Hey Larc,
Amazing does a double post, and I managed to lose my post, which was almost complete. Well, I'll skip the intro this time and cut straight to the story. Hopefully you'll see the relevance.
My father recently has written to the WTS about whether his choice of employment should be a disassociating issue. He works on a project that has both commercial and military applications. (So do I, but I don't have the elders on my back and a family to support. I have been inactive more than a year.)
Before I found out about this, one night while talking on the phone he asked me how did I come to believe life evolved. I didn't realize until later the logical progression he had followed to get to that question. At the time, I said very little so as not to incriminate myself. (Although I regret that now.)
So the challenge for me is to help his doubts become certainty. Just inches below his dangling feet is solid ground, rather than a sheer drop. How do I show him this?
What I need to do is find out what he was doubting. Even though he gave me a mini-sermon at the time (which I refuted inside my head only), I later became convinced that something huge was brewing within him.
So my point is:
Ask the right questions. You know your sister well enough. Maybe simply ask her if something is bothering her. And just listen.
I don't believe I have said anything you don't know already, but I hope I have helped to bolster your confidence. Your sister trusts you. You know you are worthy of that trust, despite the possibility she may not see it that way were she to know all.
So why not give her the benefit of the doubt?
cellomould
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody will see it. Gandhi
