when you were at bethel..what sucked most ?breakfast/daytext/table overseer.monday night wt studytuesdays bookstudy at one of the local cong.wednesday evening fieldservicethursdays parts on the service meetingfridays "family evening" / evening fieldservicesaturdays quick build hall construction assistancesundays field service/meeting/late supperdaily sisters housekeeping/snooping through your possessionscar poolsallowance daylaundry day / missing clothing / badly sewed clothingboring libraryfarm duty !!!
stalls vs $#it vs gardeninginking the press!digging/carpentry/bricklaying/box packing/loadingnasty crotch grabbin roomiesnot gettin sum..except nasty looks from roomieslousy infermary (basic asprin cures all !!!
)longest pompous a$$ prayers going on and on and on....old anointed bro's ..that pee themselves and need help !assembly sound duty omg!food service overseeingparking attendant workapostate lookout/security work (it does exist guys !
One of the things I'm most thankfull for, is learning the truth about the "Truth" now while my children are still young enough to undo the brainwashing before they mess up their lives in this religion, a while back we would tell our children that it was a real priviledge to go to Bethel, that it was the best place to go after you graduate from School, BUT, then we found out the way things really are, and HELL NO, MY CHILDREN WILL NEVER GO TO BETHEL! We were so blind.
IC
i just found this forum and joined today -- i am so happy that you're all out there sharing your stories and experiences.
growing up jw or just being jw is such a unique experience and can only be shared with people who have been there.
a little about me... i grew up jw -- mom pioneered and dad was an elder.
Hi Limbogirl a BIG WELCOME to you, hope to see you around here from now on, enjoy!
IC
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if only witnesses have the truth and only them will be saved, i guess that god doesn't care much for people in india and china (who represent together about half of the world's population).. out of the 2.5 billion people in both countries combined, how many witnesses can there be?.
a rough guess: 1 witness per 100,000 population
It appears that God, and Jesus don't care about them hearing the message there and also Bithynia- Acts 16:6-7 : 6Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. So I guess what Jesus really said was to preach in all the inhabited world except for these two places, go figure.
IC
where is the 1st century example of a legal department, that we can pattern this aspect of our worship after, today?
where's the "antitypical lawyer and insurance adjuster class" mentioned that justifies the huge wts legal dept.?
i mean, the gospel writers obviously didn't submit their writings to any legal dept.
Why does the WTS even have lawyers? What, they don't TRUST IN JEHOVAH to protect his Borganization? That in itself should send a red flag to the R&F but the poor fools are so blinded that they never even think about that.
The WTS has the perfect RACKET going, I tell you they are Geniuses when it comes to running a total scam. They have employees (bethelites) that work for free, other employees that teach the crap full time (pioneers) for free, yet other employees that teach the brainwashing to the masses (CO's & PO's) pretty much for free with the exception of the R & F paying for their insurance's, and so on, and all the money they rake in, from investments in Real Estate, Rand CAM, Phillip Morris etc., they get that TAX FREE, WOW WHAT A SCAM!
IC
about my car accident and the total destruction of the truck i bought 4months prior.
i got a new vehicle...
stupid van!.
I hope everyone is ok defd, I know how men feel driving vans, from what i've heard it makes them feel, unkool, married with children, older, as for me, I love my minivan, but once the kids are grown i'm getting a kool car.
IC
back in 1989, i sold my car to a brother less than half price.
it was a 88 sentra worth 11,500$ and i sold it to a brother for $4,500.
i did this because he was a friend, and also because he's the one that brought me into the org.
I MARRIED HIM
IC
hi everyone, i'm a newly registered member here.
left the witnesses coming up to two years ago, got df about 8 months after that, still struggle with life after the 'truth', feel resentful of it all, but know i'd never return to that brain washing.
anyway hello to everyone one, enjoyed reading posts i've seen so far.. arnie
Welcome Arnie, glad to see you here, you're gonna love it here, we've got a wonderful community of us Apostates and every now and then to add some variety we have others that join in, like defd, scholar to name a couple.
ENJOY!
IC
once, discussing the recently passed circuit assembly.
he had interviewed a young pioneer that was able to pioneer without a car.
she "arranged her schedule" (translation: bummed rides well in advance) to make sure she had a way to and from the hall.
Loosie, I read about that experience of the sister in Africa, I think at the beginning of this thread, that she and everyone from her village, crossed that river on a regular basis to get groceries and such, so no big deal, no big sacrifice there, just everyday commuting. Incredible aint it? we all bought that Sh*t.
I remember one experience a couple of years back, this brother was the PO in my KH, very arrogant both he and his wife, they went on stage and after relating how they had always remained faithfull to Jehovah, that they had always put him in first place in their lives bla,bla, bla, well, they went on to say that they were so thankfull that their children had grown up and were faithfull servants of Jehovah, my husband and I both looked at each other, because their son was df'd at the time. What bull!
But all this really shouldn't surprise us, Russell- aka the Laodician Messenger, Rutherford- The Judge, Franz- The Scholar Bwwwahahahahahaha! yeah right! If you know one for Knorr- you can add it on. The leaders serve as teachers with their blown up and misleading titles, what can you expect of the followers, it's not about truth, it's about getting people to do more, and more, they will only feel like doing if they think others are reaching these high standards.
IC
Beautiful, just Beautiful Es....You look radiant, I hope your married life is full of joy and happiness CONGRATS!
IC
could the watchtower and the jehovah's witnesses survive the discarding of their 1914 doctrine?
the doctrine that in 1914 the end of the gentile times took place, jesus took up rule in heaven.
for some reason the jws think the outbreak of world war i in 1914 is proof their prophetic calculations were correct.
You have access to the greatest Bible translation ever made available to mankind, truly a gift from God, so then use the splendid NWT and you will become truly wise.
BUUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Scholar surely, you're just saying that right? You do know that good ole Freddy was the writing committee and translator although he barely knew Hebrew.
IC (of the Scholar can't be for real class)
