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  Does Anyone Remember Mr. Coffee

  by new boy in

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  the apostate that hung around bethel back in the early 1970's.. i talk about "the frog" and "lady margret" in my book but knew nothing about "mr. coffee".

  any help please.

  new boy.

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  JW_Researcher

  I remember Mr. Coffee clearly. There have been several threads on him over the years.

  He would cry out how the JWs had a "blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack god" etc. for whatever reason. He really zeroed in on the GB.

  While walking with Carey Barber (?) on a particularly cold day with driving frozen rain, Brother Barber observed (haltingly) 'This is one day I'm happy to see him out' or something to that effect.

  I actually respected Mr. Coffee. I heard a society truck hit him (accidentally). A search of prior threads will surface the Mr. Coffee lore.
  
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  Advice from the WT regarding drinking alcohol.

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just posting these links for no particular reason :).

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/alcohol-think-past-drink/#?insight[search_id]=636e164a-d628-4c53-abb8-54b6c3767de6&insight[search_result_index]=2.

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/ask/drinking-alcohol/#?insight[search_id]=863b31b6-ec9b-4c6d-b7a5-e7ee62b353c2&insight[search_result_index]=13.

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  JW_Researcher

  It would be very surprising if the Watchtower did not track the referring URLs.

  We have a small website (Art, genealogy, etc.) and our analytics tell us not only what site referred the visitor but, if a search engine, the term the visitor input.

  Of course, that information is private and for the website's owner's use.
  
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  Advice from the WT regarding drinking alcohol.

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just posting these links for no particular reason :).

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/alcohol-think-past-drink/#?insight[search_id]=636e164a-d628-4c53-abb8-54b6c3767de6&insight[search_result_index]=2.

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/ask/drinking-alcohol/#?insight[search_id]=863b31b6-ec9b-4c6d-b7a5-e7ee62b353c2&insight[search_result_index]=13.

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  JW_Researcher

  Sorry, I refuse to give the wt my click.

  Perhaps I have it incorrect, but I thought a website (in this case JW.org) could identify the referring site when the visitor arrives via a hyperlink.
  
  For that reason, I try to always click the JW.org hyperlinks on this site so the brothers will know that people are checking out their site via boards of this type.
  
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  Research Opportunity

  by researchstudentsophie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my name is sophie, and i am currently in the class ap research.

  the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.

  for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.. the following attachment will help me collect data for my research.

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  JW_Researcher

  I have a PDF of the article Earnest mentions ("The Pessimistic Sect's Influence on the Mental Health of Its Members: The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses") in an e-mail-able size (5.04MB).

  If you PM me an e-mail address, I'll e-mail it to you.

  If you're afraid I'm a Watchtower spy (no judgment), send me a link to upload it or however you'd like it.
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  Meal at Bethel

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  an ex bethelite has made a video about the food that was provided at hq's.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxbe9hacqxu.

  towards the end he talks about the new arrangements with the cutbacks.for breakfast if you had served a certain amount of time at bethel or were old enough you could choose whether you wanted to attend breakfast/morning worship or not.

  first year bethels were made to attend to ensure they were watching the morning worship.

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  JW_Researcher

  Of all the challenges I faced at Bethel (Brooklyn, early 1980s), food was certainly not one of them.

  Food was great! As a married couple, we would 'glean' and use the Thomas' English Muffins (abundant in the commissary) and ....it was all good.
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  Mo Money ... $$$

  by loneranger in

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  the money grab continues!!

  at a very recent circuit assembly (usa), the accounts overseer gave the typical accounts report for the ca in the early afternoon.

  there were 2100 people at the assembly.

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  JW_Researcher

  borrowing against the buildings

  If the loans were secured (almost certainly they would be) then a mortgage or lien or other instrument would be recorded in the public records....or however such encumbrances are made choate in that jurisdiction.

  'Insider information' should not be necessary.
  
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  Is This Queen Video Parody about JWD/JWN?

  by JW_Researcher in

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  2. friends

  https://www.facebook.com/100007790431349/posts/2589219451347711/ .

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  https://www.facebook.com/100007790431349/posts/2589219451347711/
  
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  Paul Joseph Watson has a JW in Latest Video ?

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at 5:00 there is a screen capture of someone who mentions "jehovah our god" on a video about the "n word.".

  https://yadi.sk/i/zaflduly3wauks.

  video topic aside, if she's an active jw...she probably shouldn't we wading into this pool..

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  JW_Researcher

  No idea what happened. Evidently it was there for resolute Bandicoot?
  
  Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP5ghshbXjs
  
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  Paul Joseph Watson has a JW in Latest Video ?

  by JW_Researcher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at 5:00 there is a screen capture of someone who mentions "jehovah our god" on a video about the "n word.".

  https://yadi.sk/i/zaflduly3wauks.

  video topic aside, if she's an active jw...she probably shouldn't we wading into this pool..

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  JW_Researcher

  At 5:00 there is a screen capture of someone who mentions "Jehovah Our God" on a video about the "N Word."

  https://yadi.sk/i/zaFLDULY3WAUks

  Video topic aside, if she's an active JW...she probably shouldn't we wading into this pool.
  
  
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  Bethelite statistics

  by john.prestor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys, i'm working on a paper about exploitation amongst jehovah's witnesses ( i'm also preparing a book about jehovah's witnesses and interaction ritual theory, and another paper about jehovah's witnesses and discrimination against women).

  i'm trying to calculate as exact figures as i can concerning how much bethelites are paid.

  does anyone know the monthly stipend as of now?

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  JW_Researcher

  In 1983 I was in Brooklyn and it was $75 and maybe in 1985 it went to $90? Perhaps someone can confirm the timing of the jump but in 1983 it was $75 (almost positive).

  I was married at the time so we had TWO stipends.....plus we would catch a ride to the congregation meetings/service so....saved there as well.

  Another piece of the Bethelites' financial picture was G-Jobs. We did cleaning on occasion (2X per month) and used our vacation to hang Sheetrock or whatever we could find.

  There was also the loving provision of gleaning and the stale English Muffins which sustained us.