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?
And I think it's hilarious that the issue of "a private message staying private" is being hotly debated on a thread about life in bethel--the land of no privacy.
I wouldn't know; I never chose to go there and submit myself to such idiocy but that's not the point.
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?
A message sent in private should remain such, regardless of the content. If permission is given to make it public, then ok. Otherwise, posting private messages publicly is bad form IMO
If said private content is offensive, it should be taken up with the mods/admin
ok, im gonna try makin this as short as i can, cuz im still pissed.. my father is elderly, needs me to drive him to meetings.
it takes 30 minutes to drive there, so i stay for the meeting, i dress in slacks and a nice shirt ..in respect for pops.
going back home , would be pissing in the wind.....i would just have to turn around 20 minutes after getting there.. well elders asked me to the back room, and said im doing a good job taking care of my father, and that it looks like im well on my way to getting reinstated soon....wtf???.
Great thread
brandnew, I salute you as you respect and honour your parents; it shows a strength of character.
I doubt I could attend a meeting though; I think beating my nuts with a stick would be less painful. Well, perhaps not but I'd almost rather do anything else.
my login session .
--------------------- let there be light!
:let there be light!.
But seriously, I thought he was banned...
LOL
nasa's probe "new horizons" was launched in 2006 and since then has been speeding across 3 billion miles of space to the most distant planet in our solar system.. the first pictures arrived today with higher resolution images due tomorrow.. i fu~~ing love science.. more details from the bbc here.... .
Fascinating...
Twitch, of the "Pluto was a planet when I was a kid" class
i used to post on this site a few years back but after moving on personally and being shunned by my only remaining family member for the last 4-5 years i the j.w's became just background noise to me.
yet yesterday something happened that brought back to me the degree of control this cult has over it's members.
a new wall mart recently opened in my little mountain town here in northern georgia, u.s. as i headed across the parking lot on my way into the store the heat was intense, wit a humidity factor of around 90%.
Well said Steve2
dear friends, your posts are very good, but we really think that they will change many things soon...for example.
watch tower now are feminist and they protect the gay cause.soon we will have many gay marriages in kingdom halls.you will see.that governing body is really cool.ted jaracz and john barr were the last puritans in the governing body!.
the current governing body is completely liberal, but as yet has some bethelites the old guard working, they are still holding some behaviors .... but very soon you will see ... even in my congregation is very liberal ... not here disassociates for immorality .. just for apostasy ... i fucked three sister, but the elders did not shunned me, but they only help me!
you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.
he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.
we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.
asensier
Most here know exactly what you're going through; you're not alone.
Kindly listen to what appeals to you and also what doesn't; both are of value.
Learn what your instincts say. There is always the heart and mind, often at odds but the gut knows best.
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. How else does one learn?
Enjoy and live life like there is no tomorrow. Now is the only time where things happen
(Twitch, alumni of the "Left at 18" class)
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according to leading astronomers the probe philae that landed on the comet 67p last november may have discovered microbial life..... sadly neither the probe nor the orbiter rosetta are equipped to test directly but the evidence is interesting.
these are not easily explained in terms of prebiotic chemistry.
the dark material is being constantly replenished as it is boiled off by heat from the sun.
Well, I for one am glad the media does not report every theory and conjecture as fact.
Wait a second...
Anywho, what do the chances become of lightning striking the same place, if over 4 billion years?
The chances of life occurring spontaneously on it's own are astronomical, so it's been said. Impossible is a different statement. If in all the cosmos life only struck once, naturally we'd be here to contemplate it. And if it struck more than once, the same would be true. In either case, we'd still be here to contemplate where else it may have struck. And likely never know of another due to sheer distance/time.
Still, it's tres cool that we land probes on comets and peek inside.
;)
i have just found out that my brother (who was one of a bunch that shared this login) has died.. he and his wife were living in another country where they once pioneered.
i didn't see him that often.. such an empty feeling.....
Sorry for your loss.
People drift apart, even siblings.
