Oubillete.....are you sure? I listed to the talk, and in transcript form I could see that making sense, but in the "flow" of his comments it certainly sounded as though this mans two youngest are not witnesses. In fact......I am sure of it.
Thanks for the comments everyone. Here is some more of the text in order.
HER: Thank you for the part about saying you love me. A mother never hears too much of that. ____ I heard and saw the same delivery. I came away with an entirely different feeling. Entirely. Why do you suppose that is?
Yes I have visited Bethel. I went with you. Do you remember? We almost got in an accident with that bus, that lady cop was so mad at me for being in the wrong lane, but it was all my fault. Then we stayed at the sister board and care place near Walkill and you stayed up and heard stories from your brothers all over about live in different places while playing cards and laughing. Then we got to help with the harvest, and saw the pigs being born. I am so glad we got to go. You loved it, even though you were already a teenager. So yeah, I think there is a benefit to taking your family to Bethel.
And yes I see the homosexual influence in the fashion industry. You want your buys to dress like ALL boy, and not sissies right? What wrong with that?
Noone is heaping guilt on me son. I do regret that you and (*my sister), no longer serve Jehovah. You are my children. Everlasting life is involved. You and your families......you know how I feel. You know the scriptures so well. You could recite the entire books of the bible at 2 years old, and gave your first talk at 5! I still have never seen anything liek it. You were "trained from infancy". But you have developed a twisted way of looking at my heavenly father. The one that loved the world so much that he offered his most precious son to be torchured and put to death. U and I woul never do that for the human family. Which of our children would we give in exchange for any person? That is the depth of his love.
Me: Mom....once again you are calling my viewpoint twisted, and you don't even know what it is. You are conflating my issues with the governing body and erroneous teachings/doctrine.....with jehovah himself. (side point......I am leaning agnostic, but that would be another can of worms, so I'm keeping on even understanding in the text at this point)
You are doing it without even realizing you are doing it. Very dangerous.
And yes mom those are fantastic memories of a good time. I have no regrets in my childhood. But alot of that was because I was spending time with my mother, and out meeting other people. Not just where we were at. I am so glad i never turned in my application for ____ to look for (I had an in at bethel).
Mom I do not believe Jehovah is goin gto kill 99.9% of the people on earth, and I will not allow my boys to be taught such things, especially by the likes of Anthony morris while looking to him for guidance as you do thinking that God wants them to do so. You and I thought differently about the talk, because we have differing views. You know what? That is ok! Its ok to difer in opinion.
One thing you have to stop doing however, is suggesting to me that my children will die as a result of the stand that I have taken. When I had the issues with the blood doctrine and you wanted me to get help what did i do? I spoke to the local elders, HLC comitee, called the service desk, spoke to ______ (a CO friend of ours), and it all came down to the same thing. When the policy didn't hold weight scripturally, it came down to asking wether I believed the GB was in fact being used by Jehovah. If so, then just listen, obey, and be blessed. I knew then what I had to do.
TBC....