“ihunt”: “I don't think my father ever educated himself about Jehovah's
Witnesses' control structure or about their doctrine, and its awful difficult
to convince someone that their beliefs are incorrect when you are completely
ignorant to their stance.”
Hi, “ihunt,”
and welcome to the board! It’s always good to see so many more and more folks
like yourself waking up and daring to poke their head out of the little prison
of the Watchtower organization/corporation.
It would be
great if you could educate your father in the many hangups and dangers of the
Jehovah’s Witness “religion” without your JW mother even knowing. People in
general – including most JWs themselves, by far – are unaware of the real facts
and history of the Watchtower. If you could somehow show your father some of
the things you have discovered about the WT corruption and obvious falsehoods
and have him agree that he not let your mother know that it was you who showed
those things about the WT to him, then maybe you could have a powerful ally in
your father as someone who could bring those things to your mother’s attention.
You could have him tell your mother that he just happened to come across such
information completely by himself and that you had nothing to do with it. That
way, perhaps your mother could be introduced to some important and eye-opening
things regarding the real truth about the WT (the truth about the truth, or
“TTATT” as we say) but you still wouldn’t get into any kind of trouble because
your mother would just think that your father just decided to do his own
research about the WT organization completely on his own.
And, of
course, if your mother eventually did start to wake up, start researching and
questioning herself, and decide to fade away from and leave the WT “religion,”
then you would be completely in the clear and free – along with both your
parents! Now, that would be the sweetest outcome of all. You never know. It’s
definitely worth a shot. You could have your cake and eat it too, so to speak,
if you play your cards right and everything works out right.
Take care,
and the very best of luck to you. Having one parent already not in the cult,
you’re completely half lucky already.
