You surprise me Isaac I did think you wouldn't fall into the class of 'end justifies the means' and would actually appreciate that some people considering their age and situations are best left with the comfort and hope of their faith especially if you cannot offer them an alternative. you are right I am more pro-witness these days and am currently sorting my life so as to get to at least one meeting a fortnight,
Give me a scenario that you mean someone may be better left alone. Name a scenario. A 85 year-old widow with no family, perhaps. In some cases yes, it is best left alone.
The argument that holy spirit would not allow a bad person in is ridiculous unless you can guarantee perfection in the leaders of any faith, The example of bad seeds getting in goes way back to Jesus and Judas, even peter denied Jesus 3 times so holy spirit didn't protect him there, you say you follow bible isaac so i'm surprised you made that point!
LOL That was made a bit satirically about the org. Yes wheat and weeds grow together. OOTB would be wheat trying to help others.
As for Mary's book considering I have read a number of mary's view on my points she is particularily hate-filled on the JW front,
Hate-filled? At injustice yes. As far as her attitude toward others Mary seems quite loving and helpful.
I don't think her book would give a fair or unbiased look whatever the subject if it concerns JW's, so nope it holds no interest for me and I feel the same about awakenned at gileads book too. I saw a thread were he was canvassing for negative experiences there was no attempt to ask for alternate ones.
Mary's book used solely WT lit. I agree that WT lit is very negative...but that fault would lay with its authors. As far as your comment toward Lance, we would then ahve to apply that same principle toward the WT. Why do they not solicit any opinions or experiences other than that which is beneficial toward their own interests? They are like a car dealer who tells his customers that he is honest and very upfront but they are not to contact any of his former customers to check him out. They are like an accountant who handles someones chekcing account and tell the client that anytime they want to know about their account activity they are to come to him and he will print out his excel sheets showing all activity but they are not to go to the bank and get actual bank statements.