Has anyone ever checked the "Reviews" for Crisis of Conscience" on amazon.com? This dork of a Dub gave the book the lowest score possible along with the following comments:
IF YOU LIKE READING "TRASH" READ THIS BOOK..., September 8, 2003
Reviewer: A readerEventhough I myself am not one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I've learned alot from my relatives who ARE members of this world-wide ORGANIZATION. I emphasis "organization" because of the manner that Jehovah's Witnesses go about in any aspect of their day-today dealings in this world. They are quite simply, a people of HIGH standards. Instead of looking at other peoples faults, the witnesses look at the GOOD in people and by example help a person to cultivate such a quality in their own daily lives. I strongly beleive that this is the KEY to avoiding any form of prejudice in the world today. Has anyone ever noticed that you will never see one of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW's) respond to accusations given by many IGNORANT people whose main goal is to try and try and HUMILIATE these good people by any means possible? It seems that the witnesses let their own "actions" speak for themselves. They always seem to bring out the BEST in people whenever any one of us non-members have the opportunity to speak to them. That is if you give them the time. This book however, brings out the worst in the human race in general but ironicly reinforces what the bible clearly states about "GOD'S PEOPLE" being hated and ridiculed (or 'persecuted')in the time of the END of this system of things (or rather 'world'). I have found through my extensive research in the JW'S after reading this book, I have come to the conclusion that this organization (or as the book brings out: "the Governing Body") of JW'S had DISFELLOWSHIPPED the author of this book as even the Catholic Church continues to do (as well as many other religious orginizations do from time to time) DISCOMMUNICATED the author. The main reason being that the previous member of the orginization had been speaking in such a way to other members in the organization at "Bethel" (as the JW'S refer to their main office in Brooklyn, New York) so as to mislead them into leaving the JW'S.
And upon being asked to resign his position from the "Governing Body" had attempted to become a leader in a local JW church and even went as far as to associate himself with a previous DISASSOCIATED member of a local "congregation" in his area (or rather 'church') with an attempt to form his own sect. In reality, the author was asked to discontinue his association with the DISASSOCIATED member immediately so as not to encourage others to do the same. The reason being that the former JW had continued doing wrong according to the beliefs as brought out in the holy scriptures (or rather 'bible'). This "wrong doing" continued to happen even after the member had been warned REPEATEDLY. But, of course the author neglects to bring this out in his aacount of the happenings in this book. In any case, if you're looking for a book that CLEARLY explains the practices of Jehovah's Witnesses, why not ask them yourself? If you're still anxiously looking for a GOOD book before taking this step, visit one of their gatherings at a local church (or as they refer to them a "kingdom hall"). You may even want to visit on of their "WATCHTOWER CONVENTION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES". Only then can you form your own conclusions based on your un-altered opinion. By the way, I prefer to remain anonymous due to the fact in their being many ANTI-Jehovah's Witnesses who would like nothing better to do than try to find me and email me with 'petty' ridicule. Hope this review helped any honest-hearted individual.
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What a loser AND a liar. I guess people like this think that it gives their writings more credibility by trying to say that they're not Witnesses. The main problem is, there's a certain jargon of words and phrases that non-Witnesses simply wouldn't know. It's a dead giveaway as demonstrated above.