the inside story of jehovah's witnesses .
stevenson, william charles, 1936- .
publisher: hart pub.
Cathy,
Are there any differences between the editions, apart from the title?
Slim
Sorry to be late with this, but I was out of town. I haven't really done a page by page comparison, but I would assume that American spelling would have been substituted for British spelling in the U. S. A. edition. Also the sexier title. Now I'm curious ... If I get a spare moment, I'll do a comparison. Cathy www.oldlighthousebooks.com
the inside story of jehovah's witnesses .
stevenson, william charles, 1936- .
publisher: hart pub.
I've got both editions of this book, the British and American, in my personal collection. I do believe it was the first ex-JW account of Witness belief and practice that I ever read. I read it just before 1975, when things were really ramped-up. He's remarkably even-handed for an ex-JW. While his predictions for the ultimate failure of the religion due to the 1975 date were off, he still manages to provide an insight into the mindset of the time.
I wonder where he is today, if he's still around. It would be interesting to hear his take on things now.
Cathy
as some of you know, my office is a converted garage.
the day has been fairly still here, and all of a sudden the front door started shaking like someone was trying to open it, as if it was locked.
when i heard it start to shake i looked up and the door was moving as if someone was trying to get in.
Another possible cause: check tomorrow's newspapers and see if there was a small earthquake. That happened to us once in Virginia, too -- it lasted longer than the other booms. Very scary.
Cathy
as some of you know, my office is a converted garage.
the day has been fairly still here, and all of a sudden the front door started shaking like someone was trying to open it, as if it was locked.
when i heard it start to shake i looked up and the door was moving as if someone was trying to get in.
Do you live near a military installation? We used to live near Ft. Belvoir, and we weren't too far from Quantico (the Marine base) either. A short while after moving in, I was scared out of my wits when there was a BOOM! and the whole house shook, rattling the windows. I ran to look outside, but none of my neighbors seemed to be bothered. One later told me that one or both of the bases used to test ammo during drills. There was also the occasional sonic boom from military aircraft.
Otherwise, just keep the lights on and don't go into dark cellars.
Cathy
Leolaia,
the Society loves citing the editorial in the New York World as proof of the success of the 1914 prediction (a reference to this piece occurs throughout the Society's present-day literature on 1914), omitting the fact that the editorial misrepresented the actual pre-1914 claims.
I just had a JW bring this up to me recently. Is there a copy of this article online? I've done a search, but maybe haven't done it correctly. How does it misrepresent the claims?
He also mentioned how Jason BeDuhn (he didn't give me the name, but I found it easily enough) considers the Kingdom Interlinear the "best interlinear" Greek NT. My immediate unvoiced thought was, "Well, that's one in a row."
cathyk
harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final installment in the series, will be released at 12:01 am on july 21, 2007. woo hoo!.
cathy koenig.
www.oldlighthousebooks.com.
nerd that I am starting june 8, I will start reading book one and on up till the release of the new book.
Darth, you're not the only one!
Do any of you follow the major fan sites? I like www.mugglenet.com and www.the-leaky-cauldron.org. They have great podcasts, and lots of great pics and info.
I'm also excited about the new Order of the Phoenix movie -- the clips and stills look terrific.
Sometimes my kids think I'm a little nuts -- I'm more into it than any of them. They were the ones who got me started, so they shouldn't complain!
Cathy Koenig
harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final installment in the series, will be released at 12:01 am on july 21, 2007. woo hoo!.
cathy koenig.
www.oldlighthousebooks.com.
I could be wrong... but isn't July 21st Harry's birthday? I would imagine that is why it was chosen.
Harry's (and J. K. Rowling's) birthday is July 31st. But that's a Wednesday this year ... not great for the midnight book parties. I think 7/7/07 would have been good, but speculation is that Jo wants to steer clear of the 2nd anniversary of the London bombings.
Speaking of the party, I'm trying to decide whether to dress up as Mrs. Weasley or as Prof. Trelawney. I dressed up as Trelawney for Halloween this year. :-)
Cathy Koenig
harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final installment in the series, will be released at 12:01 am on july 21, 2007. woo hoo!.
cathy koenig.
www.oldlighthousebooks.com.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final installment in the series, will be released at 12:01 AM on July 21, 2007. WOO HOO!
Cathy Koenig
when i joined back in the mid 80's many in my congregation went to visit the bethel in brooklyn.. for some reason, i had no interest for that.. in the last years that i attended meetings, they didn't organize anything like that anymore.. i wonder why that changed?.
I used to live in Queens. I'd been following the events leading up to 1975 while I was in high school, and had an academic interest in the JW religion. I've never been one myself.
I finally visited Bethel toward the end of my time in college. I went on the factory tour first. I was pretty obviously not a Witness: jeans, t-shirt, corduroy watch cap, and sneakers. But they were nice to me, and scared up a tour guide since I'd shown up at an off-hour. Her name was Wendy. She was young, pretty, and very relaxed. She hadn't memorized the spiel, so she let the factory workers (one of whom was GORGEOUS -- *sigh* -- he was working on typesetting the "Bible Story" book into some foreign language) tell me about the work they were doing. It was fun.
Later on I went on the Bethel home tour with my then-boyfriend. The tour guide reminded me of one of those Disney Animatronic(TM) presidents -- canned speech and in full witnessing mode. Not as much fun. I felt sorry for the laundry workers -- no AC in summer at that time. Yikes.
Cathy Koenig
i'm still making my way through what is an excellent book by ron frye, former jw and c.o.
i found one of his comments interesting.
on page 68 he speaks affectionately of his wife mavis.... "i especially depended on her because she was observant and discerning.
Just to clarify:
At least a priest in the catholic church, generally speaking, is a priest for life. Also, if a priest tells anything he is usually speaking to another priest. So, a parishioner's secrets may be known to several priests but not necessarily to other parishioners.
If a parishoner reveals something in confession, the priest is bound under pain of automatic excommunication not to reveal what he has heard to any other soul. In fact, a priest will not bring it up even with the person who confessed, unless that person initiates the topic. The priest must even then ask the penitent to if he may discuss it. He may also request to be released from the seal to discuss the problem with a more experienced confessor, etc.
An excommunication incurred by a priest who reveals the content of a confession is revocable only by the Pope:
Can. 1388 ß1 A confessor who directly violates the sacramental seal, incurs a latae sententiae ["automatic" -- CK] excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; he who does so only indirectly is to be punished according to the gravity of the offence.
Cathy Koenig
