Caption from the:MAINE TIMES A survivor"Basically, I got voted off the island because I didn't sell enough Watchtowers,? says Danny Haszard, a former Jehovah's Witness who now lives in Bangor. He grew up believing that the end of the world was around the corner, but now as he pickets a downtown street corner, he's got a very different, and very angry, story to tell.Maine TimesMay 24 - May 30, 2001?Nobody likes Jehovah's Witnesses except other Jehovah's Witnesses' |
A: That's another part of the cult dynamic: They exploit minorities and ignorance. Enlightened aristocrats are, as they say, "goat-like"; they're not receptive to the Kingdom Message. A few years ago, the Haitians who were impounded at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba, 80 percent of them were Jehovah's Witnesses. The church said, "See, they're downtrodden, they're more receptive to the good news, they're more sheep-like." But they just exploit minorities, that's what happens