lilyflor
She still believes Jehovah has an organization on earth, blah, blah, who is better than the witnesses, blah blah, no one else is preaching yadda yadda.
It's so true. I actually offered to search the net with statistics on how many religious organizations go preaching about God. She said it wasn't necessary.... but she knew the results wouldn't go in her favor.
Annointeds Daughter
Too much information was given in a way that only put my mom in a defensive position. This only has caused me pain. Especially because after just a couple of days after that conversation, my sister changed her point of view. She decided that she couldn't live without the peace that she felt when she attended meetings at the KH. She didn't want to continue searching for mistakes the WT had made in the past, present or future. She wanted things to stay the way they were.
Sorry to hear that. My mom is in some form of major denial, because she admitted that she knew of the pedophile issue since it was brought to her attention in another congregation she was attending while on vacation. I was a bit upset that she didn't tell me this info; since I have children of my own... a warning would have been nice. I was completely oblivious to this problem. In fact, when I started searching JW stuff, I refused to look at all the links on Google about child abuse, thinking it was all a lie.
Thanks to everyone for your support. I am very happy to be here, and reading all your comments are sure helping me through this. I will just let the dust settle with my mom. She actually had her Reference Bible out the other day and commented on where the translation was taken from... I just said that's good and left it at that.
On the flip side, my dad did witness the incident and I have written him a short email that I will send him. It doesn't re-iterate any of the things mentioned, it is more of an apology letter for being so upset. I briefly explain some of the concerns I had with the 'truth'. Told him some of the questions I was thinking like, why does God change his mind to certain understandings. Ask him why we tell others to search their religion in encyclopedias and we don't do that. I tell him that I believe encyclopedias are without opinion and that I can trust them... I give him the wikipedia link. I also say that I can't tell him what I found, that that is a journey each must choose to make on their own, if they choose to make it at all. I am very loving in the letter. It's quick without saying much. But I think I know my dad, he might just well go to the encyclopedia... so ya never know.
Thanks again