"...And God so loved the World....."
-The Bible
After recently observing the WW site internally,
WW has seen that regular readers come to this site daily for the
latest rant, lesson, news, etc. No
updates have been posted since April 23rd, but some of you have
explored earlier posts, in addition to the highly viewed
links and
Letter to Jane. Good for you. I had hoped these and other posts would
get the attention they deserve as many who have followed this blog
only have gone to the Links and Letter and skipped the other good
ones.
WW felt that although posts hit the
nail on the hammer each time, many of you don't quite have the
motivation to: leave WOFF, blow the whistle on enablers, and
certainly comment or even email me about anything WOFF.
I understand your frustration. I
understand your fear.
There is no need to fear. If you want
to email in confidence, I guarantee your anonymity.
I can say I know this now because I
have been in your neighborhood.
And while I have silently gleaned the
intel, most of it is really confirming WOFF chatter I have
intercepted before, only a couple of things stood out. But they are
big.
I love grits, by the way. Everything
fried? Bring it on! Incredible food and super nice people, mostly in
Ca'aline-ah. And what is the deal with all the rain? And what is the
deal with NC SC drivers?
Oh, now everybody with a surveillance
camera is stumbling over the tapes to check for any “stranger”! Go ahead, I dare anybody to identify
me.
One more thing: Was that God bringing
those storms and continuous rain or was it God not happy with the
middleman/woman, again?
News?
Ok, so what about the charges against WOFF?? I know
your plate is full right now, guy. Work on getting back on your feet.
We're rooting for you!
John Huddle's blog reported that some students
at a local college were having a time with WOFFers.
A
custody battle is up front again. (Thank You John Huddle!)
WOFF weddings are so numerous now, the
Moonies are taking notice.
There has always been WOFF interest in
foreigners and going to foreign countries, but lately it's wholesale
Brazil, and Northern Europe from where the big draws are emanating.
I'm pretty sure most everyone who
follows WW or Religious Cults info knows all of this.
What WW found wasn't so much news, it
was confirmation.
Confirmation that people are really
divided in the region. I say region because the WOFF controversy
extends beyond Rutherford County. This really was an eye opener. I
can safely say that WOFF is a household name at least in a 150 mile
radius of Rutherford County, easy.
Cities like Atlanta, Tulsa, suburban
Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Greenville SC, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville,
Name a city in Virginia, have WOFF ties, enablers, family members,
members, or just people that have an opinion of it.
What's impressive here is that people
have an opinion, not just know, about WOFF.
Most people who have an opinion have
heard of Jane, think WOFF is a cult, know someone who knows someone
that was/is in it, think there's more to it than just a religion..
WOW!
And so it is for just about every
person asked in Rutherford and surrounding counties. Only one
difference in the immediate area, though. They are angry about WOFF's
presence as well as Jane and some of their members. Many did not know
that everyday business people and movers and shakers are responsible
for helping it be what it is today. The one's that do, are afraid to
speak.
Local government has some good people
in it, others.....? You've been made. I know who you are and I have seen your faces and
where you live and how you live. I am talking about the WOFF
enablers. Some of them live in other parts of the USA and some
in-state.
Some of the agencies WW has asked you
to contact through the many previous links provided, if you have information, or believe a crime was committed, that might lead to an
investigation, already have WOFF under it's microscope.
Most telling is thenumber of scrutinous eyes on
the legal teams involved with the higher than average number of
bankruptcies of WOFF members.
WOFF legal teams know they and WOFF are
being watched, but don't know the entire list.
Some WOFF enablers know they are being
watched.
As for the WOFF members?
I found many of them to be absolutely
lovely people. It's quite apparent that they have made a choice for themselves and this church
suits them fine, warts and all.
I am dismayed however at the treatment
of some of the WOFF members by outside people, who, as it seems to me or any broad
minded person, are seemingly pleasant and sincere, but take a
figurative beating by people who hate WOFF or don't understand or
don't want to understand.
Their confusion or ignorance about WOFF is understandable.
WOFF members not in leadership have made a choice. Like some people make a choice to smoke, to live any way they like to. And, so because they worship God diferently justifies outsider's actions against regular WOFF members, how?????
Grant it, some of the regular WOFFers I have observed may be involved in the practices to which we object, and we can never know the full scope, but leadership is mostly, if not, entirely responsible for controversial actions. No one can excuse that Jane Whaley
is the one that says she is the ONLY ONE who talks to God. That any
other way of worshiping God is not good enough to reach heaven.
Ma'am, I talk to God too. WW readers have talked to God. We have ALL talked to God.
And he talks to US too.
God's grace brings you to God, but many
times the middleman/woman is the wrench in the works.And that's where people get confused, hurt, taken advantage of, lied to, punished for no reason other than to defy HER.
Adults, children, human beings don't deserve this kind of treatment - all in the name of God. Not by this woman, not by this church, not by it's leadership, not by anyone.
There are WOFF members are not
comfortable with their existence in this organization. They are the
ones who deserve our attention and compassion. It is THEY who feel
trapped and report punishment (i.e. the
fourth building) or the threat of humiliation or that they will be hooked on drugs or that they'll die of cancer or that no one will ever talk to them again or they will be cut off from the family they leave behind.
Remember, NO is the most powerful weapon you have against treatment you feel is getting out of hand.
NO stops everything.
NO gets results.
NO gets you out of there.
There are the outside family members
who have been estranged by Jane's edict, who deserve our attention and
compassion.
