GB Member Barr dies
by Red Piller 116 Replies latest jw friends
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straightshooter
Very sad, I liked Brother Barr's talks at the various assemblies. Even though he was not a leader on the GB, he was one of the few reasonable and loving members.
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truthseeker
Barr's already busying himself dispensing new spiritual truths......
http://www.letusreason.org/JW9.htm
“ It is fitting, then, that one of the 24 elders, representing anointed ones already in heaven, should stir John's thinking by raising a pertinent question.'... This suggests that the resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today.'(Revelation, Its Grand Climax is at Hand, p. 125,1988)
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moshe
Over 3000 hits- means for sure, a lot of JWs are reading this one. I wonder, if their pea brain realizes the old guard that gave them the spiritual milk they grew up on in the KH is all gone now. Accordingly, the WT promises of a new order that they were weaned on have essentially died, too.
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Awakened at Gilead
someone already updated Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governing_Body_of_Jehovah's_Witnesses
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Joliette
John E Barr with a Brother visiting patterson, 2009
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Podobear
I was at Bethel in the UK with Jack and Mildred... I will remember his voice most of all. The PUREST of English, like crystal clear water is spoken in the area around Inverness in Scotland.
Good Night, Jack.
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jookbeard
no tears shed here, hope the old bastard rots in hell, I wonder if his brothers and sisters in Malawi who Barr and his cronies during secret Governing Body sessions voted to send them to endure rape/torture/false imprisonment/murder/tar and feathering would be sending their condolences? a nice guy or not still a piece of shit who sent misery to millions of lives sometimes not speaking up and following a party line is just as bad if not worse then the dictators he sat with over all those years.
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dozy
He did a bit of a "farewell tour" in Scotland earlier this year - by all accounts he looked frail then but still surprisingly mentally sharp.
End of an era really - the last of the older generation. He was quite fondly looked upon by most JWs in the UK (and especially Scotland) as one of their own in a GB dominated by Americans.
A decent man - who knows what he did behind the scenes to moderate some of the more strident & self righteous GB members. Everyone will have their own views on how culpable he was.
May he rest in peace.
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CuriousButterfly
I looked at the WTS websites and nothing on jw-media.org, jw,org and watchtower.org. Wonder why?
