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Summary   :       Frequently Asked Questions from the internet
		  mailing list `Jesus-Witnesses'.

Purpose:  This FAQ is designed to pull together the answers to
frequently asked questions relating to the Jesus-Witnesses mailing list.
The prime focus of the list and this FAQ is the religious group known
latterly as Jehovah's Witnesses, and their controlling organization, the
WatchTower Bible & Tract Society; because many features of these bodies 
are far from unique, and due to the wider interests of some members of 
the list, much of what is covered in the FAQ will apply directly or
indirectly to a large number of other religions and organizations.

Approach: The focus is not on doctrine - which is impossible to achieve
any consensual answer upon - but rather on the structure, methodology,
history and other mundane stuff. Where doctrine is touched upon, it is
examined in the light of internal consistency and techniques of
propagation, rather than the perspective of any religion or philosophy:
this reflects the list membership, an (un)holy, but generally amiable,
alliance of academics, agnostics, atheists, Catholics, JWs, ex-JWs,
new-agers, Protestants, and for all we know, Zoroastrians.

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Acknowledgments: The help of many people in supplying quotes,
arguments, constructive criticism, questions, answers and encouragement
has gone into this FAQ. Some of the names are listed here, the anonymity
of others have been preserved :-

Triumphing Over London Cults (permission to use parts of newsletter)
Not Just Bibles              (WWW & FTP home for FAQ)
Gary Bogart                  (lots of work putting WWW site together)
Richard Anderson             (supply of WTS statistics)
Jan Groenvald                (proofing, references & suggestions)
many others on the list      (quotes, references, suggestions etc.)

<Please contact the ListOwner if you're also due a credit>

Location: Up to date copies of this FAQ can be found on the CompuServe
Religion forum (Christianity file section), ICLnet ftp and WWW site,
and the cult conference of cix (London, England).

Conventions: Throughout this FAQ, the terms `JW(s)' and `WTS' will refer
to `Jehovah's Witness(es)' and the `WatchTower Society' respectively.
Standard internet conventions include italicized words surrounded by
*asterisks*, _underlined words_ by underscores and %emboldened% words
by percent characters. A mail-friendly 72-character margin is used.
Of the version numbers (x.y.z), y is incremented whenever a new
question is added, and z when any amendment is made to existing ones.
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Table of Contents

Q1.0    What is the purpose of the Jesus-Witnesses list?
Q1.1     Who can subscribe to the Jesus-Witnesses list?
Q1.2     How does one go about subscribing or unsubscribing to the list?
Q1.3     Are there file treatments of JW doctrine and practices on disk?
	 If so, how can these be obtained?
Q1.4     If I decide to subscribe to the Jesus-Witnesses list will my
	 true identity be revealed?
Q1.5     What are friends net, PhunNet and BroNet?
Q1.6     Is the WTS on the internet?
Q1.7     What is the 'Philia' list?
Q2.0    How is the religion organized?
Q2.1     How big is the WTS and how fast does it grow?
Q2.1.1    How much preaching does it take to make one convert?
Q2.1.2    How many members are lost each year?
Q2.2     Where can I find the accounts of the WTS?
Q2.3     What's all this fuss about organization?
Q3.0    How do JWs maintain their much vaunted unity?
Q4.0    What do JWs believe regarding the afterlife and soul?
Q4.1     How is it all held together?
Q4.2     How can I find what the individual JW actually believes?
Q5.0    I've heard people apply the Orwellian term `doublethink' to JWs.
	Is this justified and if so, how does it work in practice?
Q5.1     Are there any other Orwellian links?
Q6.0    Are JWs a cult?
Q6.1     Are JWs paranoid?
Q7.0    Is the WatchTower Society a false prophet?
Q7.1     Is it a prophet?
Q7.2     How has the WTS managed to survive so many failed predictions?
Q8.0    Are JWs brain washed? If so, how?
Q9.0    Are JWs Un-American and Un-Patriotic?
Q10.0   Why do ex-JWs go to such trouble to fight their old religion?
Q10.1    Who's this Raymond Franz fellow?
Q10.2    Someone I love is studying with JWs, what should I do?
Q11.0   I'd like to find out for myself if JWs are what they say they
	are. After all, they laughed at Columbus & Galileo!
Q12.0   I've engaged a JW in a discussion - but he never reads my posts
	and mails back the same old lines. Why is he so unreasonable?
Q12.1    Is it worth continuing the discussion?
Q13.0   Who's this Johannes Greber fellow?
Q14.0   What do all those initials in WT references mean?
Q99.0   Where can I get more information or support?
Q99.1    Are there any books on the subject?
Q99.2    What's in it for these groups?

