Re: Art Skills Needed at Bethel

by suavojr 44 Replies latest jw friends

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  kids aren't allowed at Bethel

  Well, not for ordinary bethelites. But at Patterson, for example, there were bethelite attorneys like Mario Moreno that had a wife and kids in bethel housing, and Dr/Br. Schiller, and Sam Pate, for example. And there were some where the husband was a bethelite, but the wife wasn't.

  That's where the Bethel Book of Angles came into play. If some had the right skills/education, all kinds of exceptions were made to the usual rules.

  In this case, if they find someone with skills and kids, they'll try to get them to work remotely. They will gladly let them "pioneer" where they can count their hours as field service time. They might even kick in some money... but only as a last resort.

  But I've been gone a while, so I don't know what the GB 2.0 has changed in the Book of Angles. Although the fact that they've kicked out so many old-timers is proof that they've left the rules of GB 1.0 behind.
  
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  stuckinamovement

  It is telling that they are looking for help in Branding and Corporate identity.

  This is a religious corporation that has a true identity crisis.
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  breakfast of champions

  Art skills, nunchuck skills, bowstaff skills. . . . 
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  millie210

  Anyone notice what the third thing on the list was?

     Branding/Corporate Identity

  
  

  
  
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  sparrowdown

  What about fart skills?
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  sparrowdown

  What about fart skills?
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  WTWizard

  The artwork is lousy because those supervising it will not allow free expression.  Anyone without a college degree can practice making artwork until they master it.  But, if you are under someone that disapproves of it, that will do no good.

  And yes, to make money drawing art for mainstream publications, you need to prove you have had your mind molded by mainstream education so you will not draw something that will go against their agenda.  With the washtowel, it is the supervision that does this.  And of course, it is a waste of time to use your talent for the washtowel and not get compensated for it.
  
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  pixel

  Please note that we are not encouraging individuals to pursue higher education or university degrees to obtain skills related to art and graphic design. (w13 10/15 pp. 15-16 pars. 13-14)

  This paragraph has so many wrongs, I don't even know where to start.
  
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  hoser

  Would someone be able to bring up those quotes from that 2013 watchtower. 
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  wifibandit

  “Slave for Jehovah”

  w13 10/15 pp. 15-16 pars. 13-14 - The Watchtower—2013

  13 Paul warned the Colossian Christians: “Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey through the philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ.” (Col. 2:8) “The philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men” surfaces today in the worldly thinking promoted by many intellectuals. Higher education, with its emphasis on academic study, often produces graduates who have few or no practical skills, leaving them unprepared to deal with the realities of life. By contrast, Jehovah’s servants choose education that helps them to develop the necessary skills so that they can maintain a simple life of service to God. They take to heart the counsel Paul offered Timothy: “To be sure, it is a means of great gain, this godly devotion along with self-sufficiency. So, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content with these things.” (1 Tim. 6:6, 8) Rather than acquiring secular degrees and titles after their names, true Christians focus on obtaining “letters of recommendation” by engaging as fully as possible in the field ministry.—Read2 Corinthians 3:1-3.

  14 Consider the case of the apostle Paul. He was educated at the feet of the Jewish Law teacher Gamaliel. The education Paul received can be compared with that of a university education today. But how did Paul view this when compared with his privilege of slaving for God and Christ? He wrote: “I . . . consider all things to be loss on account of the excelling value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” Then he added: “On account of him I have taken the loss of all things and I consider them as a lot of refuse, that I may gain Christ.” (Phil. 3:8) That assessment helps young Christians and their God-fearing parents to make a wise choice when it comes to education. (See pictures.)