Welcome to the forum.
You have a difficult choice.
Enlighten him to the lies he has been fed and you will destroy many of his family relationships.
Leave him be and he may create other victims who, in turn, will end up destroying their family relationships.
I have this catch 22 situation myself.
There is no easy answer.
Whatever you do, just be honest. If he feels you are being dishonest, put him in a position where he feels he has to prove you are dishonest or have been lied to.
Unfortunately, in order to deconvert a member of any high control group, you have to know more about the teachings of their leaders than they do. This requires dedication to your cause.
If you are going to try a deconversion, you have to do it very gently, gently, gently or you will lose them.
You have to pick a subject that they feel is important, and if they try to insinuate that it is not important, you have to know all of the reasons why it is important. Cult members of any persuation are very slippery customers and are experts at findng excuses for their beliefs.
They are experts at changing the subject and it is important to keep them on subject and, if you are on to a sore point with them, to keep hammering the nail home until they have to admit they are wrong.
Their 607BC date for the fall of Jerusalem is faulty and is a foundation doctrine. You will have to do lots of homework to be able to debate it.
Don't bring up a subject yourself, you will be seen as attacking them and will become the enemy.
You seriously need to consider whether it is worth the trouble.
Cheers
Chris
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by Skepticue 21 Replies latest jw friends
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Black Sheep
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LouBelle
Welcome to the board.
It is so difficult to reason with a JW about their religion. Perhaps you could ask "leading" questions and then make sure you do your own research on whatever topic you choose in order to counter-act him.