Would would anyone feel the need to lie and decieve those from the watchtower when you knowingly understand that they are a cult who lie and decieve themselves ? If someone states that they are angry or they da themselves or are de'fd then why would you really care if someone knows something about you. Do people thinnk that two wrongs make something right ?
I can't speak for mkr, but my opinion is along these lines:
I don't care about the Watchtower. Not a lick. I see them much like a rock, or a dust bunny. Lying to a rock wouldn't bother my conscience a whit.
They laid down the rules, and the rules are idiotic. Their rules are, "if you don't do x, y, and z, then we'll forbid your family from speaking to you." It's insane, like a playground game of cooties gone mad. Would I lie to them -- even individual members of them -- in order to avoid being affected by their petty game? You betcha. (I did it, in fact. Gina and I played them nicely.)
It would be different if we were equals, and I was trying to steal something by deception. In this case it is THEY that are trying to steal by deception, and deception is used to defend against it. I wouldn't normally kill a man, but if he tries to steal my life or the life of my family, he's dead. If he tries to impose his crazed rules on me, I'll play.
Are you a Bible believer? How do you feel about Rahab's deception? Or David's, as LT mentioned?
Dave