Lookin for letter by Carl Olof Jonsson

by cultswatter 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  cultswatter

  The following is from Tom Cabeen's Biography

  http://www.xjw.com/cabeen.html

  I began to make inquiries of various trusted friends in "high places" in the organization to find out what was going on. I obtained a copy of a letter that had been written to the Watchtower Society by Carl Olof Jonsson, a Witness elder from Sweden. In it he presented evidence that the Watchtower chronology was in serious error. The evidence appeared indisputable. Still, the hardest part to accept was not the error of the chronology but the corollary: If the chronology was wrong, the very important Watchtower doctrine of its appointment by Jesus as the "faithful and discreet slave" was in error. They were not what they said they were. Moreover, the leadership of the Society were misled at best, and hypocrites and false prophets at worst. I read and reread the evidence until I was convinced. I was forced to consider the possibility that the Watchtower Society was not who they said they were. When I did, many questions and doubts crystallized in my mind. Many things began to make sense. Although I had thoroughly enjoyed my service with the Watchtower organization, and loved my Witness brothers and sisters dearly, it appeared more than likely that there would be a parting of the ways. I accepted the fact that my career as a Witness was over. I simply lost my desire to continue actively supporting something I could no longer believe in.

  I need to find that letter to see just what changed Tom's mind about the FDS
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  Arthur

  When Tom Cabeen refers to the "letter", he is refering to the thesis which Jonsson wrote. You can find everything that Jonsson wrote in his book The Gentile Times Reconsidered. In the Apendix Section, he provides copies of his correspondence to the headquarters, as well as to his respective branch office.
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  Arthur

  Let me correct what I wrote above:

  I double checked my copy of The Gentile Times Reconsidered (fourth edition). There aren't any copies of correspondence in the Apendix, but there is one copy of a letter Jonsson received from the Society that is in the Introduction to the book.

  Jonsson does however describe in detail the process of correspondence that he had with the Watchtower headquarters as well as his branch. Raymond Franz also briefly discusses Carl Olof Jonsson in his book Crisis of Conscience.
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  Pahpa

  Arthur is correct. Carl Olof Jonsson wrote: "I decided to develop a systematically composed treatise on the whole question which I determined to send to the headquarters of the Watchtower Society in Brooklyn, New York. That treatise was prepared and sent to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1977. The present work is based on that document although since 1981 I have revised and expanded it somewhat." (Page 3 The Gentile Times Reconsidered 2nd edition 1986)
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  cultswatter

  did a google search and I think i found the letter

  the main site http://www.607v587.com/

  the letter http://www.607v587.com/websitepage4.htm can anyone verify the above letter was the one that Tom Cabeen read??