I just whipped off this e-mail to PBS . Just sorry I forgot the whole title of the Knocking show...but they'll know what I'm talking about.
Dear Reader:
As an avid watcher of PBS, I find that most of your programming is terrific. I recently heard that you are considering airing a program concerning Jehovah's Witnesses entitled "Knocking..." (I think there is more to the title than that though).
I implore you to reconsider airing any PRO-Jehovah's Witness program, without at least having a "rebuttal" program also.
My husband and myself were Jehovah's Witnesses for almost five decades and finally broke free from their controlling grasp just a few years ago. I cannot even begin to go into detail about the damage that this religion has caused to myself, my husband and our children. It is a cult. (It is difficult to acknowledge a cult when you're in it...but our eyes were opened and we can now see it for what it is). Would you air a program that supported the Nazi's? Or a program that encouraged terrorism? I think not. But the Jehovah's Witnesses, in our eyes and many others, are very much like Nazi's and terrorist groups; just good at hiding behind their nice suits and pretty smiles.
I myself know of at least three people who have committed suicide because of the disfellowshipping/shunning arrangement of the JW's. They shun innocent people and this can drive many fragile people to killing themselves. I myself am shunned by my mother and sister; though I have done nothing wrong...except chose to leave the Witness organization.
This organization, once it has you in its grasp, uses fear and "strong-arm" tactics to keep you in. They lie when they say that people are free to leave. They aren't. If they do, it comes with horrible and long-lasting psychological damage. They protect pedophiles, keep their members from getting life-saving blood transfusions and lie about their involvement with the United Nations (which is taught to be the "Wild Beast" of Revelation. JW's are not to have anything to do with this organization lead by Satan himself).
I strongly urge you to cancel the airing of this program. Otherwise I feel PBS is supporting terrorism and a cult. If you intend to show this program; please let OUR side be heard! There are literally thousands of "X"-Jehovah's Witnesses who have been "terrorized" by this seemingly innocent religious organization.
Sincerely,
Cathy Laszewski
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Stevens Point, WI 54481
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