"Zid, I will send you your books back. I had no intention of "stealing" them. And we never set up a formal way for me to pay for the books..."
Your memory - and reading ability - are faulty, again...
What I was told, is that you were sending me a "Subway" card [a sandwich shop chain...] for the cost of the SHIPPING....
I never said that you "STOLE" the books. I feel that you may have misrepresented your reasons for wanting them, however.
And yes, I would like the books back - hopefully in the same condition that they were in, when I shipped them to you....
Perhaps it would be best for you to build up your own library of old Watchtower literature.... That way, you can do whatever you want with the books. I notice that you made one blog about one of the old books, then it appears that you moved on to issues raised in current literature, instead...
As to my comments on this thread...
If you had not left so abruptly - and with such a flurry of negative emotion and declarations of your discomfort because you percieved that "any sort of Christian discussion would come up, the thread would be hijacked by atheists" - I would have not been concerned about your promise to return my books when I asked for them.
As an atheist who DOESN'T waste very much of my time trying to change others' opinions upon the authenticity of their particular deities - unless it is an OPEN discussion with an INVITATION to express my opinion on the subject - your comments appeared to be an over-reaction, at the least...
That, and the fact that you'd apparently reneged on your promise of repaying the shipping costs, made me feel VERY UNSURE whether I would EVER be able to get my books back again....
For my part, I will repay the $25 it will take to ship them back to me, AFTER I've received all of them in good condition...
Zid