The Internet sites must have the greatest impact. If no one looks at them. Witnesses know a well-organized apostacy exists. The sites prove we are not just a bunch of disgruntled mental patients. No one has ever left b/c of my work. I tell mainstream Christians about the high control. JWs as merely quirky annoys me. People should know the intense control.
I can't point to one thing that made me leave. It was an accumulation. Public school played a huge role. Basically, it was college or the Witnesses. I could not turn down college. College taught me a new way of thinking. My high school was a joke. The Beatles and the counter culture were huge. I ached to work for the Peace Corps. I was very interested in civil rights. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X vs. Brother Franz. John, Paul, George & Ringo - vs. Knorr. What a joke. My allegiance came from my heart. My parents could not impose it.
I can't always cope with Witnesses. When I can, I believe strongly that it is important to clearly state my objections. The Bible should be the prime source of info, not a group in Bklyn. What proof is there the Witnesses are directed by God. I would say that a Christian should be a believer in Christ, not some angel. Urge them to read the Bible alone. Don't use Christian aids. The Bible is sufficient. YOu don't need advanced degrees to understand the Bible. It means what it says just as any document says what it believes.