In addition I have to ensure that I make sure to spell sure correctly in the title when I write Make Sure of All Things see what happens when you do not make sure.!!!!!!!!!
Thirty Years a Watch Tower Slave
by Londo111 24 Replies latest watchtower bible
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tim hooper
I read Schnell's book about 25 years ago. I got it from the library. I had to put in a request and wait for weeks because it was so much in demand. When I finally collected it, the inside stamping page was covered with the stamp marks from many different libraries.
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Athanasius
I read 30 Years A Watchtower Slave back in 1973 when I was still a JW, and an elder. Though the book didn't cause me to leave the JWs at the time, for me it did answer the question as to why Hitler persecuted the JWs in Germany. I never bought the Watchtower's explanation for the persecution. But Schnell's book gave a more satisfying answer. Hitler viewed the JWs as a political threat to his regime, and Schnell's discription of the JW organization in Germany shows why Hitler felt justified in taking extreme action against this American cult.
However, Ray Franz's COC was a much better book. In fact it was reading COC that hastened my departure from the JWs.
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Londo111
I agree, RottenRiley!
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JWdaughter
That was one of the earliest ones that I read. I remember sneaking peeks at it in the public library after I left the org. I couldn't check it out, living with my mom at the time.
Back then, there wasn't much to read. I'm actually glad that I pretty much got disenchanted with the org. on my own. I left around the time that Franz did and read his book years later.
It was a great and ironic title, though!
To those who wondered at the time why it took him so long. . . life humbles us as we see ourselves caught up in things we don't want to be-but yet have o idea how to extricate ourselves from it (gracefully, anyhow!). We build out own traps.