When I went to Bethel in the 70's, the form they gave me asked if i played any musical instrument and I said I played the organ. I got some weird looks from the Bethel office.
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Pillowgate - John Cedars
by CitizenofEarth inis this true?
is this really true?!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirjv48c55m.
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Tuxedo
by Phoebe indo you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.
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mann377
Wow! Good research. Now we need a plan to find a way to get inside and film him leaving his home for his executive office at headquarters. Think a Bethelite drives him to work? Who mows the lawn, maintains the house? Wonder how its furnished? Why does the expression "snare and a racket" come to mind?
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Do You Know Any “Gay” Jehovah’s Witnesses?
by minimus inof course the religion condemns homosexuality but did you know any gay witnesses?
i knew some bethelites that were very effeminate and i remember 4 women who were suspected of being lesbians by many in the congregation.
they eventually moved away and were very vocal against males, especially elders..
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mann377
I had two room mates in Bethel that were gay. Anyone remember Joel Reed? or Jerry North (at the farm). I must say they were very nice and considerate. As with all my room mates I never spent any time with them. I wonder where they are now.
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Chapter 48 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 48. turn on the tv!.
nine days after mark’s wedding, i got a phone call early tuesday morning.. “get up… get up and go turn on your tv!” it was mike, my jehovah’s witness friend from seattle.. ok so i got up and walked downstairs and did what he said.
there it was, i saw the smoke and flames coming out of the twin towers.
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mann377
It always amazes me the mind control the cults have over people!
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Secret sex in the Org
by pomo6780 in2 pioneers of the opposite sex.
the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.
both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.
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mann377
Sparky......I knew John Appeltauer and wife. Rode to the meeting with them once in a while. Did she run off with Schoonover? I left as this was happening in the congo. How about the trouble Truax got into?
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Secret sex in the Org
by pomo6780 in2 pioneers of the opposite sex.
the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.
both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.
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mann377
Hey Sparky I remember that incident with John Appeltauer when I was at Highland congo. Was it Schoonover or some with a name like that?
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chapter 39 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower Slave
by new boy inchapter 39. i’m glad i don’t believe the way you do!.
your whole life becomes a blur.
weeks turn into months.
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mann377
Isn't it amazing the things the WT stuffs down your throat. And we believed them and took them seriously. I wish I new back in the 60's what I know now. Remember a religion that has all the answers.........doesn't allow questions.
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So this is what JW's do out in service
by mann377 inhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5058729/married-jehovah-s-witness-seduced-actress.html.
i never had a good time like that!.
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mann377
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5058729/Married-Jehovah-s-Witness-seduced-actress.html
I never had a good time like that!
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Chapter 37 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 37. passing it down line.
how did i rationalized everything i had experienced growing up and what i saw at bethel?
no one wants to believe their whole life is a lie.
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mann377
I agree with New Boy. Brooklyn was different than the Farm in the food department. The food at the farm was a cut above, plus I had a key to the cheese room. I remember once at Brooklyn they served pizza in the evening and they made it with sliced bananas instead of pepperoni. YIKES! one slice and I decided to go to bed hungry. At the Farm they would serve peppers stuffed with rice, etc. We called this stuffed monkey's butt, not to bad when you are very hungry. In Brooklyn I went from 185lbs. to 133lbs. in 5 months.
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Chapter 33 New Boy 50 years a Watchtower slave
by new boy inchapter 33. starving outside the load’s house.
there is no fanfare when you leave bethel.
they didn’t care about you while you were there so why would the care about you now you are leaving.
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mann377
I can relate to your experience. I left the farm in 76. As soon as I turned in my notice I was pulled off the press and put into the subscription dept.. Sorting labels. The department overseer came up to me and said I had to sort faster. I said.....SO? I only had 30 days left and should have walked out at that time. No one at the table would speak to me when they learned that I turned in my notice. I had sat at this table for two years. Great way to treat someone who just spent four years VOLUNTEERING with out pay. Unlike your experience I had a car. I was intoxicated with freedom as I drove away with my whole life ahead of me. Like you I determined to not be a MS or elder. No more control, rules and slavery.