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[Johann]

I have received the following from

Lorraine Day, M.D.
P.O. Box 8
Thousand Palms, CA  92276

An Open Letter to the Chairman, Walter Thompson,
and the other Members of the Board of
Three Angels Broadcasting Network

June 2, 2009

[/b]

You have committed an egregious and horrible mistake in firing Linda Shelton from her position as Vice President of 3ABN.  She did nothing to deserve being fired, in fact, for almost twenty years she gave everything she had to build that network.  And she certainly is not an adulteress.
 
What did she get for her 11-12 hour work-days for almost 20 years, her donations of her CD royalties to 3ABN, Linda’s repeated giving of her weekends for years and years to travel for 3ABN after working long hours all week, and her allegiance and total dedication to the network for almost twenty years?   What was her reward?  All of you Board Members threw her out like a piece of trash – and allowed every memory of her to be erased as though she never even existed.
 
The truth is that Danny Shelton – NOT Linda - is the adulterer!  He falsely accused Linda of the sin of which he is guilty.  In psychiatric terms, that is called projection.
 
The fact that Danny – NOT Linda – is the adulterer has been the “Gorilla in the room” that everyone knows is there, but everyone is pretending is not there.
 
Danny had no biblical grounds to divorce Linda and no biblical grounds to get remarried.  By definition, according to the Bible and the Seventh-day Adventist church, that makes Danny Shelton the adulterer.   The only way any Board member could have endorsed Danny’s re-marriage was to have proof of Linda’s adultery – which none of you have – nor does Danny Shelton!  And innuendo and false accusations are not adequate to classify as “proof.”

Danny had to accuse Linda of adultery – viciously, loudly (and falsely), in order to pretend to have “grounds” to marry the woman he had “waiting in the wings” – yet still hold on to his reputation and prestige, maintain his private access to the “money tree” of 3ABN, and keep his job with all its perks, including his private jet.
 
In the spring of 2004, I received a phone call from Danny Shelton.  He said he wanted to discuss a certain situation regarding a couple he said he was “counseling about a marriage problem.”  He said the wife of the couple had committed “spiritual adultery.”  Because I had never heard of such a term, I asked him to define it.  He said it was when a wife had given her heart to another man.  I asked him how “this woman” had demonstrated that she had “given her heart to another man.”  Danny was quite vague with his answer.  I then asked if the woman had committed physical adultery with another man, and he answered, “No.”  I asked, “Does the wife still want to be married to her husband?”  Danny Shelton’s answer was, “No.”  But I later found out that last answer by Danny was not true!
 
It was several months later, in June of the same year (2004), when the fact that Danny was divorcing Linda became public knowledge that I again heard the term “spiritual adultery” bantered around, and I realized in retrospect that Danny had not been talking with me about “a couple he was counseling” but he had actually been referring to Linda.  And his answer that the “wife” (meaning Linda) “did not want to remain married to her husband” was blatantly false.  Linda wanted very much to remain married to Danny at that time and couldn’t figure out why he was behaving so strangely.  It was only after Danny told Linda, “I want you out of my house” that Linda realized Danny was actually planning to divorce her.
 
I challenge any Board Member to show me any evidence that Linda committed adultery.  Send it to me at the address on this letterhead.  And if you cannot show me that evidence, you will have to admit that you, indeed, have made an conspicuously horrible error in firing Linda Shelton.
 
And the kind of “evidence” of which I’m speaking does not include the false accusations and outright lies by Brenda Walsh, accusations that crumble with the slightest investigation - investigation that all of you should have done – but obviously did not.  I have a copy of a tape of Brenda telling lies, why don’t you? 
 
All of you, including Board Chairman Walter Thompson, have been sycophants for Danny Shelton.  He has “conned” you completely.  You all have believed Danny Shelton’s version of events without having any evidence.  In fact, Walter Thompson has admitted that he has never had any evidence of adultery against Linda Shelton.

