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  Russell's Will

  by radar in

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  having at various times during past years donated to the watch tower bible and tract society all of my personal possessions except a small personal bank account of approximately two hundred dollars, in the exchange national bank of pittsburgh, which will properly be paid over to my wife if she survives me, i have merely love and christian good wishes to leave to all of the dear members of the bible house familyand all other dear colaborers in the harvest workyea, for all of the household of faith in every place who call upon the name of the lord jesus as their redeemer.

  however, in view of the fact that in donating the journal zions watch tower, the old theology quarterly and the copyrights of the millennial dawn scripture studies books and various other booklets, hymn-books, etc., to the watch tower bible and tract society, i did so with the explicit understanding that i should have full control of all the interests of these publications during my life time, and that after my decease they should be conducted according to my wishes.

  i now herewith set forth the said wishesmy will respecting the sameas follows: .

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  When The Society Bashed JFK.

  by Englishman in

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  back in the 60's, when i was a wee laddie round about fred halls age, the wtbts started to pee their pants at the thought of a roman catholic becoming president of the usa.. we had lots of talks and prayers about how our american brothers would be persecuted if jfk were elected and a series of anti - catholic articles started to appear in the magazines.. there was an awful lot of hot air about this being a "sign" of something or other, can anyone recall any of this or throw some light on the subject?.

  englishman.. nostalgia isn't what it used to be....

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  My last meeting as an elder

  by Lee Elder in

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  the thread on judicial committes reminded me of my last meeting.

  as a jw elder.

  a major rift had developed on the body of elders.

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  The life of a Circuit or District Overseer

  by LDH in

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  although they frequently point to the apostle paual as the 'original circuit overseer," the wbts has set up a system which is nothing like what paul did.. paul was not a burden to any congregation.

  yet, today the cos and dos (at least here in the states) have the following life:.

  car is paid for.

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  What JW fact would you like to know?

  by sleepy in

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  just been thinking about some info i would love to know but will probably never find out.. what i wish for is a book about the lives of the societies presidents.. i would like to have first hand acounts of what they were really like and what others thought of them.. did they really belive what they taught , were they con men or just slightly mad?.

  i would mostly like to know about russell and rutherford.. trouble is there arent many people alive who would remmember them well.. prehaps someone can help me out.

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  All are not equal before judicial committees

  by roybatty in

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  this is nothing new but there seems to be a lot of advice on what to do when the elders call you to meet with them before a judicial committee.

  at the risk of sounding arrogant, ill give you the perspective that i had as an elder sitting on a judicial committee.

  it doesnt matter if youre before the committee for apostasy, fornication, smoking, drinking or anything else.

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  Where did Jehovahs Witnesses originate?

  by Miss Jones in

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  i am a college student taking a course in religious studies.

  we started studing christianity today.

  my professor branched out several religions on the board.

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  Pastor Russell's last days on earth

  by sf in

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  ...along with letters from the "congregation" concerning his passing:.

  < http://www.heraldmag.org/olb/st%20paul%20memorials.htm.

  there is loads of tidbet info in these letters and accounts.

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  how long were you out before...

  by lydia in

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  hello all.. i'm just trying to get a handle on everyone in here..so how long have all of you been out of the borg?

  also how long was it till you got on here??.

  lydia

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  Beth Sarim Revisited 4 Newbies

  by Farkel in

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  at 4440 braeburn road, san diego, ca., in the rich and prestigious neighborhood of the kensington heights neighborhood sits one of the biggest embarrassments in the long and continuing list of embarrassments the watchtower society has created for itself.. most dubs know nothing about it, and if it wasnt for a few brief comments about it in the proclaimers book in 1993, even fewer dubs would know anything at all about it.. it is the home once known as beth-sarim (pronounced beth-sareeeem), the house of the princes.. it is a house with a history the society has shown by its historical lack of candor, hopes everyone would forget.

  in fact, the society has done just about everything it could do to ensure that its history will be forgotten.

  in the first book devoted to discussing the history of jehovahs witnesses, this house and its history is not even mentioned.

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