(Name changed for privacy.)
This is an altered repost of a letter to JW which was provided in addition to a snail mail letter because my handwriting is like chicken scratch and my printer is out of ink. I was given instruction on how to clean out the corruption in the JW’s ‘society,’ others might find it useful.
Some time between ten and fifteen years ago the little voice told me ‘I am going to give you a message to deliver. The JW’s will help you to deliver it.’ My reaction to the first part of the message was surprise, because hey a little voice, and then ‘I’ll believe it when it happens.’ My reaction to the latter was doubt in the selection of the group. While I didn’t know much about your group at the time, they were and still are perceived by the majority of the population as a cult. Knowing what I know now from both research and putting two and two together it makes sense now if only in the spiritual aspect. I will explain that later.
You should know that I screen my calls, if I don’t recognize the number and am not expecting a call I will generally let the answering machine earn its keep. My pick up rate for unknown calls is maybe three or four a year. I was nudged to take your call, and stayed on the line because you sound just like a dear, sweet woman that I used to know. It was lovely to hear her ‘voice’ again even for that short time. That and I thought I might be able to get a good discussion going with you. I was wrong. LOL
A while after I got the message from the little voice I got the urge to write a book just to see if I could do it. Ideas dropped into my mind and when I got it reasonably fleshed out I started writing. That original book was very different than what is published on this site. Ideas and concepts, I guess what artists would call inspiration, kept coming. I didn’t realize it at the time but the message was coming in. Most of it was random disjointed ideas presented in small chunks that over time started to make sense when I put the pieces together. I had to substantially alter the story, because it became unbelievable that the character that was presenting the knowledge could actually have it. A narrator of sorts with a slightly larger field of view was introduced, but he didn’t have a lot of pep on his own, it just didn’t work. I struggled with him while I was finishing up the other parts of the story. Then, almost at the very end, his cheeky little brother popped on the scene and tidied the mess up.
So I wrote the message down, probably failing in spots. (There actually are messages still coming in that will end up in the blog or book when/if it is revised.) I was told to not leave anyone out and to be gentle. I have thoughts and feelings that probably got in the way here and there.
I listen to preachers online and most of them don’t have a lot to say about who the 144,000 are other than they aren’t JW’s. Then they give their angry reasons why. I didn’t care either way. I didn’t have a horse in that race. One fellow said he thought they were the children Herod had killed, he called them first fruits, like Jesus. He expects them to be Jewish on their return. There are other traditions that say there is a group of servants or helpers that travels with Christ when he incarnates though they have different names for him. It could be argued that Herod’s children were those same servants. I have seen evidence of at least part of that group already. They are already ‘in the battle.’ ‘John’ has put in an appearance too if you haven’t been paying attention. He has ruffled some feathers. Any ideas who he is? No I don’t believe that he is Elijah.
Looking at it now I see why the JW’s were chosen to deliver the message, you claim to be the 144,000, those who follow Christ where ever he goes. You are God’s servants. Well you’re supposed to be. It makes sense that you would be tasked with delivering the message. However, with your current belief system, practices and government I don’t see that happening. You are isolationists and only venture into ‘the world’ when you need or want something. It’s part of the control structure just so you know. They want you fully dependent on them, it’s what makes the shunning so effective. You avoid outside ‘worldly’ influence. I would be considered an agitator or a ‘wavering force.’ You avoid participating in politics and government because ‘men shouldn’t be ruled over by other men,’ but your governing body does that without even the pretense of an election. They are all selected by others that are already governing aren’t they? Your society is very close to what the rest of us are experiencing. You’ve got the corruption too.
If you want to fix things you can, and it can be done within your system of rules. Use what your leadership uses to protect the pedo’s, abusers, rapists and murderers. Use the two witnesses. Take out the lower level creeps first, replace them with good people. Gently or subtly nudge other groups to do the same. After the lower levels are cleaned up, move up the ladder, with the eventual goal of replacing the governing body with something easier to correct should they go astray. Consider a system with checks and balances like the nation has. (See App B Politics and government for ideas.) Legislate changes. Stop shunning. Heal your families. Take a good hard look at your practices and doctrine, both were created by monsters. If you haven’t learned wrong from right yet (you lied to me so it’s a possibility) – good people don’t protect pedo’s, abusers, rapists and murderers. If you willingly pay a tithe to them you are supporting this. Yes this happens in the church too, they are just as culpable. Actually read what Kai has to say. If you don’t want to spread his message that is fine, but at least consider freeing yourself and the community that you love from the tyranny.
Good luck, Laurie
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