Excellent post!! Very eloquently expressed. I see exactly what you are talking about within my family. My parents, both well educated, intelligent people have slowly, progressively lost interest in anything non jw related! They used to love to travel, go to musuems to see the latest exhibitions, go to the movies, the theatre, the opera. Both of them were always reading some interesting book aside from the plythora of Watchtower publications. Ever since 9/11, all they can focus on is how "close" we are to the "END"! They have lost their spice for life, nothing else matters other than their "theocratic routine"! It sickens me to see them finally succomb to the WTS. This will NOT happen to me. Although still "in" (not for long) I love life and ALL it has to offer, and I will live my life just as God intended, exercising my free will!
Q