These two groups are reason enough for
this blog. But so have some of WOFF's practices.
WW has made peace with the fact that
people make choices every day. Some who made a choice to join WOFF
and are clearly happy, to their own satisfaction. You've got to give
them that.
God bless them.
I am sure if they had a different
leader or doctrine, they would be just as happy, but wouldn't have to
account for their every action to the church or leader.
We must continue to think clearly and
responsibly and act accordingly to help those seeking to leave WOFF
and to comfort families inside and out torn by WOFF.
We can't, you can't, do anything
harmful. Leave your emotions in check. It's hard, but YOU CAN do it.
If you meet another WOFFer who isn't in
leadership, leave them alone. Your fight is to HELP those seeking
refuge and your fight is to help those families. Those people love
GOD. It may be different from how you do, so respect that.
This mission continues. It has however,
gone to another level now.
Here's what WW knows:
Mistakes will cost WOFF. This will be
their undoing. Government agencies already looking will pounce at the
first solid opportunity.
WOFF leadership and it's attorney's are
wary of confrontation and the unknown.The legal teams, such as they are, are overconfident and blinded by their zeal. They have been helped along by individuals within the local justice system. And they too, have been made.
A great example of this is the mug shot pictures of the WOFF security team, upon arrest, for complaint of stalking Michael Lowry and Jerry Cooper, the individuals were smiling. Local mug shots for anyone else in this process won't allow for
SMILING.
WOFF is more unprepared than they are
prepared for the next or big legal fight.
They have enemies in local government
that haven't quite all made themselves known.
Their fight with the state Department of Social Services may seem dormant, and for the most part, it seems.
However, WOFF stands to lose ground with them in the future.
WOFF enablers will continue their
relationship because most seem to feel insulated from any connection
or relationship. The key word here is seem. That's all I can say
right now.
I ask that followers of this blog think
sensibly and not fall prey to the drama created by past examples of
drama that have sunk past cases with Police and the Courts.
Think of consequences. Let WOFF make
mistakes in front of you while you are video taping any encounter. Look at You Tube videos of people in situations. Cameras don't lie. There is a You Tube video in WOFF's future. Most importantly, don't
give in to emotions. Plan ahead. Remember details, names of
witnesses, times, locations. Look at a Police incident report and see
what details they will need when you DO file a report. Ask God to help you keep your senses when the going get's tough.
Finally, to make my point, Jane and
WOFF are down on “the world”. It's in God's own Bible that "he loved
the world”.
Worshiping God is not an exclusive
club. It is between you and he. It doesn't have to be someone's
church or statue or person saying they are speaking on behalf of God.
Can't you talk to God? You can. He listens. He answers prayers. He
sometimes doesn't answer prayers. He has a plan for you. Listen to
GOD, not his self appointed representative.
So, here's WW problem with WOFF:
WOFF's treatment of people who just don't want to be there by punishing them and humiliating them and even lying to them ("If you leave, you'll get hooked on drugs"), is reprehensible.
WOFF's system of living with families to keep "walking with God" but more to listen in on phone calls, go through mail, computers, contact with outside family members, is reprehensible.
Further, opening recruitment campaign to countries with open tolerance (sometimes viewed as less sophisticated or jaded) to marry WOFF members, is reprehensible.
Jane Whaley's personal involvement in directing couples to join, court, have sex, have children, is reprehensible.
Also, Jane's assertion that THEY/WOFFers, are the only way to heaven, is reprehensible.
WOFF's war chest, that is, bank accounts and considerable assets with sometimes vague ties to the church and or Jane, which defy accountability, are reprehensible.
Jane's edict to cut off ties with family members outside their church, is reprehensible. This affects many people and generations to come.
Jane's manipulation of some people, including doleing out punishment, humiliation, or even telling people "they are like my own family", is reprehensible.
WOFF's cozying up to Holocaust Victims to reinforce their own credibility as being victims themselves, is reprehensible.
RELIGIONS, instead of YOUR own connection with God, have succeeded in creating victims.
The
Catholic Church has it's tragedy involving young boys and priests.
FLDS and it's practices of arrangement of illegal marriages between his adult male followers and underage girls.
Anders Behring Breivik hurt 151 people and killed 77.
Hours prior to the events, Breivik released a 1,500 page manifesto
detailing that immigrants were undermining Norway's traditional
Christian values, and identifying himself as a "Christian crusader".
Analyses of his motivations have noted that he did not only display
Christian terrorist inclinations, but also had non-religious, right-wing
beliefs.
Muslims being confused for
extremist muslims.
Klan members justify their actions based on Christian beliefs.
The mass suicide of
The People's Temple in 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana.
Televangelists who live in luxury at the
expense of their followers.
And many American Christians believe they are victims because they are connected with being
conservative. Now that's custom victimization at it's most blatent example.
The common thread:
VICTIMS.
How is WOFF different from these?
How far do you want to carry this, people?
Read the
bible. Help someone that needs
help. Feed and or clothe someone hungry. Join a group that helps
people. Give. Pray. Visit a nursing home or a hospital. Good is good. Stay focused. Visit not one church, but many others. WW has been to many.
It's real interesting how people worship. The more culture you expose yourself to, the less you will be apt to judge others, but more importantly, you will learn. You may even learn to embrace new thinking or people or theology. Avoid churches that are
just social opportunities.
This should be a connection with YOU
and GOD. Everything else doesn't really matter.
-WOFFWATCHER