As in any organization, everyone wants to keep the organization going, secure their own jobs, keep the donations rolling in, and save face for the network and the “church.”   And the first casualty is always - - - the truth!  So Linda Shelton was thrown to the wolves.  You obviously considered her expendable!  She was the scapegoat who was thrown overboard to “save” the sinking ship.  Danny deliberately – and falsely - made Linda the object of contempt to point the finger away from him – and towards Linda - in order to cover up his own despicable behavior!
 
One board member who has been repeatedly touted by Danny Shelton as having “counseled” Linda about her marriage problems actually gave her NO counsel at all.  She said to Linda, “We really don’t care about the marriage problems between you and Danny, all we know is that the President of 3ABN (Danny Shelton) doesn’t want his Vice President (Linda Shelton) anymore!”  What kind of “counsel” is that!  How “Christian” is that?
 
So, Walter Thompson and all you other Board members, tell me – and tell the world – WHY did you fire Linda Shelton from her position as Vice President of 3ABN?   If it wasn’t for the false charge of adultery – for which you have NO evidence – then tell all of us out here your specific reason.  You know in your heart - and in your gut - that it was only because Danny Shelton told you to do it.
 
Danny Shelton keeps repeating that, “No reason is needed in the State of Illinois for an employer to fire an employee.”  (How “convenient” for him – and all of you.)  I guess the State of Illinois is Danny Shelton’s “god” – and yours.  But Christians should have a much higher standard for their actions than the unfair “laws” of a corrupt State bureaucracy.  We are all accountable to the Lord for our actions.  The 3ABN Board is not exempt - even though you have behaved as though you are.  Firing Linda for no reason, humiliating her publicly, falsely accusing her of adultery, destroying her reputation, and throwing her out of her home, job and marriage on false charges - is NOT “Okay” with God, irrespective of the unjust “laws” of the State of Illinois.
 
And your endorsement of such a travesty is shameful.
 
Your complicity in this mess makes you just as guilty as Danny Shelton.
 
Are you aware that in 2002, after 18 years of marriage to Linda – and at a time when Linda was virtually finished with her childbearing years - Danny Shelton “suddenly” decided to have a vasectomy?  A few months later, he moved his toiletries and other things out of the bathroom that he had shared with Linda for years, into a separate bathroom in their home, and simultaneously began regularly working out at home, something he had never done before, subsequently purchasing a Bowflex gym set to begin vigorous bodybuilding.
 

Ladies, I ask you, if after being married to your husband for 18 years - when you are now approaching the age when you will no longer be able to become pregnant - your husband, 1) gets a vasectomy, 2) buys a body-building gym and begins working out regularly trying to become “buff”, and, 3) moves his toiletries out of the bathroom he has shared with you for years, into another bathroom, with no explanation – what would YOU think was going on?  And this began a full two years before Danny suddenly started accusing Linda.
 
It doesn’t take an “Einstein” to figure it out.  Circumstantial evidence it is, but a lot stronger circumstantial evidence than anything you have against Linda Shelton.  And this circumstantial evidence is only the proverbial “tip of the iceberg.”  Why do you think that Danny’s goal has been to force a “Silence Agreement” on everyone who has information about this sordid episode!  The “dirty laundry” is waiting to be exposed.  It’s your job to expose it – not to cover it up!
 
Where is your intestinal fortitude to tackle a difficult problem?  Where are the questions that you should be asking Danny Shelton?  Where is your obligation to pursue truth?
 
So again, my challenge to you, Chairman Walter Thompson, and all of you other Board Members who have clearly not done your duty, is to show me and everyone else who has donated their hard-earned money to 3ABN, the evidence that Linda committed adultery with anyone while she was married to Danny Shelton.  And tell us WHY you fired her!   In case you’ve forgotten, without donors - - you don’t have a network.  Stop ignoring the “Gorilla in the room.”
 
We donors have a right to know the truth.

Yours truly,
 
 
Lorraine Day, M.D.

[Wendall]

I find the statements offensive, stereotyping and sexist against men. The writer of the letter discredits herself by her evidence she states.

