I was on radio today!

by Kent 13 Replies latest jw friends

  • Kent
    Kent
    Hi Folks!


    I was “this weeks guest” on the Norwegian Radio today, in the broadcast for our county. Naturally they wanted to speak to me about many things, other than the JW related stuff, since I’m also running a small business magazine, and besides that I’m in fact a private person with my own interests. Like fishing, fly-fishing and stuff.

    To the JW related section
    Naturally there was a long section about the JWs, due to the fact I’m pretty well known around here for this work. This because of former radio and TV programs, newspaper interviews and articles, and the fact I was the leader in the “Norwegian Support Group for Ex-JWs” for many years.

    First the radio host informed me he had tried to make the JWs be with us in the discussion – and I guess nobody is surprised to know they refused that. But – the local mendacious hot-shot Rolf Furuli had promised to listen to a teped recording of what I said – AFTER I had left the Radio-studio, and answer to what I said. Naturally, he was lying his heart out, and I actually consider filing a complaint to the police for libel, and for deliberately lying to the Norwegian people and government officials. The reason for this is:

    I was asked the normal things about how it was growing up as a JW kid, and I answered this was a cunning way of child-abuse. I won’t go into all the details, but we talked about all the things a JW kid couldn’t do, how this influenced the kids life. Rolf Furuli did NOT comment on this at all.

    Then it was about the “Pay Attention” book. Furuli DENIED this was any secret, but when pressured by the radio-host he admitted the book contained instructions meant for the elders only – and these instructions should not be known by others. This was exactly the same as “any organization”, they all had internal rules that wasn’t public, he said.

    I said I published this online because I then could prove they were actually lying about the content – because they believed we didn’t knew what was in there. Furuli did NOT comment on that. When I said I knew there was a NEW “Pay Attenton” book coming, and I wanted to publish thos online as well, he was asked how he felt about this. And he then said I had to do what I wanted. The book wasn’t really that secret. This is a friggin lie, and I have the documents to prove it.

    Then I said I didn’t enjoy being accused of lying by liars, and the BOE letters proved they did a lot of things they officially denied. So, I said I would publish every single BOE letter the latest 30 years online – one by one. Furuli was asked how he felt about this, and he tried to pretend he didn’t really care – but he obviously did.

    The talk went into the Pedophile cases, and the hiding of criminals. Now Furuli was REALLY upset. He said the Jehovah’s Witnesses had NEVER hidden a criminal, and their orders was to repport offenders to the police! Obviously the guy is a friggin idiot, and he obviously believes I’m bluffing about the BOE letters.

    He said a pedophilia case in Aalesund Norway, the elders had reported this to the police BEFORE there was any evidence. THIS IS A FLAT OUT LIE! The case was reported by a lady we know, a member of the support group, and the JWs had nothing to do with that at all. This should be extremely easy for the police to check.

    He also claimed the police ALWAYS reported sex-offenders to the police – even if they didn’t have any evidence at all! Just suspicion and they would report it to the police. ANOTHER FLAT OUT LIE!

    So, I will maybe either sue him, or file an official complaint, asking the police to prosecute him for lying to the public and the police.

    I will, if I do this, supply the Police with sufficient evidence of these facts.

    The funny thing was he did NOT comment on the ongoing trials in the US. I mentioned Dateline, many cases waiting, the Watchtower sued for hundreds and hundreds of millions – had already lost the first one – NO COMMENT AT ALL!

    And, I don’t think the listeners were so stupid they couldn’t hear this guy was lying his heart out! So, there might be more news here. Furuli is a know bluff maker. He has circulated papers used for his university degree, allegedly, which are fakes! But the JWs doesn’t know that. We do, and we can prove it. He has tried to take on Carl Olof Jonsson, and been proven a fool. He was presented as one of the “top guys” in Norway, and he accepted that title. HE’S NOT! He’s an elder – working at the university, known not to be trustworthy in his own field of interpretating biblical history and stuff.

