Watchtower Library
by Paul Bonanno 20 Replies latest jw friends
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skin
The JWs do not “discourage” you from having a library in fact you are encouraged to have one.
I had built up an extensive library of WT publications since I joined the JWs in the late 80's. Even after waking up in the early 2000's, I continued to add to my library. Then the letter from the branch asking for all old publications to be sent back to them. I kept my collection, then came the guilt pressure from my close JW family who are completely in, they kept telling me to dump my collection as we don't use these anymore, everything we need is now online they would tell me. I sold half my library, got some $$ for that, of course I was told to contribute this $$ back to WT, which didn't happen. I did end up dumping my WT volumes. I kept some of the older books, the older ones that woke me up I've kept. "Study of the scriptures vol 2 1917", creation book from 1927 to name the two publications that revealed how WT have rewritten their own history regarding the year 1914, or should I say the non 1914 date, as neither of these 2 publications even contain any reference to the 1914 date in the chapters dealing with the biblical timeline in that time period.
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slimboyfat
Um, nice library Paul, but I struggle to see any WT publications. Am I missing something?
skin, collecting old literature is on the JW radar as a possible early sign of apostasy (and with good reason, in some cases) so I am not surprised collections by ordinary members are discouraged. It also depends on the person’s status. An old timer, or a well respected, loyal elder probably would have no problems. It’s when you’re on the periphery, but show an “interest” in the old literature, that alarm bells go off. Sorry they convinced you to get rid of your collection.
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Paul Bonanno
Today many of WT books are stored in boxes and others I donated them as they are not important in my life anymore. I prefer to read interesting staff then a bunch of crap and nonsense.
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Paul Bonanno
That was my small library when I started building my JW library.
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slimboyfat
Cool my own library looks similar. I can see Babylon the Great has Fallen! near the top. I’ve got Rutherford’s rainbow (21 books) and some early pieces too. I have all the postwar stuff, except a few gaps in brochures, tracts, and calendars. I’d like a complete collection but it’s not easy. Watchtower printed a lot of material!
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Gorbatchov
I have 5 old wt books stored.
One of them is a 1917 birth day agenda book from the society.
I took it away from the kingdom hall and never returned it, because of the trow away actions.
They are just communists / socialists defining their own history again and again.
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TD
I have a whole room full of the stuff. Rutherford's complete rainbow. Bound volumes back to the beginning of the brown ones. Loose sets before that. A set of original reprints and a set of the Chicago Bible Student's reprint of the reprints. Early and late sets of (Green and rose) of Millennial Dawn / Studies in the Scriptures. A pristine, only touched with white gloves Scenario of the Photo Drama.
--Makes me tired just to think about moving or boxing any of it...