BILL BOWEN DISFELLOWSHIPPED! (page 4)

Lollylou

I am so sorry for Bill and his family to have to deal with disfellowshipping. It is a horrible experience and one no one should have to go through. However, being disfellowshipped was both the worst thing that ever happened to me and the best! Even though I eventually got reinstated, I found I had learned to much to sit there and let them ever dictate to me again. I left of my own free will. Good will come of this Bill.

It is sad that people still in the org probably will never know "the truth" of this or any other issue the WTBTS chooses to explain away with lame excuses like disfellowshipping.

Dia

THE NEXT JW THAT COMES TO MY DOOR...IS GOING TO GET AN EARFUL!!

They are going to KNOW that the only people who are JWs are either child molestors or child molestor's mothers!

They are going to know that being a JW means that you will definitely suffer 'guilt by association'.

And that if you choose to stay in this organization, your are either stupid or you are a criminal!

And you will suffer the consequences. Period.

And if they quit coming to my door as a result? I will be spreading the news to everyone I know and I will stop THEM on the street to tell them EXACTLY what I think of them!

Your record is up there for the world to see.

Flip

THE NEXT JW THAT COMES TO MY DOOR...IS GOING TO GET AN EARFUL!!
They are going to KNOW that the only people who are JWs are either child molestors or child molestor's mothers!

For example, the above bolded statement is hardly truthful and if I were still a Jehovah's Witness knocking on your door and you answered this way, I would think you had gone bonkers.

D', these are very emotional times, no point in making the episode less coherent.

ve9gra

S. Beli wrote

According the one of the published articles the committee informed Bill through his attorney. If true, wont this be the first time that they have actually observed Bills request that all communication go through the attorney? They finally get procedure right at the 13 th hour?

Actually they called him and he told them to call his attorney and hung up.... so no.. they didn't get the procedure right.

*mutters* As if they'd ever get it right.

BONEZZ

We all knew it was gonna happen. While I am sorry for the way Bill has been treated by these "loving" people, I think we can all now focus on the Evil Empire. Bill can focus all his effort instead of trying to play their silly committee games. I wish you well Bill and support you all the way.

BONEZZ

PS. They are not worthy of having people the caliber of Bill in their stupid Org.

Mary

The best thing now, is to make sure that this goes as public as possible.......the whole world needs to see that the WTS ex-communicates, not the pedophiles, but those who have tried standing up to them.

This religion has turned out to be a thousand times worse than what I could have ever imagined.

The assholes in charge must really be living in La-la-land if they think that they're getting away with it this time........20 years ago when they DF'd Ray Franz, they still had alot more control on the information that was passed down. Today they don't. We've got the Internet, we've got the Media and they don't have a hope in HELL of winning this round.

God bless you Bill! We're behind you all the way!!!

invisible

Burn WT Burn!!

Celtic Mark, Falmouth Cornwall -UK

FullOfGraceAndPeace

Wow. May GOD bless you Bill for your efforts in staying strong and consistent, going against the WT and fighting for the abuse victims.

I've been paying alot of attention to this thing for the past year or so, reading the forums mostly, and I of corse saw the Dateline show. As you can see this is my first post.

I personally have been a Conservative Christian all my life, and have never been a JW, but I have some JW friends that deny stuff like this happens. When I approach them about the blood issue, child molestation, the WT failed prophecies, etc. they deny that the tower has done anything wrong, and always point the blame at the DF'd people. Wow. How can people be so closed minded? How much longer will these people continue to be deceived?

My JW friends are truly nice people that want to do good things in life, and truly believe that they are serving GOD by blindly following the WT. It breaks my heart when I see them being led down the garden path to destruction. And the sad thing is, as many of you have experienced, in order for them to be set free they first have to be subjected to an unbearable amount of pain.

Well Bill, my prayers are with you and your family. I hope and pray that you will be able to rebuild your life after leaving the WT. I certainly hope that you don't go back. My hat is off to you for your continued efforts. As you can see you have a lot of folks who admire you for your relentless energy to protect the children and expose the disgusting skeletons that the WT has in their closet.

CHEERS EVERYONE, AND KEEP BEING THE SALT!!

~FullOfGraceAndPeace~

Edited by - FullOfGraceAndPeace on 26 July 2002 13:54:40

johnny_was_good

There we have it again. The WTBS just can't handle the truth.

Incense_and_Peppermints

from the article: (Bill Bowen): "The thing they have nailed to the wall is that they require two eyewitnesses before a child molester may be convicted" in the church, Bowen said. "I have flatly denied these charges against me, and they brought no witnesses against me. It's a vast inconsistency in the organization. If I was a child molester, they wouldn't have had a hearing. Because I'm a person who spoke out to protect children, they disfellowship me in 30 minutes."

lurkers, are you listening? do you feel the least amount of shame when you see where the watchtower society's priorities lie - with itself and protecting itself at all costs, to the point of casting out those who speak up, and ignoring the plight of innocent children? your children? how can you do honor to your children and remain a part of this corrupt "faith"?

BILL BOWEN DISFELLOWSHIPPED!

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