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I'm 25 and was a JW from birth until 16, when I made it clear to my mother that I wanted out, and subsequently got out. I'm still struggling to deprogram myself to this day, and the emotional, social and psychological tolls have been heavy.
I have no problem with the notion of others being unpleasant or aggressive with JW's because the religion ruined my family and other families in my congregation. It attracts the weak, the gullible and the underachievers, ultimately leaving most of them broken and disillusioned at best. It is very sad.
I've never been deliberately rude with a JW since leaving, but one did come to my door when I was in college and I invited her, an elderly lady, inside for discussion. My responses to her pitch left her stupified as she was evidently short-changed in analytical and critical thinking ability, presumably on account of genetics and lack of formal higher education, which I've found typical for most JW's. Predictably, she couldn't provide satisfactory answers to my simple questions as she'd apparently never considered what I had during the years leading up to my departure. She actually left before I wanted her to, and I kept talking with her as she walked out the door and up the stairs, out of the complex.
JW's, although primarily good-intentioned, do far more observable harm than good when they "spread the good news." Everlasting life on a paradise earth? Not if I have to spend it with these people.
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