Topics Started by VM44
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I've Got a Christmas Present Given by Pastor Russell
by Seeker4 ini've got a really good collection of wts literature that i've been working on since the 1960s.
one book i have is a copy of poems of the dawn, copyright 1912, leatherbound.. it's inscribed thus: "eleanor a. shires - a gift from pastor russell - xmas 1911".
the cover is in rough shape, but the pages are perfect.
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JW/Bethel -- sending brothers to be educated?
by Mysterious indoes anyone remember an emphasis being given that smart brothers that were sent to bethel were being educated at the society's expense to become lawyers and such?
does anyone know if they were required to agree to a certain number of years of legal service for them in exchange for this?
i'm also curious as to whether they used only brothers.
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Bethel letter about meetings, field service are mandatory for Bethelites
by VM44 indoes anyone have the bethel letter that states meeting attendence and field service are mandatory for bethel workers?
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there is also another boe letter that states meeting attence and field service are voluntary for the ordinary jehovah's witness, because they are volunteers.. i am trying to find both letters as, together, they show bethel workers are, unlike ordinary jws, truly representatives of the watcthower .
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What is the deal with "greediness"?
by daystar ini don't recall this word being used all that much when i was a dub.
but i've seen people comment on this a bit lately.
so... sinning "with greediness" is different than other forms of sinning?
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FLAG SALUTE COURT CASE 2005 NOT 1943
by DannyHaszard induval student who refused pledge of allegiance, told to leave ...
montgomery county sentinel, md - 30 minutes ago .
... in an 8-1 vote, the court ruled that west virginia violated the first amendment rights of jehovah's witnesses students when they were expelled for refusing to ...
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Freddie a Rhodes Scholar?
by I quit! inone of the other threads made me think about this subject.
i seem to remember freddie claiming to be a rhodes scholar and that his claim was proved false.
does anyone remember seeing anything on this?
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Things not to say or do in a job interview
by jgnat inthese all really happened to me (the interviewer, in case any of you were wondering!)..
"what is the extra chair for, my invisible friend?
ha ha.".
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Being engaged is the same as being married!
by Bonnie_Clyde inmy brother was engaged to a rather nice girl in our congregation back in the early sixties.
during the engagement they decided that they wanted to call off the wedding.
the same elder who counselled me not to go to college told them that they could not break their engagement as, "being engaged is the same as being married.
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Who is Charles Sunutko?
by VM44 inin the spring of 1967 district overseer charles sunutko gave in sheboygan, wisconsin, the talk, "serving with everlasting life in view"
a recording of that talk is available on the internet at several places, easily found by a google search.. but who is (was?
) charles sunutko?.