I decided enough was enough and had a no holds barred conversation with a room of around a dozen 'believers'. A number of things had been troubling me all night, but the final straw was when my brother-in-law said 'Isn't it funny how the acronym STD can stand for both, sexually transmitted disease and satan the devil.'
I couldn't stand the frustration anymore so i pointed out how irrelevant that fact was, and how if we spoke a different language the same conclusion could probably not be made. And how Jehovah is the only person capable of creating sexually transmitted disease in the first place, so not to place the blame on Satan anyway. I went on to say how many times I had heard this type of comment made by different jw's throughout my life and how bothered I was with the effect it can have on people who are weak minded, including children, and how it can have a very subtle effect even on intelligent people.
Well that was it. The people most shocked at how Satan was controlling my mind came back at me big time with all their favorate faith strengtheners, like how could I explain their friend going to a seance and believing there was a spirit there. If the 'truth' is not true, then seeing as I think I'm cleverer than them all what else is a better explaination for their existence...etc.
The ones I always thought don't really believe kept their mouths shut. And within 20 minutes they had all gone home, demonstrating their lack of faith when faced with the prospect of talking about the reality of their religious beliefs with someone capable of giving a sensible answer back.
One hell of a can of worms I opened up that's for sure.