Reading this made me feel sick. I could have written this conversation and where it lead without knowing either of you. It's the same drivel everytime.
Recently, I have been trying a different tact. I never initiate a conversation about religion and when they do so I only tell about how badly I was treated in the religion. NO one in my family can deny this nor do they try. Instead they say, well Jehovah didn't do it. To which I reply, neither did he stop it. How does he determine how much you can bear? Obviously, he didn't stop it when I could bear it no longer as the scripture says so now I am out. Then I morph into other things I have since found out which keep me out now that I no longer have to face those other hideous elders who wronged me. I then include things that were done to other family members. After all, by their fruits you will know them says la biblia.