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Q1.0    What is the purpose of the Jesus-Witnesses list?

(a)   Jesus-Witnesses seeks to link ex-JWs thereby providing a means of
fellowshiping and "talking out" the concerns and hurts they harbor as a
result of their association with the WTS. "Fellowshiping the
Disfellowshipped". Although the list takes its name from the words of
Jesus (Acts 1:8), membership neither requires nor implies any specific
religious belief.

(b)   To bring open-minded JWs into a forum to discuss and question
things which is forbidden for a JW to do within "the Society".

(c)   As a resource for those with a scholarly or personal interest in
the WT organization & JWs in general.

Q1.1    Who can subscribe to the Jesus-Witnesses list?

Anyone.  Ex-JWs, current-JWs, and interested others.

Q1.2    How does one go about subscribing or unsubscribing to the list?

Send a post to the ListOwner <caesar@world.std.com>.

Q1.3    Are there file treatments of JW doctrine and practices on disk?
	If so, how can these be obtained?

Individual members have large file libraries, some of these files may
be found on the FAQ home site (iclnet93.iclnet.org). These are organized
into categories of NWT, prophecy, organization, ethics, testimony and
resurrection, and are referred to throughout this document. Check the
references in Q99 for non-jesus-witnesses resources.

Q1.4    If I decide to subscribe to the Jesus-Witnesses list, will my
	true identity be revealed?

Some have desired to subscribe to the list but are fearful to be "found
out" and reported to the local JW elders. But there is no reason to
fear, and many list members will be able to empathize fully with your
situation. One can gain access to the list and receive postings from the
other participants and, so long as a direct reply is not made to the
Jesus-Witnesses mail group, anonymity will be protected (replies can be
made via the ListOwner, rather than under one's own name. The ListOwner
will then repost under his OWN name thereby ensuring anonymity). Only
the owner of the list has the Internet addresses of the participants
and he will NEVER divulge such information to anyone under any
circumstances. Others use pseudonyms as their Internet address and
this will insure their anonymity. In addition, there is an Internet
anonymous service, contact <help@anon.penet.fi>

Q1.5     What are friends net, PhunNet and BroNet?

%Friends% net is an internet mailing list, working technically in the
same way to %jesus-witnesses%, and with a number of sub-lists on special
topics. However, the membership is exclusively JW, the list is somewhat
reclusive, and strict orthodoxy is essential. To this end, it has formed
it's own body of elders and holds 'judicial committess' to consider list
discipline - a number of members have already been expelled from the list.
There's also a FAQ of sorts for %friends% net, although it's more of a
transcribed WTS tract masquerading as a FAQ (and even that only occurred
after much heated debate on one of the friends sub-groups) - if you want
to `see both sides of the story' or are interested in joining that list,
contact the list owner <friends-owner@jupiter.ebay.sun.com>, or check
the Friends FAQ site on the Web <http://www.inmos.co.uk/~jww/www.html>.
It's believed that the list is the source of a useful (and quite
lighthearted) glossary of WT jargon - this is available (in commented
form) from the ICLnet site, and the original unglossed version from
<http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~lnewton/glossary/readme.html>.

BroNet, superseded now by PhunNet is a private BBS network spanning the
USA, Canada, Germany and the UK; like %friends% it is for orthodox JWs -
a questionnaire testing both correct doctrinal and cultural knowledge is
required, and informal `grapevine' checks also keep the list `pure'.
Access is by dial-up only; these networks are composed of personal PCs
running message board software which dial each other up at night to
exchange mail. At one time, non-WTS-sourced text files of WT literature
were available, but the WTS has stomped on this; however, `study files'
with all the relevant quotes are available for each meeting, together
with several DOS and Windows packages for congregation management. Most
of the chat is of the `hi do you know so-and-so' type, although there
was a brief flame eruption (the *pasta salads war*) some time ago;
moderators have now been set up for every conference to keep the chat
`lite'. For access, logon to the phone number nearest your state, or
mail the ChiefPhunner, <twyrick@ix.netcom.com>, :-

