Talk:David Bercot
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Wow, this isn't written from a Roman Catholic perspective or anything. I'm no anti-Catholic Fundamentalist, but the end of this article isn't even trying to be objective.
Strenghts and weaknesses section was probably written by a catholic.
I deleted the whole strengths and weaknesses section as contrary to Wikipedia's guidelines for a good article. They request objectivity, and there's nothing objective about giving your opinions about the strengths and weaknesses of his arguments.
Also, if someone could please help with proper formatting. I rewrote a lot of the early biography based on many conversations with David while I was helping him lead the Tyler Early Christian Fellowship. I think I wrote it all very unbiased, and even rather favorably, because I could have added that he told me part of the reason he left the Jehovah's Witnesses is because there were no more ladders to climb. He couldn't go any higher in their organization. He said there were three ways to go higher in the JW's. You can become a local elder, but the highest rank you can attain is head elder. There's nowhere up from there, and his congregation simply passed the head elder title from elder to elder every year. A second way is to become a pioneer, then special pioneer, and eventually climb all the way to the Watchtower in Brooklyn, but David wasn't successful enough (not enough conversions) as a pioneer to be allowed to become a special pioneer. The final way is to become a missionary, which can also lead all the way to the Watchtower (through working in their printing branch?), but David couldn't handle the JW missionary lifestyle. He was in a dormitory with many others, and it was too stressful to him. I left all that out, because it seemed unfavorable and suggests he left the JW's for more than doctrine. On the other hand, he did leave the JW's over more than doctrine. However, I didn't know how to put that in the article in a way I was comfortable with, so I didn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ShammahRCV (talk • contribs) 12:59, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
