The Prime Directive of all destructive cults is to keep members absolutely convinced they are not involved in a destructive cult. If that directive is not sustained the game is over for the leaders of the cult.
I thought about this because of an interesting experience I had not more than a half hour ago. I wanted to call a childhood friend of mine; we had made contact a year or so ago after forty years. He left the dubs about twenty years ago.
I had accidentally deleted his phone number from my cell phone and his number is not in the book. Using 411 directory service I was able to gain contact with his uncle who is the brother of a now deceased GB member and still an active dub. I told him my situation and he said, "no, I don't have his number. We've been out-of-touch for many years." I thought to myself, "how absurd! My friend was never DFd and they only live a few miles from each other and his family was always very close." Then the old codger asked, "Who are you?" I gave him a fake name because he knows family members of mine who are still in.
Then he asked, "Are you a Jehovah's Witness?" I lied again. I said, "No, I know him from High School and just wanted to get back in touch."
Can you believe this shit? What person other than someone insane would ask some total stranger trying to locate their nephew what RELIGION the caller belong to? Had I actually been some "worldly" person trying to locate his nephew, what would I think of the Jehovah's Witness religion if another person wanted to know my religion before the call could continue?
This man in question is normally a very nice person. I knew him as a youth. Yet in all his 80-90+ years the Watchtower Prime Directive is still working on him.
Simply amazing.
Farkel