how is he different to a normal elder?
is he ranked higher than a normal elder?
what does he actually do?.
Bethel elders were a notch above lowly regular elders!
For real a bethel elders main distinction is they are the ones who sit on Judicial commitees of those in bethel, they are sent out on speaking assignments as representatives of bethel, ande as mentioned they serve as table heads for morning worship and pass out your $90 stipend and determine which direction the food will be passed!
Sadly I am serious they choose which direction for the foood to be passed!
i was wondering if there were any other ex-bethelites on here.
i personally regularly went for temporary work at brooklyn then was assigned to the farm for a year and a half.
it was... one of the most bizaare experiences of my life.. so i wrote it all down (finally, after some 15 years) so i won't bore anyone on here with the details of the story - because bethel doesn't show up until chapter 15... and for you straight folks, it gets a bit gay in two places... but nothing gross.
The reason why s because I had (and this is real) this idea that I was going to go out and find problems with the world... especially the gay world... and that I would be "scared straight" and for such be able to focus on Bethel with more conviction.
I fully get this. I approached it from a different angle. After arriving at bethel and a combination horny young man and lonely with no one to connect with to explore said horniness, I remember going to the 124 library seeking out a justifaction to fulfill my natural sexual desires?!?
HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT?!?
I can relate a lot to your story because even tho different we both had a desire that couldn't be satisfied. My gawd like you said take young men coming into their prime, stuff them all together but damnit there is no release for natural feelings as they build up. Than throw in all the commuter sisters and you had a powder keg of guilt shame and unresolved frustration waiting to blow.
Here's another roomate story for ya:
My 1st asshole roomate would lectur me after the mon WT study. One day I come home from the school service meeting and he is sitting there in lecture mode. Goes on to say how we need to talk about the cleanliness of my portion of the closet. Takes me there ask me to pull back my suits which were hanging on the bottom rack to reveal my dirty laundry bag and tells me that it is not acceptable to leave the top of the dirty laundry bag open?!?
Thats when I knew the asshole was going thru my shit!
i was wondering if there were any other ex-bethelites on here.
i personally regularly went for temporary work at brooklyn then was assigned to the farm for a year and a half.
it was... one of the most bizaare experiences of my life.. so i wrote it all down (finally, after some 15 years) so i won't bore anyone on here with the details of the story - because bethel doesn't show up until chapter 15... and for you straight folks, it gets a bit gay in two places... but nothing gross.
One thing he did drive home was the desparity that exist between departments. If you in the factory (grunt work) you working like a dog. If you in the homes (service work) you get a lil more lax work environment. You in a specialized field (IT electrician) you enjoy a certain freedom that almost brings normalcy to your work at bethel.
Its really F'd up the way the separate and condition you thru the bullshit work assignment they give you. Than you are scrutinized again with your KH assignment. Thankfully I got assigned to a cool hall with only 1 BE (bethel elder) another cat I knew had like 5 BE and 3 of them was on his ass for no reason.
Thanks for the story James best Bethel experience since New boys.
i was wondering if there were any other ex-bethelites on here.
i personally regularly went for temporary work at brooklyn then was assigned to the farm for a year and a half.
it was... one of the most bizaare experiences of my life.. so i wrote it all down (finally, after some 15 years) so i won't bore anyone on here with the details of the story - because bethel doesn't show up until chapter 15... and for you straight folks, it gets a bit gay in two places... but nothing gross.
Well, son... our elder body received this letter from a Brother Bechman that... well, is like a running tally of all your imperfections as a person.
MANNNN I would LOVE to see whats in the letter that followed me!
Julie I understand your wonder if this is a real 1st hand account but trust me I and pretty much most of the cats I went to bethel with have a similar story. Even the injury hits home, had a good friend dislocate his knee playing basketball while I was checking him.
i was wondering if there were any other ex-bethelites on here.
i personally regularly went for temporary work at brooklyn then was assigned to the farm for a year and a half.
it was... one of the most bizaare experiences of my life.. so i wrote it all down (finally, after some 15 years) so i won't bore anyone on here with the details of the story - because bethel doesn't show up until chapter 15... and for you straight folks, it gets a bit gay in two places... but nothing gross.
HA! ransom is from Detroit I very casually knew them.
i was wondering if there were any other ex-bethelites on here.
i personally regularly went for temporary work at brooklyn then was assigned to the farm for a year and a half.
it was... one of the most bizaare experiences of my life.. so i wrote it all down (finally, after some 15 years) so i won't bore anyone on here with the details of the story - because bethel doesn't show up until chapter 15... and for you straight folks, it gets a bit gay in two places... but nothing gross.
Naw but I can imagine!
Its sad that the best barbers for me were the white sisters in the barbershop (another bullshit aspect of bethel placing white sisters in the barbershop to cut black mens hair and they have NEVER WORKED IN A BARBERSHOP?!?)
GAWD I am glad to be out of that ass backwards high control group!!!
i was wondering if there were any other ex-bethelites on here.
i personally regularly went for temporary work at brooklyn then was assigned to the farm for a year and a half.
it was... one of the most bizaare experiences of my life.. so i wrote it all down (finally, after some 15 years) so i won't bore anyone on here with the details of the story - because bethel doesn't show up until chapter 15... and for you straight folks, it gets a bit gay in two places... but nothing gross.
Um dude your story is brilliant!
These two really capture bethel life:
He is surrounded by young men in their prime, separated at the height of their final development and secluded into a ‘Branch Davidian'-type complex to do nothing but work in their place, smile for the tours, and forget about the spinning globe around them that is speeding by while they create magazines and books that are suppose to relate to the problems and concerns of the common man with common problems and offer a solution for the wicked world they have no connection with.
Because we get our cut by a professional. Yeah, who didn't come here twenty years ago as an electrical engineer and then thrown into the barber shop as his assignment and butchered everyone's hair until he perfected the art of clippers.
I actually got called to the carpet becauser of a fucked up hair cut.
i was wondering if there were any other ex-bethelites on here.
i personally regularly went for temporary work at brooklyn then was assigned to the farm for a year and a half.
it was... one of the most bizaare experiences of my life.. so i wrote it all down (finally, after some 15 years) so i won't bore anyone on here with the details of the story - because bethel doesn't show up until chapter 15... and for you straight folks, it gets a bit gay in two places... but nothing gross.
From your story:
The brother was neurotic and OCD about the usage of his equipment, and fully admitted to going through all of James's belonging while he was at housekeeping duty just to make sure James was "cool".
I swear I believe my 1st roomate at Brk did this shit to me! If I ever see that lil stunted Jawa again there's gonna be a mis-understanding!
hi there, this is my first post, but i've been buzzing around this site for years.. i got married at 18, hubby was 20, i was a regular pioneer and we were talking about serving in bethel.
fast forward - i left in 2004 after a 5 year battle with my conscience, family and friends who kept insisting that i was just "weak and needed to have another bible study".
however hubby and i stayed together although it was kinda on the understanding that we would just not talk about it.
Welcome!
Now to cut to the chase why do you want a divorce?
If you want to see other people or even have someone in mind I would suggest that you just let the new relationship grow. In time you will find hubby will come around.'
anything else:
I completely agree with Data-dogs thoughts on this
ok i started another thread and every one jumped on me because i was trying to take the theory of evolution out of the mix and most here seem to believe in it so i will just say it.
the theory of major evolution is crap!
the theory is falling apart.
