I know many Witnesses will dismiss this review, as well as this show, as apostate lies. And that's really sad. I wish they could let themselves step back and hear what these people are saying. Put themselves in these people's shoes. I believe they call it "fellow feeling". Empathy. I wish they could see these folks simply as fellow humans who are trying to live their lives as best they can. Because, if you listen, you hear the ring of truth in what these people are revealing. This was not easy to view. I only watched because I felt this was something that me, as an ex-Witness who continues to make excuses for his former faith, needed to see. And it was. People need to know what's going on. For the first time, I realized that the policies the Witnesses feel they are Biblically justified in following, are dangerous, not just to the people in their congregations, but to the people they meet in their door to door work. The Witnesses may claim that they do everything they can do to protect children, but that simply isn't the case, as this series proves. It would be nice if they could learn from this honest, open view of the Witness world. Hopefully...some will listen with an honest heart. Because these policies need to change. They cannot be in line with Christ's views on children and we humans in general. If nothing else, this series shows how Pharisaical the Witnesses have become.
Review of The Witnesses
