Previously wrongly posted under Adult Members...
A little while back we ordered chinese food and in one of the "fortune cookies" my wife found the message I quoted above. As JWs we view these messages as foolish and I even made up the message from my cookie to say that "I would get lucky that night"... Strangely, the next day I found her message posted on our fridge's door with a magnet. My wife still refuses to discuss any of the reasons behind my decision to stop going to the meetings, so I guess the fortune cookie message is her way of telling me she is not going to join me in leaving the "truth". At first I was a bit upset by the way she used to express her stand, but after thinking about it I realized that the message provides me an opportunity to point out that "I can't let others stop ME from doing what I believe is right"...not even peer pressure, threats of loosing my family and friends or even death at the ever so close Armagueddon...JWs are programmed to see only one side of the equation - their side - and they are always right. Since they are not allowed to challenge any teachings and do research outside WTS publications, they are never exposed to evidence that would show them that sometimes others are right too. I was trained to think that very way and when I first saw the message I automatically thought as a JW...for a moment. But now that I am no longer getting my daily dose of "spiritual food" endoctrination I am starting to use my reasoning faculties to see both sides of the equation and come to my own conclusion. I hope that soon I can help my wife and family experience how good it feels to be free to think for yourself.
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