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""How could it not be?""  This is an opinion.  Frankly, some who are disfellowshipped are relieved, and some have already been ""gone"" so long it doesn't matter what action the elders take  a point I would have thought you would jump on.  But then again, you are only hearing from those that do have a problem with their experiences.

The scholarly back-up of doctrines is a separate issue, and really has no bearing on whether Witnesses believe something or not.  After all, we believe that humans were created roughly 6,000 years ago, and a good number of scientists and anthropologists would hotly debate that in a New York minute (before the transit strike).  The point is, the article is to present what Witnesses as a group believe, and what criticisms exist, and the extent of this criticism.  There is a threshold as to what divergence is notable and worth mentioning, and how extensive coverage of it should be, and your views simply do not represent the percentage you seem to think or hope for.

You said, ""Maybe you should write to them ... and see what they say.""  You are the one who seems to want/need the answer to this, so perhaps you should write to them yourself. 

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