Dear Inky:

Entertaining thought indeed by an entertaining Inky! The Elders though have to be old though, as I understand it. If you are into details having all spelled out from the tiniest instractions on how to live to how old an Elder has to be, i think JWs are it- all spelled out. There is much comfort in that fact, especially to people who have known much chaos in their lives. The Watchtower is AMAZING at spelling everything out and in a way that is beautiful, attractive to me, personally, having come from much chaos. The fresh air of orderliness.

This brings a thought to my mind: if you are worried about your son becoming a JW- as long as his life is orderly enough in your home- he may be way less susceptible, volnerable. I can’t BELIEVE in that stuff so no matter how I ever longed for orderliness, the price of giving up the last vestige of my sanity was unthinkable. Maybe I didn’t need orderliness THAT bad. I don’t know. And maybe I am too intelligent…? Although Robbie I told you about seemed to be very intelligent.

How desperate does a person get inside to believe in it? What do you think, Inky? What does it take for a fairly intelligent person to believe in these things, Paradise on Earth, never, EVER dying, always being YOUNG and PRETTY and HEALTHY and HAPPY – perfectly happy. What does it take???

anita