Posts by biblestudent

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Paying for Witness literature

by Shane in

it seems that its only here in the good old us of a that the jw's act like they are not paying for the books magazines and so forth, simply because of tax's.

what's my point?

its this: i never thought that true religion should ever charge for books and all the other, if its really gods true group then he will pay for it, is that stupid?

biblestudent

My previous experience happened while living in London.

I now live in a small village in the North of England so we do not have a laundramat. I have been here 4 months and no one has called.
I am not known here and my old local cong have no idea where I have moved to.

The ironic thing is that I teach Religious education in school and one of my students is a jw. Needless to say I am not revealing anything to him. I pretend to act ignorant. At least the kid [aged 12] gets a few hours a month on his report form and a few return visits to report every month.

I am approaching the subject of literature next lesson.

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Paying for Witness literature

by Shane in

it seems that its only here in the good old us of a that the jw's act like they are not paying for the books magazines and so forth, simply because of tax's.

what's my point?

its this: i never thought that true religion should ever charge for books and all the other, if its really gods true group then he will pay for it, is that stupid?

biblestudent

Here in the United Kingdom literature is on a contribution basis only. I have tried several times to obtain a subscription only to have it refered to the local KH.

I once sent them a cheque valued at several times the old sub price. They kept the cheque for 6 months before I got a reply back saying that they do not have to by law supply me with any literature.

The ironic thing is that in one area they leave mags in a brown envelope with the persons name on it at the back of hall in the foyer. He comes to collect it while the meeting is going on. He never gives a contribution and he is well known in the area as he runs an anti jw group and publicly attacks them.
Me, I keep my head down. Never attack them yet I get no where.

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Education Survey

by larc in

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education was strongly discouraged among the witnesses.

i am curious as to how many of you went on for further education and in what fields.

i will go ahead and list the ones i already know.. larc - advanced degrees in organizational psychology.

biblestudent

I left the society in 1990 at the age of 40.
Since then I have completed a BA in Theology and Religious Studies and Hebrew.
A Masters in Patristics.
A Post Graduate Certificate in Religious Education for teaching
and am a PhD candidate.
My son is in his first yr of a Bsc and one of my daighters is in her 2nd yr of her BA.
My wife [before she passed away] was in her 2nd yr of her BA in Humanities.

Not bad for a family is it? If we can do it, then others can and should. There are many out there with a brain who have been led to believe that they cannot do it.