In my former congregation, there were two people that were big fat tubs of lard. I am defining a big fat tub of lard as someone that, despite having no disability aside laziness, are too fat to sit in a standard chair. Both were always fat and lazy when it came to physical exercise, but neither has had any problem getting hounded about it. In fact, one of them was a regular pioneer at one time.
I have also noticed lots of other problems. During the early/mid 1990s, I noticed an air of stagnation. There were people out in field circus that would always have to know where everyone was at all times, and would be picky in keeping petty rules. Things were stale--I always had to work with the same person in field circus every time. That creates the fruit of stagnation.
And, it is going to get worse. College was banned last summer. Fun and relaxation are severely limited this summer (wait until they study the Kool-Aid and have it rehashed at the Grand Boasting Sessions). Sex is going to be regulated even more (staying single, leading to having no reason to even stay in that religion, is harped on in the same Kool-Aid, different study article). Getting and keeping full time jobs are also frowned on, and could soon be banned. Which will lead to stagnation, poverty, and a blah atmosphere.
From what I have learned on apostate Web sites, and more so when it came on mainstream NBC News, there is a whopper of a pedophile problem in the witless organization. They pay the courts to silence the victims and protect the molesters. The two-witness rule means that, unless someone else sees them doing it, they are "innocent" and will remain in good standing. The perpetrator attacks other victims, usually initiating threat of dying at Armageddon to coerce a consent, and the victims are silenced.
Their other fruits include poor health (inadequate sleep, a wretched diet, and stress), abuse of all kinds, excessive rules, wasted gas and pollution, and impoverishment of society. This is not what I call good fruitages. People are defrauded to join and coerced to stay, and then they start losing the good. They stagnate, and become sick and poor. Which is not what I call the "good fruitages" they are supposed to be bearing.
