Not sure where the 'Holy Mother Society' reference comes from Non ... especially as the WBTS is most definitely a patriarchal society ...... however I was most surprised to find out about the UN links when I left the borg all those years ago.

I grew up during those heady 'Stay Alive in 75' years where the wicked wee beastie with 666 on its chest was often talked about. Where the UN was akin to Satan himself. Where there was continual graphic references to death, destruction, persecution, torture and of course the piece-de-resistance ... Armageddon and mass destruction of all the wicked worldly people.

To find out later that there were definite and uncompromising links with the UN was a slap in the face. Add those links to the changes in 'the blood issue' and all the other anomalies ... you can see why us 'oldies' are perhaps more upset or frustrated than the younger ones. Our training was more intense perhaps ... more black and white. Now they're a little more insidious as they have to negotiate their way around the huge amount of information available at the click of a computer button!

The contradiction about the UN ... would be a huge stumbling block for many jdubs from my era. Sadly ... many of them have become accustomed to pushing their questions and their doubts to the dark recesses of their heavily indoctrinated jdub brains. How sad is that.

"Thanks to God .... for making me an Atheist!"
Ricky Gervais
Golden Globe Awards - 2011