In The Truth: (Revised 2016) - Couverture souple

Mccool, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1418438782 ISBN 13 : 9781418438784

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

When an asocial, religious sect intervenes into a family’s way of life, the once harmonious, natural flow of daily living can be destroyed. This young adult novel reveals the effect that the WatchTower Bible and Tract Society, best known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, has on two teenagers, Jack, 16, and Susan 15, by exposing the reality that dwells behind the Society’s façade.

The New York-based WatchTower Bible and Tract Society reaches around the world with more than 25 million semimonthly issues of the WatchTower magazine printed in 147 languages; and with 22 million semimonthly issues of the Awake magazine printed in 81 languages. The Society has over 6,000,000 members, 15,000,000 adherents, and more than 94,600 congregations. It is, in fact, a worldwide cult. Although known around the world the vast majority of the public is not aware of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ true eccentricity, which this novel has attempted to reveal.

The story is divided into three parts.

Part I discloses much of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs and the effect on proselytes and their families.

Part II describes Jack’s and Susan’s experiences on the road as they travel from Michigan to the Florida Everglades.

Part III introduces Jim, a Cow Creek  Seminole, his world of the Everglades, and his relationship with Jack, Susan and their natural father, Michael.

And yes, sadly, the headlines on the back cover are factual.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When an asocial, religious sect intervenes into a family’s way of life, the once harmonious, natural flow of daily living can be destroyed. This young adult novel reveals the effect that the WatchTower Bible and Tract Society, best known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, has on two teenagers, Jack, 16, and Susan 15, by exposing the reality that dwells behind the Society’s façade.

The New York-based WatchTower Bible and Tract Society reaches around the world with more than 25 million semimonthly issues of the WatchTower magazine printed in 147 languages; and with 22 million semimonthly issues of the Awake magazine printed in 81 languages. The Society has over 6,000,000 members, 15,000,000 adherents, and more than 94,600 congregations. It is, in fact, a worldwide cult. Although known around the world the vast majority of the public is not aware of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ true eccentricity, which this novel has attempted to reveal.

The story is divided into three parts.

Part I discloses much of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs and the effect on proselytes and their families.

Part II describes Jack’s and Susan’s experiences on the road as they travel from Michigan to the Florida Everglades.

Part III introduces Jim, a Cow Creek  Seminole, his world of the Everglades, and his relationship with Jack, Susan and their natural father, Michael.

And yes, sadly, the headlines on the back cover are factual.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Where love rules there is no will to power; where power predominates, there love is lacking. Carl Jung ( 1875-1961 ) September 5, 2002 – Calgary, Canada Bethany Hughes, a Jehovah's Witness, died after refusing life-saving blood transfusions. Bethany was 17. March 10, 2003 – Newport, Oregon According to police, Christian Longo, 29, feeling shame for being excommunicated from Jehovah's Witnesses, killed his wife and three children. January 17, 2003 – Oregon Robert Bryant, expelled from Jehovah's Witnesses, killed his wife, Jane, their four children and then himself. November 2001 - Chicago, Illinois Larry and Constance Slack were accused by authorities of flogging their 12 year old daughter to death with a 5 foot length of electrical cable. Larry and Constance Slack, devout Jehovah's Witnesses, delivered an estimated 160 blows to their daughter's back, legs, stomach and chest. These are just some of the harrowing incidents involving Jehovah's Witnesses that took place within one and a half years by an organization that was founded in the 1870s and is a worldwide persuasion. How many more Jehovah's Witness related tragedies have occurred in the last 140 years?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1418438782
• ISBN 13: 9781418438784
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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