So when does a married man get a vasectomy? Usually when He and his Wife decide they should not have any anymore children for various reasons. I just wonder if that conversation ever occurred?  So writer's conclusion appears to be if a middle age man gets a vasectomy he is intending to cheat on his wife.  . Maybe man doesn't want wife at a late age of life to harm herself by becoming pregnant.  :wave:Or...other good reasons

If a middle age man decides to get buffed then that means he is or wants to cheat on the wife of 18 years.  Okay so condemn a man for wanting to become healthy. I think the writer is a doctor, yes. That certainly is problematic. I thought doctors are supposed to motivate us to live healthier lives. Well, if a man wants to become healthier it also might mean that the man is trying to keep healthy to prolong his life so he can support his sweetheart=wife. Or...other good reasons 

Moving his toiletries out of the bathroom into another bathroom. Maybe another party had been living in the house and they left. Or maybe man felt a love for wife to let her have a whole bathroom to herself. By the way most men have a toothbrush, one bottle of aftershave etc., and one container of deodorant.

I am sure glad that the writer isn't my doctor.  These types of writtings tend to fuel the fire instead of resolve issues. The letter would be more credible without  the above references

[Gailon Arthur Joy]

I have received the following from

Lorraine Day, M.D.
P.O. Box 8
Thousand Palms, CA  92276

An Open Letter to the Chairman, Walter Thompson,
and the other Members of the Board of
Three Angels Broadcasting Network

June 2, 2009

[/b]

You have committed an egregious and horrible mistake in firing Linda Shelton from her position as Vice President of 3ABN.  She did nothing to deserve being fired, in fact, for almost twenty years she gave everything she had to build that network.  And she certainly is not an adulteress.
 
What did she get for her 11-12 hour work-days for almost 20 years, her donations of her CD royalties to 3ABN, Linda’s repeated giving of her weekends for years and years to travel for 3ABN after working long hours all week, and her allegiance and total dedication to the network for almost twenty years?   What was her reward?  All of you Board Members threw her out like a piece of trash – and allowed every memory of her to be erased as though she never even existed.
 
The truth is that Danny Shelton – NOT Linda - is the adulterer!  He falsely accused Linda of the sin of which he is guilty.  In psychiatric terms, that is called projection.
 
The fact that Danny – NOT Linda – is the adulterer has been the “Gorilla in the room” that everyone knows is there, but everyone is pretending is not there.
 
Danny had no biblical grounds to divorce Linda and no biblical grounds to get remarried.  By definition, according to the Bible and the Seventh-day Adventist church, that makes Danny Shelton the adulterer.   The only way any Board member could have endorsed Danny’s re-marriage was to have proof of Linda’s adultery – which none of you have – nor does Danny Shelton!  And innuendo and false accusations are not adequate to classify as “proof.”

Danny had to accuse Linda of adultery – viciously, loudly (and falsely), in order to pretend to have “grounds” to marry the woman he had “waiting in the wings” – yet still hold on to his reputation and prestige, maintain his private access to the “money tree” of 3ABN, and keep his job with all its perks, including his private jet.
 
In the spring of 2004, I received a phone call from Danny Shelton.  He said he wanted to discuss a certain situation regarding a couple he said he was “counseling about a marriage problem.”  He said the wife of the couple had committed “spiritual adultery.”  Because I had never heard of such a term, I asked him to define it.  He said it was when a wife had given her heart to another man.  I asked him how “this woman” had demonstrated that she had “given her heart to another man.”  Danny was quite vague with his answer.  I then asked if the woman had committed physical adultery with another man, and he answered, “No.”  I asked, “Does the wife still want to be married to her husband?”  Danny Shelton’s answer was, “No.”  But I later found out that last answer by Danny was not true!
 
It was several months later, in June of the same year (2004), when the fact that Danny was divorcing Linda became public knowledge that I again heard the term “spiritual adultery” bantered around, and I realized in retrospect that Danny had not been talking with me about “a couple he was counseling” but he had actually been referring to Linda.  And his answer that the “wife” (meaning Linda) “did not want to remain married to her husband” was blatantly false.  Linda wanted very much to remain married to Danny at that time and couldn’t figure out why he was behaving so strangely.  It was only after Danny told Linda, “I want you out of my house” that Linda realized Danny was actually planning to divorce her.
 
