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  Here is what kind of person (Prince) a celebrity JW is

  by Terry in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lhcparuzpc

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  oppostate

  Clinically speaking I think Prince's seizures as an infant left some damage. That may explain some behaviors in later life.
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  Watchtower set for its biggest pay day, ever.

  by pleaseresearch in

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  if this is true, and we will have to wait and see.

  prince could give everything to the watchtower.

  so that's his $300 million fortune.

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  Would it be right for the WT to accept the money since Prince made most of it from "music that is deemed not appropriate for a Christian"?
  Especially if it stumbled others?

  To the WT hierarchs money is money, especially when it becomes theirs. The WT don't care where it comes from.

  But if you are gainfully employed in an industry the WT deems unworthy, forget about it, you've got six months to find other employment or your rear is getting the boot.
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  Has Anybody Hear a Rumour That Prince Died?

  by cofty in

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  why do people care so much about celebrities?

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  oppostate

  Has Anybody Hear a Rumour That Prince Died?

  You don't say!

  Here's a JW question:

  With Prince dying as an active publisher in good standing, according to his local elder George "by the book" Cook, will he be resurrected with the same musical talents?
  
  Will he remember his lyrics?
  
  Will he sing his songs in the New System?
  
  Will he be taller than 5'2"?
  
  Or... If Prince suddenly wakes up resurrected to Heaven will he then know that the WT great crowd of other sheep in an earthly paradise was nonsense?

  
  
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  Prince was on the board of directors for the WTS

  by Barrold Bonds in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was talking with a friend of mine who knows a few people in the home department at bethel.

  apparently, prince was, as i noted in the title, on the board of directors.

  he apparently was sort of a silent partner or advisor in the whole thing.

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  @OUTLAW

  And isn't that the vehicle they're using now for island-to-island service in Alaska's Aleuts?
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  Is Larry Graham an Elder?

  by ShirleyW in

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  i think he is, but i"m not too sure.

  just wondering because looking at that purple pimp outfit with hat that he wore to prince's memorial, i wonder if he ever gave a talk wearing the same outfit, when i've read here that some brothers were talked to for wearing a pastel colored shirt while giving a talk..

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  There was a crack-down on zoot suits in New England a while back, when folks were partying like it was 1999. No Zoot Suits!

  Then there was the NO Hoochie Momma style-for-sisters talks at Natick, the DO guy's name escapes me which is good 'cause I'm trying to completely block him out of my mind's recollections :- )

  
  
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  Prince was on the board of directors for the WTS

  by Barrold Bonds in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was talking with a friend of mine who knows a few people in the home department at bethel.

  apparently, prince was, as i noted in the title, on the board of directors.

  he apparently was sort of a silent partner or advisor in the whole thing.

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  Saaaayyyyy Whhhhhhaaaaaattttt!

  
  

  Anything could be true, wasn't Samuel Herd Prince's Godfather?
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  Is Larry Graham an Elder?

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think he is, but i"m not too sure.

  just wondering because looking at that purple pimp outfit with hat that he wore to prince's memorial, i wonder if he ever gave a talk wearing the same outfit, when i've read here that some brothers were talked to for wearing a pastel colored shirt while giving a talk..

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  The wide brimmed hat is Larry G's signature look of sorts.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  So apparently prince wrote most of the songs in the new song book...

  by purrpurr in

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  or so says the jw's around me who heard it from someone who apparently "knows".

  i'm no expert in the music of prince so perhaps someone else can tell me, does the songs of the wt sound similar to princes work?.

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  I don't buy it. There aren't any good guitar riffs in those Kingdom Songs.

  
  
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  If Prince had an addiction to prescriptions drugs, it's a personal matter but if I want to grow a beard or attend college, it's not.

  by ToesUp in

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  2. friends

  interesting article i found about prince and the jw religion.

  i guess they are trying to get their 15 minutes of fame.

  i find it disturbing that the elder stated if prince had an addiction to prescription drugs, that is a personal matter but the hundreds of intrusive jw rules like going to college (not scriptural) and growing a beard (also not scriptural) are not also considered a personal choice.

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  Pete Zahut:
  "JW's are willing to give him a free pass even though they themselves would be reprimanded for doing the same thing."

  Any R&F (+ non-celebrity) publisher would not be seen as being in good standing. There would be restrictions on commenting and saying prayer, etc.

  But we've seen it time and time again that celebrities get a free pass. It's been like that throughout the WT's history.
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  George Cook former DO, now just an elder at Prince's home congregation KH

  by oppostate in

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  george cook, omg, george f'ing cook, whattttt!.

  caption: elder george cook (right), one of the nine elders of the small 90-person congregation, said prince regularly ‘witnessed’ alone in the community and in groups.

  he was very detail oriented and very eccentric.

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  So from the pictures of the KH, it sure doesn't look like it has been remodeled in a while. All the fixtures and chairs are older by more than a couple of decades.

  If Prince's money wasn't used locally to improve the KH then the WT has already been siphoning off his contributions to go to the, ehem, "world wide preaching work", ehem.