As a youngster... I remember seeing a movie called 'Fiddler on the Roof'.
In that movie - about a Jewish family... three daughters who get married... one goes off and follows her heart - which means that she goes against 'tradition' of the Jews.
As a result - her father - does the 'jewish' thing... and rips his garments while saying "I have no daughter." (Very melodramatic.) He then shuns her.
(Sound familiar?)
My mother... a devout JW - thought that was terrible for him to do that to his own daughter.
Okay. Here is an idea. For those that are about to be shunned... or who can still get their JW rellies - who do the shunning - to do so...
Get them to watch this movie... or, another one is... "The Jazz Singer" with Neil Diamond. Same principle - his father shuns him - because he goes off and does his own thing.
What I have noticed is that people - in general - will tend to get engrossed in movies... sometimes taking the side of the 'underdog'.
Once they watch a movie like this... then one could simply ask the question... "How ridiculous. Look at how that religion, and its' teachings divides a family."
I know that I am not thinking this through all the way... but it seems to me that movies like this might be the way to at least start 'cracking the ice', so to speak.
Regards,
Jim TX