After hearing a talk at a [Jehovah's Witnesses] circuit assembly, a brother and his fleshly sister realized that they needed to make adjustments in the way they treated their mother, who lived elsewhere and who had been disfellowshipped for six years. Immediately after the assembly, the man called his mother, and after assuring her of their love, he explained that they could no longer talk to her unless there were important family matters requiring contact. Shortly thereafter, his mother began attending meetings and was eventually reinstated. Also, her unbelieving husband began studying and in time was baptized [as a Jehovah's Witness]." (Our Kingdom Ministry August 2002 Issue [Monthly Internal Publication of the Jehovah's Witnesses])Thanks for posting this. When I first read it I thought it the most nauseating thing I've read from the Society in a long while. Any Witness reading that and not being able to see how sickening it is, is a clear case of indoctrination overwhelming any power of reason. To a neutral non-Witness its a chilling piece of emotional blackmail - to many Witnesses its sound counsel from the Slave. How many Witnesses do you think can see through it? Have you had any response to it? The few I've spoken to can't see anything new/wrong with it?