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  Former Soviet Country Witnesses who Rebelled Against the GB

  by NotFormer in

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  i remember the story going around the traps (here, perhaps?

  ) a couple of decades ago, about a country formerly behind the iron curtain.

  when the soviet union crumbled, the jws were able to re-establish contact with the underground jw movement.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I concur that it was Romania. I listened to Losch speak about it one assembly. He was instrumental in holding the WT line and getting rid of the ‘apostates’. I got the impression that was where earned his chops and proved his WT loyalty. Ten years later he partakes and presto he’s on the GB
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  1970's Russell Pyramid Photo!

  by Atlantis in

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  1970's photo of the russell pyramid.

  the picture was sent to us by a former bethelite who was also the person who took the picture.

  of course, the pyramid is not there anymore.. .

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I have read that the pyramid was vandalized several times over the years. There was a time capsule inside at one time, which was removed/stolen decades ago. Supposedly it contained nothing particularly important or valuable (time capsules seldom do). I visited the site a few weeks ago. It's a shame it is gone, but at least they replaced the name markers of the individuals whose names were carved on the pyramid.

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  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5097906067996672/visited-russell-gravesite-yesterday
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  Albert Delmont Jones

  by vienne in

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  jones was a principal investor in the knickerbocker bank of new york city.

  there was an earlier and defunct bank of the same name.

  the bank issued its own currency, a common practice at the time.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Wasn't he the one who funded the printing of a few of the early peripheral Bible Student books, like "What Pastor Russell Said', 'What Pastor Russell Wrote", "Gems from the Mine"?
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  Attended the KH recently and found it to be thoroughly therapeutic.

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had to attend a family event recently which involved attending the kh.

  before i went i had it in my mind this was going to be a different experience.

  tbh i’ve had an interest in super hero socks.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  lol
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  Visited the Russell gravesite yesterday

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  2. experiences

  wife and i visited the russell gravesite in allegheny (pittsburgh) pennsylvania yesterday.

  i’ll post photos if i can get them to upload on the hotel wifi..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  
  

  ;I don't think it is the same person as Peter Niznik. I don't have a better photo of Niznik stone, but the date of death is clearly 1980, and it appears to be a veteran marker for someone in WW2. This would be consistent with the find-a-grave entry for a person named Michael Niznik
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  Visited the Russell gravesite yesterday

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

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  2. experiences

  wife and i visited the russell gravesite in allegheny (pittsburgh) pennsylvania yesterday.

  i’ll post photos if i can get them to upload on the hotel wifi..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  It is a very large cemetery stretching almost a mile. There must be 10000 graves there.
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  Visited the Russell gravesite yesterday

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wife and i visited the russell gravesite in allegheny (pittsburgh) pennsylvania yesterday.

  i’ll post photos if i can get them to upload on the hotel wifi..

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  It kind of looks like something has been chipped away from the back side. Any thoughts?
  
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  How will history treat Judge Rutherford?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  mark jones writes:.

  how will history treat joseph rutherford?.

  like ben gorden has said, it would depend on who’s looking back.

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  Rutherford’s books went 4 for a dollar, if I’m not mistaken. Which during the depression must have seemed a lot.

  $1 in 1933 is about $24 now
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  Hailstone message AND everyone will be saved? Questions

  by slimboyfat in

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  i’ve not been paying close attention to watchtower developments, but talking to a jw yesterday it occurred to me the society (yes, still use that term - old school) have been sending out mixed messages in recent years.

  from what i gather, a few years ago the gb announced that during the great tribulation jws would be required to preach a “hailstone message of judgement” which involved telling people it was too late for them to repent and they were definitely going to be destroyed.

  there were hints that this could be very soon, “any day now” preaching could stop and the hailstone message come in, kind of thing.

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  Billions more unrighteous getting resurrected

  I first read this as 'Billions more righteous getting unresurrected'. Made me wonder that the WT hasn't come up with the word 'unresurrected' yet. Maybe that will be the next new light!

  
  
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  How will history treat Judge Rutherford?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  mark jones writes:.

  how will history treat joseph rutherford?.

  like ben gorden has said, it would depend on who’s looking back.

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  dropoffyourkeylee

  I think he deliberately put JWs at risk, hoping to create a legal case he could appeal to the Supreme Court. He saw himself as a modern Apostle Paul, legally defending, etc. He would have been embarrassed to know that the JW wins came only after he died and a smarter lawyer took over for the JWs