I am currently following the ongoing saga of a person who is studying to be a JW and her unbelieving husband's attempts to sway her in this endeavor. He has gotten her to read CofC and she's halfway through it, but nonetheless, she remains bound to the JWs and wants to continue her persuit. He has tried to call into question that the WTS could have been appointed by Jesus as the "Faithful, Discreet Slave", but the person she is studying with flat out told her that JWs do not believe that Jesus chose the WTS as the FDS and, that they don't believe that they are the one chosen religion/church. This person claims that all past predictions which are wrapped up in these beliefs have since changed.
Any ideas on how he can respond to such claims? Any recent WT articles on this?
He has also relayed to me the following things that appear to be emotionally binding her to the group:
From what I can tell, she is most emotionally tied to the following JW beliefs:
-that we were meant to live forever, prior to Adam/Eve's sin -that JWs, unlike other faiths, concentrate their efforts on bible study and that is where their beliefs are based
-that Jesus is NOT God
-JWs do God's work by going door to door -despite knowing that no scholar recognizes the JW translation of the bible, she continues to read it and have doubts about the validity of
commonly used bibles
Good responses to the above affirmations would also be very helpful to pass along.