Posted by Doug [Keflar] on April 07, 1999 at 13:33:04 {HTWDI6pmYgCuspFhnTUgvhKqcjatLo}:
In Reply to: ****Opinion About Reform posted by Kristin on April 05, 1999 at 15:39:10:
Kristin,
:for they can honestly tell new studies, "what you heard about on the internet, the disfellowshiping, no holiday celebrations, and not being able to accept blood transplants, it is all part of our history. These are all conscience matters and you must decide for yourself."
It even gets better than that. If what you say really happens, most of the current internet sites will dry up, except for a few who might provide that information for historical interest.
They would dry up because there would be no more lies to hide by the WTS, and people would quickly lose interest.
The only reasons there are so many hundreds and hundreds of sites run by exJWs is that the society is trying to surpress their past. The more they try to surpress, the more sites will pop up. When they quit surpressing and start telling the truth, curious people won't care anymore.
Let's both hope that happens. I'm sure Kent, Jan, Norm, Osarsif, et.al. would rather not bother maintaining their sites if they felt there was no longer a need to do so.
Doug