I was thinking about this earlier this week. I was talking with my ex-wife, still a JW. She told me about this one couple we knew. They were both disfellowshipped and treatws like absolute shit by their congregation. I stayed in touch with and visited them a number of times when they were out. They were disfellowshipped for ridiculous reasons - both were legally divorced by the congregation didn't recognize that they were scripturally divorced, and they were dfed for dating! How they were treated left them very bitter and angry about the local elders, a couple in particular.
Now they've been reinstated, and they shun me!! It's idiotic.
Then my ex tells me that Jan is going to the CA this weekend with her. I ask Jan who and she tells me. Jan was around our age, raised in a semi-JW family in my congregation. She was never baptized, and was a serious hottie as a teenager. She got a lot of guy attention, and had nothing to do with the Witnesses for decades. Had some rough times, I think, alcoholic, etc. Now she's back going to the meetings, etc.
I can hardly believe both cases. But, none of these people are particularly serious or deep thinkers. They are the sort who are going to think that the JWs have 'the truth' and that's all there is to it. They're not the type to research and ask questions, and they also have the added incentive of having lots of family still in the Witnesses.
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