Not sure if she has actually sent that letter to the WTS yet, but so far there has not been a response. I wonder if they will respond at all, after all it's easy to say it got lost in the mail or something, much harder to make such excuses over the phone. Time will tell. I will have to "wait on that answer" haha
I got sick of hearing them say "well you've never read the bible so you don't know" so I finally relented and told my aunt she could buy me a bible and I'd read "some" of it. I insisted it not be the NWT and she agreed, but then she went and got me the NWT. LMFAO! I should have seen that one coming! She said the other ones were very expensive, and I have to give her the benefit of the doubt, but it still leaves an odd aftertaste, like she "placed" some WTS propoganda on me.
It has crossed my mind that now I have her bible I could REALLY fuck with her head, but I'm trying to resist that particular temptation. I doubt the result would be particularly funny anyhow. At least it gives me some credibility in her eyes, and new places to argue from.
True to my word, I have started reading it, and at about chapter 6 of genesis it hit me like a ton of bricks: O M F G they ACTUALLY BELIEVE this is LITERALLY TRUE.
Maybe it never occurred to me before, or maybe it's just because I'd never read it, but when I read it and realised that they really believe it, I was, to put it mildly, disturbed.
No wonder they have such a problem with science. These days, science routinely makes discoveries that refute their world view, especially when it comes to the theory of evolution. Not only are things much older than they reckon, we could have evolved from simpler forms, shich throws out everything they think they know about human origins.
I finally get it.
Anyway, the discussions have gotten more intense as of late, and I'm hoping beyond hope that it's because I'm getting somewhere. I try to balance the need to be kind with the need to make progress.
*sigh* this is very tiring. oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound.