@LoveUniHateExams Gosh - that is so true! They expect all these other folks from various other denominations to study Witness literature and have their own research groups outside of their regular religious protocol... but Witnesses are banned from doing the same.
An idea just occurred to me. The next time I see Witnesses at a cart or they call at my home, I'm going to get all paranoid and hush-hush. I'll tell them my church would punish me if they found me reading outside literature. And that I can't look at JW.org because it gives me total anxiety. "My pastor said that all outside research and books and Websites are written by people trying to lie about my church. I really want to investigate further... I just don't know why they'd be so against looking outside my church's approved literature?"
Hopefully, the Witnesses will talk about how maybe the pastor has something to hide... that maybe the church is doing bad things and the congregants are being held in darkness... that all things "come to light" before Jehovah and that we owe it to ourselves to prove that what we're being taught is accurate.
Once they comment on how deceitful this method of information control is, I'll just slowly parrot it back (but using Watchtower terms). "Sooo... if the men taking the lead in my religion are actively directing me away from any outside information that might be critical of my beliefs or denomination... you're saying that they're most likely being deceptive? That all of us congregants are having the wool pulled over our eyes? That this method of concealing information is an impingement on our thinking and decision-making abilities? That... that this whole thing my family and I have been raised with is not really... the truth?"
I don't know if the JW will wisen up at that point or not. If they do and I can see them ready to blow the apostate whistle, I'll just cheerily say, "Just messing. My pastor lets me examine and read all other literature outside of the church. But that would seriously raise some red flags if an organization really did that to its members. Hey, check out JWfacts.com. Have a great day."
Hmmm... Just thinking out loud here.