O.K. First of all- A little history. My ex-wife a fanatic JW seems to be in a pissing match ( not of my choosing ) with me over trying to get my son back into the JW cult. He's 25, been out of the witnesses since 17 and he is very happy with his life .He has a great girlfriend, he enjoys gardening growing his own vegetables and he is a performing singer/guitarist now writing songs and performing in front of hundreds of people . Just starting out in the business. So he sent my wife Mrs. Flipper and me this E-mail. I've edited it to emphasize the important points indicating my ex-wife's cult mind control influence. Here goes.
My son started by writing " Hey - This is from my mom. This is why I have had so much trouble trying to force myself to communicate with her. "
So my ex-wife tried using the " gardening " angle and " music writing " angle to forge a common ground with him in this E-mail. Notice though - how she blows it about halfway through claiming gardening isn't important now- saving lives is. And how my son is rebellious in his music writing.
So my ex-wife writes , " My dear son, how are you ? Jehovah created the most awesome garden imagined , but only on one small part of the earth and then he told his first human son to have fun making the rest of the earth a garden ! He wanted his son to experience the fun and great pleasure that would come from the experience of growing plants , and yet be able to ask the Master Gardener of all knowledge how plants grow best. "
She continues, " I can't wait to be a subject in Jehovah's government, rolling up my sleeves, and cleaning up this mess of an earth , and being a part of making the earth beautiful again , just like the makeover shows , with the homes and properties on T.V. Well son - I bought seeds and potting soil , but the time to do search and rescue work came up so fast, lives were more important at the moment - we covered all our territory with Memorial invitations, we went until I got blisters on my feet, then came home and posted invitations to the Memorial on Craig's list. " Did you receive your Memorial invitation son ? We all miss you son, your sisters & brother in laws , even the older ones ask about you. "
She continues, " Are you finding that your way of life is giving you a deep peace and contentment ? How do you see your life in the future ? I am not trying to be mean son - these are just soul searching questions. Your song called " Rebel Soul " - Is that what you feel like deep down ? I really don't believe that's what your very being wants to be , or to be a model for young children to model their lives after. And I do know this for sure, you would not have your babies around that - if we cannot have faith in our own parents for doing the right thing, who can we have faith in ? Is that why you said you might not ever have children ? I love you son and know you would want to be the best parent ever. "
She rambles on, " Well son, many are waiting for you to stop allowing Satan to use you as his puppet in this dirty wicked system of things. Please son. There is not much time left, just go to your Heavenly Father, throw everything on Him, He can carry it, and He wants to ! Pray for strength to help that little voice way down deep inside of you - that doesn't feel comfortable with yourself. Your conscience that strikes a chord every now and then, don't step on it, strengthen it. You can never say I didn't try my son - we all want you to be a part of our lives serving our grand Creator together ! Changing our lives don't happen overnight, our heart has to be moved to do so. ( She then invites my son to the special talk April 18th. ) "
She ends by saying, " Now that I poured my heart out all over these pages - how could I ever show you how much I love you ? I guess by being there for your children after they fall, and help them up, like my Heavenly Father does for me. From the deepest depth of my heart, I love you Flipper junior, love mom. "
So are you sufficiently exhausted after reading this ? Bet it angers you. Understandable. I wish she would just accept the fact that my son IS happy in his life - he is NOT needing anything from the JW cult. I swear to God these people are so deluded. Have any of you had experiences like this with ex-spouses trying to influence your adult children ? I'm confident my son is strong and not easily influenced - but this sure shows how conditional cult " love " and " caring " is. As always I welcome all your comments. Thanks for reading. Peace out to all, Mr. Flipper