Caleb: Dad I have a question.
Dad: Wonderful, you know that you should always ask questions* like the Boreans did.
Caleb: Thanks, but what's the asterisk for?
Dad: Never mind, you'll find out when you older and more indoctrin... learned.
Caleb: So, my question. You know the way we are told that the world is a bad place?
Dad <forlornly>: It is son, that's right.
Caleb: And we are only safe in Jehovah's organisation.
Dad: Yes, absolutely, I'm so pleased that you been listening at the meetings. You might win the baptism competition.
Caleb: The what?
Dad: Oh, it's a fun thing - see whose son gets baptised first. It's shows that you've had a better upbringing.
Caleb: Oh wow I hope I win.
Dad: I hope you do too because it will show that we are the most spiritual family in the congregation.
Caleb: You're very competitive dad, I thought that wasn't allowed?
Dad: Only when it's about sports or careers, how can we not be competitive to show how much we love the organisation?
Caleb: Jehovah.
Dad: Yes, the organisation.
Caleb: We're getting off topic a bit and I'm not sure the author knows what age I am supposed to be. I go from childish to mature in one line! Can we get back to my question? Please?
Dad: Yes of course. So, the world is a bad place and you are safe in the organisation.
Caleb: And the Bible says that Satan was roaming the earth...
Dad: Yes, that's how he found the faithful man Job and persecuted him.
Caleb: Curse God and Die! Haha. His wife was bad.
Dad: Yes turned out to be a a right skank bitch whore.
Caleb: A what?
Dad: Oh nothing. So your question.
Caleb: So Satan is roaming the earth, and in 1914 he was banned from heaven and is confined to earth.
Dad: Yes, and the outbreak of World War I proves that along with anecodatal evidence that 1913 was the most peaceful year ever. Facts. Always use real facts when you are discussing things with interested people.
Caleb: That man on the doors told us a fact about the organisation...
Dad: AND I TOLD YOU NEVER NEVER NEVER TALK ABOUT IT. HE WAS AN APOSTATE AND MENTALLY ILL.
Caleb: Oh yeah. So it wasn't a fact?
Dad: Absolutely not. The only facts that are worth knowing about the organisation are the ones from the organisation. I mean, if you wanted to know how the Tesco works, you would go straight to Tesco wouldn't you?
Caleb: What's Tesco?
Dad: It's the biggest supermarket chain the UK and a massive worldwide company. To be honest, I'm not sure who hosts JW.NET so I picked a big company seeing as this conversation assumes we are in the UK.
Caleb: Amazon would probably have been a better example. Or Apple. Or Microsoft. Or Starbucks.
Dad: You're right there champ! So anyway, if you want information about how those companies work, you would go to their website, carefully typing in the name, avoiding spelling mistakes. You wouldn't go anywhere else. Why would you?
Caleb: And that way you'd get all the information the company wants you to see!
Dad: Exactly. So, back to your question?
Caleb: So, the world is an evil place. Satan is confined to the earth. And he makes bad things happen. And he makes people do bad things.
Dad: He does Caleb. He's always up to mischief. That's why we need the protection of the organisation.
Caleb: So we need Jehovah to look after us.
Dad: The organisation, yes.
Caleb: But Dad...
Dad: Yes?
Caleb: The world is maybe a bad place because Jehovah put Satan here?What would man be like without Satan's influence? There's lots of good in the world, maybe there would be more. So everyone on the planet is judged to be bad, but with the malignant influence of Satan all this time. What could mankind do if they were free of that? We might not even need Jehovah then!
Dad: That's a very good question Caleb. I think we need to get the elders over for a chat with you.
