Why are they worried at all about any of this persecution?

Why bother making these changes to please the secular authorities at all? They've been predicting world governments turning on religion for years now. Well, Catholicism had its turn, then Scientology (if you want to call it a "religion"), now it's the JW's turn. Isn't this the point at which Jesus/Michael is supposed to come riding out of the sky with his army and stab all his enemies to death?

Your move, Big J.