	AL 205-851-8125, 717-432-9312
	AZ 501-442-5574, 602-996-3046
	BC 604-731-1649
	CA 310-204-3249, 818-365-7212, 805-349-9222, 916-488-7929
	   818-361-6182, 818-961-7903, 310-948-5919, 415-878-9157
	CO 303-427-0243
	FL 407-790-4721
	IN 812-339-8530
	MA 508-753-1658
	NE 702-826-1896
	NV 702-363-1870, 702-826-1869
	UK 0181-428-8522
	WA 509-456-3557, 206-581-4108, 206-695-1536, 206-868-1165
	Internet: postmaster@phunnet.org
        Internet: friends-admin@jupiter.ebay.sun.com

Q1.6    Is the WTS on the internet?

The WTS has long had CompuServe accounts for shifting files around the
world where international phone lines do not permit them to make manual
data calls; however, no WTS activity has been spotted in any CIS forum.
Although neither PhunNet nor %friends% have any official links with the
WTS, `Society men' are present on PhunNet (various `circuit overseers'
q.v.) in the USA and UK, who are able to keep an eye on what potentially
is a dangerous global lateral channel of communication in an
organization which has a strong hierarchical control of information;
being mobile & well connected they are ideally placed to root out
unsuitable or bogus members; the first known excomunication based on
transcripts of net threads took place in 1995, with details published
on talk.religion.misc.

Some staff at the WTS HQ in Brooklyn also participate; given the WTS's
support of short-wave radio (the internet of the past) as a hobby, and
the presence of a station at Brooklyn, it's likely that such individual
net presence will increase. Warnings about the danger of BBSes were
given in a 1993 WT, and the Jan 22 1995 Awake relayed negative press
coverage on the Internet; but given the growing ubiquity of the internet,
the WTS may be inclined to both monitor JW activity, and examine the
potential of this `cyber-community' as a preaching field. Recently, the
internal Lotus Notes network at Brooklyn was linked using the CompuServe
gateway service to the Internet (domain b-watchtower.notes.compuserve.com)
as part of a project to link branches together, and distribute information
to JW lawyers throughout the US - some computer staff have tacit permission
to use it privately. If you can't get thru by e-mail, lo-tech addresses are:-

WatchTower Bible & Tract Society
25 Columbia Heights
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 625-3600

or by fax:

Writing Department:     (718) 596-2906
Executive Office:       (718) 624-8030


Q1.7   What is the 'Philia' list?

'Philia' is a closed internet mailing list, with a membership almost
totally, but not exclusively, of people who've been raised as JW
children. The privacy of the list, and the 'extended family' spirit that
prevails there, allow frankness of discussion and emotional support, plus
friendly and fun chat - members plan to meet up in real-space sometime,
and exchange photographs for a family album. Philia is not a place for
preaching or wrangling over doctrine, but as a cosy and supportive place
to talk over common concerns and explore life post-Watchtower. If you'd
like to join in, enquiries should be made via the jesus-witnesses list.
Recently additional philia sub-lists have been added for specializied
interest groups in WTS research and counter-cult work.


Q2.0   How is the religion organized?

The most important thing to note is that %Jehovah's Witnesses% appears
only as a legal entity in the constitution of individual congregations;
JWs speak of the `Organization' or `Society' and mean the conglomeration
of a number of legal corporations. It is essential in any examination of
the religion to discriminate between "Jehovah's Witnesses" and the
"WatchTower Society" (the WTS). Principally, there is the WatchTower
Bible & Tract Society of New York, which owns and operates the various
factories, farms and offices in Brooklyn and up-state. An older company,
the WatchTower Bible & Tract Society of Pennslyvania acts as a holding
company and owns copyright on all publications; it is this corporation
which holds AGMs (rallies) for about one thousand `voting' members,
usually long-serving JWs. According to some versions of JW history, the
two state versions of the WT society are due to some legal chicanery
surrounding the founder's divorce. Similar organizations exist in other
countries - the extent of the legal and explicit ties with the USA
corporations vary with local legislation. [A summary history is given
in jw#68.txt in the organization archive.]

