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  Look at this ...

  by Old Goat in

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  one of the authors of the soon to be published history of the watch tower's early years posted a small part of it in "rough draft.

  " take a look http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/ .

  if you like their work (i think its superior, even in rough draft), give them some encouragement.. .

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  Old Goat

  I just asked. said i was an old witness interested in the history. I taught history at the university level ages ago. That was a plus. They've been more cautious lately I think. They threw out three or four a few months ago. One of them was tosed out for publishing their photos on another blog.

  The private blog has whole chapters in rough draft, photos, essays. It's a very rich blog. The rules are that comments must be to the point. They don't discuss theology. Not everyone is a witness. there are at least two professors from various colleges who aren't witnesses. Most are witnesses best I can tell. Many have some professional credential too. (Rare among witnesses). you can always ask. but i think they say 'no' more than they say yes.
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  Look at this ...

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the authors of the soon to be published history of the watch tower's early years posted a small part of it in "rough draft.

  " take a look http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/ .

  if you like their work (i think its superior, even in rough draft), give them some encouragement.. .

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  I don't know how they react. I keep a low profile on their private blog. I don't want to be kicked off. They do have a witness following, including a really articulate blog contributor. He goes by the name Jerome. Obviously a long-time witness.
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  Look at this ...

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the authors of the soon to be published history of the watch tower's early years posted a small part of it in "rough draft.

  " take a look http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/ .

  if you like their work (i think its superior, even in rough draft), give them some encouragement.. .

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  Old Goat

  I've emailed her a few times. Her mom was a witness. Her master's thesis was on the witnesses. I haven't read it. I asked if she would share it and she ignored my request. Her personal blog can be funny, sometimes edgy.

  I don't think Mr. Schulz needs much help with prose. On de Vienne's personal blog she said he'd been a newspaper editor back in the 1960s. I don't know for which paper. I worked with him ages ago at conventions. He was a newservice guy for a while. He had a very dry wit. We were both much, much younger then.
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  Look at this ...

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the authors of the soon to be published history of the watch tower's early years posted a small part of it in "rough draft.

  " take a look http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/ .

  if you like their work (i think its superior, even in rough draft), give them some encouragement.. .

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  Old Goat

  As I understand it, they are blood relations. I read and enjoyed her little novel. I wish she'd write another.
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  Look at this ...

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the authors of the soon to be published history of the watch tower's early years posted a small part of it in "rough draft.

  " take a look http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/ .

  if you like their work (i think its superior, even in rough draft), give them some encouragement.. .

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  Old Goat

  I don't know where the footnotes are. When they post on their private blog they always include them. I think they were lost in the formatting. She mentions formatting problems. Schulz is a very long-term Witness, apparently from the early 1950s. He teaches history and literature. Dr. de Vienne was never a Witness. As she expressed it somewhere, she raises children and goats and teaches gifted students. I think they intend to self-publish.
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  Look at this ...

  by Old Goat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the authors of the soon to be published history of the watch tower's early years posted a small part of it in "rough draft.

  " take a look http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/ .

  if you like their work (i think its superior, even in rough draft), give them some encouragement.. .

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  Old Goat

  One of the authors of the soon to be published history of the watch tower's early years posted a small part of it in "rough draft." Take a look http://truthhistory.blogspot.com/

  If you like their work (I think its superior, even in rough draft), give them some encouragement.
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  Is it common to,,,

  by label licker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have a local needs on apostasy, have everyone shun you, have no shepherding calls since you left for over a year, and now a jc tomorrow evening????????.

  spoke to branch committee as well as co and they said to go and if we were treated unfairly then to call the co. don't get it.

  the co would have known about the local needs talk on apostasy and says if we were treated unfairly to call him.

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  Old Goat

  Ask them if they re-read the procedures in the KMS book. It sounds as if they haven't. Tell them you will have to consult a lawyer and you will probably bring one. Tell them that if they have only gossip, there are no grounds for a committee meeting. Remind them that similar gossip is not evidence. They must have two witnesses at least or they should shelve it. Tell them you are prepared to sue them for defamation based on assertions they've made to others that you can document. Tell them that Elders who spread slanderous gossip in the guise of "investigation" are liable to their own committee hearing. And a law suit.

  Spit in their eye.
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  Do you think "Blondie" is addicted to reading Watchtowers and Awakes?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember when i was a "devout" jws i could not wait to get the new watchtowers and awakes from the wednesday nite theocratic ministry school.

  i would actually salivate thinking of the new information jehovah had in the magazines for us.

  i was "franatical" and i would go home still in my three piece suit and devour the magazines that very nite.

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  Old Goat

  An internet troll on a religion board? Typical. Live your own life, and let Blondie lead hers. Were you a control freak when in the Watch Tower too?

  If you don't like her posts, don't read them.
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  Do you think "Blondie" is addicted to reading Watchtowers and Awakes?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember when i was a "devout" jws i could not wait to get the new watchtowers and awakes from the wednesday nite theocratic ministry school.

  i would actually salivate thinking of the new information jehovah had in the magazines for us.

  i was "franatical" and i would go home still in my three piece suit and devour the magazines that very nite.

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  Old Goat

  An internet troll on a religion board? Typical. Live your own life, and let Blondie lead hers. Were you a control freak when in the Watch Tower too?

  If you don't like her posts, don't read them.
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  Are the GB Mental

  by moley in

  1. watchtower
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  just a thought, do the gb actually beleive they are gods chosen reps and truly beleive this crap or are they just in it for the power and the authority.

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  Old Goat

  Dear Cedars:

  Amen, brother. That's exactly right.