TD Said - The JW's I know who are sci-fi fans and movie watchers have their own take on films like this and it is the exact opposite --That they are the ones who are not controlled and everyone else in the "World" is.
I agree. I remember I saw the Matrix as a believing JW at the time, and I thought JWs were the ones who knew the truth and that the rest of the world was in a matrix like state. Controlled by Satan of course.
The one thing that resonates with me the most in Inception, is that an idea that one believes he discovers on his own - sticks better than one that appears to be planted. Many on this forum want to almost force their JW family members to look into all the discoveries made about the org: it's history, doctrines, changes, etc. However, most discover that rarely works - and actually could have the opposite effect.
In the movie Inception, they had to go deep into the subject's mind and were never 100% certain what he would find in the vault. They had to learn about his background and emotional makeup and then put him in a situation that would lead him to his own realization.
I think the best way to help JWs is to go about in a similar manner. For me, I never went online to apostate sites nor read CoC nor did anything else JWs were warned against. The idea I discovered on my own came from going about my life as a good JW and trying to give an informal witness. My potential convert brought up a point that the WT could not refute - at least not logically.
So, I've learned to use that experience to potentially help my loved ones come to a realization in a similar manner. It takes time. You have to architect their environment. For example, if it's your wife, you may have to slowly build up a new social network for her outside of the JWs. Or you may have to step it up as a father and get real extra involved with the children and their school activities - more so than you were when you were a JW. Basically create a new environment, that is very real, pleasant, and quite the opposite of what the JWs tell you life is like outside of their world.
You have to study them and learn what makes them tick. It may not be the same thing that it was for you or me. Perhaps it's more emotional. But whatever it is, they should make the ultimate discovery themselves.
