by termite 35 8 Replies latest jw friends
A while ago someone suggested that Brooklyn Bethel shut their doors during WTC horror; does anyone know for sure?I have been told they opened the doors for 'relief work'. Want to get facts straight before i spout off
"Only two things are infinite- the universe and human stupidity, and i'm not too sure about the universe."
I had wondered the same thing. The new Awake! came and gave the impression that they were very willing to help any and all who had needed aid. That contradicted the stories I had heard. Anyone?
I am one of the biggest JW debunkers here, but I heard, about half and half. At first, yes, but later on I believe some effort was made to be human.
ashi
hi; maybe they shut the doors when they thought the angels were coming to pick them up and then opened them when they reaalized another opportunity for giving 'relief'(?)to report on later in Awake had come...
I too remember when the info first started to be posted on this board, there were some postings that said that they locked the doors and pulled the curtains. And if I remember right, the bethel staff was assembled in the dining room. Only later was info posted that they opened their doors to people crossing the bridge. Now the Awake article says that three people, associated with Witnesses are given as examples of people knocking on Bethel doors, and these three examples are made to look like many people knocked on Bethel doors.
The March lst WT and the Isaiah book, give the prophecy of Isaiah, where it says ' enter into your interior rooms until the denunciation has passed. and a picture is shown of a man and his family climbing the stairs to their iterior rooms. The WT says that represents in our day taking refuge in the local congregations. I contend that they thought Armageddon had arrived on Sept ll and they initially were following this prophecy.
We need verification that they indeed did lock their doors. I went back in the archives to Sept 11th and retraced those moments minute by minute, but did not spend enough time at it. Sept llth is around page l82 to l85 if I remember rightly. Going back and reading this is quite an experience. The moments come to life again. I hope someone can find the posts where it says they locked the doors.
belbab
PS: The attack account starts on page 208, click on show posts from last 100 days and play with the numbers until you get 208.
thankyou ,i will do that tomorrow until i find it and post it up
It was a WOL post that said the doors where closed to strangers. The link was posted here.
Very distubing to say the least.
It is at:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=11781&site=3
also on Net Soup archives:
http://www.freeminds.org/souparchives.htm
under:
JWs in New York narrate terrorism
Randy
I remember being so upset with the Watchtower's Media video after the WTC was attacked. The video changed many times. I was aware that they only help their own but they shut their doors to the people of this tragedy. As I recall only three Witness people came into the WTS building and then they shut the doors.
try this posted by messenger
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=11996&site=3
