in. Path
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