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  Those who DO NOT get a resurrection?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so we know that by jw logic, the idea is that everyone who dies is acquitted of their sin and will get a resurrection in the "new world".

  however, those directly destroyed by god, or at his command will not.

  (for example, those destroyed in the flood.

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  Fisherman

  well we have resurrection stories, young boy of a widow, young girl by Jesus, Lazarus, and the carpenter himself

  "Those who DO NOT get a resurrection."

  Again: Guesses
  
  
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  Those who DO NOT get a resurrection?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so we know that by jw logic, the idea is that everyone who dies is acquitted of their sin and will get a resurrection in the "new world".

  however, those directly destroyed by god, or at his command will not.

  (for example, those destroyed in the flood.

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  Fisherman

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  Chapter 27 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you’re working about forty six hours a week at bethel.

  monday night was the bethel watchtower study, tuesdays and fridays nights were your meeting nights at the kingdom hall.

  that was your free time.

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  Coco, you are a very cool and likable dude. I can relate to how you feel. They would have kept you too and they never would have asked you to leave. I know people that you know that after all these years were asked to leave. I felt so bad for them. You had to be very stable to have had the job you had. Were you inthe Spanish with Franz?
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  Chapter 27 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you’re working about forty six hours a week at bethel.

  monday night was the bethel watchtower study, tuesdays and fridays nights were your meeting nights at the kingdom hall.

  that was your free time.

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  Fisherman

  Giordano, there is good and bad in being institutionalized but you have to try it to know what I mean. One gets used to it but the grass looks greener on the other side when you are there and when you leave one misses things about the institution.
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  Chapter 27 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you’re working about forty six hours a week at bethel.

  monday night was the bethel watchtower study, tuesdays and fridays nights were your meeting nights at the kingdom hall.

  that was your free time.

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  Fisherman

  Coco,I thought DD would prescribe a chill pill to burned out Bethelites.
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  Chapter 26 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we wanted sex too.

  so why did he get married?

  so they punishment you for leaving bethel and getting married?

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  Fisherman

  there was no choice for females.

  You are right but there were single sisters that were accepted. The problem was, who were they going to room with. So, the single sister that came to bb was accepted with her "fleshy" ( I hate to use that word ) sister together. The Ledley sisters for example. And single sisters too. Louise Borden for example and Carrol S.. And widow sisters too. Sister Di Cecca. But there were very few unmarried sisters.I don't remember if Laura Decker was also in bb before she married Jerry. But having a whole bunch of single females running around would have been a problem. A couple of very beautiful married sister I remember were Debby Barr and another Polish sister named Eva Wilson. I don't know if anyone remembers a single sister named Esther or Ester Lupiz. elderly, Mexican but didn't look it;she was always with Bro and sis Knorr.
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  Chapter 26 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we wanted sex too.

  so why did he get married?

  so they punishment you for leaving bethel and getting married?

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  Fisherman

  There were lots of black females in the congregations. And a lot of cong were mostly black bros and sis and I felt they were the best congregations because they were generous and took care of the Bethelites with food with clothes with rides with money. But there were no interracial marriages at bethel. First marriage I remember in bb was mid 70s , white bro from bindery maintenance married a black sis.

  Some of these young bros left bb to marry local females, some with 4 or 5 kids. One bro I knew was very involved with a sis with many kids. I told him that I felt that he was making the biggest mistake in his life.
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  Chapter 26 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we wanted sex too.

  so why did he get married?

  so they punishment you for leaving bethel and getting married?

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  Fisherman

  Thanks for your post Sparky about the 4D.

  So that explains it. Some bros that pioneered and got the 4D and got into some issues with the draft board before going to Bethel , BB would not accept them until they solved the problem without help from bb. But you needed a 4D to get in. You couldn't go to BB and then get the 4D based on being at BB. You have a great memory NewBoy.
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  Chapter 27 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you’re working about forty six hours a week at bethel.

  monday night was the bethel watchtower study, tuesdays and fridays nights were your meeting nights at the kingdom hall.

  that was your free time.

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  Fisherman

  Everyone was called down to be seen by doc Dixon at some point during the first six months or so and without notice, they just called you down. It was a quick visit. You filled out a questionaire about tobacco and drug use and then the good doctor told you to pull down your pants and took a look at your guy and at your rear end -only a look- then asked a couple of questions about your health and sent you back to work. The good doc Dixon saw every man's rear end and front in in Bethel.

  There were neat jobs if you got a job change but if they you kept in a job such as the hot laundry, the loud gatherers, or the monotonous machines, and you saw others getting a job change, you felt punished.
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  Chapter 27 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so you’re working about forty six hours a week at bethel.

  monday night was the bethel watchtower study, tuesdays and fridays nights were your meeting nights at the kingdom hall.

  that was your free time.

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  Fisherman

  It was the bobby fisher era and everyone in bb was playing chess until an article came out in the mag about chess being a game of war. It put a stop to the chess playing.