They may actually feel out of their depth too Composer ...... most of us former jdubs were raised to parrot phrase the usual 'hello ... we're calling on you today with ...' and off we'd sprout. It can be quite off-putting to have someone who actually tosses a few questions back! It's a religion that doesn't encourage free thinking ... it's more a case of towing the religious party line and of course blame Satan and 'worldly' people when they're not listened to at the doors. It's really rather sad as many of them have no idea what real life is all about.

There are some jdub halls that actively discourage their members from going into online forums ... specially ones like ours as we're a bunch of former jdubs (the majority of us are at least) ..... which in the eyes of the average well-trained and well-programmed jdub means that we're akin to the devil himself and we're disgruntled, angry and out to drag Jehovah's name and his people through the mud. Some of us certainly do have good reason to be angry though ... who wants to be turned away from family and friends purely because of religious differences eh!

I hope you're enjoying your visits ....

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