Beks: "I figure if they are happy and secure, why would I want to harm that? If I meet someone who says they are thinking about studying, that's a different story!"
I just want to thank all of you on this site for helping me make a hard decision in the past.
When I was first reading and found out about this "truth" and what it really amounted to...my first instinct was that I had to warn a JW friend of mine. I wanted to tell them about the UN deception and other things I was finding out.
As I read more and more, I began to realize that it is only when someone takes the initiative themselves that they will want to know more about the validity of what they have been told.
Anything I would say could put up a barrier.
But the worst part of all of it, is that for older people, it could be a shock and trauma they may not recover from.
There are some people who are better off not knowing the truth about the truth. Especially when they are facing their own mortality, or are in great distress about losing a loved one. Sometimes, it is best to let them cling to the lie if it gives them some peace. I would not want to take that from them and cause them greater distress.
Sometimes, the truth is hard to bear. It is only for those who are strong enough to handle it. And once you do know the truth about 'the truth', then you feel a responsibility to do what you can to expose it.
It is the manner of exposing it that we must struggle with. Sometimes the most we can do is to make sure that the information is available to those who want to know. But trying to convince people on an individual basis by confrontation rarely seems to work.
Simon has done a great work in being so dedicated to give us this venue. I am sure he is weary, but carries on somehow.
The contributers here who have given so generously of their time and wise counsel are very much appreciated. I noticed in some of the profiles, some people here have over 500 pages of threads they have responded to. That's a lot of posts, a lot of time, and most of all a lot of heart and love for each other to do this. You have all made the info available for anyone who really wants to know the truth.
Sorry, Beks, I did not mean to hijack...but the responses on this thread just made me want to tell you all this.
I just wonder if there is a response we can give people at the door that will lead them here?
