If y'all remember, I posted a couple of days ago that I'd had the 'talk' w/ my mom and it went really well. Well, at her request, I had the 'talk' w/ my dad. Mind you, he's been in the truth since the mid-50's, elder, pioneer, etc, etc. I was really hesitant because he's always been more closed minded than my mom. Well, he was really receptive too. In fact, I damn near had them talked out of going to the assembly this weekend....lol. He shared with me a number of experiences from his time as an elder that had always made him doubt certain doctrines and practices of the JW's. It was really interesting and has really taken a load off my mind.
On the other hand, this morning I was confronted by my ex-wife who had come to pick my daughter up to take her to the assembly. She had asked to come over and use my PC last night and evidently had read 'all that apostate crap' that I've printed out and have laying on my desk. She started in on how the apostates were nothing but a bunch of lazy liars who didn't want to live by any moral code, didn't want to be told what to do, were athiest, disgruntled, and I was just wanting to have my 'ears tickled'. She said "As smart as you've always been I can't believe that you are going to allow yourself to believe all these lies on the Internet."......I said "Well, as smart as you've always been I'm surprised you can't see that you're under the mind control of a hypocritical, compassionless, loveless organization." and it kinda went downhill from there...lol. Here were some of my favorite quotes from her this a.m.:
On the UN - "How do you know that's REALLY the UN's website?" "Well, if it is the UN's website, how do you know they're not lying about the Society?" "How do you know the Society's response on THEIR website wasn't a forgery put in there by some PC-hacking apostate?"
There were some other priceless statements as well, but it gives the general idea that so many JW's are simply NOT willing to even consider that their organization is bunk. This should be interesting, because she's really working on my daughter to be the 'good little JW'. I haven't shared any of this with her yet, but she knows how I feel. I'm afraid though that my ex is going to really put pressure on her to move back to live with her. Anyway, just wanted to share. Thanks for listening...lol.