I would just like to point out that when I first bought my computer and connected to the internet, the first words I typed in my browser were Jehovah, Jehovah's witnesses, Watchtower...
I must say, I was quite amazed to see so many websites that were for and against us. My curiosity got the better of me and started reading sites such as watchtower.org ,witnesses.net,watchtower observer, h20, freeminds...ect.
Did it bother me to read opposing materials or websites? As I mentioned in another thread I have spent many years training myself a conscience trained to what the Bible and the Society's publication have encouraged us to do.
Again coming back to the question, did it bother me reading all this opposing stuff? The answer is YES! For the first time in over 20yrs in the privacy of my own home, I actually started to read apostate stuff. As for before the internet, when anybody out in field service would try to hand me anything that I considered apostate, I would be quick to reject it. I have found it helpful to know what opposers are saying about us to make a defense. I have also found it helpful to know that the Bible doesn't lie when it say's that some have come to be past all moral sense...and are bringing divine retribution for the ungodly things they spoke.
Did I learn anything from it? Yes of course. I learned that if your conscience is properly trained according to Bible standards, you will be quick to evaluate so called JW sites and XJW that promote immorality, blaspheming Jehovah's holy name, outrageous accusations without facts, holier than thou attitude like witnesses.net that will condemn this site as apostate and yet they have lottery banners, religious banners...posted on their site. As far as I'm concerned actions speak louder than words.
You must remember, according to the Bible account , that with all the meeknest of Moses as leading the rebellious Israelites out of Egypt and putting up with Dathan, Korah, and Abiraram, that he himself was not allowed to enter the promised land. Moses failed to honor Jehovah when he took more authority for striking that rock, which barred him from entering the kingdom at that time.
Also who could forget Judas Iscariot. The Bible called him a thief, because he took money from the contribution box and strongly objected to that expensive perfume being poured upon Jesus. He used his own twisted reasoning by saying that the perfume could of been sold and given to the poor.But yet Judas wasn't concerned about the poor he was concerned about his pocket book.
So in conclusion I would just like to say that the Faithful Slave have tought us many good things from God's word. They have always encouraged us to become trained mature christians in using our mental faculties to distinguish right from wrong according to what God's word teaches us about Christian freedom's true meaning, not enslavement to men's doctrines or law. For the few unfaithful slaves that have surfaced over the years at the society's headquarter, this I would like to say to you, True Christianity never was or ever will be about figures, numbers, money, material buildings, real estate, stock market, investment funds...but True Christianity comes from spiritual cleanliness of the heart as taught by Jesus who reflected God perfectly.