A call to arms

by josephus 1 Replies latest jw friends

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  josephus

  hi guys.

  when i stopped being a witness i was stuck with the enormity of jw lies. And i was depressed by my own inability to change the things i learned about.

  nowadays i feel differently. I have realized the power one person can have. to illustrate id like to tell you a story, some will know im pretty serious about this subject......

  As i grew up over in Northern Ireland i watched so many bombs go off, and so many die it was normal to me.

  From my own home being blown up. (we lived next to a prison officer), the policemen who died when the Ira blew up a car bomb in the fun run i was in, to the mob that attacked my car with pipes last year. Isaw my father cry when he talks about the people he saw in the omagh bomb.

  As a witness i allways felt so weak, kind of neutered when i heard something, because as a witness i couldnt have an opinion, I couldnt DO anything. Over here even signing a book of condolence was frowned on.

  Now i enjoy the freedom to fight back. SO DO YOU.

  i write letters to people, send pictures of Irish republicans flying Palastinian flags to isreali newspapers. i wrote to the columbian government telling about my experience with terrorists, and asked them to try the men they caught in thier country, letting them know that the campaign back home to release them was funded by the IRA and Sinn Fein. nowwhen something happens that im happy about over here, there is a good chance i was involved in a small way in making it happen.

  what im saying is, it doesnt matter what your opinions about what i do, you can change things. i was speaking to a witness from some miles away the other day who asked me what was going to be done about all the apostates in my town!!! i lent those guys the books!!.

  people in my old hall can actually talk about franz and his ideas, and many have given answers based on his book. all besause of me!!!

  if you feel the same way. do something about it. say something, do anything to get your message across. it helped me. maybe itll help others.

  regards

  josephus

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  Edited by - josephus on 30 June 2002 15:41:29
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  nancee park

  All true, Josephus. As you point out most readers assume you can't change a thing when in fact if you pump letters into a congregation revealing the pedophile scandal, the UN link, etc of the WTS, it does cause some to quit giving the WTS money, and some do also quit the whole WTS. You yourself have put books exposing the WTS into libraries or the hands of people, which also works. Folks, if you will do some of this you will liberate the WTS of some of its money and its membership. Depending on how well you do it and how often, it can mount up to a lot. I've done it and seen it done. It works. Don't let your own automatic negativity or that which the pro-WTS people offer up to stop you.