i got to thinking about all the strange interpretations in the old revelation climax book now that i have perused it again on pdf.
(thanks atlantis!).
does anyone care to toss in their two cents on what are the most outrageous and/or ridiculous claims in it?.
They were doing their best Joseph Smith impression when they directly tied a vision someone wrote about on Patmos circa 95-6 AD to an event and location in America. I skipped over those parts. I couldn't comment on something so blatantly ridiculous.
Freddy must have had a huge bromance with the Judge if he thought to include him in the prophecy of the apocalypse.
JWs hardly rate anywhere on the public consciousness. Many don't even know that Prince and the Williams sisters are active members, or that Michael Jackson grew up as one. JWs are generally known as this strange sect that knocks on people's doors. I have found that the few times anyone has known anything in detail about JWs were when they had a friend who was one or who had been disfellowshipped. If a poll of the public were conducted, JWs would probably rate up there, but not as the worst. We know it to be the 'worst' because we all have had our experiences in with and know how destructive it is. With that in mind, you never hear of people actually being killed for leaving the JW religion as we do often with Muslims. That would be where I would start and then move my way down.
a comprehensive new book:.
"the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!
an expose".
I've read a lot of ex-JW books. The problem with most is that they either draw upon existing material and reference it, or tread over similar tales already told. There was one that I read which constantly referenced Crisis of Conscience. Halfway through I put it down and just started on COC for the second time. I haven't bought an ex-JW book since. That is not to say that it can't be done in a way that draws the reader in. For those attempting such a venture, I would offer the advice of not trying to re-write COC, ISOCF, or Apocalypse Delayed with regard to all the doctrinal matter. Ex-JWs already have these resources both in printed matter and in forums such as this one. We all have stories; what makes yours special enough to write a book about? Make it an amusing, almost comical tragedy and leave out the standard "I started to have doubts when..." narrative. This is isn't something that you can realistically expect to get rich or famous from, so keep your day job whatever it might be, or be satisfied in your retirement. I too found it a bit odd to be advertising that he was a professional pilot for nearly 50 years. That information should only be as a footnote, not as a selling point. He probably could have just based it on his experience in the organisation and went from there. Though it desn't necessarily draw me in enough to want to buy it, I would certainly want to read snippets of it to decide whether or not it would be a good read.
if you believe sirhan sirhan killed robert kennedy... here's a fun question: was his father bishara sirhan a jw?.
in this newspaper article, they claim he is:.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19680606&id=j0qgaaaaibaj&sjid=jiweaaaaibaj&pg=7123,578715.
Interesting! Though the second article indicates that he was a member of the Greek Orthodox faith, so evidently Sirhan Sirhan was never a JW, and Bishara (if he ever was one) must have converted later in life. It also noted that Bishara Sirhan was chain smoking cigarettes during the interview.
http://gilmermirror.com/bookmark/23272594/article-extreme%20shunning#.ufwjurllscm.facebook.
extreme shunningthe gilmer mirror.
its time to outlaw extreme shunning in modern society by: richard e. kelly .
And meanwhile, back at the Bat Cave...(!!!)
isn't australian politics fascinating?
having toppled the woman who first toppled him, prime minister rudd now faces the choice of calling an election sooner or later.
it was a similar choice that faced gordon brown in the uk when he replaced tony blair in 2007. gordon brown was remarkably popular at the time, a brief popularity that came out of nowhere and that equally disappeared never to return.
So why did Gillard go? Labour wanted her gone because they were toast at the polls, or was it more or a power play by Rudd? Both? I'm just thinking if Gillard wasn't sustainable, Rudd was/is an ass, wasn't there anyone else in the party who could effectively re-brand them?
It was refreshing to have a female athiest with a live-in partner running such a large democracy.
i notice she hasn't posted for about a month.
she was struggling quite a bit and feeling depressed.
has anyone heard from her or have contact info so you can check on her?.
Going round and throwing out the 'racist' label to someone from South Africa now is like going to Germany in the mid-sixties and throwing the 'Nazi' insult about. She has a right to criticise her government's economic and employment policies all she wishes. That's what the new South Africa is all about - freedom for all.
for anybody attending a international convention .. 5 body of elders letters just leaked .
"applicant instructions".. ********************.
applicants must be exemplary in every respect, including dress and grooming.
I have heard from ex-Bethelites on this forum who were there in the 70's that Knorr had a thing against anything denim and would go off on someone if he saw it. He did this without discretion. A Bethelite could be headed for a BBQ at the weekend and this still was inapropriate for him.
This is likely inherited from that era. Just like beards are still looked down upon because Rutherford was clean-shaven and he saw them as a homage to Russell.
autobiography.
forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.
i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .
They flutter behind you, your possible pasts
Some brighteyed and crazy, some frightened and lost
By the cold and religious, we were taken in hand
Shown how to feel good, and told to feel bad
Tongue tied and terrified, we learnt how to pray
Now our feelings run deep, and cold as the clay
And strung out behind us the banners and flags
Of our possible pasts lie in tatters and rags
[OK I didn't write this, but I wish I did]
she looks so stiff and old next to taylor swift.
geriatric singer/songwriter.
nice to see them sing the song together, though.
She probably thinks this thread is about her.
