I would like members of JWN to read the following proposed Letter to the Editor that I wrote and post their comments to this thread. I am an American so I feel a little uncomfortable sending this message to Australian newspapers. As a christian, human being, and someone who was adversely effected by the WTBTS, I feel that I must do something to help other people from being recruited by the WTBTS.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
Letter to Editor -
South Australia's chief prosecutor Stephen Pallaras, Attorney-General John Rau, Senator for South Australia Nick Xenophon, Senator for Queensland Sue Boyce, and others seem to be in agreement that urgent action is required to deal with the immense emotional, psychological and financial harm suffered by hundreds of thousands of Australians by the actions of some cult groups. So why hasn’t the Office of Public Prosecutions, Victoria not taken over prosecution of five criminal cases from Steven Unthank of Steven Unthank verses the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and its leadership for the Watchtower not complying with Victoria’s Child Protection laws until the Watchtower was prosecuted by Steven Unthank? Wouldn’t a solicitor be able to prosecute the Watchtower better than a carpenter? Shouldn’t an organization that purposely subverts complying with Victorian laws be prosecuted – especially laws that are intended to protect children?
The Watchtower is an international publishing and distribution corporation that can be classified as a dangerous cult according to the Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional (BITE) control model developed by Steven Hassan (www.freedomofmind.com) a recognized expert of cults and a former member of the Unification Church. Most people’s initial reaction to meeting members of the Watchtower is that the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) seem friendly, well groomed, and knowledgeable about the Bible.
The truth about the Watchtower and JWs is very different. Knowledge is power, so please research and use your brains before being recruited to do a bible study with JWs or attend a meeting in a Kingdom Hall. I suggest that people visit internet sites to learn that JWs believe that they must blindly follow the Watchtower Governing Body even if that Body directs them to refuse whole-blood transfusions to save a JW’s life and to shun a JW, who elects to receive a whole-blood transfusion to save their life. I recommend visiting www.jwfacts.com, www.watchtowerdocuments.com, www.wikipedia.org, and www.silentlambs.org to read more about the Watchtower, and to visit www.jehovahs-witness.net, www.jwsupportforum.com, http://www.exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/, and www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com to ask questions of current and former JWs about the Watchtower.