The UK, being the first overseas mission, is a little unusual in having
not only its own local WT company, but being the base for the IBSA -
International Bible Students Association. This is used for property
holding and as the front for organizing conventions in the UK and old
Empire countries. There are also a raft of older corporations -
noticeably the Peoples' Pulpit Association (which has latterly acted
only as a scapegoat for some of Russell's more unacceptable works) - and
a string which CT Russell used for various maneuverings; these are
thought to be in mothballs - including the United Cemeteries
Corporation, a dummy asset-holder which was the mystery `donor' of the
infamous Miracle Wheat; and the Tower Publishing Corporation which
printed WT literature at commercial rates until 1898 (and is referred
to simply as `a' printing firm). [See file jehwit34.txt in Organization 
archive for more on Russell and the early WTS.]

Due to factions and intense legal wrangling after the founder's death,
(the succeeding president announced his presidency to the press before
his election) - several splinter corporations formed. The largest two
such in the United States' remain the Layman's Home Mission and the
Dawn Bible Students Association, which remain loyal to and still print
CT Russell; these are known collectively and charmingly by JWs as the 
`Evil Slave'. Rutherford rejected almost everything Russell believed, 
openly criticizing his support of the USA in WWI, his Pyramidology,
favouring of the wealthy, and indirectly his bushy beard and
vegetarianism. Nothing but a shell was left of his theology, but
various negative beliefs, and a vastly watered down version of
Russell's 5-class universalist salvation by Christ's ransom.

Reading the legal documents of association only tells half the story.
The religion operates formally as legal corporations and congregations,
and informally as JWs. As an example, there is a Board of Directors of
the WT society, which has full corporate existence - however, the real
decisions, since 1976 [see below], are made by the Governing Body of 
Jehovah's Witnesses, neither of which bodies exist anywhere in law. 
Likewise, the official levels of ownership between branch offices and HQ 
has little to do with the real lines of control, which are enforced not 
by corporate law, but by JW law, with its internal ecclesiastical 
tribunals and penalty of excommunication. This is true also for 
relations between congregations, which in most countries are autonomous 
property-holding bodies, and the parent organization. One exception to 
the latter state of congregations exists in London, England where all 
property is owned, not by the local congregation, but by the `London 
Company of Bible Students'.

The JW structure, as opposed to the legal WT structure, is something of
an hourglass shape. At the top is a committee of a dozen or more elderly
men who claim to be `spirit-anointed' (i.e. amongst the 144,000
king-priests of Revelation; only 8,617 of whom survive as of April,
1994); this is known as the `Governing Body' (GB), decides all matters
of doctrine and organization, and devolves the day-to-day running of
the church to sub-committees dealing with writing, doctrine, factories
etc. Two trends are apparent with regard to this body: in the past,
the GB tended to be a Soviet-style rubber-stamping body for the
decisions of the WT President, but with the the end of a continuous
line of doctrinal 'oracles' - Russell, Rutherford and Franz (although
'President' Knorr succeeded Rutherford, he was a manager and not a
preacher, and Franz ran the doctrinal and translation work during Knorr's
term) and the %palace coup% of 1976, when the GB wrested power after a
long struggle from the WT corporation and it's president, this has
changed, and senior `non-anointed' JWs have been assigned to assist with
the sub-committees - this has become essential with the shrinking pool of
those with heavenly-ruling aspirations - and thus creating a new
`Nethinim' class half-way between the `Anointed' and `Great Crowd'.
This committee structure is also found in subsidiary branch offices,
led by a %Branch overseer%; a %zone overseer% visits and supervises
branches in a region of the world on behalf of the Brooklyn HQ.

At the other end are the congregations - these can be anything from a
family in a remote area, to a large city congregation of 150 or more,
but tend to average about 70-90 regular attenders, being split once
they become too big. These meet twice a week: usually on Sunday
morning for a 45 minute speech, which fleshes out an outline supplied
by the WTS, and a 1 hour `discussion' of a set WT article (the quotes
are there because the questions are printed at the bottom of the page,
the answers are found in the paragraphs, and the whole thing is
directed from the platform by an elder); again, usually on a Thursday
evening, for a 1-hour public speaking school (speeches for the men and
boys, and role-playing for the women) and a 45-minute set of shorter
speeches, Q+As or demonstrations relating generally to the public
ministry and personal life. These meetings are opened and closed by
a public prayer, and a song from the WTS' own, quite unique, hymnbook.

