Roy Baty died three days ago. I had a strange connection to Roy. I pioneered with him in Kansas and he was one of my Bethel roommates. I mention him a lot in my book "New Boy" a book that of course he would never read. He was one of those guys that needed to be right all the time and loved being an elder. We had very similar back rounds, we were both "born in" and raised in southern California to domineering Mothers and pussy wiped Fathers. Both our parents were MIA, Roy was a male chauvinist and made sure everyone knew he was "the head" of the house. He stop talking to me when I left the cult 20 years ago. He said "I had burned that bridge" I certainly hope so, because it was people like him is why I left. They talked of love "among themselves" but its not there and never was. Like many people of of my generation their children are much smarter than us so many have left the cult too, Roy's daughter Leah, was one of those children. So, of course he stopped talking to her and never even saw his own grand children. Like me, Leah never got the phone call when her Father died. No last words and no good byes....no I love you. So, I did what Roy should have done and called Leach and told her I would say the words her father needed to tell her. "I Love you, I miss you, I was stupid I was brain washed.....please forgive me!" Roy Baty just one more stupid mindless follower/victim of the cult known as the Jehovah's Witnesses. A religion that is willing to sacrifice their own children for a religion or a cruel god. He was waiting for "the end" to come. Well it did for him.
As Bill Murry said in the movie "The Razor's Edge".........."He will not be missed"
Keith Casarona