I usually don't read WT or Awakes, but I stumbled on an article that shows the borg's two-facedness.
The article talks about a group of Mennonites that had doubts about their religion and wanted to study with the JWs. After the first paragraph, I realized that I had felt exactly like those poor Mennonites when I decided to study the JW's history.
Let me explain... I have scanned some parts of the articles:
ONE morning in November 2000, some missionaries of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bolivia glanced out the window of their small home and saw a group of plainly dressed men and women standing nervously at the gate. When the missionaries opened the gate, the visitors’ first words were, “We want to find the truth from the Bible.” The visitors were Mennonites. The men wore overalls, the women dark aprons, and they spoke among themselves in a German dialect. There was fear in their eyes. They kept looking to see if they had been followed. Nevertheless, even while climbing the steps to enter the house, one of the young men said, “I want to know the people who use God’s name.”
...so, the Mennonites are scared as hell to be found by their church members talking to JWs... Interesting, because I remember having the exact same feeling when I went to Borders and purchased Crisis Of Conscience.
The story contines, and the Mennonites decide to study with the JWs...
A few days later, the church elders came to the home of Johann’s family with an ultimatum for the interested ones: “We heard that Jehovah’s Witnesses visited you. You must forbid them to return, and unless you hand over their literature to be burned, you face expulsion.” They had had just one Bible study with the Witnesses, so this presented a formidable test.
...weird, but I have a feeling of deja vu...
But the best part is yet to come...
“We cannot do as you ask,” replied one of the family heads. “Those people came to teach us the Bible.” How did the elders react? They expelled them for studying the Bible! This was a cruel blow indeed. The cart belonging to the colony cheese factory passed by the home of one family without collecting their milk, denying them their only source of income. One family head was dismissed from his job. Another was turned away from buying supplies at the colony store, and his ten-year-old daughter was expelled from school. Neighbors surrounded one home to take away the wife of one of the young men, asserting that she could not live with her expelled husband. Despite all of this, the families who studied the Bible did not give up their search for the truth.
...how cruel the Mennonites were! But rest assured, the JWs would never do those cruel things to sincere folks who are simply doubting their faith ...
--indoubt