Police inquiry over Jehovah's Witness magazine 'mentally diseased' article
"An official magazine for Jehovah's Witnesses that described those who leave the church as "mentally diseased" is at the centre of a police inquiry, it has emerged."
If it were an internal magazine and not sold to people on the streets it might be different...
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Perhaps not.
Most persons who leave JWs simply move on in life, some with the viewpoint that the religion just wasn't for them, some with minor grumbling over this or that feature of the faith that caused them to move on, some with the viewpoint that they couldn't live up to it. A fair number evenually return.
So their attitudes are somewhat analogous to that of a man or woman leaving a relationship, like a failed marriage. Most just move on. But there's always a certain few psycho ex-mates that can't let go, who devote all their time and energy to harassing the person they once loved.
That's the type that the magazine commented on, not at all simply everyone who departs.
Now, you may disagree with that assessment, but understand that the description was not meant as a medical diagnosis. And whenever someone spends years of their life ardently embracing a cause, immediately followed by as many years ardently denigrating it, it's not so absurd that one might question their mental balance. Not the only possibility, of course, but it certainly is one.
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