Posts by Junction-Guy

I despised the Watchtower since I was little, and was always looking for some way to invalidate it. I eventually quit going to meetings in a last ditch effort to have a normal life before I was destroyed.. I basically said "the hell with it, I am going to find me a woman and get married and live a normal life, so help me God, and if you destroy me then so be it". 4 years later I discovered The Truth was nothing but a lie.

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Questions about A.H. Macmillan

by Junction-Guy in

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wow, i was just reading the online section of my old hometown newspaper.

they have a section about famous and contoversial people who are either from that town or who visited it.

there were several people mentioned in that column that were ministers and that the town hosted the national conference of free will baptists back in 1941.. .

Junction-Guy

Farkel, that is exactly the kind of info I was looking for.

Anyway, tonight I got off the phone with my Grandma who grew up there, and she had no idea at all that Macmillan had ever even been there. She was fascinated with this info, and wanted me to keep her informed if anything else is written in the paper about him.

She says in all of her years, she doesnt ever remember her Dad mentioning Macmillan's visit to Kentucky.

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Questions about A.H. Macmillan

by Junction-Guy in

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wow, i was just reading the online section of my old hometown newspaper.

they have a section about famous and contoversial people who are either from that town or who visited it.

there were several people mentioned in that column that were ministers and that the town hosted the national conference of free will baptists back in 1941.. .

Junction-Guy

Sorry, but I can't post the link, this article was from Wednesday's online edition, and by the time I went to re-read it, it had already been replaced by Friday's edition.

I don't think Fred Franz being from Covington Ky had anything to do with Macmillan visiting Paintsville, the 2 towns are 170 miles and light years apart.

Ninja, its no big deal, I was just wondering if there were any well known juicy tidbits about him.

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Questions about A.H. Macmillan

by Junction-Guy in

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wow, i was just reading the online section of my old hometown newspaper.

they have a section about famous and contoversial people who are either from that town or who visited it.

there were several people mentioned in that column that were ministers and that the town hosted the national conference of free will baptists back in 1941.. .

Junction-Guy

I will try to post the link here shortly.

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They Killed Their Neighbors - Warning to those who above this

by Dogpatch in

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i thought this was a pretty good article to find on cnn.

we all like to think that we could never be victims of groupthink.

randy.

Junction-Guy

I don't have a problem joining any group, as long as it is not a cult.

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Questions about A.H. Macmillan

by Junction-Guy in

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friends

wow, i was just reading the online section of my old hometown newspaper.

they have a section about famous and contoversial people who are either from that town or who visited it.

there were several people mentioned in that column that were ministers and that the town hosted the national conference of free will baptists back in 1941.. .

Junction-Guy

Without reading the whole book, I wonder if he mentioned in the book about his visit to my hometown? Does anyone here who has read it remember him saying anything about visiting in Kentucky?

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Questions about A.H. Macmillan

by Junction-Guy in

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friends

wow, i was just reading the online section of my old hometown newspaper.

they have a section about famous and contoversial people who are either from that town or who visited it.

there were several people mentioned in that column that were ministers and that the town hosted the national conference of free will baptists back in 1941.. .

Junction-Guy

Thanks, I knew a little about him, but nearly as much as with Russell and Rutherford. For some reason I thought that McMillan had turned apostate. So any juicy tidbits about him that I could share with the local paper?

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Questions about A.H. Macmillan

by Junction-Guy in

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friends

wow, i was just reading the online section of my old hometown newspaper.

they have a section about famous and contoversial people who are either from that town or who visited it.

there were several people mentioned in that column that were ministers and that the town hosted the national conference of free will baptists back in 1941.. .

Junction-Guy

Wow, I was just reading the online section of my old hometown newspaper. They have a section about famous and contoversial people who are either from that town or who visited it.

There were several people mentioned in that column that were ministers and that the town hosted the National conference of Free Will Baptists back in 1941.

But half way down the article it mentioned Alexander Hugh Macmillan and that he gave a talk at the local theater in 1923. It mentioned his involvement with the Bible Students. I was surprised because his name and also the JW's were mentioned alot in that article.

My knowledge of him is sketchy, so what do you know about him? Did he remain a JW until his death?

The article was quite detailed, but something tells me there is more to this man, than what was stated.

I find it odd that he chose to come speak at that town back in the 1920's, why? I wonder if my great grandfather was responsible for inviting him there? I will have to ask my grandma and see if she knows any details.

Seeing this article was the biggest shock, as I just never expected to see it in that paper. I am also shocked that I was not aware of this piece of history of my hometown.