i've mentioned it in a few threads, but i'd like to make it a thread of it's own.. i'm going to make the prediction the gb will schedule a new meeting once a month, starting in jan 2016, for watching the jw broadcasting program.
at the moment it's up to each cong to organize a viewing, but soon the gb will take over the arrangements.. i make this assumption based on the fact that they know that a substantial quantity of pubs are not tuning in every month.. by scheduling a meeting once a month, it's easier for the gb/elders/organisation to gauge how many people are watching, and to make sure everyone is fully indoctrinated with what the gb are saying.
it will also keep the rank and file busy busy busy.. if i was a cult leader, that's what i would do.
I think a video talk is going to happen as well. I have already heard some dubs say they would like to have that. They think it would be "cool" to have the GB or or bethel heavy give a Sunday talk.
I think attendance will go very high for awhile but once it becomes the normal procedure the apathy will set back in.
Or maybe they'll split the public talk into two parts. One part by a local brother and the other a video message from headquarters.
i recently heard angelo catanzaro, a rather prominent figure in the organization .. a long-time district overseer and a favorite of knorr's, died recently.
there was some indication that he and his wife figured out ttatt in their latter years and turned "apostate"... .
does anyone out there know what happened to them?
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
Wannaexit said,
My one and only experience from Bethel was when I was visiting someone there, and this person made me a tuna sandwich from tuna and bread from the commissary. The thing was unedible just about chocked and almost needed a Heimlech maneuver.
As a former bethelite I am pretty sure giving you the Heimlich or something sort-of-like the Heimlich was the plan .
i'm finding it more and more funny how every wt article for the public or congregation, including jw broadcast talks about all this "growth" and how fast jehovha's organization is speeding up!
yet everything behind closed doors, insider information, elder letters and sales paint a very different picture.
i have news for you gb members!
I'd rather be depressed and knowledgeable then blissfully unaware. So for that thanks guys.
a few years ago i heard of a story about two jw's being at a green day concert.
i think that the witnesses were bethelites.
the person that told me that story said that the band was about to play but they couldn't.
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
Bethel elders...I couldn't stand those guys. Us young guys would go out of our way to avoid them.
The main thing I took away from Bethel: it's not what you know but who you know.
Am I the only one that remembers going to one of the dining rooms on Sunday morning and going through the lunch fixin's to make sandwiches for when we went to the local congregation meeting and service afterward? I would make Dagwoods and the older guys would give me dirty looks. The lifers in my hall would always laugh at the sandwiches I made. I was never sure if they were laughing at me or with me - now I don't care.
I think it's time to troll facebook to see if any of those guys I remember are on facebook and maybe free of the cult. One can only hope.
i'm finding it more and more funny how every wt article for the public or congregation, including jw broadcast talks about all this "growth" and how fast jehovha's organization is speeding up!
yet everything behind closed doors, insider information, elder letters and sales paint a very different picture.
i have news for you gb members!
OrphanCrow - you depress me sometimes.
i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.
currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.
any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.
It's great to know we have reliable sources. Thanks depressedsoul for keeping us in the loop.
And for the record, I read this thread back when it was new and agreed with it...invisibly.
hey everybody, been here lurking for years now... i tired of all the gb 2.0 shit and need to fade successfullydo we have a guide, i am very tempted to go out with a bang, but i want my wife with me, she aint a strong witness and would happily trust me ... i love her a lot.
status as of now,,, read coc isocf, been through jw facts and am convinced this religion is bs, also a ms now :( damn.
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
We should discuss the bethel room selection process. Remember when room selection was coming up and every new boy tried to be best friends with a lifer? You see, the longer you've been in continuous full-time service (regular pioneer and bethelite) the more likely you are to get a room.
Everyone puts their name in for certain rooms that are available and the one with the most seniority gets it. So if you have a friend or potential roommate with tons of seniority you are going to live in style. If you are new boy with only new boy friends - you're life sucks and you are going to move a lot.
The only time a new boy could get an awesome place is when they first arrive and the room selection took place before their arrival and someone left or died so a great room is available and you get it - until the next selection (annually if I remember correctly).
It was a total freeforall.
