I grew up terrified of the demons and the occult due to the indoctrination of being a born in JW. When I quit 4 or 5 years ago I forced myself to watch The Exorcist, it was so silly it was funny.
The Watchtower exits in a vacuum of dumbness, where anecdotes (often made up) are used as evidence for whatever line they want to sell at the time. Why is college frowned on? probably because if the young get an education they will more likely wake up to the bullshit.