I understand every word you wrote.
That is why I am on JWN. I understand what life has been for people such as yourself and I can relate.
How can "career" JW's be so cruel YET think they have God's backing and support? It is all pie in the sky, anyway.
I am happy to get to "know" the good, smart Brother and his family, verses the stuck-up, suck up, one, who's credentials and as you say, prominence... FacePalm ... are loyalty to a man-made "North Korean" style dictatorship, religion.
Your Dad, has emptied his head and heart and replaced it with, religiously induced mental illness. He thinks he is holding on to a winning ticket where he has been told, the prize is so spectacular, that he has allowed himself to become a robot of meetings and service and "donating" his time and money to a bottomless pit Real Estate Corp. What a racket the Watchtower has going on. AND they know it! The Governing Body look like stupid-heads, but they are not innocent cobras.
Did it shake you up to realize there is no Big "A" coming? Once the light bulb is turned on, all their make believe, scary Satan and demonezz's stuff, goes away like a bad dream, which it was. Only you are not the one who dreamed up, how to ensnare little sheeples , and offer these "children" impossible rewards, for their strict and obedient behavior. Yes, your father and brother hate you. They are blind believer's, never questioning their captors, actions. It is their loss, not yours.
End of rant.
LoisLane