Great narrative Lady Liberty!
Many of us (me included) would most likely be overwhelmed and flustered by such a surprise visit. You appeared to keep your wits about you and be able to present a logical response that took the conversations control and purpose away from them. Since they didn’t like not being in control & putting you on the defensive, they turned to leave as they were defeated.
It’s great to keep in mind that elders (small e) are only men and only hold power over us – IF we let them. Although not always the case, they are offended when others don’t give them reverence as God’s chosen princes.
In regards to your 607 issues, Jesus said to leave the 99 sheep to go after the 1 which strayed off. By making you wait, they were not following Jesus instructions as the 1 sheep that strayed may have fallen into peril if not quickly recovered. Their focus is not to act as Sheppard’s but as executioners. This is clearly shown in their lack of time to assist you but an abundance of time to ‘catch’ you in ‘wrongdoing’, visits to berate you and judicial meetings to further criticize and punish you.
By stating that: "We are NOT going to have this conversation!!" the CO was actually acting much like a child putting his fingers in his ears & yelling – I CAN’T HEAR YOU!
Having the time to sit here and think about the situation, an alternate response occurred to me regarding the statement from the CO:
"THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN JEHOVAHS ORGANIZATION!!"
You know, I very much agree with that statement. As a lover of truth and in an effort to make sure of all things, I looked further into these allegations to disprove them. Unfortunately, my investigation confirmed the claims to be true. Since these things do not happen in Jehovah’s organization, I came to the conclusion the Watchtower CANNOT BE Jehovah’s organization!
It’s funny how when the Watchtower says anything, it is immediately accepted by Witnesses as gospel truth without any further consideration or question. When anyone makes mention of Watchtower transgressions, even if knowing nothing of the matter, witnesses immediately go into defence mode and either reject Watchtower involvement or otherwise rationalize involvement to a FEW ISOLATED cases happening a long time ago.
When anyone points out times when Witnesses or the organization don’t live up to the standards that they themselves brag as living by, the person bringing up the issue is labelled a liar, having a wrong attitude or otherwise having a vendetta against Jehovah and his ‘channel’.
