I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member :D
How about Kent? (Watchtower Observer)
Dissenters in Watchtower History: Differing Departures
by slimboyfat 49 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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slimboyfat
Yeah I just thought Kent too, Watchtower Observer was huge, it was all in that menacing eye.
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OrphanCrow
Another WT dissenter:
Conrad C. Binkele - the director of the European Watch Tower Offices. Appointed by Russell in 1916, had a falling out with Rutherford in 1925, and founded the Free Bible Students in Germany in 1928. The Free Bible Students were banned in 1933 in Germany.
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OrphanCrow
Two dissenters that were key in my personal journey of 'deprogramming' were Gary and Heather Botting, exJWs and the authors of The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. The book was published in 1984.
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Orwellian-World-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/0802065457
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Botting
Gary Norman Arthur Botting (born 19 July 1943)[1] is a Canadian legal scholar and criminal defense lawyer as well as a poet, playwright and critic of literature and religion, in particular Jehovah's Witnesses. The author of more than 30 books, he is one of the country's leading authorities on extradition law.[2] He is said to have had "more experience in battling the extradition system than any other Canadian lawyer."[3][4]
Gary and Heather are now divorced and Heather has remarried.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Botting
Heather Denise Botting, née Harden, born 21 September 1948, is a professor of anthropology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. The original high priestess of Coven Celeste, she is a founding elder of the Canadian Aquarian Tabernacle Church[1] and was the first recognized Wiccan chaplain in a public university.[2]
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slimboyfat
Fascinating, thanks, I'd never heard of Binkele!
I was thinking there must be some good non-American examples - I just don't know about them.
There was a break away group in Australia and Hungary and another in Nigeria wasn't there? I don't know the names of the movers and shakers.
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slimboyfat
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dropoffyourkeylee
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OrphanCrow
slimfatboy: There was a break away group in Australia and Hungary and another in Nigeria wasn't there? I don't know the names of the movers and shakers.
Yes, you are right.
If you want to research something pretty interesting concerning breakaways and dissenters, etc, then just goggle "Watchtower movement in Africa". Try it with a space as well: Watch Tower Movement. The WT breakaways in African countries have had a political impact historically, with the WTS in NY finally making deals with some of the African governments to bring the WT 'sects' in Africa under control of the Society in order to stabilize some areas.
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millie210
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OrphanCrow
slimfatboy: Fascinating, thanks, I'd never heard of Binkele!
I was thinking there must be some good non-American examples - I just don't know about them.Funny thing is, though, Binkele was an American born German. It is interesting that his group of German Free Bible Students, who were never associated with the WTS, wore the purple triangles in the German WW2 camps. And Binkele's Free Bible Students would now be counted by the WTS as "JWs". The WTS now claims all purple triangles as their own.