I was working yesterday so I wasnt at the meeting but the speaker in his talk made comments about 1914 on several occasions and towards the end of his talk he mentioned that if any new ones in attendence didnt understand the signficance of 1914 or how we know that Christ started ruling in 1914 that they were invited to ask any JW in attendence to explain these things to them and they would be happy to. This really got my wife to thinking because as a 28 year old JW who was raised as a witness and who has always been very active in the ministry she couldnt explain 1914 or any beliefs that we have as witnesses in regards to 1914 other than things havent been the same in the world since this pivotal date.
Something as simple as this comment from this speaker can be the first step into seeing the errors in the WT belief system. So many of our beliefs are built on the 1914 foundation that with just a small amount of research outside the bounderies of the WT publications can completely wreck someones faith in the society and man.
My wife knows I have a real problem with 1914 and 607. She has heard me on several occasions talk about my research on 607 and mention highlights from CoC. Mostly she has tuned me out just accepting what the society says as truth. But something about the way this brother gave his talk and his mention of 607 and how any JW can explain our beliefs in regards the chronology really got my wife thinking and wanting to finally understand after all these years exactly it is that she is supposed to believe.
She asked me today to help her understand our beliefs realizing she has no idea what she really believes. At one point she was even laughing about the fact that she doesnt even understand where to begin explaining to someone that would inquire about 1914.
This is just another example of how many raised in the truth in the 30 year old range just go through the motions of being a witness never truly understanding what it is that they believe when it comes to the deeper things. All these years she has heard 1914 and 607 talked about and she basically just spaced out and day dreamed because she couldnt understand.
I know one thing that has always bothered me is the mindset that because our parents did it and everyone we know as friends does it it must be the truth right? This same mindset is one thing my wife would really struggle with also. She basically just knows that you go to meetings go in service and be a JW and hopefully you make it.
Anyway Im excited about her really wanting to understand exactly what it is she believes. I would like to show her something that is as basic as you can but still get the point across and then show her where the WT is error. I would like a pre-written article that will save me alot of time and research. If it gets to deep to quick my wifes eyes will just glaze over and I will lose her. I plan on getting my CoC book back out and re-reading the chapters that touch on the subject but if I could find one article that was easy to understand that pretty much said it all I would use that. I read something on here a while back about a kiss explanation or something like that. If someone could post a link to that article that woudl be great also. I am also looking for any other ideas that would help me in getting the points across to her. This brother made such an issue of the importance of 1914 to a Witness that she is really open now to hearing what I have to say. Thanks for any help or input that you have. Thanks in advance.