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Originally Posted by ACuriousFellow
My mentor is a graduate of the FTTA. He would become quite angry any time I questioned Recovery doctrine or when I protested the decisions of the elders. There was another graduate who called my testimony "trash" when I tried to bring concerns regarding the elders in my locality and Recovery doctrine in general. Such fascinating people these graduates are.
I would personally like to know, first and foremost, if they've ever heard the names "Jo Casteel," "Steve Isitt," and "John Ingalls."
If the answer is yes, I'd like to know if they have read/heard the testimonies of these people. Not what they think of these people or if they feel these people were good or bad. Simply if they have read/heard their testimonies.
Those two questions are certainly first and foremost in my heart.
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I know for a fact the responsible brothers in Bellevue, Washington were paranoid of Steve Isitt. Somehow they had this concept Steve would actively try to poison the young people.
Question 1 - how did Steve get a hand on Speaking the Truth in Love to transcribe electronically? Mother of a FTTA graduate had one. I knew her husband well in the 1990's/early 2000's. Back then I never knew John wrote anything. Anyways part of why Steve remained disfellowshipped is the brothers couldn't trust him and sure didn't want him around prospective FTTA trainees. One elder I knew told me whenever Ron Kangas and James Lee would come to Seattle, they would ask "what is Steve Isitt up to?
Question 2 - I would be pressed if any FTTA graduate had read John Ingalls, Steve Isitt, or Jo Casteel.
I lived in corporate living from March 1995-September 1997. It was a house in Bellevue, Washington owned by Teresa Zimmerman-Liu and her husband. (I feel I can mention Teresa's name since she has articles on this forum). Several brothers I loved with were funny and loved life. These brothers made me laugh and I made them laugh. This was prior to their attending of FTTA. Once they passed through FTTA, it seemed their time at the training robbed these fun-loving brothers of their humor and zest of life. They looked the same, but lost their personality.
Last time I heard from one of them was being asked if my first two children would attend Summer School of Truth?