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  1975—Were You Affected By What 1975 Was Supposed to Bring?

  by minimus in

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  for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.

  the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.

  were you around during this “momentous “ time??

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  mann377

  1975............Oh how I remember. I was at Bethel at the time, Watchtower Farm as a press operator and in charge of printing the Awake magazine at the time. Had been for 3 years. I'll never forget the time I was given the work order to print 10,000 extra copies of a particular Awake to fill an order from a congregation in Texas. Yikes! I thought these people are all in. To this day I wonder what happened to all the mag's in this order. Must have been real embarrassing having to dispose all the mags later.

  Although I keep my mouth shut, I get sick when I hear dubs talk about how the WTBS never encouraged the brothers 1975 was it. The people don't know I was operating the press '73-'76 and proof read the mags over and over as the press was running. I know what was said and written!!!
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  JW Investment Tip

  by neat blue dog in

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  when your fridge is getting empty, what should you do?

  a recent wt shows the ideal next step.

  (in picture form, so all ages/education levels can understand.).

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  mann377

  I thought it was a coin operated refrigerator
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  Work at bethel.

  by asp59 in

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  hello, just wonder if there are some ex bethelites here.

  what is the expectation of the quality of the work one does in bethel?

  i mean if you dont do a good work in a regular company you can loose jour job.

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  mann377

  Not sure now but when I was at Bethel in the 70's you could be kicked out if you were a slacker. A real lazy person. I only saw this on a couple of occasions in my four years. Most were given real shitty jobs that would encourage you to leave. If the overseers of the department complained enough the Bethel office would call the individual in and tell the individual to pack your bags!
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  Bethelites Vow Of Poverty

  by pale.emperor in

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  former governing body assistant howie tran has shared his bethel vow of poverty contract.

  it reads rather culty.

  i think clause number 9 is particularly worrying...to adhere to, not the bible alone, but also the watchtower literature and the governing body.

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  mann377

  This vow of poverty agreement sounds like an "Adhesion contract". What if a Bethelite were to inherit money from a relative? Would the no income rule come into force and the individual would have to turn over the inheritance to the org? Yikes!
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  "New Light" on "New Light"

  by new boy in

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  it’s just the “new light” is much better and brighter than the old light.

  1965: more “new light.” these men will be resurrected, for sure.. 1988: jehovah apparently changed his mind once again.

  the light gets brighter.

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  mann377

  The light got so bright that I had to start wearing sun glasses to the meeting!
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  MUST WATCH! Watchtower's Shocking Admissions

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  watchtower's shocking admissions.

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  mann377

  When I was at Bethel both the shipping department and bulk wrapping department knew where all the kingdom halls were to send the literature too. This was as far back as the 1960's, 70's etc.
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  Special Seating at the Convention

  by mann377 in

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  has anyone noticed at the convention that there is special reserved seating?

  the convention that i attended (to keep peace in the family) had seating in the suites of the arena.

  all arenas, stadiums etc.

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  Has anyone noticed at the convention that there is special reserved seating? The convention that I attended (to keep peace in the family) had seating in the suites of the arena. All arenas, stadiums etc. have these suites or boxes for high rollers during sporting events. Some friends of mine were in this suite and I was told you have to have a ticket to get in. In fact you can not get on the elevator to this location unless you have a ticket. I was turned away from the elevator because I did not have a ticket (I was testing this out). Does anyone else on the forum know about this? It has been going on for some time. How do you get a ticket? Money? The people that I know that had tickets were not high up in the org. The shear fact that you do not have access to visit friends unless you have a ticket is outrageous!! It would be great if the news media showed this about a local convention.
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  How to spot awake JW at a convention

  by Akid48 in

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  i cant spot one to save my life, so i wanted to now if any one could me figure out how..

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  mann377

  I always used the secret (apostate) hand shake.
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  Looking for friends in Mountain Home Arkansas and Live Oak Fl

  by mann377 in

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  curious about some people that i once new.

  have not seen or heard in years.

  pm if you you are familiar with these areas.

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  mann377

  Curious about some people that I once new. Have not seen or heard in years. PM if you you are familiar with these areas. Thanks
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  Automatic Donations Introduced Online

  by JW_Rogue in

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  this was announced a couple of weeks ago on the clam.

  you can now donate to any congregation, the worldwide work, and assemblies online.

  further they have implemented recurring payments "because the hard part about donating is remembering to donate," they actually said that!

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  mann377

  I posted this some time ago: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6640676084121600/registering-jw-org

  They keep reminding one at the meeting of how to do this