Topics Started by CuriousButterfly

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Where are they now? - Paul Illingworth
by Black Man in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone know whatever happened to former do paul illingworth?

he was teaching mts school for many years, but heard that he got out of the do work (before they got rid of the arrangement).

he was super intelligent and one of the "nicer" company men that i came across during my time in the borg.
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Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.

the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.
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Tsongas Center Lowell MA, Sunday Session of the Regional Convention 2015
by oppostate in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we're breaking up the regional convention event by going each of the days to a different weekend session.. the tsongas center lowell ma was a bit hard to find, we got lost and got there after the first song and prayer (just in time for the first talk)!

we ran into so many from our home congregation who aren't even assigned to this rc!.

i think it's quite common for publishers now to break up the convention weekend and attend at times when their congregation isn't assigned.. some families (3) were attending this particular convention so as to meet up with family members who are in another part of the region.
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Can anyone disprove 607 BCE date using only the NWT and WT literature?
by Bart Belteshassur in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i haven't come across any arguement that does not involve secular history and external references.

in fact the wt can not get to 607 bce without using external sources as in knowing that they need to get back from 1914 ce to 607 bce, and botching an argument using an external date as reference to create their start point at 537 bce.. i realize that to get the final date we must provide a fixed figure from somewhere which can only be a historical source, but the objective would be to disprove the wt flim flam.

once that is achieve we can use which ever fixed historical point they wish to chose.
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Disturbing Footnote in Tomorrow's Study Article...
by HeyThere in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
article is basicqlly about families where a spouse is working away from home for an extended period, etc...a foot note says basically that some studies have shown that working away from home can cause serious consequences, such as infidelity, homosexuality, or incest.

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pull it up on jw.org...that is what it says.
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COBE cannot be 80 or more
by fader77 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a new letter no longer allows an elder to be cobe if hes 80 or more.
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CONGREGATION FLEECING RESULTS?
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how much did your congregation and its bank account get taken for?

share your horror story!.
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2014 summer conventions to have live video and audio feeds
by dropoffyourkeylee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have heard from reliable source that this summer's conventions will feature video of various gb members as they speak and announce releases.

the regional (as opposed to the international conventions) will have numerous video monitors all around.

anyone else heard about this?.
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What is this new Announcement to take place in August?
by Quarterback in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just heard from an elder.

he told me that there is another change to be announced in august.

he didn't know more about it.. any other info?.
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New arrangment for CO visit
by Justnowout in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
new letter say the co visit is now one night a week, tuesday, to allow for family worship to continue uninterupted.