Odd Dolls wrote:
But I have to wonder why the initial question was asked. Why do ex JWs so often carry that particular teaching with them beyond their JW lives?



A point I tried to make in my initial response in this thread.
It is highly unlikely that a thread would be started with what are the similarities between JW's and protestants, Methodists, Seventh Day Adventists, Baptists etc etc. Or even highly unlikely that a thread would be titled what are the similarities between JW's and other Christian religions.
I believe it is a hangover from our time as JW's when we were bomberded by the anti Catholic rhetoric of the JW's.