I'd ask your mum for the name of the elder who she talked to. I'd record him saying the lies as you present the info to him I would then approach a national newspaper with the story including the transcripts and the proof and that way hopefully you mum will be confronted with teh truth, loads of JWs will be confronted with the truth and that lying elder will get his butt tanned. While your at it you could place the theocratic warfare idea as a possible reason for his deception - theocratic warfare practised against JWs.
I wouldn't let him win - I know many are saying it would be better to let sleeping dogs lie but this elder has put down the guantlet. There is a principle at stake here - it is completely unacceptable to lie to your mum - especially as the end result is a distance between you at the end of her life.
Mothers Doubts: Latest Update
by diamondblue1974 22 Replies latest jw friends
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TheListener
I'm sorry DB, I was hoping this would turn out better. You are doing the right thing though.
Good luck.
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Crumpet
What a difficult situation.
I also think at her age it will impossible to move into a new environment and successfully adapt to it so she might as well stay where is used to, in her familiar medium of 30 years.
I empathise entirely from the bottom of my heart. To shake the fragile relationship you have now and risk losing all contact with her is too costly especially when her frailness means she would not adapt well. I feel the same about my parents - they aren't frail, but I don't think they could survive outside. Try not to dwell on what you can't change though.