Thanks TheStumbler for all your excellent research, it was a great read and I look forward to sharing it with others!
cleanideas
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Evolution is not even a theory! So says the WTBTS writing dept!!
by DATA-DOG inhas anyone read the new awake ragazine??
it's a doozy!!
i thought we had a thread concerning this subject, but i can't find it.
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You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!
by cha ching ini am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.
he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu
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cleanideas
It disgusts me on how cheap Bethel is. This was 20 years ago, but when I was there as a temporary construction worker I got sick with a bad cold. I went to a little pharmacy place they had at Bethel to get some cold medicine. I got there and they said to get 2 cold pills it would cost $.25, yes that's really cheap, but I didn't have any money on me and they refused to give it to me if I didn't pay for it. I was so distraught. Here I was a pioneer, MS, just spent hundreds of dollars to fly to NY on my own, the day before I donated $5 at one of their recreation room donation boxes to play some pool, and here they wouldn't help me when I was very ill just because I didn't have a damn quarter! UGH! -
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Happiness is achievable
by asensier inupdate - for those of you who read my last topic 'disfellowshipped at 18' i am so thankful for all the support and helpful comments i received.
it's amazing to know that despite how alone i may feel, so many of you have suffered the same way that i have.
i know that i can live happily without being one of jehovah's witnesses.
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cleanideas
I'm so happy that you have found freedom, and at such a young age. You're going to have a great life ahead of you! -
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cleanideas
That's clearly the Patronus charm in action. That man just saved himself from a Dementor! The writer is obviously a huge Harry Potter fan.
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Saw this Watch Tower article from 100 years ago and decided to start a "100 Years Ago Today" blog on AD1914.com
by Gilgamesh inhttp://ad1914.com/100-years-june-28-1915/.
june 1915 was the first full month wherein watchtower readers could obtain and read a new publication that had just become available out of brooklyn in the previous month.
here's how it was announced in the may 1, 1915 watchtower, known then as, zion's watch tower, emphasis ours:.
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John Denver hates JW's
by problemaddict 2 ini remember this making the rounds and people swearing by it.
knew someone at the concern and whatnot.
how does this crap come up?.
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cleanideas
I too heard that about John Denver years ago and totally believed the rumor. Wouldn't listen to his music at the time because of it. It never stops surprising me how fast the crazy can spread among the JW's. Persecution complex is a powerful thing! LOL! -
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Orchestral Accompaniment for Singing at Congregation Meetings
by pixel into all congregationsre: orchestral accompaniment for singing at congregation meetings.
dear brothers:.
many will find that the newly composed orchestral recordings are more inspiring andconducive to our worship than is piano music alone.
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cleanideas
I remember a long time ago before the recorded piano music came along, my congregation had an actual piano that someone would play the song while we sang. -
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GB Bodyguards
by Socrateswannabe ini have heard that at the international conventions and even at us headquarters, the governing body travel with entourages or bodyguards.
does anyone know this to be a fact?
if so, why?
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cleanideas
This is going back 20 years, but when I was at Bethel they just walked around by themselves if they had to get somewhere. No bodyguards that I could see. -
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Filling the parenting role - I need help
by Garrett inhey guys, .
so, as you may know, i'm 21 and an older brother to an 12 year old boy.
our father was a severe drug addict that tried to kill my family.
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cleanideas
I would recommend to continue to assure your little brother of your love for him. Fighting will push him further away. Make sure you say the words and let him know of your support in his life and you want the best for him. Being 12 is hard and he's no doubt trying to exert his own growing independence. Being "sick" from school could mean a problem at school he is having difficulty with. Maybe try to draw out his thoughts a little more when he claims to be sick. Remember to have lots of patience, and overall a 12 year old acting like this nothing too unusual. Hope it all works out for you two! -
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Deplorable Website Promotion
by HBH inmy siblings mother in law died recently, and there was a condolence posted with the borg website.
i googled the name of the poster, and found the same condolence on 100s of funeral home websites!!!
many of these sites dont have mods or a way to report a website promotion.
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cleanideas
This makes me so sick! But this type of thing isn't new. Back a good 17 years ago there was a crazed old lady JW who would send a letter to everyone's family in the obituaries with a tract. That's how she counted her time because she was too old to physically go knock on doors. Even then I thought it in bad taste and I was still a true believer. I can't imagine how easy it must be to count time now. Just write a few sentences and then go spam random websites with a cut and paste. Ugh. Glad to be out of the madness.