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When natural and man-made disasters occurred, the guidance given to us rank-and-file members was to "help" by distributing copies of the Watchtower and Awake to give the bereaved and stricken 'hope for the future.'

When I left the religion at 34, my father refused to speak to me for the remainder of his life; he died with us estranged by church doctrine. After his death, I looked for a Kingdom Hall with members who might have remembered him and would want to memorialize him. None returned my calls.

What new recruits are not told is that, should they change their mind, all the good, loving "friends" they have made will turn their backs. The children they have raised in the religion will shun them on pain of death by God's hand.

The regular folk who populate the Kingdom Halls believe they are doing the right and righteous thing. When they knock on your door, they truly feel they are doing you a favor. They are under the power of a high-control cult; don't take it out on them.