Posts by OneEyedJoe

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

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this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

Oh here's a gem : people can love things - they say I love my car (gave several such examples) but things cannot say "I love you too" But you know who can? You guessed it - jah!

I must be hard of hearing - I never heard him say anything.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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He didn't come out and say it but the phrasing he used when talking about ps 137:6 seemed designed to first get parents to think about their kids ( their "principal cause for rejoicing") then they say - the cult is more important than that.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

Audience is laughing at the stupid jokes and applauding the speakers who aren't even present. Lapping it up, I believe is the phrase.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

PS 137:6 being spun to say we need to put the cult above any hobbies or anything else that makes us happy.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

Haha glad to help. Its the only way to keep my sanity at these damn cult meetings.

Currently an GB helper is going on about how we need to shut out the noise (anything that conflicts with the cult's doctrine) of this world, and ensuring that jah will protect us from tribulation "as a group"

now he's spinning some stats to look like wondrous expansion

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

Of course the r/f can't help themselves from a little GB worship - the applause for herd was a good 3-4 times longer than for any previous speaker.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

Yup, total waste of time, even if I was still indoctrinated. If there's anything interesting, it will probably be at the very end, so probably 45 minutes to an hour out now.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

I did just notice that the door to the library is closed and the blinds drawn. This is unusual, especially since the kh is so full -normally they'd have people sitting back there. Probably nothing since the library for the other auditorium (its a double KH) has people in it. I'm probably being paranoid again.

Herd is now going on about the importance of meetings (so its odd that they keep eliminating them) and punctuality. Pretty standard fare.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

More nothing...updates on some missionaries in Alaska and a puff piece on the international conventions and some talk about how theyre having trouble keeping up with the need for new KHs. The whole time I was thinking the reality is that their real estate scam is having trouble keeping up with their needs for more money. Of course after that a song followed by one important announcement - there are contribution boxes available for those who want to support the work.

Now herd is doing a talk that seems aimed at convincing people that time flies. The subtext is to stay busy supporting the cult and ignore the fact that its been 100 years of nothin'

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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OneEyedJoe

So far its just fluff intro and a summary of the watchtower.

I know I'm being paranoid, but todays WT seems to be making lots of hints that could be groundwork for a literal drink the koolaid type pronouncement. Also in the intro there was a full minute, maybe 2 saying not to record, or stream the program, and don't even share your notes with anyone (that's right, anyone. Not the typical "recordings should be for immediate family that can't be present" stuff that they do at conventions.