I had this thought occur to me the other day. We all find it amazing that Witnesses can point out the faults in other religions, but believe their own is wonderful, in spite of the raft of problems it has. Confronted with such, the Witness will respond with, "Oh, no one says our organization is perfect. But it is led by God."
I started thinking about the way the Witnesses portray the "headship arrangement." They would often describe a scenario in which a husband and wife disagreed on a topic, but the husband, being so obviously qualified by his malehood, would make the bindind decision for the family. Meanwhile, the wife would know the plan was doomed to failure. But what was the wife supposed to do? Support the decision and try to make it work, even if she sincerely believed it was wrong.
Thus interactions in the family, in which faulty decisions are supported rather than thought through critically, become a small version (No wait! the "type") for the larger reality (the "anti-type," if you will ) of supporting an organization that is obviously making bad policies.
I dunno. Struck me as interesting as I was shaving the other morning.
SNG