JW's and their moral superiority complex

The Jehovah's Witnesses always seemed to have a moral superiority complex when I was growing up.  They view the secular world as being influenced by "Satan" and that the world is "morally corrupt". Sure, moral corruption exists, but not because of "Satan" or "sin".  It's a part of reality.  Not all non-JW's are ex-JW's are immoral hedonists who believe that we can do whatever we want without considering the consequences of our actions.  I am an ex-JW and I don't believe that people can do whatever they please without carefully considering how their actions affect others.  I see moral corruption amongst the Jehovah's Witnesses, just like I do in the secular world.  The JW's do a very poor job as disciplining pedophiles.  Reporting a known pedophile to the police is largely discouraged by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society it would seem because they don't want any non-JW's to get the idea that the JW's are anything other than a happy bunch of fundamentalist Christians who knock on doors to preach to people about the JW's views on Biblical "truth" and distribute literature from the WBTS.








JW's often equate evolution with atheism.  They seem to reject scientific and even historical research that don't support and are directly in conflict, fi not outright contradicting  their denominational beliefs and practices.  They reject the year that most historians have come up with regarding the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylon captivity.  It doesn't support their chronology that leads to their belief of Jesus making an invisible return in 1914 to rule heaven, selecting the Bible Students as his the "only true" group of Christians to represent Yahweh and Jesus on earth.  JW's hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible which has resulted in them adopting some strange practices. Consider their view that blood should be spilt upon the ground and not eaten.  I fail to see what that has to do with blood transfusions.  I don't think that the Hebrew scriptures contained a ban on the Jews being able to take blood transfusions.  I have never hard any Biblical scholar or historian of Jewish history make such a claim.






The JW's have faced persecution in various foreign countries and I sympathize with them over that, even though I disagree with their denominational beliefs and practices.  They believe one day, a crazy member of the U.N. will outlaw all religion and that the JW's will undergo a kind of systematic persecution leading to Armageddon.  This strikes me as being little more than a belief inspired by  a persecution complex that is filled with paranoia.  I don't believe that the Bible mentions the U.N. as such an organization did not exist when the Jewish and Christian scriptures were written and I've never heard of a verified Biblical scholar make that claim.  The Book of Revelations is NOT  a historical document and is largely metaphorical from what I have heard Biblical scholars say.






JW's don't tolerate open dissent over their denominational beliefs and practices which can result in excommunication and shunning. I find much of what they believe and do to be questionable, what do you think?