I challenge any Board Member to show me any evidence that Linda committed adultery.  Send it to me at the address on this letterhead.  And if you cannot show me that evidence, you will have to admit that you, indeed, have made an conspicuously horrible error in firing Linda Shelton.
 
And the kind of “evidence” of which I’m speaking does not include the false accusations and outright lies by Brenda Walsh, accusations that crumble with the slightest investigation - investigation that all of you should have done – but obviously did not.  I have a copy of a tape of Brenda telling lies, why don’t you? 
 
All of you, including Board Chairman Walter Thompson, have been sycophants for Danny Shelton.  He has “conned” you completely.  You all have believed Danny Shelton’s version of events without having any evidence.  In fact, Walter Thompson has admitted that he has never had any evidence of adultery against Linda Shelton.

As in any organization, everyone wants to keep the organization going, secure their own jobs, keep the donations rolling in, and save face for the network and the “church.”   And the first casualty is always - - - the truth!  So Linda Shelton was thrown to the wolves.  You obviously considered her expendable!  She was the scapegoat who was thrown overboard to “save” the sinking ship.  Danny deliberately – and falsely - made Linda the object of contempt to point the finger away from him – and towards Linda - in order to cover up his own despicable behavior!
 
One board member who has been repeatedly touted by Danny Shelton as having “counseled” Linda about her marriage problems actually gave her NO counsel at all.  She said to Linda, “We really don’t care about the marriage problems between you and Danny, all we know is that the President of 3ABN (Danny Shelton) doesn’t want his Vice President (Linda Shelton) anymore!”  What kind of “counsel” is that!  How “Christian” is that?
 
So, Walter Thompson and all you other Board members, tell me – and tell the world – WHY did you fire Linda Shelton from her position as Vice President of 3ABN?   If it wasn’t for the false charge of adultery – for which you have NO evidence – then tell all of us out here your specific reason.  You know in your heart - and in your gut - that it was only because Danny Shelton told you to do it.
 
Danny Shelton keeps repeating that, “No reason is needed in the State of Illinois for an employer to fire an employee.”  (How “convenient” for him – and all of you.)  I guess the State of Illinois is Danny Shelton’s “god” – and yours.  But Christians should have a much higher standard for their actions than the unfair “laws” of a corrupt State bureaucracy.  We are all accountable to the Lord for our actions.  The 3ABN Board is not exempt - even though you have behaved as though you are.  Firing Linda for no reason, humiliating her publicly, falsely accusing her of adultery, destroying her reputation, and throwing her out of her home, job and marriage on false charges - is NOT “Okay” with God, irrespective of the unjust “laws” of the State of Illinois.
 
And your endorsement of such a travesty is shameful.
 
Your complicity in this mess makes you just as guilty as Danny Shelton.
 
Are you aware that in 2002, after 18 years of marriage to Linda – and at a time when Linda was virtually finished with her childbearing years - Danny Shelton “suddenly” decided to have a vasectomy?  A few months later, he moved his toiletries and other things out of the bathroom that he had shared with Linda for years, into a separate bathroom in their home, and simultaneously began regularly working out at home, something he had never done before, subsequently purchasing a Bowflex gym set to begin vigorous bodybuilding.
 

Ladies, I ask you, if after being married to your husband for 18 years - when you are now approaching the age when you will no longer be able to become pregnant - your husband, 1) gets a vasectomy, 2) buys a body-building gym and begins working out regularly trying to become “buff”, and, 3) moves his toiletries out of the bathroom he has shared with you for years, into another bathroom, with no explanation – what would YOU think was going on?  And this began a full two years before Danny suddenly started accusing Linda.
 
