Hello one and all.
The local JWs had a booth set up at my university today and something just came over me. I went to a computer, found a list of failed prophecies, printed and stapled it, and walked over to the middle aged woman and the 10-ish years old girl. The woman said "If you are interested in anything, take it for free." I took a second to browse and then asked "Are you aware of your organization's 100+ year history of failed prophecies?" She said she was aware of some of it, but that really seemed like a way of diffusing the situation without giving the apostate any fuel. I showed her the multi-page list and though she clearly had a set of ready-made defenses, she let me say my piece. Love and empathy were basically pouring out of my face while I told her that I was born into a 4th generation of witnesses, that leaving was the best thing I ever did, that the GB tells the flock what to think, and that the organization is run on lies and manipulation. She thanked me somewhat sincerely. I think she knew I was coming from an honest place and I was trying to help her and the little girl. I left her with the list. A half hour later, I passed her booth on the way out of the building and our eyes met and we both smiled. Her facial expression before the eye contact was one of reflectiveness. Something may have gotten through.