It’s just not that big of a deal. I hear people respond to stories of ex-witnesses and it reminds me how the Organization is viewed by those who have not been in it. Since Witnesses are not allowed to participate in any public activities that involve association with “Worldy People” (my program just put a red line under worldly, but the way) these people never get to know a Jehovah’s Witness. The closest they will ever get is maybe dating someone that was a witness, but even then they will never really understand.
What’s to understand, anyway? I mean look at the kids, they don’t celebrate any holidays. They don’t say the pledge of allegiance. They dress differently than all the other kids, and they do good schoolwork. Every year they bring the same little brochure with the bad artwork on it and remind us that they aren’t supposed to do a lot of stuff.
Then there’s the teenagers. They are different depending on who is around, but most of the time they say they aren’t going to college. Some of them come to school and change clothes and makeup as soon as they get there.
The adults are no problem, you’ll never see one and instantly know it or anything. Beyond that, the most you know of them is that they wake you up on Saturday.
So…what’s the big deal?