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First Impressions of the Book "Captives of a Concept"

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"first impression: the book looks fantastic!

i wondered what kind of quality the cover would be, and it is absolutely first class!

lulu came thrulu!

Cameron

"First impression: the book looks FANTASTIC! I wondered what kind of quality the cover would be, and it is absolutely FIRST CLASS! Lulu came thrulu! I hope the book finds its way into bookstores, because the cover wil certainly catch the eye.

Second impression: I flipped through it real quickly.This may sound silly, but the book smells great! No kerosine/solvent cent. In fact, the smell is almost fruity, and I mean that in a good way. :)

Third impression: WOW! This is a real PRINTED book! With ink, not toner! It's not a xerographic print. That's a real plus too, because electrostatic toner lacks the permanence of a printed page. The toner can transfer, page-to-page, and it can usually be scraped off with the "fingernail test." The solid black blocks are solid black, not solid dark gray. The halftones are flawless. I had wondered about what technology Lulu is using to output their hardcopy; it's the RIGHT technology, as far as I can see.

In summary, it is a REAL book, and a real FINE book to boot. N.N."

I sure hope N.N. likes what's in the book as much as he likes the physical book itself!

Don

www.CaptivesOfaConcept.com

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"Captives of a Concept"

by Cameron in

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there are as many different ways of writing a book about jehovah's witnesses and their watchtower society as there are those who write them.

captives of a concept is just one of those different ways.

it is not the greatest book that has ever bewn written about jehovah's witnesses or their watchtower society.

Cameron

There are as many different ways of writing a book about Jehovah's Witnesses and their Watchtower Society as there are those who write them. Captives of a Concept is just one of those different ways. It is not the greatest book that has ever bewn written about Jehovah's Witnesses or their Watchtower Society. But it is different from every other book that has ever been written about Jehovah's Witnesses and their Watchtower Society.

At the present time it is now available at www.CaptivesOfaConcept.com

Don

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Rutherford's Car!

by Cameron in

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i have a current west virginia magazine called "goldenseal.

" on the inside back cover is a picture of one of rutheford's beautiful cars pulling a large trailer with loud speakers at all four corners.

the editor of the magazine doesn't know anything about rutherford and asked if anyone knows anything about to please let them know at [email protected].

Cameron

I have a current West Virginia magazine called "Goldenseal." On the inside back cover is a picture of one of Rutheford's beautiful cars pulling a large trailer with loud speakers at all four corners. The editor of the magazine doesn't know anything about Rutherford and asked if anyone knows anything about to please let them know at [email protected]

Is there a way for me to upload the picture here? If so, what size should it be? There are a couple of paragraphs of text above the picture withi the title, "Photo Curiosity."

Don

By the way, the book "Captives of a Concept" is just about ready. I'm expecting a proof copy in a day or two. If you haven't been to the website lately, there is quite a bit of information about the book there. www.CaptivesOfaConcept.com

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Captives of a Concept

by Cameron in

there is quite a bit of information about the book at www.captivesofaconcept.com.

i had hoped the book would be available by now.

the publisher has had a bit of a problem with the cover.. don

Cameron

Yes, you are correct! "Law & Order" was the inspiration for "Captives of a Concept" as it appears on the cover! I have wondered if anyone would notice what you have noticed. Nice going! Too bad I don't have some kiind of an award for the first person who noticed it.

As far as what is wrong with the cover: The way it appears on the website is correct. But the publisher used an earlier version that I had submitted which had a couple of minor 'imperfections.' Although they have had the final version, somehow it got misplalced and they used the wrong file.

Don

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Captives of a Concept

by Cameron in

there is quite a bit of information about the book at www.captivesofaconcept.com.

i had hoped the book would be available by now.

the publisher has had a bit of a problem with the cover.. don

Cameron

There is quite a bit of information about the book at www.CaptivesOfaConcept.com

I had hoped the book would be available by now. The publisher has had a bit of a problem with the cover.

Don

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"The One Mistake All Jehovah's Witnesses Have Made"

by Cameron in

a while back i mentioned my upcoming book, captives of a concept.

(gary busselman had a very nice comment about it.

