Golden Age Books

by slimboyfat 7 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  slimboyfat

  I am interested in finding out a bit more about them, and Witness reaction to their activities in the UK.

  For those who have not heard of them, they retail new and secondhand books of interest to Jehovah's WItnesses by post in the UK.

  Has anyone ever used them?

  Does anyone know the family who run the business, and the congregation they come from in Malvern?

  Do many Witnesses in your local congregations use Golden Age Books, and how do they view them?

  Does anyone know if the branch has a particular view on their business?

  Our CO does mention getting books from them from time to time, but in a understated kind of way. A few others I know do buy books they are interested in from Golden Age Books, but you get the feeling that some are not comfortable with the arrangement, or think that Golden Age Books should not really be doing what they are doing. It reminds me how, if you read "Thirty Years A Watch Tower Slave" carefully you find out that Schnell was sort of forced out over his attempts at making money from selling non-Watchtower books to fellow Witnesses. The society sure does not like competition from within their ranks, so I am really curious how Golden Age Books manage to negotiate their activity; if there is any official view on them from the branch; and how individual Witnesses in general view their business.

  As an aside, one simply cannot be in the book business without being exposed to a lot of apostate books - so I really wonder how much Anthony Byatt stills believes of the Witness religion. It is not inconceivable that he remains a Witness nowadays largely because he depends on fellow Witnesses economically. But that is just a thought. Here is the link:

  http://www.goldenagebooks.co.uk/Home.asp
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  Fe2O3Girl

  I am sorry slimboyfat, I have never heard of Golden Age Books, so I can't comment.

  Maybe the proprietor is still a JW because he has delusions that he can do more good from inside the Watchtower organisation than outside it.
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  slimboyfat

  What kindness is this, that you have taken to answering all my dead-end threads?
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  Fe2O3Girl

  I am hoping that you will cease your board tantrums, designed just to get all the slavering attention you know they will generate.

  Now I have your attention, I have asked in the past, and you have never answered: In your own words, what is an apostate? Am I an apostate?

  My mum was a Church of England member - now she actively attempts to draw people away to her religion - is she an apostate?
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  slimboyfat

  Tantrums? That's it - I'm no speaking to you!
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  slimboyfat

  Apostates are people who are not content with simply leaving JWs. They have to put the Witnesses in the worst light possible - this mostly means simply exaggeration, but can also include outright lies and deception.

  Slim
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  Fe2O3Girl

  OK. Of course this bears no resemblance to any accepted definition in the real world, but at least I know what YOU mean now.

  My mum can slag off her old religion all day, but I can't because that would make me an apostate.
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  Fe2O3Girl

  And of course, we know that what they say is exaggeration and lies because they are apostates!

  Which brings me to my definition "Apostate is a smear term used against someone when they say something true that JWs don't want to hear".

  This thread discussed the way "apostate" is used in WT land, and what it means in the real world:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/34271/1.ashx