Alan wrote:
Any such defense would have to be covert, in the sense that whatever GB member or WTS official leading the charge, or giving the green light, would have to keep all connections to those in the field secret from other JWs. This would be necessary because the Society has directly instructed JWs to avoid the Internet at all costs. It is also a WTS tradition that only those directly appointed by it are allowed to publish public defenses. Given the above, I have a strong suspicion that thirdwitness and his collaborators are either Bethelites, or JWs with extremely close ties to Bethel, or both, all of whom have been given the green light by Watchtower officials to get on the Internet and do battle with JW critics.
You're losing it Alan.
These guys are among the quasi JW/exjw born again/e-watchman/richie/kline/etc., Christians posting on xjw boards you apparently don't frequent. Third Witness has entertained the folks at aimoo hourglass for some time now.
Paranoia does not become you! Whether you agree with them or not hardly matters since they are convinced they're right just as much as you are convinced you are. What I don't understand is why you let them get under your skin? What makes them that important anyway?
Whoever your friend is he/she has spent way too much time hating the Watchtower to the point that it's pickeled their brain. There is another life out there a good life. Fighting the watchtower's windmill is fun and at times even important but it's not a living, if you know what I mean.
Take care of yourself, Alan.
IW