We use the term "cognitive dissonance" rather often, and for good reason.It well describes how many, current Witnesses,and those on the way out, feel.It's: "An uncomfortable feeling or stress caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a fundamental cognitive drive to reduce this dissonance by modifying an existing belief, or rejecting one of the contradictory ideas."
So the comments as expressed by this 'active Witness', is pretty much a mixture of this dissonance and the resultant apologetic hypocrisy.They say they DON'T follow everything....and then they make statements like this:
"We don't have to follow every single word that the Watchtower society says.
I believe it is completely inappropriate for a Christian to go against what the FDS says, because they are the anointed of Jehovah.
This pretty much says it all right here.So if they think it's COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE to go against what the FDS says, then they DO need to follow "every single word".If not, what are those words that can be disobeyed ? Would you like to tell us, the FDS, which single words are okay to ignore ? Maybe you can tell friends which of these words are worthless ?
Then they make this statement:
When I see that their teachings go beyond the things that are written in God's inspired Word, I do not agree with it, but I don't go and start preaching against it. I know that Jehovah's spirit will guide us eventually into all truth."
Really ? You don't agree with it ? But you still won't talk about it ? Because these MEN would disfellowship you , right ? Because you would be going "against it" what they said.And those who talk about it should be disfellowshipped because they're going against it, even though you don't agree ? You agree with their decision to disfellowship your brothers and sisters who don't want to follow "every single word" but you're not following men, even though it was men who made this rule ? It was these men who proclaimed THEMSELVES to be the FDS.Thomas openly expressed doubts about the very MESSIAH but wasn't disfellowshipped.Peter even denied Christ, but the FDS says sending your kids to college and talking about it will get you removed as an elder.Openly proclaiming you will NOT follow every single word will get you DF'd.Making JW videos on youtube is agianst the Society's words.This person is quite simply an apologist, and a hypocrite at that.But then they've learned from one of the best.
Oh....and that example of Saul is one of the most tired pieces of dreck the WT and it's apologists use.That example does NOT apply to what they think it does.Why ? It was talking about killing.David simply wouldn't KILL Saul.That's it.However, David DID speak out about SAUL.And DAVID left his "brothers and sisters", the org, and fled to the wilderness because THEY wanted to KILL him !!! So then, yes, SAUL could be likened to the Organization today; EVIL and ABANDONED by God as NOT having His approval or spirit, so they are NOT God's SPIRIT DIRECTED ORGANIZATION.Even Witnesses must admit that just because someone has God's favor now, doesn't mean they ALWAYS will.Just look at what happened to the nation of Israel, they were cast off because "they left Jehovah" and killed the Messiah because they viewed him as an APOSTATE.
Such apologists are far more forgiving of the monumental "mistakes" of the FDS than they are of their very own "brothers and sisters, who they will gladly shun without even really knowing why.