The first "apostate book I read was "The Orwellian World of Jehovahs witnesses". I found it in my local librairy and covertly checked it out. It was a very interesting read. It quoted very heavelly from "Crisis of Concience" and it was from reading the Orwellian world that I found out about crisis of concience.
The Orwellian world showed the parrallell between life in the org and life in the fictional Oceana from George Orwells "1984"
Anyway, I had not seen where anyone has mentioned it and thought I would see if anyone else liked the book.
Anyone read Orwellian World Of Jehovahs Witnesses?
by NikL 3 Replies latest jw friends
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Jang
It's a great read Nik. Have you read Orwells' book "1984"? That should be on your reading list too.
JanG
CAIC Website: http://caic.org.au/zjws.htm
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NiKl
I've read both the Orwellian World Of Jehovahs Witnesses & Fundemental Freedoms & Jehovah's Witnesses by the Bottingtons. I actually have both of them in my library. I found them to be well written and informative and very, very fair towards the JW's as a critic of the religion.
Off the top of my head there's not much more I can say without pulling the books off the shelf.
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Howdy,
The Orwellian World of JW's is not obtainable to buy anymore. My son got it from the University Library for me.
I enjoyed it a lot - but there is so much of it quoted, dissected, etc., of AlanF's "Research on the Tower" website - a good understanding can be had without the book.
"1984" and "Animal Farm" are also good - for the same reasons. All show how people and be manipulated by others without ever knowing it. And those that figure it out are dealt with harshly.
All good reads.
Nice to meet you.
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