It doesn’t take an “Einstein” to figure it out.  Circumstantial evidence it is, but a lot stronger circumstantial evidence than anything you have against Linda Shelton.  And this circumstantial evidence is only the proverbial “tip of the iceberg.”  Why do you think that Danny’s goal has been to force a “Silence Agreement” on everyone who has information about this sordid episode!  The “dirty laundry” is waiting to be exposed.  It’s your job to expose it – not to cover it up!
 
Where is your intestinal fortitude to tackle a difficult problem?  Where are the questions that you should be asking Danny Shelton?  Where is your obligation to pursue truth?
 
So again, my challenge to you, Chairman Walter Thompson, and all of you other Board Members who have clearly not done your duty, is to show me and everyone else who has donated their hard-earned money to 3ABN, the evidence that Linda committed adultery with anyone while she was married to Danny Shelton.  And tell us WHY you fired her!   In case you’ve forgotten, without donors - - you don’t have a network.  Stop ignoring the “Gorilla in the room.”
 
We donors have a right to know the truth.

Yours truly,
 
 
Lorraine Day, M.D.

HERE, HERE !!! I second the motion and would declare that Dr. Day has not stated the tenth of the evidence to support her summation...but, I AM READY, WILIING AND ABLE TO TELL THE THAT STORY, THE WHOLE STORY AND NOTHING BUT THE STORY, SO HELP ME GOD!!!

As more and more people see the evidence they are NAUSEATED by the HYPOCRISY and the OPEN CORRUPTION endorsed by these former christians purporting to promote a THREE ANGELS MESSAGE...."behold, I stand at the door and knock...."but NO-ONE CAME!!!!!

THE LORD'S CURSE IS MOST ASSUREDLY UPON THEM!!!!!

Gailpn Arthur Joy
AUREORTER

[Gailon Arthur Joy]

I find the statements offensive, stereotyping and sexist against men. The writer of the letter discredits herself by her evidence she states.

So when does a married man get a vasectomy? Usually when He and his Wife decide they should not have any anymore children for various reasons. I just wonder if that conversation ever occurred?  So writer's conclusion appears to be if a middle age man gets a vasectomy he is intending to cheat on his wife.  . Maybe man doesn't want wife at a late age of life to harm herself by becoming pregnant.  :wave:Or...other good reasons

If a middle age man decides to get buffed then that means he is or wants to cheat on the wife of 18 years.  Okay so condemn a man for wanting to become healthy. I think the writer is a doctor, yes. That certainly is problematic. I thought doctors are supposed to motivate us to live healthier lives. Well, if a man wants to become healthier it also might mean that the man is trying to keep healthy to prolong his life so he can support his sweetheart=wife. Or...other good reasons 

Moving his toiletries out of the bathroom into another bathroom. Maybe another party had been living in the house and they left. Or maybe man felt a love for wife to let her have a whole bathroom to herself. By the way most men have a toothbrush, one bottle of aftershave etc., and one container of deodorant.

I am sure glad that the writer isn't my doctor.  These types of writtings tend to fuel the fire instead of resolve issues. The letter would be more credible without  the above references

WENDALL, My Dear,

You clearly are in need of the ...EYESALVE... of TRUTH. The knocking at the door clearly continues for you!!! Be careful that you not foresake it as it is the "UNFOREGIVABLE SIN". You most assuredly are close!!!

Gailon Arthur Joy
AUREPORTER



Gailon Arthur

[tinka]

Wendall,
Your theories of finding justification in DS actions are not reality.You forgot the ego on hair transplants. After 18 years of marriage and then vascetomy?? Who are you kidding? What did he do in the mean time all the years? What made the change now? Getting body in shape is typical for a man on the  (bunny) trail. Linda recognoized the unusual signs but most honest women don't move on it till too late. As woman don't want to believe it at first. It takes them time to think if it is really true or decide what might be going wrong.  In fact are the last to realize the reality of what was going on.  All the signs you mention are quite typical of a man compensating for his lost age and other interests. Otherwise you could not have drawn DS away from LInda. Its all about DS.  Afterall LS is much more attractive then what he chased. A man that does that has severe ego problems and even more problems about losing and looking his age. Yeah, age is against DS. Sooner or later, she will leave, he will leave or they will leave. Remember the Tammy Fay Baker. She died with the eyelashes and makeup till her last breath in skin and bones. What a problem that must be if your in that state. Do you now get the message of what can be viewed in a person's character. Totally in denial to make one self look imortal!! That really presents something being hidden internal by external.

