My personal approach is to 'lay it on the line' so to speak. It lead to having to DA myself actually, which is a good thing for me in many ways now.
I have done many things - most of which prob make me the 'fire-breathing apostate' in the eyes of the local cultists. But one never knows what will reach some of them - and that is all I can hope for.
You have to 'know' the person you are trying to reach - not all Jw's are identical in this matter. Today, I sent this letter to a longtime friend who now considers me an 'enemy of the state' for my letter posted in the local paper about Jw sexual abuse;
Dale -
Following my ‘shunning’ by you last week, an interesting curiosity arises in my mind and heart.
You clearly view my revelation of ‘deep secret’ sins of the Watchtower Society as proof that you have the ‘Truth’, and are being persecuted for it. Yet it is entirely factual and supported by thousands of news-reports around the world. [See my letter to the editor; May 22, 2007 News-Sun]
The great irony is that you view your organization’s attack on the Catholic Church for similar sins, as justified, and a clear indication that God does not bless that religion. [See virtually thousands of Anti-Catholic articles in the Watchtower publications over the past 100 years].
Curious indeed! I doubt Jesus would have persisted in covering over the sins of his early church - while instructing his followers to be mean and hateful to those who knew of those sins. If sexual abuse within one religion condemns it - why not in another? I don’t see how it can be otherwise! If you do, please explain it to me. I welcome that.
I feel no need to shun you for your attachment to the organization that has perpetuated such sins, yet you feel a need to shun me for revealing the matter. Whose sin is greater? All I can say is ‘Unbelievable Hypocrisy’. Sadly, you can’t even see it. [Matthew 15:12-20]
My love remains unconditional. Truth is wherever it is to be found - pretty or not. That is what I stand for - ‘Truth’. Sorry if that offends you. Did you not know me to be a man of character - that I would have to stand for what is right in the eyes of God?
I always have stood for truth. I always will. But you toss out nearly 50 years of friendship because I dare to do what is right? Odd indeed. I suppose by that measure, you would have more respect to those who cover over the sins of others? Sorry, I cannot do that. I will continue to greet you in public, though I am deeply ashamed of your religion’s actions, and indeed your willing hatefulness toward me - a man that you know has integrity to truth and righteousness, which is why I left the faith of Jehovah’s Witnesses to follow the Lord of the Bible, Jesus, to begin with.
I say as did Stephen “Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do.”
Your friend -
This will not work with everyone of course. In fact, it may not work in this case [in terms of convincing Dale of anything]. My intention here is to bring to his mind my long history of faithfulness to what I believed was correct and true. If that sticks, later on he might deal with the dissonance he surely must feel after a lifetime of Jwism.
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