Thank you to all who repsonded. I made a longer reply but my page expired and my message vanished. It seems that I share many of the same sentiments as those who replied to me. I want to put these sentiments to the test, as you can appreciate. I hope to increase my level of participation here in the near future.
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Ray Franz.....LIAR?
by integ inone of my witness family members agreed to take a look at crisis of conscience, and after.
perusing the first couple of chapters, said that she thought it could be all made up.
agreed that the documents presented could be legitimate, but as far as franz's personal.
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Ray Franz.....LIAR?
by integ inone of my witness family members agreed to take a look at crisis of conscience, and after.
perusing the first couple of chapters, said that she thought it could be all made up.
agreed that the documents presented could be legitimate, but as far as franz's personal.
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How can I be sure that all you anti-WT people aren't very clever agents of Satan who know how to be persuasive? If the WT uses dirty "tactics" of persuasion who is to say you don't? It is easy to fake humility, especially via the written medium. The people in the organization do it all the time. Ray Franz could have done it too for all I know. I never even heard his name before I started doing research on my own. I haven't been in Bethel, so I can't cross reference what is being claimed here with my own personal experience. You seem to be coming down pretty hard on SOJ for not being an insider. If I see a person trying to discredit somebody else's argument like that, I find it more difficult to trust that they aren't just making up stories for the purpose of persuading others. How is the average JW going to verify that the authors of these forum messages actually were in Bethel?
Do not get me wrong, I actually approach this discussion with an open mind, even though I may be come off as otherwise. Please feel free to answer my skeptical comments. We can argue and become friends at the same time.
I think this is an excellent forum. I want to thank the people who run this place.