[Johann]

This open letter is still there. Where is the "Gorilla"?

Lorraine Day, M.D.
P.O. Box 8
Thousand Palms, CA  92276

An Open Letter to the Chairman, Walter Thompson,
and the other Members of the Board of
Three Angels Broadcasting Network

June 2, 2009

[/b]

You have committed an egregious and horrible mistake in firing Linda Shelton from her position as Vice President of 3ABN.  She did nothing to deserve being fired, in fact, for almost twenty years she gave everything she had to build that network.  And she certainly is not an adulteress.
 
What did she get for her 11-12 hour work-days for almost 20 years, her donations of her CD royalties to 3ABN, Linda’s repeated giving of her weekends for years and years to travel for 3ABN after working long hours all week, and her allegiance and total dedication to the network for almost twenty years?   What was her reward?  All of you Board Members threw her out like a piece of trash – and allowed every memory of her to be erased as though she never even existed.
 
The truth is that Danny Shelton – NOT Linda - is the adulterer!  He falsely accused Linda of the sin of which he is guilty.  In psychiatric terms, that is called projection.
 
The fact that Danny – NOT Linda – is the adulterer has been the “Gorilla in the room” that everyone knows is there, but everyone is pretending is not there.
 
Danny had no biblical grounds to divorce Linda and no biblical grounds to get remarried.  By definition, according to the Bible and the Seventh-day Adventist church, that makes Danny Shelton the adulterer.   The only way any Board member could have endorsed Danny’s re-marriage was to have proof of Linda’s adultery – which none of you have – nor does Danny Shelton!  And innuendo and false accusations are not adequate to classify as “proof.”

Danny had to accuse Linda of adultery – viciously, loudly (and falsely), in order to pretend to have “grounds” to marry the woman he had “waiting in the wings” – yet still hold on to his reputation and prestige, maintain his private access to the “money tree” of 3ABN, and keep his job with all its perks, including his private jet.
 
In the spring of 2004, I received a phone call from Danny Shelton.  He said he wanted to discuss a certain situation regarding a couple he said he was “counseling about a marriage problem.”  He said the wife of the couple had committed “spiritual adultery.”  Because I had never heard of such a term, I asked him to define it.  He said it was when a wife had given her heart to another man.  I asked him how “this woman” had demonstrated that she had “given her heart to another man.”  Danny was quite vague with his answer.  I then asked if the woman had committed physical adultery with another man, and he answered, “No.”  I asked, “Does the wife still want to be married to her husband?”  Danny Shelton’s answer was, “No.”  But I later found out that last answer by Danny was not true!
 
It was several months later, in June of the same year (2004), when the fact that Danny was divorcing Linda became public knowledge that I again heard the term “spiritual adultery” bantered around, and I realized in retrospect that Danny had not been talking with me about “a couple he was counseling” but he had actually been referring to Linda.  And his answer that the “wife” (meaning Linda) “did not want to remain married to her husband” was blatantly false.  Linda wanted very much to remain married to Danny at that time and couldn’t figure out why he was behaving so strangely.  It was only after Danny told Linda, “I want you out of my house” that Linda realized Danny was actually planning to divorce her.
 
I challenge any Board Member to show me any evidence that Linda committed adultery.  Send it to me at the address on this letterhead.  And if you cannot show me that evidence, you will have to admit that you, indeed, have made an conspicuously horrible error in firing Linda Shelton.
 
And the kind of “evidence” of which I’m speaking does not include the false accusations and outright lies by Brenda Walsh, accusations that crumble with the slightest investigation - investigation that all of you should have done – but obviously did not.  I have a copy of a tape of Brenda telling lies, why don’t you? 
 
