Criminals are a totally separate issue, IMO. I would have and still do not want dangerous people around me or my family. I think any organization, including the WT, should have that right & obligation to protect their people.
But, when churches from Catholic to JW's hide any kind of dangerous criminal activity, for whatever reason, they cross the human decency line. The very thought of pedophiles, rapists, murderers, thieves, etc., being able to have their sins absolved or handled in secrecy in carpeted KH libraries by a tribunal of elder 'judges' or in darkened Catholic confessionals -- makes my blood boil.
My own theory about psychopathic, anti-social, aggressive, mean-spirited, sociopath Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses...?
1. They were already that way when they were "...singing Kingdom Melodies besides us in the KH."
2. Like a bottle of beer, being DF'd, {{{shook}}} them up so badly -- their WT cork *popped* off, no longer holding them back from any control -- spewing uncontrollably.
3. I think normal people can be 'pushed over the edge' by the shunning effect, whether DF, DA, MIA, weak or fading. I lost my JW mom to the blood issue, my marriage, adult children, grand kids & JW relatives -- all because I'm "spiritually dangerous" and according to 2 elders, I, "Look guilty, because you don't go to meetings!" That has been the most difficult thing I've gone through in my life.
Luckily, something (?)...like genetics, mental fortitude, having people that love me and receiving my love back and even finding a place like JWD to vent -- has protected me from the triggered mental illnesses I've seen in a few others. They strike back at everyone wildly & blindly...never realizing how sick they are. Professional help is what they need.
Rabbit
