![]() James Penton's Apocalypse Delayed, a rare book that seeks not just to discredit and refute the Watchtower, but to understand it. James Penton Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovahs Witnesses Paperback 31 Mar. Readers are left with classic studies such as M. (One of the most interesting elements of the narrative is that Noble seems to have transferred the near-divine authority that she once vested in her church to her therapist, whose words are sometimes reprinted here in boldface.) Sadly, few objective accounts exist about the Jehovah's Witnesses little stands in the middle between polemic and apologetic. Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovahs Witnesses. Certainly, her story is sad, particularly the part about being encouraged to shun her own daughter for several months, but it is hardly a balanced or even very perceptive book. As a long-time member of the sect, now expelled, Penton offers a comprehensive. ![]() ![]() In Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness: Escape from the Watchtower Society, Noble recounts her quarter-century in the movement, making the usual case that the Society is a cult, that it exercises unhealthy control over the minds and behavior of its members and that it grooms followers to become victims. ![]() ![]() James Pentons Apocalypse Delayed, a rare book that seeks not just to discredit and refute the Watchtower, but to understand it. ""The public needs to be warned,"" says ex-Jehovah's Witness Diane Noble about the religion she once embraced. Readers are left with classic studies such as M. ![]()
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