5/23/2023 0 Comments Ray franz crisis of conscience![]() Why? It would cause room for too much questioning if the reader began sharing the information. ![]() To do so could land the Jehovah’s Witness in the back of a Kingdom Hall, about to face disfellowshipping. The Watchtower Society had covered their tracks well while training the masses of Jehovah’s Witnesses never to even consider opening such a book for even a second. For years, such a thing as opening the cover of a most scandalous book was engrained in their minds to be a direct pathway to evil. Many had a preprogrammed fear of what they were about to uncover. Men and women began secretly ordering the book, first printed in 1983. (John, reader of “ Crisis of Conscience” book, 1989) ![]() I walked away and never looked back after what I found out. After 25 years and serving as an elder, that book was all it took. ![]() I was afraid of what was in it and that she would find it and I’d have to explain myself. ![]() I got the book and drove every day to a side road, and parked my truck where no one would find me. The secrets he shared caused a massive awakening amongst Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses once included a man who saw more inside the walls of Watchtower than an entire congregation combined. ![]()
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The theme of girlhood progresses in the next poem, "Things We Had Lost in the Summer," which describes a reunion between cousins who were separated for years, and the way they changed. She learns that the man goes on to rape women during the war, introducing the topic of war and violence against women. "Your Mother's First Kiss" follows a mother whose first sexual experience was nonconsensual, but resulted in her having the man's child. These themes continue to develop as the book progresses. This furthers the theme of broken relationships, and also orients the book from a female perspective. The first poem is "What Your Mother Told You After Your Father Left," a short piece about a woman who put her faith in God to keep her lover with her, but who was ultimately abandoned. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a brief introduction to the rest of the work, and it serves to ease the reader in to the following poems. This line introduces the themes of broken relationships, the effect of a child's parents, and the power of physical appearances. Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth opens with an italicized line on an otherwise blank page: "I have my mother's mouth and my father's eyes on my face they are still together" (6). Mouthmark Series, by Flipped Eye Publishing, 2011. The following version of this book was used to create this guide: Shire, Warsan. ![]() |