After lurking around myself and posting in reply to Norm. I decided I'd better try to explain my personal view toward the WTS. I was baptized in 1976 and, over the years, served as a MS and elder. In 1993 I was DF'd after one hearing and spent the next year and a half getting reinstated. (Big Mistake!) Knocked around til 1998 and just walked away. By then, I had come to a lot of conclusions about what was going on in the org. All bad, too, BTW. So, I tried to walk away quietly and live my own life. No chance! The CO comes to town and evidently asks about Bro. 'Duck out the back.' Next thing I know here comes the CO and another elder into my office (of all places!) asking why I'm not at the meetings, etc. Rather than throwing them out, I proceeded to close the door and give both of them an earful for about 30 minutes. They quietly leave, two weeks later here come two elders, (back to my office, in front of my staff!) and proceed to ask me about my now wife and our relationship. At the point where they tried to put the guilt trip on me about violating God's law and you should dump this lady and return to the fold, I just said, "Boys, you do what you have to do, I'm through." Haven't been bothered since. The good news is, my son and daughter got out around the same time and I have my family intact, married to a non JW lady who thinks JW's are kooks. So now I'm a Ustabee.
The WTS cost me a military career and a lot of years that could have been put to better use. Interestingly, while I was an elder, I encouraged my kids to (1) go to college, (2) have friends that were worth having, not just JW's, (3) tried real hard not to be a total asshole. That may be why the BOE saw their chance and jettisoned me before I could do any more harm.
At any rate, if you are considering becoming a JW, think and think again, then run like hell!