Author: Patricia Lyon
Located in: Maybrook, NY
Submitted: September 15, 2012
Tell us a little about yourself. have been a Christian for 50 years; taught Bible study, Sunday school; attended Bible college w/majors in religion and foreign language; saw a great need for knowledge of the dangers of false teachings and how they affect the Church
What was your motivation behind this project? When I told my mother I wished she wouldn't have the Jehovah's Witnesses in the house, she said, "Well, they think they have the truth and are willing to tell you. If you have the truth, shouldn't you be telling them? (silence on my part) WELL?!!"
What do you hope folks will gain from this project? the easy way of determining if a teaching is false and the knowledge of actual occurrences whereby readers can see how dishonest the Watchtower has been in reporting facts, real or manufactured, as truth
How were you personally impacted by working on this project? I collected each occurrence as it happened. When all was put together, I could easily see that the Watchtower organization could not be trusted to explain the Bible to anyone. I know I can never be a Jehovah's Witness.
Who are your influences, sources of inspiration or favorite authors / artists? Oswald Chambers, A.T. Robertson, "The Daily Bread" devotional
Anything else you'd like readers / listeners to know: church background is conservative holiness, accept the Bible as the only source of doctrine, can accept the fact that different persons may have different interpretations of Scripture but there should be, as the saying goes, Unity in the essentials, Liberty in the non-essentials, and Charity in everything.
