All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.
I certainly agree with this statement. The problem is that a 'good man' has to know that something is evil before he does something about it. Now that I understand the "captivating concept" on which the WTS is based is evil, I do what I can to help others see it too--while recovering from this recent life-quake.
Do you believe there are people in the organization who don't understand that it is evil? Do you believe that at least some of these hold high-ranking positions within it?
I completely agree that even someone completely blind to this concept can't ultimately be excused for not doing something about it--just as people are often imprisoned for manslaughter when they didn't mean to kill someone.
If you think I'm one of those la-dee-dah, live and let live types, think again. I can admit that I'm angry. I'm angry that this bloody organization has stolen the minds and hearts of my entire family (30+ people) for four generations and more than sixty years. I'm angry that I, for so long, couldn't simply tell my mother how I rationally feel about the WTS. I'm angry that she said she wouldn't tell anyone about it when I finally did--but that within two weeks she did so anyway--even calling elders in the town where I moved and telling them, "Please go save my granddaughter's life!" I'm angry that I couldn't move frigging 2300 miles away without this happening. That I now won't get to see any of my family--until (I hope) one or two of them finally figure it all out. And I'd be angry as hell if one of my family members had died--as my father very nearly did--because of their ever-shifting policies on blood transfusions.
But...as hotly as my anger may flare, I know that it will solve nothing unless more positively channeled. That is to say, I consider those who are associate with the organization as "captives of a concept." Since I believe the majority really believe what they're doing is right, I consider them less evil and more sick. Excuse? Hell, no! Just an explanation.
See, as much as I love my mother and father, I know that they very likely would have let me die before allowing a blood transfusion. And while this angers me too, I know they'd have done it thinking it was the right thing. Woefully misguided? Yes. Ignorant? Yes. Worthy of being fought against? Yes! Evil? Not by my definition.
Can you deal with a challenge like this? Can you, for one minute, imagine the possibility that some of those Governing Body members seriously believe they are at the helm of God's one true human instrument--and don't get it that they're responsible for evil?
