Posts by LivingTheDream

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You will need to see this JW holding a stupid sign.

by Iamallcool in

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LivingTheDream

WHAT!? No cheap suit and polyester tie? What kind of field service ministry is this?

My dad would have smacked me in the head for having a haircut like that too. What is this JW world coming to?

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This made my day...

by LivingTheDream in

i have been collecting and reading ex-jw books these last few years.

i love 'em all, just out of pure solidarity.. i went to order the fourth edition updated version of crisis of consciense for my collection (best book ever!

) and when amazon.com listed the best sellers of jehovah's witness books, this is what came up (see below).. needless to say, it tickled me pink.... brock talon .

In the new book, I'm going to write about my life as a child and young person before my Bethel stay. And then I will write about how I eventually left the Watch Tower society after Bethel and what it was like to make the transition.

Here are working titles of chapters in the book:

Spare the rod and spoil the book study
Kingdom maladies
Wallpapering the Titanic
Oral's fair in love and war

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Do they sound interesting... or just silly?

Can you guess what these chapters (stories) are about?

Brock Talon

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Angels and Women - A review

by LivingTheDream in

i first found and read this book as a young man during the early 1980s while visiting the bethel library.

this library was located at the world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses in brooklyn new york.

this book exists in its form now because of the interest that religion's leaders had in the original work seola, from where this book was adapted.

LivingTheDream

Clarity -

Wow. I remember one of the GB saying that at the breakfast table when I was at Bethel. I think it was Klein, but don't recall for sure. It sounds like him but won't swear to it.

Anyway, this GB was complaining about all the Bethelites who would get married and then leave Bethel right away, mostly because their wives hated the place. He said "I can't believe fine spiritual brothers would give up the privilege of Bethel service for a bag of bones and a hank of hair!"

We all laughed because we thought we were supposed to as everybody else did, and after all, we were trying so hard to be "good" and avoid women so we could stay at Bethel. But later I felt bad about it because the more I thought about it, the more it seemed demeaning to the fairer sex.

I always did love women... but then again, I'm no angel...

Brock Talon

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Angels and Women - A review

by LivingTheDream in

i first found and read this book as a young man during the early 1980s while visiting the bethel library.

this library was located at the world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses in brooklyn new york.

this book exists in its form now because of the interest that religion's leaders had in the original work seola, from where this book was adapted.

LivingTheDream

Londo - Hope you like it!

Flamegrilled - I'm a slow writer, so it took me nearly a year to finish the book. Yeah, it's a lot of work, especially when you think you are done and your editor marks it all up so much you feel like you're starting all over again. I've always been an avid reader, and now that I've published a book myself, I seem to enjoy others more. Lately I've been reading lots of other ex-JW books too. I've enjoyed them all...

Flamegrilled and Sir82 - My wife is a historical romance novelist. I found a great deal in common with Angels and Women and that genre since I have now read her books and books like them. While they are not my cup of tea per se, I find the genre interesting because of that reason alone: my wife loves them, so I try to at least like them. Also, Angels and Women seems to be a historical romance novel in disguse. Finally, Angels and Women was a forbidden book and even now I enjoyed reading it as much as Crisis of Conscience: just for the "forbidden" factor alone. Of course, CoC is in a league of its own...

Nathan Natas - my thanks to Mr. Rizzoli, wherever he is...

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Here's my previous posting on this book by the way: Angels and Women: Kinda like a Playboy

Brock Talon

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Angels and Women - A review

by LivingTheDream in

i first found and read this book as a young man during the early 1980s while visiting the bethel library.

this library was located at the world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses in brooklyn new york.

this book exists in its form now because of the interest that religion's leaders had in the original work seola, from where this book was adapted.

LivingTheDream

I first found and read this book as a young man during the early 1980s while visiting the Bethel library. This library was located at the World Headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses in Brooklyn New York. This book exists in its form now because of the interest that religion's leaders had in the original work Seola, from where this book was adapted.

In my own book Journey to God's House, I talk about the impact this book had on me at that time. As a young reverent Jehovah's Witness, I found this book to be fascinating and all the more so after I learned that most Jehovah's Witnesses consider this book the work from one of the fallen angels mentioned in the book. That is to say, they now believe it to be writing from a demon!

I recently purchased and re-read Angels and Women. As and avid reader, I still find it very intriguing and a one-of-a-kind book. It reads like a Biblical history book with a romance novel over tone and a dash of fantasy a la J.R.R. Tolkien.

