Open letter to all JWs: what exactly are you afraid of?

Today I was thinking about something, and decided to address these questions to all JWs reading...

What exactly are you doing? Why do you "lie to defend the truth"?

You insist that shunning is necessary to "keep the congregation clean," but in reality, doesn’t it make it even more "unclean" with all the PIMOs you keep trapped inside?

If you truly believe in a united, faithful congregation, why do you force people to stay through fear rather than letting them leave freely? I think it's more "dirty" with fake witnesses who don't really believe.

Wouldn't it be better to allow only those who truly believe to remain, instead of creating a culture where so many pretend just to keep their families and social connections?

If disfellowshipping is so essential to maintaining spiritual purity, why do you allow hypocrites to stay simply because they’re too afraid to leave?

Are you afraid that, without the threat of shunning, the number of Jehovah’s Witnesses would plummet?

If Jehovah’s Witnesses truly had the truth, wouldn’t people stay out of love for Jehovah, rather than fear of losing their family?

If your faith is based on free will, why do you punish those who exercise it by leaving?

You do know that many "return to Jehovah"—or rather, to the organization—only because they need their family and friends back. Is that a pure motivation?

If Jehovah wants heartfelt worship, how can forced reinstatement just to regain social connections be acceptable?

Isn’t it dishonest to count these "returning ones" as proof that Jehovah’s Witnesses have the truth, when in reality, many of them are only coming back out of desperation?

What does it say about your organization that it creates an environment where people feel they have no choice but to return?

If reinstatement is truly about repentance, why do people have to sit in the back of the Kingdom Hall for months or even years, proving themselves to a group of men before being accepted?

If the Governing Body really speaks for Jehovah, why do they enforce a policy that forces people to fake their faith just to survive?

Why does Watchtower insist that "true Christians" must cut off family members who leave, yet publicly claim that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not practice forced shunning?

Why does your organization remove or alter old publications when they become inconvenient? If the truth never changes, why does Watchtower quietly erase its past?

If the Governing Body is truly guided by Jehovah, why do they need to cover up scandals, lawsuits, and failed prophecies?

If the organization teaches love, why do disfellowshipped ones suffer loneliness, depression, and even suicide after being abandoned by their families?

If you’re afraid of even thinking about these questions, isn’t that proof that something is wrong?

If you take fear out of the equation, how many would still choose to stay?

What kind of truth requires isolation, censorship, and punishment to keep people from walking away?

What are you really scared of?

But if you're afraid of questioning, then maybe you already know the answer.

I think you are smarter than that.