There is alot of wisdom presented here by the above comments. I only want to add that should the conversation return to discussing Jehovah's Witness beliefs, then I would keep my end of the discussion going by asking questions. This is disarming and shows a genuine interest to want to learn and absorb what your friend has to say. And when she's finished, then (in question form) ask her to explain some of those passages that seem to support your own views. Of course you'll want to brush up on your biblical information, but not much goes wrong when you take the Socratic Method. "Can it be, Ischomachus, that asking questions is teaching? I am just beginning to see what is behind all your questions. You lead me on by means of things I know, point to things that resemble them, and persuade me that I know things that I thought I had no knowledge of" (Socrates, quoted in Xenophon's Economics). |