Brock Talon

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This made my day...

by LivingTheDream in

i have been collecting and reading ex-jw books these last few years.

i love 'em all, just out of pure solidarity.. i went to order the fourth edition updated version of crisis of consciense for my collection (best book ever!

) and when amazon.com listed the best sellers of jehovah's witness books, this is what came up (see below).. needless to say, it tickled me pink.... brock talon .

LivingTheDream

SkinnedSheep,

In my haste to post on my Facebook page my above offer of free books, I neglected to thank you for your endorsement. So, thanks!

Hey, maybe you can say the same things on Amazon.com and end up with signed copies?

Your faithful slave... Brock Talon

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This made my day...

by LivingTheDream in

i have been collecting and reading ex-jw books these last few years.

i love 'em all, just out of pure solidarity.. i went to order the fourth edition updated version of crisis of consciense for my collection (best book ever!

) and when amazon.com listed the best sellers of jehovah's witness books, this is what came up (see below).. needless to say, it tickled me pink.... brock talon .

LivingTheDream

Happy Outside the Box -

Did you know that your Amazon.com review of Journey to God's House has been voted the most helpful of all reviews of it so far?

It was one of the first reviews of my book, and by other people's say so, one of the best reviews too.

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So, I was thinking about this and decided that this is what I'm going to do:

If and when I complete my second book, upon the date of its release, whoever has a review of my first book "Journey to God's House" that has been voted by everyone on Amazon as the "most helpful", they will get a signed copy of my new book. Heck, I'll send them a signed copy of the first book too for good measure.

I'll contact them somehow, possibly through Facebook or JWN and sign and send them the books with my hearfelt thanks written on the title page. Keep in mind, I am VERY SLOW at writing, so this could take some time for me to complete a second book. But I'm working on it...

So far, you're in the lead...

Brock Talon

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This made my day...

by LivingTheDream in

i have been collecting and reading ex-jw books these last few years.

i love 'em all, just out of pure solidarity.. i went to order the fourth edition updated version of crisis of consciense for my collection (best book ever!

) and when amazon.com listed the best sellers of jehovah's witness books, this is what came up (see below).. needless to say, it tickled me pink.... brock talon .

LivingTheDream

Bruja-del-sol - You are welcome. Thanks for your kind words.

You probably figured out by now from reading my stories that Bethel guys loved it if they could get anybody to visit them, especially if it were an attractive sister.

I gather that you must have been a looker to have that Bethelite ask you to come visit him and for your boyfriend to get so jealous...

Brock

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This made my day...

by LivingTheDream in

i have been collecting and reading ex-jw books these last few years.

i love 'em all, just out of pure solidarity.. i went to order the fourth edition updated version of crisis of consciense for my collection (best book ever!

) and when amazon.com listed the best sellers of jehovah's witness books, this is what came up (see below).. needless to say, it tickled me pink.... brock talon .

LivingTheDream

Wizzstick, Aude - As always, thanks for your support.

Lisa Rose - I hope you enjoy the book! Let me know on Facebook what you think about it.

Heartofaboy - Thanks bro. I know there are more stories out there too. I've actually been writing again. I guess we will see if another book comes out of it...

Brock Talon

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This made my day...

by LivingTheDream in

i have been collecting and reading ex-jw books these last few years.

i love 'em all, just out of pure solidarity.. i went to order the fourth edition updated version of crisis of consciense for my collection (best book ever!

) and when amazon.com listed the best sellers of jehovah's witness books, this is what came up (see below).. needless to say, it tickled me pink.... brock talon .

LivingTheDream

Sorry Steve2, but you're wrong.

I did the research and found that Amazon Best Sellers Ranks are based on sales, period. They are not relative to what you are purchasing or ordering as you stated. (See below how Amazon describes this themselves)

You are thinking about the ability for Amazon.com to suggest purchasing of other items based on your shopping habits. You're thinking about pop up ads in your browser that can do the same. Sure, that happens. But that is not what I was showing in my Best Sellers posting.

When it comes to Amazon.com Best Sellers Rankings, it's about sales only. Now, they do have many sub-categories so that genre's like "Jehovah's Witnesses" (under Protestentism under Christianity) can stand out. My book might be eighty some thousandth on the entire Amazon site, but it can be #1 in its sub-category at the same time. So, that is what I was showing for my original posting, that our books were currently leading the JW sub-category in sales.

Also, this list is updated hourly, so high rankings can come and go quite freqently. That is why I found it amusing to see Crisis of Conscience and my book together. That doesn't always happen because there are hundreds of ex-JW books out there selling all at the same time.

Brock Talon (author of Journey to God's House)