) it should be coming out next month.

Cameron

Farkel said...

"The one BIG mistake we all made happens to also be the fundamental and most important JW doctrine, ergo "the Governing Body speaks for God." We all swallowed this one hook, line and sinker.

True, that was a mistake we all made. But why did we ?swallow this hook, line and sinker?? In my case it was because I failed to carefully examine the Society?s claim of being God?s "faithful and discreet slave organization" based upon what Russell and Rutherford had been teaching down till 1919 in fulfillment of Matthew 24:45-47." If I had not made that mistake I would never have believed that "the Governing Body speaks for God."

That was the big mistake I made. But am I the only one who made it?

Farkel ? didn?t you make this mistake? If you had made the above examination before you got baptized would you have ever believed that "the Governing Body speaks for God"?

It seems to me that everyone must make this mistake before they decide to get baptized as one of Jehovah?s Witnesses. Those who don?t make it don?t get baptized.

Remember how Ray Franz concluded that, "It would be an insult to Christ Jesus to say they he selected this organization on the basis of what it was teaching as of 1919." That?s what he would have concluded if he had made the above examination before he got baptized. The same is true with all the others I mentioned in my original post.

Is there anyone on this Forum (who are former Witnesses) who didn?t make this exact same mistake? Out of 6 million Jehovah?s Witnesses today, is there even one of them who didn?t make it? All the millions of unsuspecting people they are currently studying with are in the process of making it.

Out of the billions of mankind that are left (hopefully who will all read Captives of a Concept), is there one them who could make the above examination and still conclude that "the Governing Body speaks for God"? I don?t see how.

Perhaps if Farkel and others who flinched at "The one mistake all Jehovah?s Witnesses have made" had read the four chapters leading up to Chapter 5, they might not have flinched quite so hard. My statement is in the context that is developed in the previous four chapters.

If anyone would like to see the "Contents" of the book, go to?

http://www.geocities.com/captives_of_a_concept/CaptivesOfaConcept.html

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"The One Mistake All Jehovah's Witnesses Have Made"

by Cameron in

a while back i mentioned my upcoming book, captives of a concept.

(gary busselman had a very nice comment about it.

) it should be coming out next month.

Cameron

Wow! I didn't realize what I was getting myself in for with my non-answer to the above question. I'm hoping Gary Busselman will step in soon to let you know that I'm not such a 'bad guy' after all. How do I let people know about the book if I don't promote it?

First of all, I apologize for double posting. When I sent my original post in I thought I was sending it under "Friends." But when it never showed up there I thought that it just didn't go through and so sent it in again, making sure that it was under "Friends." As you know, I haven't posted very often and so was not real familiar just how things work. Sorry about that.

And so, What is this one mistake that Ray Franz and all the rest of us (along with 6 million current Witnesses) made?

Before getting to this question in the book, I explain the Society's interpretation of Matthew 24:45-47 - ("the most important Scripture in Watchtower theology") - as explained by Fred Franz in God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached. And that is, that in 1918 Jesus began to examine what the Society had been teaching "down till 1919" to make sure that they had been providing "the right teachings at the right time." And that since they "met the test," Jesus appointed them "over all his earthly interests" in the spring of 1919 in fulfillment of verse 47.

There is only one way to know if the Society would have received the above appointment and therefore even has a chance of being "God's organization" today. And that is by carefully making the same examination they say Jesus made.

Question: Is there anyone on this Forum who made such an examination before they concluded that "the Society is God's organization"? Ray Franz didn't begin making it until he had been on the Governing Body for about nine years, or about 60 years after he already believed that theSociety was God's organization. It was 50 years before Peter Gregerson got around to making it. It took me 20 years before I made it.

Question: Is there anyone on earth who could make such an examination and conclude that the Society had been so "faithful and discreet" about what they had been teaching from 1876 to 1919 that they would have received the appointment mentioned in verse 47? I don't see how anyone could reach such a conclusion. Do you remember Ray's conclusion following his examination?...

It would be

an insult to Christ Jesus to say that he selected this organization on the basis of what it was teaching as of 1919 .

Peter Gregerson put it this way...

