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Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses, Would You Write A Letter To...?

I was inspired by Olin Moyle to contact the media about the way the WTS does not do any sort of charitable work in the communities it operates in. I wrote to Bill O'Reilly of The Factor. Would you write to your Congressman or to the media to share how you feel about this issue? Here is mine: Dear Mr. O'Reilly, I want to start off by saying how much I have enjoyed your program over the years and that I am glad that you are not afraid to seek the truth and share it with your audience. It is refreshing to see that integrity still has a place in this world. I am writing to you to share a bit of interesting information. On ABC, the show called Extreme Makeover Home Edition http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/index?pn=index, is doing a great thing by building a Fresno family a new home so that the mother, who is severely disabled and is bound to a wheelchair can better care for her family. Here in Fresno, the local paper the Fresno Bee is doing a series of stories about the project and it made note that the woman attends a local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1117887.html Jehovah's Witnesses is the marketing arm of the publishing corporation known as The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society which in recent years has been wrapped up in wrongful death suits brought forward by the surviving family of Jehovah's Witnesses who have died because of the Watchtower ban on medical use of blood even in emergency situations. Another touchy area is the out of court settling of several cases where it was proved that the Watchtower Society (WTS) had knowledge of child molestation going on within their congregations and forced the victims to remain silent about the crimes and did not report the crimes to the proper authorities. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21917798/ http://www.silentlambs.org/NationalPresspacket.htm After learning about this Extreme Makeover episode, it struck me that being part of the Jehovah's Witnesses individuals are discouraged from going on television and indeed having anything to do with what the Watchtower calls Satan's System of Things. The media being a major part of this system. Witnesses are also told to not engage in charitable works by donating either time or money to any worthy causes except to the Watchtower Society. The WTS holds other religions, government, and the media in contempt and feels that associating with any of these groups or engaging in any inter-faith or charitable works is contrary to what the Bible teaches. As I have researched the WTS I have noted that it enjoys tax free status as a church and is a non profit organization that holds Billions of dollars in assets including huge real estate holdings but does nothing for the communities in which it operates. The WTS does not even have a single program to aid their needy adherents. I find it hypocritical for the WTS to enjoy tax exempt status while doing nothing for the community along the lines of feeding and clothing the poor, offering assistance with healthcare expenses, or even donating money to such causes. I feel that there is something very wrong when a corporation that purports to be a Christian Church enjoys the privileges of that position and ignores the responsibilities that go along with that position. I would like to hear your opinion on these matters and wonder if you find that looking into them would be worthy of your time and effort. Thanks for your kind consideration, Mr. O'Reilly. Lorenzo Olin Wishes He was me, I appreciate that singular insight you have. Thank you for making my way clear! You should go out and spread your loving and joyful attitude. Whoops Olin Wishes he was me changed his name to Beer lover.

Public Comments

1. I am happy that you felt inspired by my idea! I wrote to ABC but I think they will not want to do anything because of the show being on their channel so I think I will write to 60 minutes, The Factor, and to Dr. Phil. I like that idea to tell the Congress about the way the wt uses its status to get rich and not even help to feed hungry poor people. I think we have something powerful to bring the tower to its knees now. I may write to the IRS TOO! Edited Sunday 1/11/2009 7:01 AM PST Mister Perfect said, "This is STUPID!" Amazing how you say this is stupid. Isn't it more stupid to adhere to the false teachings of a downward spiraling corporation who misuses the Bible and misleads millions of people? Namecalling and being ridiculous is what JWs on this site do best. If you'll excuse me I have to go to the bathroom. I gotta take a Mister and wipe my Perfect....LOL
2. That's a great letter, and a great idea. The more letters that go out, the better. For the watchtower society to enjoy a tax-exempt status when they do nothing to help others is absolutely unbelievable. They need all the negative exposure they can get.
3. Great Idea !
4. This is STUPID! How can people fall so far away from Jehovah? Too bad!
5. Great idea! I just need to find out who to contact in the U.K. I will star this question in the hope other Christians will pick up on this.
6. I love that show! I have a crush on Ty! Woo Hoo! I think it is very bad that the jehovahs never do anything for the poor or homeless. Not even among their own cultists do they lift a finger to feed. I bet the IRS would like to know about this deception they are pulling here.
7. Good idea! I think a good place to write would be Dr. Phil, Oprah, and Bill Mahar. Lots of people find speaking about religion to be off limits, and won't launch a full inquiry into it with open discussion and honestly. But Bill Mahar would without hesitation. I was disappointed when he failed to mention Jehovah's Witnesses in his movie after speaking about other religions like Momons and Scientologist. Anyway, this really is a good idea. I we all should get together and bombard the media with letters so many they will notice that J.W. are just as harmful and interestingly nasty as Mormons or Scientologist. OH yeah Brenda Lee, the writer of Out of the Cocoon a book about being an Jehovah's Witness should be in a series called The Secret Lives of Women on the WE channel. http://www.shakopeenews.com/community/dannyhaszard/jehovahs_witnesses_childhood_story