After very little discussion and even contact with my parents in the last few months, they seemed to decide, either for themselves, or maybe they were put up to it, to confront me on my view of the Watchtower Society and condemn me, my husband and children to death.....any time soon.....when Armageddon comes. This was last week. It was quite a confrontation. I stood my ground and would not let them bully me in any way. I know I WON the whole discussion but probably lost my parents to the WT society.....but have to admit that sadly, it doesn't really matter anymore.
I'm afraid they continually called me an apostate and told me how apostates are , 'evil, horrible, bad and satanic people!' I asked them if they knew what an 'apostate' was and why they didn't look the word up in the dictionary. They said they had seen the apostates demonstrating at the assembly and they were vile, horrible and bad people! I said that they were only there to try and help him to escape the cult! Naturally this set off a lot of fireworks! My parents especially hate the 'C' word!
Anyway, I am no longer 'worthy' to receive the Watchtower and Awake! However, I have a back up plan for this scenario and so it is no skin off my nose....just less placements for them! I did say that they had to give me the mags because otherwise they would not know what was in them. They insisted that they read the things. I wanted them to explain why they didn't know about the things I was telling them which totally stunned them. I said either they had NOT read the damned things or they could not understand them. Naturally they were not best pleased.
The blood transfusion issue totally stumped them. They didn't like the question about where in the bible, if it said they couldn't have blood transfusions, did it say that they COULD have blood fractions? Apparantly, the only part of blood that the GB have said they shouldn't have is the ONLY part that actually transmits life!!!! How totally stupid and ridiculous.
Obviously a lot more was said. I shan't bore you with the details but I did tell them that I DO NOT want them to leave the Watchtower Society. I said I wanted them to stay in it as they were too old to change or understand what had happened to them and that I felt they deserved the Watchtower Society. This completely stumped them and they finally left.
So, that day has come. I expect there will be very little contact with them any more. I see them for what they are; lost souls that need a fantasy religion to make sense of their day to day lives and I am sorry for them but I do have a secret snigger when I consider their shock one day when they do realise, one way or another that they were conned! I know that day will come and I do feel only a little bit sorry for them because they have been warned many times.
They choose to 'love' a book publishing company above their very own family.
Goodbye you poor lost souls! Perhaps one day we will meet under different circumstances. But I feel no loss over people who choose to come to me and tell me that me and mine are about to die if we don't bow down to the image of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society!
I am not only not 'bowing', but I am turning road, dropping my draws and mooning! (Metaphorically speaking, of course!)