There is no possible way that Christ Jesus, as a Judge, could have looked at this information [from 1876 to 1919] and have given the authority that [is] claimed by the Watchtower Society

What about the rest of us? Would any of us have ever turned our lives over to the Watchtower's illusionary "God's organization" if we had made the above examination before we got baptized... if we had not made the above mistake?

On page 44 I say...

All those who are now Jehovah?s Witnesses have failed to carefully examine the Watchtower?s claim of being God?s "faithful and discreet slave organization" based upon what Russell & Rutherford had been teaching down till 1919 in fulfillment of Matthew 24:45-47. And all those who become Jehovah?s Witnesses in the future will make this same mistake.

I hope the above answers the question, "What is the one mistake all Jehovah's Witnesses have made?"

Don

Would anyone like to see my "Table of Contents"?

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"The One Mistake All Jehovah's Witnesses Have Made"

by Cameron in

a while back i mentioned my upcoming book, captives of a concept.

(gary busselman had a very nice comment about it.

) it should be coming out next month.

Cameron

A while back I mentioned my upcoming book, Captives of a Concept. (Gary Busselman had a very nice comment about it.) It should be coming out next month. The above is one of the subjects it deals with...

CHAPTER 5

The One Mistake All Jehovah?s Witnesses Have Made

Raymond Franz made this mistake for almost sixty years. Ed Dunlap made it closer to seventy years. James Penton, Ron Frye, Peter Gregerson, Duane Magnani, Leonard Chretien and Dr. Jerry Bergman made it.

Ros made it. David Reed, Randy Waters and even Gary Busselman made it. Bill and Joan Center both made it. All the people at 1.800.WHY.1914 and the other BCRI Board Members made it. I made it.

And everyone else on this Forum who is, or used to be one of Jehovah?s Witnesses made the exact same mistake.

There are millions of people who are currently in the process of making this mistake via the Society?s "free Bible study" program. All those who become Jehovah?s Witnesses in the future will make this mistake.

This is one of the issues that are dealt with in "Captives of a Concept." It not only identifies this mistake but explains how to avoid making it (which is easy), and how to correct it once it has already been made (which is not so easy).

For more information go to?

http://www.geocities.com/captives_of_a_concept/CaptivesOfaConcept.html

Don

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Yeartext for 2004 - Need reference source...

by Cameron in

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can anyone tell me the reference where the following statement occurs?

"god's word reminds us that jehovah's day will arrive with shocking suddenness.

hence, our yeartext for 2004 reflects jesus' deep love for his disciples, whom he wants to preserve through "the great tribulation.

Cameron

Hello English Patient,

About the book...

About The Book

"You?ll never get sick. You will never grow old. And you will never die."

"Although the above words come from the movie "Cocoon," they could have come from the Watchtower Society because this is exactly what they have been proclaiming for years as part of "the Creator?s promise of a peaceful and secure new world that is about to replace the present wicked, lawless system of things."* This very appealing prospect attracts many people to begin to study the Bible with Jehovah?s Witnesses. It then sustains them as they eagerly wait for the fulfillment of this promise.

But during the course of their study they imperceptibly get drawn into an illusionary concept involving the Watchtower organization that gradually takes over their decision-making process and even their conscience without them realizing it. It happens because of a mistake that everyone makes before they decide to become a Jehovah?s Witness.

Captives of a Concept

identifies both the concept and the mistake that causes people to become captives of it. The book also offers a few suggestions about how to go about helping Jehovah?s Witnesses teach themselves the truth about their religion."

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* See the masthead page of the Awake! Magazine

The book is going to the publisher this week. (Formerly "1st Books Library" - Now "AuthorHouse") If you would like to see the "Foreword" let me know.

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Yeartext for 2004 - Need reference source...

by Cameron in

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can anyone tell me the reference where the following statement occurs?

"god's word reminds us that jehovah's day will arrive with shocking suddenness.

hence, our yeartext for 2004 reflects jesus' deep love for his disciples, whom he wants to preserve through "the great tribulation.

Cameron

I need the reference in the Soiciety's literature (not the Bibe) where the statement is located.

Don