    I guess I will come back with more news a bit later on. And – I will be grateful for any specific examples like the BOE letter to the congregation in Florida, specifically ordering the elders to shut up about a known mass murderer. Any cases we can prove they did NOT tell the police. The more cases I can mention in an official complaint to the police will be welcomed!

    Yakki Da

    Kent

    I need more BOE letters, KMs and other material. Those who can send it to me - please do! The new section will be interesting!!

    Daily News On The Watchtower and the Jehovah's Witnesses:
    http://watchtower.observer.org

  • Celia
    Celia

    Kent,go for it. We need more people like you.
    How can these JWs lie like that ? without qualms of conscience ?

  • Tina
    Tina

    ((((((((((((kent)))))))))))))WTG!!!
    Please keep us informed of any developments regarding your interview ! Hats' off to you,Kent.luv,T

    Carl Sagan on balancing openness to new ideas with skeptical scrutiny..."if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense-you cannot distinguish useful ideas from worthless ones."

  • msil
    msil

    Kent,

    I truly respect the effort you manifest. Thank you for all the work you do.

  • teejay
    teejay

    you were on the RADIO, kent??!!! wooooowwww. i sure hope you didn't call anybody an asshole. oh, but you save those kinds of remarks for us. i forgot. never mind.

  • larc
    larc

    Kent,

    Thank you this most interesting information. I hope that JW lurkers who are sitting on the fence will read this. They need to be expose to information that is routinely hidden from them. I also hope they scroll down to the bottom of this page and click into SilentLambs, Freeminds, and the WatchtowerObserver web sites.

  • Nathan Natas
    Nathan Natas

    Hi Kent,

    If you have an opportunity for a follow-up, it might be useful if you discuss the "Theocratic Strategy of Lying" with your host and the radio audience. If possible, bring hardcopy original publications to show what the WT teaches about the maleability of truth. By establishing that as an organization they will lie to protect 'their interests" I think you will do much to discredit anything that schmuck Furuli might have to say.

    Live long and prosper!

    "I wish to see, and I mean this most sincerely, I wish to see the last King strangled with the guts of the last Priest." - Voltaire
  • Billygoat
    Billygoat

    Woohoo! Way to go Kent! Like so many here I am so grateful for the research you do to help us all out. The information is so necessary to expose the lies the WTS creates. (And does so much to reinforce our right decision to leave!) Thank you!

    (((((hugs)))))
    Andi

  • Kent
    Kent

    Yeah, the art of lying is interesting. A few years ago I was in many radio shows, and one of them lasted for 5 hours! Listeners could call in to the radio to ask questions, and it was really great. The same radio host I visited today ran a show like that for 3 hours some years back as well, with listeners calling in, and my wife was on the radio as well, with the same consept.

    I can tell you one thing - the JWs didn't like it! On waiter called in, complaining about the hypocricy. As soon as it was a convention in town, the restaurants were filled up, and those people knew how to drink a lot, she said. LOL

    If you believed it or not. After my wife was on the radio, the JWs were so pissed off they called in threats to the radio host. Threatening her, and her husband's business! This made the newspaper headlines, naturally, and the JWs looked like the arrogant assholes they really are. Think of it - threatening a radio host and the station - because they couldn't answer! Lack of respect for religious minorities, they said - but what kind of respect is it to threaten people?

    My wife was also threatened by many anonymous phone calls after newspaper articles and this radio show - so - we really do have a lot of respect for these people.....

    Yakki Da

    Kent

    I need more BOE letters, KMs and other material. Those who can send it to me - please do! The new section will be interesting!!

    Daily News On The Watchtower and the Jehovah's Witnesses:
    http://watchtower.observer.org

  • Bridgette
    Bridgette

    Kent,
    Thanks for your diligence and hard work in this area. A lie is a lie is a lie. However, when you put yourself up as god's ONLY spokesperson on earth (as the Society has done on behalf of itself), you are particularly reprehensible--AND resonsible. The WTBTS taught me that :) Of course, they were applying it to the oh-so-evil Christendom, but the same scales apply to them, right?
    Thanks again--keep us posted.
    Bridgette

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