I know many of you have sent emails to Emma Britton, who hosted the show this morning with our own cantleave and Angus. (BTW, you guys did amazing!)
I sent my email to her as well and wanted to see if anyone else wants to share their emails. Here is mine:
Dear Emma,
I want to thank you so very much for your program and interview with Nathan and Angus (former Jehovah's Witnesses) this morning. The interview was done very tastefully and respectfully and I appreciated it very much.
I am currently a Jehovah's Witness and I cannot leave without losing my family. I no longer believe in it and have seen how dangerous it is. If I was to tell an elder that I don't believe that the men in Brooklyn New York are God's direct channel of communication on earth, I would be disfellowshiped immediately, and lose my family within the week. My mother, father, brother, and friends would cut off all contact IMMEDIATELY. My wife has made it known that if I was to leave this organization that she would divorce me and take full custody of my 2 children.
The letter that you read on your program today was very cleverly written by the London branch office, but it was far from the truth of the matter. It was disingenuous and was not transparent to say the least. To illustrate the deception in their statement to you, please research what happened when Raymond Franz, former member of the Governing Body, was found eating a meal with his employer who was disfellowshiped. Ray himself was disfellowshiped for continuing this association with his employer and dear friend. What is more, his employer (Peter Gregerson) had not engaged in any wrong doing. Peter had merely decided that he did not believe any longer that Jehovah's Witnesses had the "truth".
This organization has the potential to destroy families which are the backbone of our society. The interview today just touched the surface of the dangers that exist in this organization. Because of its policies, thousands have died. They have a history of forbidding vaccination, organ transplants, and blood transfusions, even in the case of small children that cannot make the decision for themselves. And yet they deny all of this. I wish to direct your attention to a statement that the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses submitted to the European human rights court in 1997. It says:
"As regards the alleged involvement of children, the [WatchTower Bible and tract Society] submits that children cannot become members of the association but only participate, together with their parents, in the religious activities of the community. In respect of the refusal of blood transfusion, the applicant association submits that there are no religious sanctions for a Jehovah's Witness who chooses to accept blood transfusion and that, therefore, the fact that the religious doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses is against blood transfusion cannot amount to a threat to public health." {Sworn testimony submitted by the Society in evidence before the European Human Rights Commission Jul 3 1997}
All Jehovah's Witnesses and former Jehovah's Witnesses know this to be an outright lie. I cannot fathom how they avoided a declaration of perjury in this case. I was baptized at 12 years of age and thus appointed an ordained minister of the congregation. I personally know of hundreds of cases where members have been kicked out of the organization for accepting blood transfusions. This statement above is an outright lie.
And yet, most people do not know the dangers that exist. It has largely gone unexposed. Dateline attempted to do an expose on the horrible child molestation policies that the Watchtower organization has. But it was soon forgotten. Most people think of Jehovah's Witnesses as the nice people that come by to leave magazines at their door and talk about the Bible. But this is a destructive mind controlling cult.
I apologize for the length of this email. Mainly I want to say thank you for your hard work on this topic! If you are able to bring more information to light, I know that it will help many people to safeguard themselves and their families. Perhaps it may also help current Jehovah's Witnesses, like my family, to see that the policies of the Watchtower are not only wrong, but dangerous.
Thank you again, Emma!