All of you, including Board Chairman Walter Thompson, have been sycophants for Danny Shelton.  He has “conned” you completely.  You all have believed Danny Shelton’s version of events without having any evidence.  In fact, Walter Thompson has admitted that he has never had any evidence of adultery against Linda Shelton.

As in any organization, everyone wants to keep the organization going, secure their own jobs, keep the donations rolling in, and save face for the network and the “church.”   And the first casualty is always - - - the truth!  So Linda Shelton was thrown to the wolves.  You obviously considered her expendable!  She was the scapegoat who was thrown overboard to “save” the sinking ship.  Danny deliberately – and falsely - made Linda the object of contempt to point the finger away from him – and towards Linda - in order to cover up his own despicable behavior!
 
One board member who has been repeatedly touted by Danny Shelton as having “counseled” Linda about her marriage problems actually gave her NO counsel at all.  She said to Linda, “We really don’t care about the marriage problems between you and Danny, all we know is that the President of 3ABN (Danny Shelton) doesn’t want his Vice President (Linda Shelton) anymore!”  What kind of “counsel” is that!  How “Christian” is that?
 
So, Walter Thompson and all you other Board members, tell me – and tell the world – WHY did you fire Linda Shelton from her position as Vice President of 3ABN?   If it wasn’t for the false charge of adultery – for which you have NO evidence – then tell all of us out here your specific reason.  You know in your heart - and in your gut - that it was only because Danny Shelton told you to do it.
 
Danny Shelton keeps repeating that, “No reason is needed in the State of Illinois for an employer to fire an employee.”  (How “convenient” for him – and all of you.)  I guess the State of Illinois is Danny Shelton’s “god” – and yours.  But Christians should have a much higher standard for their actions than the unfair “laws” of a corrupt State bureaucracy.  We are all accountable to the Lord for our actions.  The 3ABN Board is not exempt - even though you have behaved as though you are.  Firing Linda for no reason, humiliating her publicly, falsely accusing her of adultery, destroying her reputation, and throwing her out of her home, job and marriage on false charges - is NOT “Okay” with God, irrespective of the unjust “laws” of the State of Illinois.
 
And your endorsement of such a travesty is shameful.
 
Your complicity in this mess makes you just as guilty as Danny Shelton.
 
Are you aware that in 2002, after 18 years of marriage to Linda – and at a time when Linda was virtually finished with her childbearing years - Danny Shelton “suddenly” decided to have a vasectomy?  A few months later, he moved his toiletries and other things out of the bathroom that he had shared with Linda for years, into a separate bathroom in their home, and simultaneously began regularly working out at home, something he had never done before, subsequently purchasing a Bowflex gym set to begin vigorous bodybuilding.
 

Ladies, I ask you, if after being married to your husband for 18 years - when you are now approaching the age when you will no longer be able to become pregnant - your husband, 1) gets a vasectomy, 2) buys a body-building gym and begins working out regularly trying to become “buff”, and, 3) moves his toiletries out of the bathroom he has shared with you for years, into another bathroom, with no explanation – what would YOU think was going on?  And this began a full two years before Danny suddenly started accusing Linda.
 
It doesn’t take an “Einstein” to figure it out.  Circumstantial evidence it is, but a lot stronger circumstantial evidence than anything you have against Linda Shelton.  And this circumstantial evidence is only the proverbial “tip of the iceberg.”  Why do you think that Danny’s goal has been to force a “Silence Agreement” on everyone who has information about this sordid episode!  The “dirty laundry” is waiting to be exposed.  It’s your job to expose it – not to cover it up!
 
Where is your intestinal fortitude to tackle a difficult problem?  Where are the questions that you should be asking Danny Shelton?  Where is your obligation to pursue truth?
 
So again, my challenge to you, Chairman Walter Thompson, and all of you other Board Members who have clearly not done your duty, is to show me and everyone else who has donated their hard-earned money to 3ABN, the evidence that Linda committed adultery with anyone while she was married to Danny Shelton.  And tell us WHY you fired her!   In case you’ve forgotten, without donors - - you don’t have a network.  Stop ignoring the “Gorilla in the room.”
 
