Hi David,
I hope all is well. Thank you for your work David it has
certainly
contributed to my recovery. Now in return I'd like to share my
story with
you. Please feel free to use it as you wish.
I was formerly a Jehovah's Witness, I left about 2 yrs ago. The
story I'll
tell here is not so much about my involvement but rather of one
of my best
friends. The names in this text are real, I feel no need to
conceal
anything anymore.
My friend's name was Lxxxxx, also a Jehovah's Witness. I got
to know him
when I moved from Somerset, to the Midlands in my early
twenties. Although
he was some 3 years younger than myself, I respected him
tremendously for
what he had achieved as a Jehovah Witness. He was a regular pioneer
(full-time
missionary), ministerial servant (serves as spiritual counsellor
and helper
in the congregation) and applied to work for free at Bethel in
London (is is
the Jehovah Witness' head-quarters in the UK).
My missionary service was rather more patchy although I had
managed for the
most part to keep it up during my frequent overseas business
trips
Anyway Lxxxxx was a sensitive person, he never watched the
news which use
to depress him, he wrote
music and played instruments definitely gifted I'm a different
kettle-of-fish entirely, I'm analytical, rational and logical.
No surprise
that my occupation is in the computing field. Anyway we saw our
surroundings through very different eyes.
His perception appeared very acute, he would say things about
other Jehovah Witness's
that would astounding me. I would ask him where he got his
information from
but he'd respond 'I can't tell you, you'd think I was losing the
plot'
He made accusations about at least one elder in his congregation
for
pedophilia behaviour. Stupidly I never took this seriously, he
was accusing
the very pillars of my world, how could I possibly believe him.
Well I wish
I had, perhaps he would of opened up more on the other things he
saw.
It was a great day when Lxxxxx finally was officially invited
to serve at
Bethel [House of EL]. I invited him down and we discussed the future.
That summer we were going to go to Iceland on a ministry holiday
and I
looked forward to visiting him at Bethel and felt this would
surely have a
wonderful effect on my spirituality He departed from my home and
two weeks
passed by.
Late one night as I was working on the PC much as now, I
received a call
from Lxxxxx's mother and she told me that he was found late
Wednesday night hanging from a tree with his dogs chain lead
around his
neck.
I have not cried many times in my life but here I was in
inconsolable.
In the long letter Lxxxxx left he thanked me for my friendship
and said he
could no longer bare the pain of this world any longer.
Lxxxxx was obviously carrying a much greater burden then he ever
let on. I
have come to think is realized what the Watch Tower's true agenda was and
that
ultimate was to much for him.
I think the Watch Tower through their bi-monthly magazines keeps you
feeling
frightened, negative, insecure and vulnerable. When you feel
like that your
mind is like putty in there hands. They promise you a New World
Order, which
you become desperate to be part of but it comes with a price in
this case
and many others the price is the life of young intelligent and
caring
people.
I wish you strength David in your fight to get this information
out into the
public domain. It maybe to late for my friend but be assured
your work is
saving lives.
Kindest regards,
S.
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