So my wife and I decided to throw a little dinner for her parents and mine. They are all hardcore JWs and my wife and I have been out for a little more than a year. Her father has been innactive for years, but as soon as we decided to leave, her father decided to go full throttle JW. So it's been a very nice evening meal with them...but as they eat at the table, my wife and I are eating standing and I can't help but over-hear their conversation. They keep talking about Satan laying traps to make JWs "stumble". They talk about how the world has nothing to offer. My dad has experiences to tell about the period in his life when he left the "truth". He talks about how this world had nothing to offer him and how he felt an empty hollow space in his heart while he was gone. My wife and I are no part of their conversation....but they seem to have the same convo every time they come over. They also like to boast about how the congregation is growing. I'm not sure if these conversations are being done in front of us on purpose or if I'm just being paranoid.
My father in law has done his research on the WT history....He has uncovered the truth about the truth...but he is still in and is getting more and more indoctrinated. My parents and his wife keep brainwashing him everyday. He was a JW who started to fade and now he is slowly being brought back and we can't help him. Well, we will continue to have a good relationship with them. It'll be a bit awkward since they mostly talk about Jehovah this and Jehovah that and how close we are to the end...but I guess we can find a way to keep our relationship strong. That is unless they find out what we think of the organization. I wrote an email to a friend about my discoveries of the WT history. That may bite me in the butt one day very soon.