an open letter to the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.
dear sirs -.
most likely you and your pundits follow carefully this site and others like it on the internet.
Jeff-
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your letter. What a fair and concise commentary on what is ailing this organization. We can only hope that it might just strike a chord in the heart of at least one member of the GB. Wishful thinking I'm sure, but a hope nonetheless. I however, am not planning to stick around to see that day-
Q
okay, so it should be very soon when the theme for the 2008 convention will be made public.
what do you think the them will be?
"Read and Study Only The Slave's Publications!"
i have been sworn to secrecy on a couple of matters that will soon be evident in this regard.
sorry to be 'cryptic' here - but timing is everything when one is trying to bring the very serious [and often ignored in the press] matter of child sexual abuse to the fore.
with barbara anderson's permission, i reproduce part of pages 66 to 68 here for discussion..
BTTT
re: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/116108/1.ashx.
a bethel insider in the know told me that all of the child abuse lawsuits where the watchtower bible and tract society was one of the defendants were settled back in the beginning of this year.
i questioned it and called napa myself and they were absolutely settled back then.
BTTT
i just wanted to officially change something on my viewpoint.
i have thought about this for a few days.
i used to think that while they were in some ways controlling, that jw's did not meet the criteria of a cult totally.
Begining with the January issues of the WT, the issue dated the 1st of the month will be known as the "public issue" and the one dated 15th of the month will be the "study issue" = "members only" issue. C U L T!!
i remember being a kid and we didnt have the fancy fabric seats, they were plastic stackable chairs all set out in the usual lines.. an elderly bro, rather rotund, farted, the noise so loud and thundering against the plastic seat!
or the time when i must have been about 7, my dad brought his bible study family to their first ever meeting, i had to sit on mums knee.
i recall giving the daughter of the new family a very vigorous v sign during the meeting.
Sorry, but lately I find that NOTHING amuses me about the KH! In fact, just about everything having to do with KH is quite nauseating.
what foreign language or languages do you enjoy most listening to, though you may not be able to understand the words?
i find several foreign languages pleasant to listen to, french with its refinement, italian with its sing song musical quality, and german with its coarse but resolute intonation.
i also like the sound of russian and castillian spanish.
French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese.
calgary dad wins partial court victory in daughter's deathaug, 31 2007 - 12:30 pm.
calgary/am770chqr - the father of a calgary jehovah's witnesses teen who died after refusing blood transfusions has won a partial victory in the alberta court of appeal.. the province's highest court has ruled that lawrence hughes should not have been removed as an administrator of his late daughter's estate.. the court has also restored his lawsuit on behalf of the estate alleging the watchtower society and its lawyers used mis-representation and deceit to convince his 16-year-old daughter bethany chemotherapy and blood transfusions would not help cure her cancer and were experimental.. however, the appeal court upheld the trial judges dismisal of hughes' other claims including conflict of interest, undue influence and conspiracy.
http://www.770chqr.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428436912&rem=73613&red=80143623apbiny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm randy http://www.freeminds.org
BTTT!!
i had my tms tonight.
for those who don't know me, i no longer believe, but have only just begun my slow fade.. the meeting was unbearable.
first there was the brother who happily pointed out that i'd missed two meetings recently and that he was keeping track.
I know what you mean. Lately ALL the meetings are unbearable! I actually find myself feeling sick to my stomach as I enter the KH. If my plan goes well, only another 4 months of this hell.
Q
it says they have "just heard"...... brownstoner.com has just heard that real estate investment fund glory capital has purchased a 42-unit apartment building at 6-10 clark st. in brooklyn heights from the watchtower bible and tract society.
a correspondent notes the opportunity presented there: a whole building delivered empty in brooklyn heights!
brownstoner is asking what the property sold for: the answer, as reported in the brooklyn eagle on june 1, is $12.5 million.. .
The fact that they are selling properties during the current real estate slump seems to inidicate that they are hurting for cash. Interesting news indeed.
Q
