Nice letter, you inspired me to write my own. Here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/255369/1/Human-Apostate-letter-campaign
Posts by zound
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18Letter to the local paper...again.
by tresdecu inlast year i wrote a letter to the religion writer at the local paper.
didn't get very far...but thought i'd do it again.
can't hurt, right.. here it is:.
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'Human Apostate' letter campaign
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zound
Forgot to mention.. I'll take care of the "Brisbane Courier Mail".
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'Human Apostate' letter campaign
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zound
Inspired by tresdecu's post, I thought I would step up to the plate and draft this letter to local newspapers for the upcoming assembly.
My idea was that just prior to when the Assembly is in your area - edit this letter appropriatley and send it out to the local papers. If we all do this, surely at least one of the papers around the world would think it a good story to run. Not that it would make much of a dent on WT, but every bit helps.
If people are interested in doing this, feel free to copy the below letter - only thing is : it might be wise to mention here, which newspaper you are posting to - as it wouldn't look good if a newspaper is spammed with a bunch of identical letters.
Also, if anyone has suggestions to improve the template below, please post your suggestions. I've tried to keep it concise, with enough controversy and factual references for the newspaper to perhaps be interested.
To Whom it may concern,
The 2013 annual District Assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses is being held at {insert place here} on {insert dates here}. It is expected to have an audience of {insert expected number here} attending the three day event.
These conventions, entitled “God’s Word is Truth”, are being held all around the world dispensing identical information to the worldwide audience of around 8 million Jehovah’s Witnesses.
A number of these conventions in other areas have already concluded, and have included inflammatory remarks towards ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses that many consider to be ‘hate speech’.
The information is intended to demonize ex members and intensify the already harsh shunning policy that the Watchtower Society enforce. This includes encouraging current Jehovah’s Witnesses to not even email relatives or friends who have left the faith, under fear of themselves being ‘dis-fellowshipped’.
Below are just a few quotes that are expected to be said at the upcoming convention in {city}. These quotes are taken from the recent convention held in {where was that?}.
Please note that all talks are ‘manuscript outlines’, meaning that though there may be some slight variations from convention to convention, the same basic information and expressions will be used.
“Suppose a doctor told you to avoid contact with someone who was infected with a contagious deadly disease. Would you reason that limited contact is okay? Similarly human apostates are mentally diseased and they try to infect others with their disloyal teachings…
Because they oppose the truth, apostates are part of the Anti-Christ. They are liars and deceivers… Therefore we want to avoid them for they are not of our sort…
With good reason the Bible then tells us to avoid apostates, just as we would avoid a person who was infected with a deadly contagious disease. Would you reason that limited contact is okay?...
Human apostates are part of the seed of the serpent spoken of in Genesis 3:15.
They lie to authorities."
Similar terms were used recently in the Jehovah’s Witness publication ‘The Watchtower’ and sparked a police inquiry in the UK:
The ‘apostates’ that are referred to in the talk, are anyone who questions the doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses – including many current Jehovah’s Witnesses themselves, who are often fearful of speaking their mind due to the consequences (dis-fellowshipping, shunning and derogatory terms used against them).
The particular talk ‘Human apostates’ that I quoted in part will begin at {insert time} on {insert day}, it’s length is 15 minutes.
I hope this information could prove useful to you. If you need further information there are various websites that freely discuss the current and past doctrines of the Watchtower Society. Among others:
Or please feel free to contact me at {email here} for further information or references.
Kind regards
{insert name}
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Do the GB go to meetings?
by zound into those in the know, what congregation do the governing body go to?.
is it in bethel?.
are they all bethelites that attend or 'outsiders' also?.
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zound
I can't imagine it would be a typical Cong. Surely it must be 'sanitised'? Not so much because of the GB member, but the elders I imagine would know they would have to perform, knwing they are under the direct eye of the GB.
I can't imagine JW youths coming in with bright shirts and sunglasses on their heads that happens sometimes in other Congs - and shenanigans of that ilk.
I imagine the congregation would be a 'buble'. The GB member looks around and thinks 'look at all these happy bros and sis's, we must be doing a great job!'
That's just what I'm imagining.
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Do the GB go to meetings?
by zound into those in the know, what congregation do the governing body go to?.
is it in bethel?.
are they all bethelites that attend or 'outsiders' also?.
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Is 124 in the bethel grounds or just nearby?
So in theory I could visit one of these congregations for the Public Talk and spot me a GB member? Or are they a bit more concious of security etc (cautious not to let in some apostate with an axe to grind) considering they have a GB member within.
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Do the GB go to meetings?
by zound into those in the know, what congregation do the governing body go to?.
is it in bethel?.
are they all bethelites that attend or 'outsiders' also?.
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zound
To those in the know, what congregation do the Governing Body go to?
Are they all in the same one? Is it in Bethel?
Are they all Bethelites that attend or 'outsiders' also?
Do they answer at the Watchtower like rank and files?
Are members of the public allowed to come for the 'public talk'?
Do they miss meetings much?
Are they enrolled in the Theocratic Ministry School?
If it is a congregation at bethel - do they have a contribution box in the hall? Do the GB donate?
Do they have 'priveleges' in the congregation?
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Do you think the GB have read COC?
by zound indo you think the governing body have read crisis of concience?.
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Do you think the Governing Body have read Crisis of Concience?
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Chess ban is still a current teaching
by zound ingoatshapeddemons mention of chess being banned by jw's at one time was a new one to me.
it got me thinking.
they never corrected that did they?
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zound
The point is that the GB made these ridiculous statements, but instead of saying, sorry we were wrong about that, play chess if you want to play chess - they just let it slide into the past without any kind of apology or rectification. How ridiculous would it sound if they published an article saying "We used to say that Chess was evil, but the new light is that it is fine."
They've just let this embarrassing man made opinion slide into the past and hope no one notices - like all the other stupid things they've said.
Zero accountability.
I imagine this was some bugbear of Fred Franz or someone who slipped it in. JW's ignored it mostly anyway so they thought "Ah, we'll give em that one." I think there may have been quite a dissent if brothers started getting Disfellowshipped for playing chess.
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Chess ban is still a current teaching
by zound ingoatshapeddemons mention of chess being banned by jw's at one time was a new one to me.
it got me thinking.
they never corrected that did they?
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Gerrit Loesch was at our DC today!
by goatshapeddemon inso, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!
first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.
he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.
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zound
I think the GB are allowed to expound as much as they want and get away with it - which makes their talks so good for the apostate world. I mean can you imagine Gerret's illustration of using bullet surgery to cure OCD written on paper in a talk outline?
