Farkel, apparently SBF feels that "judging a book by its cover" is a sound investigative technique.
Nathan Natas
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Another new book: Jehovah's Witnesses - AN EXPOSE, written by a former elder and retired veteran United Airlines pilot
by AndersonsInfo ina comprehensive new book:.
"the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!
an expose".
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Another new book: Jehovah's Witnesses - AN EXPOSE, written by a former elder and retired veteran United Airlines pilot
by AndersonsInfo ina comprehensive new book:.
"the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!
an expose".
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Nathan Natas
VIII, I agree with you, and here's why:
(1)there aren't enough JWs and XJWs to create a profitable target audience.
(2) Generally speaking, JWS and XJWs are cheap and won't fork over a nickle for a book that doesn't promise ETERNAL LIFE as a reward for reading it.
I guess it could be said that the WTB&TS ruined part of the publications marketplace.
But I can't agree with you about non-unique experiences. Most JWs/XJWs are women and have never had the "priviledge" of serving as an MS, Elder or higher. Most JWs/XJWs have never "served" at Bethel, or as missionairies. Most JWs/XJWs have not been the victim of a pedophile. Most JWs/XJWs did not go to prison for refusing to cooperate with a military draft. There are numerous "little crowds" of JWs/xJWs who have had experiebces that are unique, and there is value in telling these stories, but the renumeration is seldom in terms of vast, un-dreamed-of wealth.
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Another new book: Jehovah's Witnesses - AN EXPOSE, written by a former elder and retired veteran United Airlines pilot
by AndersonsInfo ina comprehensive new book:.
"the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!
an expose".
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"...do it for PROFIT"
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Yeah, I'm sure THAT is the way SO MANY XJWs have become billionaires!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
I probably have about as much experience with publishing as anyone here. MAYBE the best one can hope for is to break even after maybe ten years!
My point is that the PROFIT MOTIVE is absent from THIS equation, my friend!
Now, I DID have a few thoughts about Jim Staelens as I read some of the promotional material... thoughts like WHY is 50 years experience as an Airline Pilot such a vaunted credential? Why is 50 years as a Watchtower Slave not grounds to say, "Man, how dopey ARE you?" Speaking for myself, I got out with less than 20 years in the belly of the Borg (and less than ten years after becoming a legal adult. Maybe Staelens should sit at MY knee... instead of the other way around.
I decided to do something UNIQUE. I bought a copy of the book so I can evaluate it on its merits instead of trying to justify my knee-jerk reaction.
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Do You Regard President Obama In The Same Way As You Did BEFORE The Election?
by minimus inlately, even late night comedians are starting to make fun of the president.. i hear more negatives about the president than ever before---even from his own voters.. (i had high hopes for him when he beat mccain but since then, i believe the president has been a huge disappointment)..
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Nathan Natas
Q.: Do You Regard President Obama In The Same Way As You Did BEFORE The Election?
A.: Yes. History has shown him to be what Bill Clinton recognized him as being.
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Board of bitterness
by 1009 ini always was a critical jw, now df and agnost.
but still this religion fascinates me.
in my eyes most jw are very sincere, but dumb sheep.. this board is filled with ex-jw.
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Nathan Natas
Thanks for sharing your meaningless opinion with us, 1009. Your lack of empathy and defense of wickedness has been noted.
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Congo Merge!!! WOW
by tresdecu ini live in a semi large city.
200,000 + residents.
just found out the other day from a friend that 3 congregations are merging down to 1!
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Nathan Natas
Speaking with inscrutable stealth, Ninja said, " they need another 1975...and soon"
Yes they do, and lo! 2034 appears on the horizon!
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Theft of Reminiscing
by rebel8 inso i'm now at the developmental stage of adulthood when my peers and i are beginning to reminisce about our childhoods.
if you've ever taken developmental psychology, you know the importance of reminiscing.
yesterday i went to an event about something retro and participants were really nostalgic and just really enjoying themselves.
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Nathan Natas
That's known as "Stockholm Syndrome," scotoma.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Couple died in murder suicide
by Watchtower-Free inhttp://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2013/07/25/couple-died-in-murder-suicide-police-say/.
july 25 2013. couple died in murder-suicide, police say.
suffolk police say the couple found dead in their nansemond river drive home wednesday were victims of a murder-suicide.. they have been identified as lucy celenia perry, 67, and her husband dennis joseph perry, 64.. autopsies showed dennis perry shot his wife before turning the gun on himself, city spokeswoman diana klink said in a press release.
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Nathan Natas
At what age does a JW become incapable of accepting the truth about the truth?
Teenage JWs commit suicide. Do I bear bloodguilt for them? Do YOU?
Is there ANY point at which a person becomes solely responsible for their own self-damaging actions?
Telling a person TTaTT is not pulling the trigger on their gun or opening the valve on their helium tank or making them swallow barbiturates.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Couple died in murder suicide
by Watchtower-Free inhttp://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2013/07/25/couple-died-in-murder-suicide-police-say/.
july 25 2013. couple died in murder-suicide, police say.
suffolk police say the couple found dead in their nansemond river drive home wednesday were victims of a murder-suicide.. they have been identified as lucy celenia perry, 67, and her husband dennis joseph perry, 64.. autopsies showed dennis perry shot his wife before turning the gun on himself, city spokeswoman diana klink said in a press release.
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Nathan Natas
Vidiot said, " One of the reasons why the majority of us don't advocate exposing the WTS's flaws to senior citizen JWs."
The reason I disagree with that policy is two-fold:
1. IGNORANCE is not bliss. It is always possible that the senior citizen JW will APPRECIATE TTaTT, even though such truth destroys their former illusions.
2. The WATCHTOWER wants nothing more than to seize the assets and estates of those they have LIED to. Your plan facilitates that evil.
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WT destroying old literature
by startingover ini was approached by an elder about a year ago asking what i am going to do with my large collection of wt literature.
he told me the society had put word out that they were collecting old literature.
i asked him why but he couldn't give me a definite answer.
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Nathan Natas
A person I know has employed her own method of preserving these venerable old "scrolls." She visits the Kingdom Hall during meetings to do a bit of research in the Kingdom Hall library. She finishes her research and exits the KH discreetly before the meeting concludes. When she gets home she discovers that some publications sought refuge in her capacious handbag. She has "received freely" an extensive collection of "free Bible literature." I completely approve of her stealthy methodology; it is utterly harmonious with the life-saving Noah-like educational work of the WTB&TS.
Persons who find that their trust in Watchtower dogma has left them economically disadvantaged may find this method helpful in supplementing their income - the "life-saving truths" can be further distributed to other seekers of truth via eBay or other internet vendor stalls. Jehovah jireh and all that, y'know.
Plunder them, sack them. Take the silverware from Jah's feast-table.