Returning 20 years of JW books to KH need opinions

by SpunkyChick 30 Replies latest forum tech-support

  • JH
    JH

    I dumped all my books 2 weeks ago in the garbage container outside. I made a spring clean up.

    Worthless books, I didn't read anymore. They are out of date, and why should I keep them.

    I put the trash where it belongs.

  • Yerusalyim
    Yerusalyim

    DJ,

    You got mail in the little message area Simon provides for us. I'll send ya a reasoning book if you send me your address. I'll even pay for the mailing, it should only cost like a dollar or two.

  • ballistic
    ballistic

    Theres a couple of books I regretted getting rid of. Definately keep the older stuff.

  • FreeofGuilt
    FreeofGuilt

    I would just give them the bound volumes w/ your notes & duplicates, but keep the older ones.....

  • larc
    larc

    Yeru,

    I have an elder's manual, and I never was an elder. I got it at a BRCI conference from a guy who had just left the religion and Bethel. He took 40 of them from Bethel. He sold them for five bucks each. I understand that they are very expensive on EBay. No, I don't want to sell mine. I do believe that copies of it are available on the internet, which you could copy for the content.

    For those of you with old books, don't destroy them. They are useful for research and some are worth a lot of money.

  • FreeofGuilt
    FreeofGuilt

    http://www.hedning.no/hedning/arkiv/jv/ is where you can find the Elders Manual... Tks, Kristine

  • drwtsn32
    drwtsn32

    When we quit, I thought about returning the books to the KH. But my distaste for the org increased exponentially as time went by. I didn't want to return the books to the KH so that they could "help" others become trapped in the borg. So I just threw everything away... the CDs, videos, books, magazines, etc.

    I did keep the Watchtower Library CD for reference purposes, though. I now have the 2001 version... copied it illegally. Woo hoo!

  • ikhandi
    ikhandi

    I am in a similar situation. I still have very old publications and bound volumes galore. I wouldn't give any congregation the satisfaction of knowing I would give these back to them for free. True I don't use them anymore, but something tells me that they are worth something. Its a part of my past, so I will always keep them.

  • drwtsn32
    drwtsn32

    If I had really old stuff, I would have sold it on ebay. But everything we had was from the 1990s and up. We didn't have any bound volumes, either (always used the CD-ROM).

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    I would say definately give them to a good home. Someone like ourselves who does a lot of research. If that is not an option, I would certainly burn it.

    I would not want to be bloodguilty by allowing the books to get into some unsuspecting persons hands.

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