As 1975 approached, we began to hear the preliminary murmurs of denial from the Society rather than any honest admissions or apologies for their dreadful mistake. Finally, I remember sitting at the Watchtower study one Sunday listening to the brothers and sisters parroting the information from the study article and innocently taking all of the blame for misinterpreting what the Society had said about 1975. It was the first of several occasions when I longed to jump up from my seat, run to the podium, and argue for the apparently forgotten truth. Instead, I sat there and thought how much the Society was like the Scribes and Pharisees in Jesus’ day—burdening the people with heavy loads that they were not willing to budge with their finger (Matthew 23:4). If any rank and file Witness had been called up before a committee, accused of an indisputable sin, and in response blatantly denied it, and then tried to blame other innocent people instead, that person would have been disfellowshiped for sure. Yet that was exactly what the Governing Body members were doing! How could I continue to respect them as spiritual leaders?
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The above was written by my friend, Sherry Jansma.
Angered by what you have heard at the KH, did you ever want 'to jump up from [your] seat, run to the podium, and argue for the apparently forgotten truth'?
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