As mentioned before, congregations are usually legally autonomous
associations on paper, often owning their own buildings, despite the de
facto tight organizational control from above: the two ranks of officer
- %elder% and %ministerial servant% (deacon) - are _not_ appointed by
the congregation, but suggested to the country branch office by the
congregation elders and appointed (or removed) from above; this is also
true of full-time `pioneer' ministers. This arrangement was the work
of Rutherford, Russell's congregations being in the grass-roots style
of Congregationilism, and many of their members not surviving the change
to hierarchy. The congregation is further broken down into cells, known
as `groups', which meet once a week in a private home for a Q+A session
on an assigned book (with tea and cakes if they're lucky!), and is the
primary unit of organization of the door-knocking ministry.

Congregations have their own internal disciplinary arrangements, known
colloquially as `judicial committees' and legally  as `ecclesiastical
tribunals'; these are formed ad hoc to deal with breaches of discipline
by members. JWs are expected to inform on fellow members' wrong-doing;
however this principle of disclosure does not extend to the elders
themselves, and they do not necessarily inform secular authorities
of breaches in the law revealed to them in their duties [See jw#20.txt
and rape.txt in ethics archive; WT Sept 1, 1987]. The framework of all
these activities is not to be found in overt WTS literature, but in a
set of elders' manuals which are kept strictly secret from the laity;
the crucial question in the former is `are you repentant', in the latter
it is `do you accept the authority of the WTS?' - a negative response
to this virtually guarantees excommunication.

Punishments can range from a private rebuke to full shunning, with a
variety of measures in between, e.g. public rebuking, exclusion from
public reading of scriptures or meeting participation; the main threat,
however, is the social stigma which attaches to these. The judicial
committee also meet to consider the reinstatement of a shunned member
into the congregation. A peculiar form of quasi-shunning is known
as `marking': this is a measure taken without judicial investigation,
and is enacted by a speech in a regular congregation meeting,
pinpointing - without actually naming - certain members or groups
within the congregation, with whom social contact should be limited.
Members who voluntarily take their names off the church roll, for
whatever reason, are shunned in the same manner as serious sinners,
and are said to have `disassociated themselves' even though JWs
themselves cut the association (comparable to the Scientology treatment
of *suppressives*); the _Insight_ book says "such ones willfully
abandoning the Christian congregation thereby become part of
the AntiChrist".

Shunning for JWs involves, with the of a mistranslation of 2 John
9-11, such simple greetings as `Hello'; the Sept 15, 1981 WT warns
that "a simple `Hello' to someone can be the first step that develops
into a conversation and maybe even a friendship." The fiat extends
to "unnecessary" contact with shunned family members. Disciplinary
action can, and has been taken against JWs who continue to have even
simple social contact with ex-JWs. Recent reports have uncovered a
new verbal sleight of hand - "implicit disassociation"; this can
occur, for example, if a JW is known to have cast a vote in a political
election; a judicial committee can declare this person to have
'disassociated themselves' without meeting with the person concerned;
the act itself is taken to be an implicit statement of intent. Curiously,
such an act as voting can merit an instant punishment which acts with
specific Scriptural interdicts - adultery and stealing - do not. This
playing with synonyms and neologisms (disassociation & disfellowshipment)
for ad hoc reasoning or legal chicanery is part of a broader pattern.

The fit between the two halves of the organization is achieved by
two groupings, with associate officers, known as %circuits% and
%districts%. Circuits are organized partly by geography and partly
by number, and although being incorporated and having their own sets
of accounts and property (usually the cars of the `Circuit Overseer'
and sometimes dedicated convention halls), are much less formal and
self-sufficient than a diocese in a traditional church. The two main
functions of the circuit are biannual conventions (one of two days -
the `circuit assembly', one of one - `Special Assembly Day'), chaired
by the Circuit Overseer (CO), and biannual visits to each congregation
by the CO (although circuits have been growing faster than the supply
of COs and not all receive two visits a year). This week-long visit
is one of heightened activity by the congregation, meetings between
the CO and elders, deacons and pioneers, and the writing of reports
by the CO - both for action by the local congregation and for the
information of the country HQ. The CO is a committed `company-man'
(at least until he burns out) and keeps a strict eye on deviations
by individual congregations from the norm - this has extended even
to the playing of music: COs have informed congregations which use
live piano playing that the WTS instructs them to use WTS-supplied
tape recordings for the "sake of uniformity".

