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Convention canceled in Queensland
by Festus in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
apparently a big regional convention in australia has been cancelled.

instead there will be 14 conventions at the local convention hall.. does anyone from downunder have any idea about the reason?.
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Fictional Novel about witnesses
by Festus in
1. jw
2. friends
ben kalland from finland has written a novel with jdub - and jw hq - as context and it has been translated to english.

it is called "ellen's song".

you can find it in amazon.. here is the plot:.
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Borg nearly apologies child abuse victims in Finland
by Festus in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the attached picture is historical.

the man on left is ari hakkarainen, representative of jw in finland.

the woman in middle is reporter susanna päivärinta and the lady at right is josefina pakomaa who was abused by family friend - a jw - when she was 11. a vicious apostate today.
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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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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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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?.