Such sad news honey. Your heart would be breaking to see your sister and her children so sad. I have no idea why they weren't allowed to watch the Spongebob cartoon ... regardless of the Valentine's Day content! Sounds to me like the JW babysitter has her own ideas about what's acceptable or not! I've not heard so much rubbish in years! Poor little kids!

The JW bible is really like any other bible ... written, translated and interpreted time and time again by men. I'm not sure where they originated from but it's just one interpretation after another ... that's why their philosophies and doctrines differ greatly from what you're used to! There's no competency involved any ANY biblical interpretation! Regardless of how well schooled translators have been over the centuries ... it's still really only a supposition that any God exists and that he/she was the original 'author' if you will of the bible! But that's just my viewpoint ... it will not be what you believe honey as you are a Christian and I'm not!

Sounds to me like your BIL was perhaps caught in a low patch when he first accepted the JW's into his home. When people are feeling especially vulnerable or frightened about their futures ... it's easy for the JW's to swoop in in and give them that alleged 'piece of mind' and 'the truth' that will apparently 'set them free'. If he's as intelligent as you say ... something has triggered his zest for religion off!

There's not much you can do to change your BIL's mind at the moment honey. Sadly he's on that 'high' religious zealots often get when they're newly involved and have all that 'new car' aroma of religion floating about them. He'll just wipe of whatever you try and tell him with the same old religious dogma that the others do ... you are now classed as 'worldly' in his eyes. Whatever you say is just Satan and his henchman trying to sway your BIL from the 'path to life' ... and he'll just plod along telling you how wrong you are, how your God doesn't exist and that HE does in fact have 'the truth'! Nothing worse than someone intelligent being sucked in so easily but people are!

Have a look back the past twelve months or so and see if you can target what triggered off his search for a safety-net. It'll be there somewhere. Death in the family ... death of a friend ... feeling his own mortality ... worrying about the kids future ... stress at work ... could be a combination of stuff but something that first JW said to him triggered off his current quest for salvation.

It's just so sad having to sit back and watch a little family disintegrate ... worse for you honey as they are YOUR little family! They're in for quite a bumpy road and thankfully your sister has your support!!!! She'll be needing it.

We are around if you have more questions!