I have a question.
The conventional wisdom seems to be that to 'convert' a Jehovah's witness (or get them to see TTATT) you have to ask questions that they cannot answer and engage with their true personality not their 'cult personality'.
Intellectual arguments tend to fall flat because JWs (who do not already have personal doubts) believe they already know the absolute truth so anything contrary to that truth is nessecarily wrong. Any criticism of their beliefs will be seen as an attack or persecution and will be dismissed as flawed 'human thinking' or 'apostate lies'.
To 'True Believers' any amount of contrary evidence and illogical inconsistencies in their beliefs can be dismissed or explained away. Their starting point is that they have special knowledge of absolute truth and all evidence and arguments are then weighed against this preconceived belief.
Here is my question. Have any of you had any success getting a fully indoctrinated JW to see TTATT through intellectual debate and argument? Just straight up saying 'you are wrong and this is why and here is the evidence'.
Does this approach only work on JWs who already have doubts or are at least open to the possibility that they are wrong?