(As I type this the Watchtower cult is getting slammed on all the news wires) BOLD TESTIMONY I was brought up in the faith but despise it
ic Wales, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago
Both my parents were devout Jehovah’s Witnesses and throughout my childhood I was indoctrinated by the faith’s beliefs and behaviours by being excluded from ... I was brought up in the faith but despise it
| Jul 27 2007 |
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| by Our Correspondent, South Wales Echo |
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| I WAS sorry to read of 72-year-old grandmother Margaret Cornelius who died after refusing a blood transfusion because she was a Jehovah’s Witness. Both my parents were devout Jehovah’s Witnesses and throughout my childhood I was indoctrinated by the faith’s beliefs and behaviours by being excluded from normal contact with anyone outside the faith and by being made to attend the religious meetings at least three times each week. I have never celebrated a birthday or received a Christmas present. I was not allowed to compete in competitive sports and actively prevented from obtaining a normal education and career because to do so I would be rejecting the teaching and a career would make me materialistic. If I had needed a life-saving blood transfusion there is no question my parents would have denied this medical intervention and I would now be dead. I was also forced by my parents to call on people in their own homes to inform them of Jehovah Witnesses’ beliefs. Even while this high-pressure mind-control and manipulation was being carried out I knew their teachings and behaviours were very hypocritical and abusive. The question of the article was: did poor Margaret Cornelius needlessly die because she was fooled by an evil mind-control cult? I would reply “yes”, absolutely, and I would go as far as to say that when a person dies in these circumstances I now view this as institutional murder. Benn Powell Pilton Vale, Malpas, Newport |
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