Posts by behemot

two former circuit overseers (both of whom "served" in the uk) have published books about jehovah's witnesses.. the first was a circuit overseer in the early 1960s by the name of william stevenson.

he published his book shortly after the watchtower society started promoting 1975 as the date for the end of 6,000 years of mankind's existence.

behemot

... Just found out G.R.I.S. is organizing for next July (4 and 5) two lectures by Barbara Anderson.

The lectures will be given in Cervia and Rimini in two churches (Q.E.D.)

I found this news in an Italian ex-JWs forum here: http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/discussione.aspx?idd=8584482

(scroll down to view the flyers)

Behemot

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Ex-Circuit Overseers Write Books about Jehovah's Witnesses

by cabasilas in

some of our new members may find these online books of interest.

two former circuit overseers (both of whom "served" in the uk) have published books about jehovah's witnesses.. the first was a circuit overseer in the early 1960s by the name of william stevenson.

he published his book shortly after the watchtower society started promoting 1975 as the date for the end of 6,000 years of mankind's existence.

behemot

Cabasilas,

I don’t know about the current religious stance of the books’ authors.

What I am aware of is that both of them co-operate with an organization named G.R.I.S. (Gruppo di Ricerca e Informazione Socioreligiosa = Socio-religious Research and Information Group, website http://www.gris.org/), a sort of anti-sects organization (whose main target is JWs) promoted and sponsored by the Catholic Church.

As a matter of fact, most if not all of the anti JWs activities in Italy are inspired and boosted by the Catholic Church (as a side note, I don’t like this monopoly at all) and the activities of these two former c.o. gravitate around that same area.

Not only a couple of their titles were handled directly by the Vatican Press, but also most of their other books were printed by Catholic publishers (San Paolo, Edizioni Dehoniane).

Behemot

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Ex-Circuit Overseers Write Books about Jehovah's Witnesses

by cabasilas in

some of our new members may find these online books of interest.

two former circuit overseers (both of whom "served" in the uk) have published books about jehovah's witnesses.. the first was a circuit overseer in the early 1960s by the name of william stevenson.

he published his book shortly after the watchtower society started promoting 1975 as the date for the end of 6,000 years of mankind's existence.

behemot

Cabasilas,

these books are quite good readings for the Italian public but they don't contain anything more than what can already be found in English books, English being the language in which JWs related literature is way more conspicuous than in any other language, Italian included.

Behemot

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Ex-Circuit Overseers Write Books about Jehovah's Witnesses

by cabasilas in

some of our new members may find these online books of interest.

two former circuit overseers (both of whom "served" in the uk) have published books about jehovah's witnesses.. the first was a circuit overseer in the early 1960s by the name of william stevenson.

he published his book shortly after the watchtower society started promoting 1975 as the date for the end of 6,000 years of mankind's existence.

behemot

Cabasilas,

none of their books has been translated into English. Here a few details on some of the books’ content:

Sergio Pollina – Achille Aveta, Movimenti religiosi alternativi. Effetti dell’adesione e motivi dell’abbandono (Alternative Religious Movements. Effects of Joining and Reasons for Leaving)

Deals with the dynamics of joining and leaving cults.

Sergio Pollina, I nostri “amici” Testimoni di Geova (Our “friends” the Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Deals with JWs lifestyle, beliefs and thinking modes.

Sergio Pollina – Achille Aveta, Scontro tra totalitarismi: nazifascismo e geovismo (Clash between Totalitarianisms: Nazi-fascism and Jehovism)

Analyzes the ambiguous relationship between JWs and nazi-fascism.

Achille Aveta – Sergio Pollina, I Testimoni di Geova e il terzo reich. Inediti di una persecuzione

It’s the translation of James Penton’s Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics Under Persecution

Sergio Pollina, I testimoni di Geova fra mito e realtà: Vittime o artefici dell’intolleranza religiosa? (Jehovah’s Witnesses between Myth and Reality: Victims or Initiators of Religious Intolerance?)

Deals with the roots and the role of the ideology of persecution in JWs thought

Sergio Pollina, Il popolo dell’Apocalisse (The People of Apocalypse)

Deals with the JWs doctrine of end times.

Sergio Pollina, I testimoni di Geova e il problema del sangue (Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Problem of Blood)

Deals with the history of the blood doctrine

Sergio Pollina, L’altra faccia della medaglia dei Testimoni di Geova (Jehovah’s Witnesses: the other Side of the Coin)

Deals with less known aspects of JWs universe.

Achille Aveta, I Testimoni di Geova: un’ideologia che logora (Jehovah’s Witnesses: a Wearing Ideology)

Achille Aveta, Storia e dottrina dei Testimoni di Geova (History and Doctrine of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Achille Aveta, I Testimoni di Geova e la politica: martiri o opportunisti? (Jehovah’s Witnesses and Politics: Martyrs or Opportunists?)

Behemot

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A smart woman behind every man

by behemot in

barbara walters of 20/20 did a story on gender roles in kabul, afghanistan, several years before the afghan conflict.

she noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands.. she recently returned to kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands.

from ms. walters vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands and are happy to maintain the old custom.. ms. walters approached one of the afghani women and asked, "why do you now seem happy with the old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?".

behemot

Barbara Walters of 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Ms. Walters vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands and are happy to maintain the old custom.

Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why do you now seem happy with the old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?"

The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes and without hesitation said, "Land mines."

MORAL OF THE STORY: BEHIND EVERY MAN IS A SMART WOMAN!!

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Ex-Circuit Overseers Write Books about Jehovah's Witnesses

by cabasilas in

some of our new members may find these online books of interest.

two former circuit overseers (both of whom "served" in the uk) have published books about jehovah's witnesses.. the first was a circuit overseer in the early 1960s by the name of william stevenson.

he published his book shortly after the watchtower society started promoting 1975 as the date for the end of 6,000 years of mankind's existence.

behemot

In Italy there are at least two former circuit overseers who write JWs related books.

One is Achille Aveta, who is the Italian translator of R. Franz, C.O. Jonsson, J. Bergman abd F.E. Burnett books and wrote 6 or 7 books himself (list here: http://www.unilibro.it/find_buy/findresult/libreria/prodotto-libro/autore-aveta_achille_.htm)

The other is Sergio Pollina, who wrote 4 books (three with A. Aveta) (list here: http://www.webster.it/vai_libri-author_Pollina+Sergio-shelf_BIT-Pollina+Sergio-p_1.html.

Both are very active in anti-cultic activities throughout the country.

Behemot