My grandma was a devout jw most of her life, and when i mean devout i mean 24-7 preaching constantly to anyone especially family. I have her to thank for my indoctrination as a child, but i realize she was merely indoctrinated herself. Her personality traits led to her being such a zealot for the Watchtower, so I have no bitterness toword her, as she has passed on a few years ago. She went to the extremes of everything but on her deathbed her actions kinda startled me. She never touched a drop of liqour in her life and this I can personally back up as she would even refuse brandy and water when sick, but as she was failing in health she did something very un-elementry. She had requested wine and beer to drink. Maybe she was somewhat dissalusioned by the failing of watchtowers phrophecy of the 1914 generation and had wished to see the new system. I know she never would have dreamed of dying without seeing the so called end. I think she missed out on alot of simple pleasures and maybe felt time was short to experience them, anyway as it turns out my grandpa got her only the best wine and beer. Not sure how much she drank but im happy that she at least enjoyed that before passing on.
But my main point is how I remember she was devout to an organization and not god necessarly. I used to think as a child that she had to be one of the most devout followers of God in the world, but now under more clearer line of thinking I realize she was one of the most devout to a man made entity. Even if truth was clearly shown to her in God's own word that she was being misled by the watchtower she would have run to the hills and screamed apostate. Looking back now i realize she was not specifically loyal to a God, but to a concept created by sinful humans. Her god was not personal but a image created for her by men, and thats a hard nutshell to crack sometimes.
Anyone else experience something similar in their life, and whats your thoughts?
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