Literature being discontinued, including Isaiah's Prophecy and Reasoning book

by Richard_I 60 Replies latest jw friends

  • Richard_I
    Richard_I

    sorry about taking so long but i finally took pictures of most of the letter, i put them on imgur. I forgot to take a picture of the last page. skip to page 2 for the discontinuations.

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    The following items in all languages have been discontinued and will no longer be available once depleted at the branch:

    A Book for All People
    A Peaceful New World - Will It Come?
    Bible Topics for Discussion
    Calendar of Jehovah's Witnesses
    Comfort for the Depressed
    Comprehensive Concordance of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    Could It Happen Again? A Question for the Citizens of Russia
    Do You Have an Immortal Spirit?
    Does Fate Rule Our Lives? - Or Does God Hold Us Responsible?
    God's Word for Us Through Jeremiah
    God's Word for Us Through Jeremiah - Large Print
    Hellfire - Is It Part of Divine Justice?
    How Did Life Begin on Earth?
    How Precious Is Life to You?
    How to Read and Write
    Isaiah's Prophecy - Light for All Mankind I
    Isaiah's Prophecy - Light for All Mankind I - Large Print
    Isaiah's Prophecy - Light for All Mankind II
    Isaiah's Prophecy - Light for All Mankind II - Large Print
    Is Your Life Ruled by Fate?
    Jehovah - Who Is He?
    Jehovah's Witnesses Reply
    Jehovah's Witnesses - What Do They Believe?
    Jehovah's Witnesses - Who Are They? What Do They Believe?
    Jesus Christ - Who Is He?
    "Keep Yourselves in God's Love" - Brochure
    Lasting Peace and Happiness - How to Find Them - On Audiocassette
    Life - How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation?
    Life - How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? (Small size)
    Live with Jehovah's Day in Mind
    Live with Jehovah's Day in Mind - Large Print
    "Look! I Am Making All Things New"
    My Book of Bible Stories - Brochure
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures - Large Print, Volume 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures - Large Print, Volume 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures - Large Print, Volume 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures - Large Print, Volume 4
    Our Problems - Who Will Help Us Solve Them?
    Reasoning From the Scriptures
    Revelation - Its Grand Climax At Hand!
    Revelation - Its Grand Climax At Hand! - Large Print
    Study Questions for "My Book of Bible Stories"
    The Bible in Living English
    The Emphatic Diaglott
    The Greatest Name
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1991-1995
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2005
    What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?
    What Does God Require of Us? - On Audiocassette
    Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses?
    Will Suffering Ever End?
    Will There Ever Be a World Without War?
    Will This World Survive?
    Worship the Only True God
    Worship the Only True God - Large Print
    100-Year Modern-Day History of the Christian Witnesses of Jehovah in Greece

    The items listed below will become unavailable to request in all languages once ??? (picture cuts out) ... these items later become available, they will be included in an Announcement ... (I guess some literature will run out and be available at a later date?)

    "All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial"
    Apply Yourself to Reading and Writing
    "Bearing Thorough Witness" About God's Word
    (there's more but I didn't get last page)

  • Elisa1966
    Elisa1966

    It is interesting, that they are discontinuating older stuff but also newer one like the Jeremiah book.

    (I guess some literature will run out and be available at a later date?)

    Perhaps this literature will be only available on jw.org and no longer in print.

  • My Name is of No Consequence
    My Name is of No Consequence
    Wow. So how many printed books will be left? Five or six?
  • dozy
    dozy

    All I can think of is those hours upon hours of book studies when I was a kid studying the Mans Salvation book , books on Ezekiel ,etc. Just mind numbingly boring. All the forced parallels of Christendom's clergy supposedly being the "modern day fulfillment" of Jerusalem or Israel or whatever. Looking out of the window seeing my friends ( sorry - "associates" ) next door playing on their bikes or football.

    All that material is all rubbish now. Long since out of print. Abandoned. Suitable only for the trash. The WTBTS doesn't even teach these "types and anti-types" any more. What a huge waste of time.

  • JW_Rogue
    JW_Rogue

    Not surprised that they are discontinuing the Isaiah book, it was so dull and drab. As another poster brought out the whole book is about the restoration of the Israelites to their homeland. So each chapter had the same "modern day fulfillment", it was really a stretch. It's really a historical record and has no particularly great meaning for us today. Their was never any need for a verse by verse prophetic take but we endured it.

    What surprises me is that they are doing away with the Revelation book. How many times did we study that book? Each time being told that it was one of the deeper things that needed to be studied closely. Now we don't need it at all, isn't that amazing? I wouldn't be surprised if they let some time pass so that people forget about the explanations given in the Revelation book. Then they come out with a new book on Revelation incorporating the new understandings of Jesus parables that they have been doing lately. Of course that one will then be the one that is so important to study deeply. LOL

  • My Name is of No Consequence
    My Name is of No Consequence

    @ dozy:

    What a huge waste of time.

    Great point. Just think of all the time that we spent studying and re-studying these books. Now they are going out-of-print. I wish the org would go "out-of-print".

  • moomanchu
    moomanchu
    Ecclesiastes 12:12Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.
    Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.


  • wifibandit
    wifibandit

    Confirmed

    PDF

  • hoser
    hoser
    Getting rid of the Jeremiah book surprises me. It is only 5 years old. It is still on the web site though
  • wifibandit
    wifibandit

    Why do away with the Calendar?

    What was "How Did Life Begin on Earth?" and does anyone have a PDF? (I'm not at home to check my large archive)

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