I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to the 12 or so goobers in New York for yesterday's WT lesson all about the Effin D Slave, err, F&D Slave.
After the meeting my wife asked me........
drumroll please..................
"So, .............................
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE ALL THAT?"
Think fast. Think fast. What am I gonna say? What am I gonna say?
Not too much. Not too little.
OM: "Well, I don't see a whole lot of evidence for all the claims that are made."
24 hours go by.
We have another convo.
I say it's definitely a high control religion. If Jehovah is really the way we've been taught all our lives, I can't love him, and he's gonna smite me with eternal non-existence. I'm glad I wasn't raised hard-core Fundy Christian or I'd be looking at eternal flames.
I let her in on a few upcoming and ongoing local Elder-business fiascos to further demonstrate the Corporate nature of the religion of our youth. (Benefits of keeping the Elder hat to those taking notes.)
She confides that our recent conversations have weakened her "faith".
I ask her just what she means by faith.
1. Belief in God or 2. Belief that what we've been taught all our lives is absolutely correct?
She admits she means the latter.
I share one of my favorite quotes from JWN:
"I'd rather have questions I can't answer than answers I can't question."
The religion of our youth is great and neat and tidy. As long as you believe it 100%. As soon as you start noticing inconsistencies, it starts unraveling.
JWs: Good people. Some good ideas. Some wacky ideas.
Some ruined lives. Some semi-ruined lives.
All in a day's work.
Gradualism......Gradualism......Gradualism.
Satan must be so proud.
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