Letter to Dixon Cartwright --- by Darwin & Laura Lee

Letter to Dixon Cartwright (7-22-06)

by Darwin & Laura Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota)

This letter was sent to The Journal and a version of it was printed in the July 31, 2006 Issue on page 2.

Dear Dixon,

Your article, "Disfellowshippers should take a break", was very good. Thank you for speaking out. We were disfellowshipped by the UCGIA back in October of 2000, so although we very much empathize with Dan Cafourek's plight, please tell him not to hold his breath on the apology he wants from UCGIA, as it probably won't happen in this age.

We have a Web Site at: http://darwinlauralee.com and if Dan Cafourek or others are interested we would certainly post their "disfellowshipment" stories on our Web Site if they send them to: the-cog-messenger@earthlink.net or mail them to: Darwin & Laura Lee, PO Box 2333, Bismarck, ND 58502. If people have been disfellowshipped and they did not document it as some have, then email anyway, giving your name, tell us who disfellowshipped you and give us a brief summery of what happened (hows and whys), if you know them, and we would be glad to post it. If we get enough response to this, we will create a whole section on our web site just for this purpose. Let's hold these people accountable for the way in which they use the doctrine of Disfellowshipment to cause harm to many. To date we carry the following "disfellowshipment" stories on our Web Site: Ned Dancuo in Issue #2 at: http://darwinlauralee.com/thecogmessenger0002/nissue0002.htm, David Ben-Ariel at: http://darwinlauralee.com/literature-books/literature000002.htm and our own at: http://darwinlauralee.com/literature-books/literature000005.htm

Also, on another subject, Steve Collins article, What Kind of “Captivity?” (As Titled in The Journal-- “Just What Kind of Captivity will Babylon the Great Bring?”) was excellent. We have an article posted on our Web Site at: http://darwinlauralee.com/thecogmessenger0033/a2006-033-03.htm titled"What is the Mark of the Beast?" which could possibly help to add to what Steve Collins has already said.

On our Web Site at:http://darwinlauralee.com we have some new things, one being a "God's Holy Days" section which will be expanded with time and will include many things for people to use in their study of the Holy Days of God. We also have a new section called "Study Your Bible", where you can not only go to read articles, but you can also leave your comments, agreements, and disagreements on any given article.

We have changed the way we do our email lists. They now run off of our Web Site and include the following unmoderated lists: "Advertising List" (to advertise your church events or related items), "Archeology Exchange", "Humor & Poetry", Prayer Requests & Updates", "World & Local News" and one moderated list, "Questions Section" for the purpose of asking and answering Biblical Questions. To subscribe to any or all of these lists, go to: http://darwinlauralee.com/data/05-17-06.htm We also post ads and web links on our site, as well as printing them in our 24 page newsletter. Darwin & Laura Lee