Francois	Re: Parents, A Rational Choice ?
	The organization of Jehovah's Witnesses is utterly dysfunctional, and it attracts PEOPLE who are dysfunctional. Your family is dysfunctional, as is mine. When what should be a calm, rational discussion turns into an emotional confrontation, you can bet your last dime that the discussion, in the minds of your parents in this case, is now about THEM. You were about to pull the security blanket out from under their feet, and they couldn't tolerate that. I've had similiar experiences in my family. I could never, still can't, tell my father something he doesn't want to hear. He's a child, 81 going on 4; stuck with the emotional makeup of a toddler. And I think you'll find that true of ALL Jehovah's Witnesses: emotional midgets. The only way - or at least a rational way - to deal with this situation is to give up your hopes of having a normal family. All children of abuse (of whatever kind) long for the day when the scales will fall from the eyes of their parents and a loving, supportive family will emerge. It never happens. The "love" of the parents in a dysfunctional family is always conditional, unlike the true meaning of agape, which of course is love unconditional. Frank Tyrrell Savannah, GA 57 years old, with all hope extingushed.
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