We donors have a right to know the truth.

Yours truly,
 
 
Lorraine Day, M.D.
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[Johann]

In fhe beginning Danny Shelton asked me why I supported Linda and not him. My reswponse might be a suprise to some. I told Danny I supported Linda because those who supported her at 3ABN were in a minority, so she needed my support. I further told Danny that if only a minority supported him there I'd probably support him.

Why?

The true followers of Jesus Christ are usually a minority. Besides that I found Danny's methods of gaining support suspicious.

What could be Lorraine Day's reason for supporting Linda with this open letter?

[dburt]

At the elevated risk of raining on the 3ABN discussion parade and incurring the wrath of some on this site, it seems it must be said that perhaps too many folks are involved in flogging dead horses when there is a gospel that needs to be taken to those who are spiritually dead and physically dying every day for lack of the good news! If there were as much interest and energy invested in doing something personal every day for the sake of those who need the gospel as there is by some in endlessy debating this and that aspect of the lives and of the two principle Sheltons, then the gospel would be taken that much sooner to the world, and Jesus could come and take us home. In fact, the case could be made that many who are investing so much precious time and energy turning the problems of 3ABN in SDA's version of a juicy soap opera could better spend thier time and resources into helping to hasten the Lord's coming. So I throw out a challenge, invest your time, resources, energy and yourself fully into doing something real and concrete every day for the spread of the gospel, NOT the gossip! Remember, Satan is the accuser of the brothern. What ever has happened has happened, only God knows the details and can sort it out. That is His business, He is still in control, and has given us our marching orders. So, we really need to stick to the marching orders, and not try to sort out other people's problems!

[Johann]

Some may not be aware of the fact that 3ABN has in recent months closed down their transmission of the Gospel Outreach programs. Gospel Outreach of Walla Walla, WA, is a tremendous program led by laymen which wins many souls for Christ. Linda Shelton helped GO collect the funds they needed to continue their work, and it seems that as a "punishment" 3ABN did their part in trying to close down this soul-winning agency.

That dead horse seems still alive!!!

[Daryl Fawcett]

If their reason for doing that was solely on account of what Linda Shelton did there, then that is definitely a wrong reason for doing that.

[Mary Sue Smith]

I have spoken with a Gospel Outreach Board member and what Johann said is not correct information. 

1) Linda Shelton did NOT help collect any funds for Gospel Outreach. You are mixed up. She helped with Blue Mountain TV (Hope) to collect funds for them at a later date. She did not collect any funds for Gospel Outreach.  These are two different entities.

2) 3ABN did not "close down" the work of Gospel Outreach. The GO Board member spoke with Jim Gilley who told them they had "poor quality programming" and that they needed to upgrade. Gospel Outreach is in the process of meeting these standards set by 3ABN.  This was between Jim Gilley and GO Board, Danny didn't even know about it.  The GO Board member who spoke to me said their programming did need to improve and that this was a goal of theirs so they could be back on 3ABN soon.

[ex3abnemployee]

Danny didn't even know about it. 

 

[GRAT]

Junebug  - If 3 ABN is so concerned about quality programming why do the let "mr. i'm so uneducated" get on there and interview people and talk and talk about himself.   And if you will read Johann post he does not say 3abm closed down the work of GO he says they closed down their transmission of the Gospel Outreach Programs, which means that they quit showing their programs on air.  By the way, which board member did you talk with?   

And I am with X 

[Mary Sue Smith]

For pity sakes, "quality programming" as IN THE FILMING PROCESS.   The FILMS were of POOR quality.   ...um, do any of you know anything about filming? --we are in the digital age now you know.   

I spoke to the President of GO.  He seemed just fine about it all, with talking with Jim Gilley at 3ABN and knew they needed to upgrade their equipment. 

And NO, Danny didn't know about it until later.  Jim Gilley is the one who was involved.  It is possible to verify this information if you care to know the truth.

[GRAT]

"quality programming" would include filming AND content.