Topics Started by Festus

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Pillowgate makes headlines in Finland
by Festus in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
local newspaper in finland has published an article concerning wtbs:s "pillowgate@ videos.

the local "communications manager" of jehovah's witnesses - veikko leinonen - has declined to comment them.

according to him they are for internal use only.
Kenvin Turner - Englishman in Nordics
by Festus in
1. jw
2. experiences
does name kenvin turner ring bells to anyone?

he is english, married with a swedish woman or "sister" if you prefer.. they were living in sweden but he became co serving the english circuit in nordic countries aka sweden, denmark norway and finland.

he was a phenomena - in positive sense.
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Ridiculous (degrading) comment on society's video
by Festus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
on video "benefits of divine education" william samuelsson makes totally appalling comment.. starting from 3:05 he refers to "an effort" that was made in past to see how society's curriculum corresponds with normal - worldly - universities.. then he claims that following question was asked (to university representative) "how we in five months can teach the same that for them takes two years"?.

according to w samuelsson the representative of a university replied something like this: "your students are motivated, they have come to learn where as our students have been send to university by their parents and might have something else than learning in their mind".

this is to crystallize what he said.
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Sexist Watchtower quote makes me so angry
by Phoebe in
1. watchtower
2. bible
john cedars latest youtube video refers to last weekend's wt study article which some have referred to on another thread but i am truly outraged at the continuing misogynist attitude toward women.

not only did that study article say if women have a family to care for it will stop them gossiping or meddling into other people's affairs, lloyd shares on his video a talk by sam herd from when he was a c.o in 1971.

(i hope he has since changed his opinion!
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Lett is such a comedian..
by Festus in
1. jw
2. friends
cant help it but in this video - "win the inner struggle" - during the first minute he points to his head with his index finger.

and i was just waiting him to shout out loco loudly.... https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201609_1_video.

and those facial expressions..sweet jesus!.
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How delusional is Tony Morris actually?
by Festus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
anthony morris iii was representing gb in international convention in helsinki, finland.

in his final talk he mentioned that at the fight of armageddon jesus will fight together with the 144 000. he then reminds the audience that one angel destroyed 185000 assyrians.

so what are "144 000 immortal creatures together with jesus going to do".
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"Who is Morris III?" Showed up in an FB thread--A surprising answer followed.
by oppostate in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
or maybe not so surprising after all, you be the judge....
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JW Brothers
by Festus in
1. jw
2. experiences
there is a group called jw brothers in facebook.

somebody has posted an article that catholic church has covered up child abuse.. http://www.myfoxboston.com/news/national-content/catholic-bishops-not-obligated-to-report-clerical-sex-abuse-vatican-says/72976327.

this is what somebody had posted as reply:.
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No carts in Australia?
by Festus in
1. jw
2. experiences
a friend of mine visited australia and to his surprise there were no jw carts on streets.. wonder if it was just a coincidence or is it due to media attention that arc has created?.
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Let's Consolidate World Branch Layoff Threads - Oct 2015
by TheListener in
1. jw
2. friends
there has been many threads from various posters around the world about recent bethel layoffs.. so far i remember threads about:.

south africa.

united states.