They don't even talk about "da troof"anymore when socialising. It is like James Penton said. When almost an entire Congo worth were seceding from the Borg, a special talk was given, with Beth Hell heavies attending. Freaky Freddie Franz was there, and he shrieked "in heavily accented Spanish that "you should only study the bible at the Kingdumb hall, not at home!" " (Apocalypse Delayed) Also how Bethel slaves were told not to do bible study, instead take up some hobby.
This is a balanced unbiased history book, as he does not grind any axes, or take sides in his accounts of Russell's divorce, or the various power struggles. He has excellent credentials.
Also interesting is his account of one woman in front of a JC Inquisition, who was treated so viciously she collapsed, and an ambulance was called. They DFed her even though she was too ill to attend any more star chamber sessions. In fact the purges he describes are equal to any by Ray Franz, Dogpatch or Olaf Jonsson.
Apocalypse Delayed - which I just read - can be borrowed from OPENLIBRARY.ORG - an excellent resource. There are plenty of free PDFs around for Ray Franz and Jonssons books which I also finished over the last few days.
I am more convinced than ever that there is no spirit of real Christianity in this sham religion.
HB