Here is the response my friend got from the WTBTS. . In her original letter she respectfully stated her questions about 1914 and poured her heart out about her concerns on other doctrinal issues. She sincerely requested help and wrote about feeling torn by the contradictions she had come accross in her personal study. she had originally sent a letter in November and received this food at the proper time in late February
I could not post the photocopy of the Watchtower article that the WT letter refers to (I tried several time and could not get it loaded on web photos.com) so I have typed out the text to that Questions from readers section. You can verify it in the bound volumes (it is pathetic but not controversial) or if you would like me to email you a scan of it just post the request on the board and I would be happy to do that.
Questions from Readers
Please anwer my question in the Watchtower.-unsigned
Among the many readers of The Watchtower who wriete in for information are some who ask personal questions on which they want a scriptural answer, but who give no name or address. Others give an address but no name. For the benefit of all, we would like to set out here the policy of the Watchtower Society in answering questions recieved.
The Society is gald to be of help to all who sincereely sek answers to questions that call for a bible answer. First of all, a personal answer is sent by mil to the one who inquires. Then those questions that are of sufficient interest and importance are printed itn this Questions from Readers section of the Watchtower. Questions of a personal nature are of concern only to the ones involved, so these are not published. In other cases the questions asked are ones that have been ansered in recent issues of The Watchtower; of course, these will not be printed again right away, but a personal answer will be sent and, in many cases , reference will be made to the Watch Tower publications that discuss the point in question.
However, it is the policy of the Watch Tower Society never to answer correspondance that does not bear the name of the inquirer. So let all that wish to avail themselves of the help that the publishers of the Watchtower give in providing scriptural answers to questions of a personal or doctrinal nature give their name (not merely initials)and address so they may be certain to get direct and personal attention.
that' all folks. that is the long awaited response from the WTBTS to a faithful sister searching for answers. Over 3 months of waiting only to be directed to a 40 year old article stating that they do not answer anonymous letters(funny how they haven't had any new light on that issue). Why not answer anonymous letters? If Jehovah entrusted them with disbursing this life saving knowledge world wide and to all the inhabited earth then who cares what her name is? I loved the end of the article where it says that by including your name and address you can be assured of getting direct and personal attention. Oh Yeah I bet it will be direct and personal and in the form of a Judicial Commitee (ahhh Jehovah's loving provisions).
As you look at the letter notice the letter coding at the top the ECE:ECZ right before the date. Does any one know excactly what this coding means? I have seen it on other posted WT letters as well. My guess is that it is an identification code and that if they see it posted here they can look up where it originally came from. I realized this after I had scanned it and to be honest I didn't bother to cross it out because I realldon't care what they think or do (she used my p.o. box so it would not mean any trouble for her) I am just posting this thought in order to make others aware of the possibility if they are going to post similar letters. (If I am wrong about this coding then please correct me).
When my friend first read the letter she was sad and disgusted but said that in the last 3 months she had come to understand so much more truth about the society that she was not surprised by their callous and mechanical response.