Just fantastic Seeker4. You put everything so well. I found the points about revising their earlier publications rang such alarm bells. I wish my family could just have 5 minutes of free thought - and then they would have to see what a sham this religion is.
I'm going to keep a copy of your letter and read it whenever I'm feeling doubtful or confused or scared.
And also a brilliant point that life is for living to the very best and fullest now - what a tragedy to wait for something that in all probability isn't going to happen. I'd like to think we got another life after this one (although certainly not on a paradise earth - that never ever appealed to me!), but all the evidence is to the contrary.
And finally - your point about rather having questions you can't answer than questions you can't ask was truly "thought provoking". Remember that over used phrase and all the time we weren't really "thinking" at all.
Thank you so much - your thoughts and reasoning after just one reading have stuck in my mind better than anything I learnt as a witness. I'm starting to realise now that I wasn't completely stupid when I'd read one of the very long sentences in the watchtower and just not be able to understand at all. Sense cannot be pulled out of Nonsense, no matter how hard you tug.
crumpet x