My JW came over yesterday with a video she wanted to show me, I forget what it was called but it was about the history of the Watchtower.
Normaly I don't have a problem discussing the bible with her, but I just could't sit through this BS video. I already know the history of the watchtower,
and it certianly isn't what this video was going to portray. Anyways my intention was to end our study. I feel it is a waste of both of our times, I know too much about this religion, and I want no part of it. So I had her stop the video and I explained that although I don't know the bible that well, I can tell when something just dosen't feel right. She knows I go on an "apostate" websight, and she thinks I'm confuseing myself by listening to bitter people. I told her the bottom line is that I don't care what I believed the truth was theres no way in hell I could ever shun my children or people I care about because they don't believe what I do anymore, it feels very un christian to me. (btw I don't believe any of the JW propaganda) I said if God did give me this life that I don't think he intended me to waste it by walking around thinking to myself how bad it is, telling people how bad it is,and expecting something better. I said I have beuatiful things in my life, and yes there are "wicked" people out there but I'm not constantly looking over my shoulder, basicly she knows that I don't believe there are any of the signs that we are in the end times. I said that I don't believe that the WT is Gods organisation, I told her about the settelment they had to pay because of their policy on dealing with child molesters (she had no idea). Well, after a lot of back and forth, I finally said, look, a lot of the bible can be manipulated, taken out of context to support certian beliefs, but one thing that is very clear to me is what it says about false prophets, and in their own magazines they have implied, and sometimes claimed to be phrophets. She said thats something she would be interested in, but not comming from apostate sites. I told her all she has to do is look up some of the watchtowers older plubications. She said well what do you want to do now? I said well, I think maybe I should go to church, and see how I feel about that. She asked me if I would also go to the Kingdom Hall, and I was like. you know what? sure. I'll go. But last night I looked up and wrote down dates and page numbers of WT publications, along with some pretty damning quotes that she can look up for herself. I don't want to make her have doubts in her religion, but she is so persistant! Anyways isn't that what she is trying to do to me? I'm sure even after reading those things, who knows if she actualy will, she will work it out in her mind that they are not false prophets. So in my effort to end my study I somehow ended up agreeing to go to the Kingdom Hall. My husband and friends find this hilarious. Oh well.