Brilliant Terry you should get it published. A shiver went down my spine when you mentioned the book Make Sure Of All Things I remember the thin cigarette paper it was printed on and each time I had my doubts or tried to prove the Watchtower wrong I would study it and could not for the life of me prove it wrong with it's persuasive arguments until I learned to counteract it of course.
You brought all the memories back the warnings of not to engage in heavy petting and the guilty feelings of not going out on the work door to door work trying to get Watchtower subscriptions just to cover the cost of the printing of course so much craziness. I was young and gullible I even hoped Elvis would make it through Armageddon don't know if I expected him to be singing in the New World but I was dead miffed when an elderly sister said there will be none of that pop music after the mass destruction. I remember the record Kathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers always seemed to be playing somewhere in the background when I first started studying the publications and for years after every time I heard that song I would feel panicky it's strange the effects that a cult can have on the mind.