Hi everyone:
Two high ranking Watchtower officials admit to quite a lot in these Official Committee Hansard documents. If you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses, perhaps you would like to read how two Senators take the Watchtower officials apart piece by piece. Especially on the Blood issue, several times the Watchtower officials walk right into a wall.
The Watchtower officials admit that the tax imposed by France could cripple the entire organization. They appeal for favors for protection, by asking for a NGO watchdog, to make sure physical attacks are dealt with. They claim that Jehovah's Witnesses make better adoptive parents because they don't get involved with sports. They also admit to being assisted by these people: 1. American Embassy, 2. U.S. Secretary of State, 3. Madaleine Albright, 4. Hillary Clinton.
There was no way that the Watchtower officials were going to pull the wool over the eyes of these Senators. The Watchtower officials claimed there was a governing body in Jesus day. They claimed that (Jehovah's Witnesses) were in France for over a hundred years. Since this is 2003 and the Watchtower Society did not take up the name of (Jehovah's Witnesses until 1931), then do you think that statement to the Senators was honest? Perhaps the Bible Students were there. Perhaps the Millerites were there. But a group called (Jehovah's Witnesses) could not have been in France over one hundred years ago,--a bald face lie, and the Senators saw right through it.
Read for yourself how two Senators make idiots out of the best the Watchtower can offer. Go to page (124) when you get here:
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/joint/commttee/j2444.pdf
Voyager