Thanks for all your help. Even though other churches keep records, I thought that the whole idea of being a Witness was to be a "shining light" in the world. Keeping records is VERY BAD! The only records that they should keep is records pertaining to how many hours of fields service you have done -- all that sort of thing! They shouldn't keep records on conduct! As said before, I have asked people in the past bout it a couple of times, and now I hear it on here... and what can I say? It's all true? They should be "obeying Caesar" in regards to records. If Caesar says no, then they shouldn't! People are concerned with privacy these days, you know. You go to the ATM here and there and everywhere and the bank knows where you've gone and at what time and all that. They know who deposits money in your account as well. The WTS should respect people's privacy and realize that they should be protecting their sheeps' privacy because they should know it's bad, no. 1. No. 2 it's a real problem these days anyway.