Keeping an eye on *him* is the District Overseer (DO), who chairs
annual 'District Conventions', and visits each circuit (and a `host
congregation') at the time of its circuit convention. Just in case
any of the COs and DOs begin to build personal power-bases, they're
switched every three years to a different part of the country - they
act as the link between both halves of the organization, but belong
firmly to the Society. In the past COs and DOs were totally reliant
on the WTS, owning nothing but what could fit in their `circuit' cars,
and relying on congregations for accomodation and expenses and the
WTS for an allowance; recently the trend has been for them to maintain
their own dwelling, both for rests between visits and as a fall-back.
The term `overseer' itself is the NWT translation of the Greek term
'episkopos', usually translated in English as `bishop'.

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I am pleased to share this first of a multi-part Internet FAQ file
on the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Of Pennsylvania. For those
not aware, FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions.

It is my belief that an informed consumer can make decisions which
are IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CONSUMER. Better and more rational
decisions can be made. Just as a Used Car Saleman will likely not
to tell you the background of the used car he is trying to sell, either
by willfully withholding or twisting information, or by the very fact
that the owner of Used Car Dealership has hidden relavent information
from said Sales Person. You aren't told that the shiny used car was
once involved in a major accident and became an insurance write off.

This file and others, including issues of AWAKEN, can be found on
the Internet at: 
FTP://ICLNET93.ICLNET.ORG/PUB/RESOURCES/TEXT/APL/JW

Please share the info found here and in the issues of AWAKEN with 
other members of Faith which you belong. Consider using this
info within publications issued to members of your Faith.

People need to become informed about the Watch Tower.

Why ?

The followers of the Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society of Pennsylvania
who call themselves Jehovahs Witnessess, go door to door trying to
sell whatever the Watch Tower has produced for consumption at the time.
The are trained WEEKLY, to respond to any and all objections to
their door to door proselytizing. They are told by the Watch Tower
that the Watch Tower is the only Channel Of Communication Used by G-D,
and that the Watch Tower is the only RIGHT/TRUE religion. JWs will
privately claim that they are in the TRUTH.

They are told by the Watch Tower that all other Faiths, teach
False Teachings, because all other Faiths are agents of SATAN.
They are told that all Governments and Governmental Agencies
are also agents of SATAN, Although, JW PIONEERs have no aversion
to collecting Government (= SATAN) provided Welfare while doing
full time door to door proselytizing.

When a JW is accompanied by a child, when going door to door, there
is a very good chance that the adult is not the parent or immediate
relative of the child. It is far harder to reject an innocent child,
at one's door. Brothers and sisters are seperated when they are
distributed among non relatives to go door to door proselytizing,
on weekends. Innocent CHILDREN used as human shields ?

JWs have no qualms attacking any and all aspects your Belief
System, when they come on their un-asked for visits. They are trained,
during weekly meetings, to SELL you on the Watch Tower's products.
 
By becoming informed about the Jehovahs Witnesses, one will be 
better prepared to decide whether one should get invloved with 
this group.


"ONE simple act of RANDOM KINDNESS towards a stranger
 will do more to BETTER the world in which we live, 
 than countless hours of door to door Proselytizing."


"ONE simple act of RANDOM KINDNESS towards a stranger
 will bring you closer to the LIGHT,
 than countless hours of pious Book Study."

Copyright (c) 1995 by Vince Banial, Toronto Ontario Canada.

This material MAY NOT be incorporated into any book without
the express and written permission of it's author(s). 

This material may be freely uploaded to any BBS 
or posted on the Internet, 
as long as it remains unchanged.  

Look for new AWAKEN issues in 1996 about Near Death Experience.
People who were clinically DEAD, are resuscitated and discuss
the Near Death Experience they had on the other side of Death's veil.

Thanks in advance.
