i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
Here is a few names I thought of:
Patrick Ware, Richard Chamberlain, Jerry Jackson, Sylverstor Lee, Mark nevejans, Ernie Watts, Steve Lupo, Warren Weil, Ray Spatz, Ralph Walls, Allan Rico, Bob Pilcher, Jack Gingrich, Mike Wurtz, Dave Sargent, Randy Hackney, Mike Rogers, Tom Shirley, George maura, Leroy Gaiters, Larry Mainers, Lee Willaims, Jeff Price, Jim Spencer, Joe Pryor, Henry Knox, Steve Black, Claude Woodward, Richard Tabuchi, Renail Smith, Wayne Turner.
i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
I was at Bethel from 74-80. Worked in the bindary. If I stared at the computer long enough, could probably think of dozens upon dozens of names that would be a good fit for this question. While there, knew enough who left for just about every reason imaginable.
acts 10:34 speaks of god as not being partial.
in the majority of pictures, the married couples are only of the same race and none of them are mixed.
i noticed that in other pictures of the so-called paradise, its segerated amongst races too.
When I was at Bethel during last half of 70's races for the most part roomed with same race. I lived in a number of 4-man dorms for awhile and some were hispanic, some black. Got along great. Used to joke/kid in a humorus way along race lines but not ever in a demeaning way.
There was a mixed marriage while I was there. That was quite a change at that point in time. Managements issue was that tours came in all over from the US/World and some views dont necessarily change even after some become JW's. I roomed/worked with guys from Alabama/Georgia (country boys first and always) and some of the stories they told from their congregations about whites/blacks was quite surprising.
please take a moment and pause to remember those many troops that paid the ultimate sacrifice of the beaches of normandy 63 years ago today.
never forget what they were fighting against, and how their sacrifice saved the world from hitler and the nazis.
xjw
The opening scenes to saving "Private Ryan", which gives pause to the strength and courage that soldiers gave on that day...on any day they are called upon.
Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQIuF590B4&mode=user&search=
Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsd_jjqfN5k&mode=user&search=
Part III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXTbBdcfEg&mode=user&search=
Part IV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B02a7GhyAXA&mode=user&search=
not quite sure how to take this, but it is funny..... http://sjl.funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=3efbc24c7d2583be6925.
Not quite sure how to take this, but it is funny....
http://sjl.funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=3efbc24c7d2583be6925
anyone old enough to have been in bethel during the 60s and early 70s?
in my family i have an uncle that was there then, we were always told he was higher up, but that could have been that he was a supervisor or almost anything, who knows.
at any rate, when i was younger he went "apostate," and left bethel and the witnesses in some splashy manner.
Gymbob, did you know either Tim Sparck or Bruce Dozier, both from Corpus Christi, Texas, who were there during your time? After they returned home, they were in congregations I attended. When I was young, they were viewed by many in the congregation as just a step lower than angels because they had "served at Bethel". I was there last half of 70's. The name Bruce Dozier is familiar. You happen to recall where he worked?
watchtower to sell 6 brooklyn heights properties.
brooklyn daily eagle, ny -7 minutes ago.
... residential and all in brooklyn heights, according to david semonian, a spokesperson for the watchtower society, also known as the jehovahs witnesses.
One of these resisdences, 34 Orange, if I recall correctly, had quite the party one night. Got out of hand to the point that the police showed up to quiet things down.
This of course resulted in the usual commitee meetings. One item that came out was that one of the attendees to this party (Bethelite) took a leak out the 2nd story window. Apparently to much beer and not enough bathrooms...
One of the more infamous parties to take place while there.... how did I ever miss that invite?....
the jw's will say that in jesus time, it was ok to have a beard because it was their custom back then, and today jw's should not have a beard because it's not our custom to have one today.. since the world is ever changing, it will continue changing, and beards might come back and be popular once more.. it's only a cheap excuse on their part, because they will never accept beards, even if every man wore one today..
Alligator Wisdom made this statement, "Not long ago the circuit overseer had one elder shave off his mustache."
When I entered Bethel I also had a mustache. I and others get our work assignment, we meet the floor overseer. I get pulled aside. So brother newboy (me) you happen to see the latest magazine? I say yes. The article is about evolution. Within the article is a picture of a white scientist at a blackboard. This white scientist has a mustache.
So, in the floor overseers mind, if you are white and have a mustache you believe in evolution.
I am thinking, I have not been at Bethel a full week and I got 47 more weeks of people that think or may think like this, what did I get myself into....
do you feel there was a "gap" between those who had more materially and those families or individuals who had less?.
example: did those who had "less" materially not get invited to private homes for get togethers as frequently or not at all?.
thanks for your input.. juni .
I remember moving to an area where the cost of living was much less than where I was, which allowed for a much nicer/larger apartment for about the same price. I had invited some over from the congo to visit. Shortly after that start getting comments of being materialistic, blah, blah, blah. They being clueless that where I lived prior was very tiny and not that nice of a place. Jealously.
i just happen to catch part of a steve martin movie called, "the jerk".
the scene is cat juggling.
so i google cat juggling out of curiosity and i get this: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/cat_juggling.
I just happen to catch part of a Steve Martin movie called, "The jerk". The scene is cat juggling. So I google cat juggling out of curiosity and I get this: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Cat_Juggling. Then I see a link that leads to this, http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses. The section on " How To Stop Jehovah's Witnesses Coming To Your Home" is pretty funny. Oddly enough I knew a coworker who pulled a simliar stunt. He had a company car. After he was terminated his boss came over to pick up his car. As his boss was going through his car he called the police and said his car was being broken into....
