"anybody know if Bethelites get any kind of severance?" john.prestor . When I left in 1976 I had the clothes on my back, my personal belongings, the mornings breakfast in my stomach, and a letter of recommendation for employment. I had to ASK for the letter of recommendation.
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WT Study October 2018....spinning ''layoffs'' into ''reassigning'' ex-Bethelites ''to the field''
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwt study october 2018. maintain inner peace despite changing circumstances.
lloyd and alexandra learn that they have been reassigned to the field, they at first felt sad.
after all, they had been serving at bethel for over 25 years.
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WT Study October 2018....spinning ''layoffs'' into ''reassigning'' ex-Bethelites ''to the field''
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwt study october 2018. maintain inner peace despite changing circumstances.
lloyd and alexandra learn that they have been reassigned to the field, they at first felt sad.
after all, they had been serving at bethel for over 25 years.
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Hello
by Hendrixgrip inhi, this is my long overdue introduction.
i’ve been visiting this site since probably around 2011. in that time, i’ve taken a lot from these discussions and never contributed anything.
i’m not sure that i have much to contribute these days because i just don’t pay too much attention to wt land.
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Welcome, Hendrixgrip. Stick around awhile. Lot's of intelligent and kind people post here. I look forward to your postings.
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Cart witnessing
by Phoebe innot sure if anyone has posted this before but it's just been put on youtube so i guess it's okay to show you??
if not, please delete it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdusnlvjm-k.
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Personally, I am at a loss for words.
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Capitalizing names
by john.prestor injust a random thought here but does anyone else notice than when the name "elder" or "circuit overseer" appears in the organization's magazines and books they're always lower case even though they're proper nouns and should be elder and circuit overseer... but branch committee member, governing body helper, governing body member, they get to be capitalized.
another subtle indication of how the governing body and other high-ranking elites see themselves, i think.
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I see what you are driving at John. Not being raised as a Witness, I am sure that this is confusing for you. Titles are anathema to Jehovah's Witnesses but by the same token they love their positions and ranking. In the Baptist tradition it would be good manners to introduce you as Deacon John. However, in the Jehovah's Witness tradition you would be Brother John, one of our ministerial servants. Go figure. It's just more of the Jehovah's Witness schizophrenic, 'new language', 'pure language' doublethink. But you are 100% correct in thinking that those 'higher up on the theocratic food chain' try to keep their subordinates in their place. Ask any ex-Bethelite here and they can attest to the 'unwritten' hierarchy rules in Jehovah's loving theocratic arrangement.
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Capitalizing names
by john.prestor injust a random thought here but does anyone else notice than when the name "elder" or "circuit overseer" appears in the organization's magazines and books they're always lower case even though they're proper nouns and should be elder and circuit overseer... but branch committee member, governing body helper, governing body member, they get to be capitalized.
another subtle indication of how the governing body and other high-ranking elites see themselves, i think.
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The term "elder" or "circuit overseer" are common nouns and do not refer to a particular person or entity and are therefore not to be capitalized when used in a sentence. The term "Governing Body" ( which I believe the average Witness assumes is a shortened form of Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses) is a proper noun which refers to a specific named group or entity and therefore should be capitalized when used in a sentence. As a side note, I have continually made the grammatical error of capitalizing both elder and circuit overseer in my postings.
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New JW phrase: bouquet of truth
by ohnightdivine ini heard it from someone who attended the latest wt study, and quickly posted it with - you guessed it - a picture of a lovely flower bouquet.
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"how big is your bouquet of truth?".
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"Bouquet of Truth", my ass. It's more like a bouquet of lies, falsehoods, prevarications, misstatements, 'theocratic tact', and out and out deceit.
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Now Even Nuns Are Acused of Sexual Abuse
by sparky1 in.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-describe-alleged-abuse-by-nuns-the-secret-not-yet-told/.
how deep in society does all of this behavior go?.
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Apparently, this has been known about for awhile but is overshadowed by the sheer magnitude of the 'pedophile priests' problem. I guess more awareness of this issue is now being taken up by the media. It's about time that this 'dirty little secret' receives more attention.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/female_victims/complaints_abuse_by_nuns.htm
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Now Even Nuns Are Acused of Sexual Abuse
by sparky1 in.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-describe-alleged-abuse-by-nuns-the-secret-not-yet-told/.
how deep in society does all of this behavior go?.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-describe-alleged-abuse-by-nuns-the-secret-not-yet-told/
How deep in society does all of this behavior go?
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2nd Update/Scary Experience
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara inglad to say just got the news that the man who was arrested on suspicion about the dead bodies has been convicted of those two murders.
his accomplice is on the run, search going on for him.
there are talks about raising more awareness in the country park area now.. this news helps us to breath a little easy now.. thank you all for your support.. peace..
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You may be right, john and fulano. The first AWAKE! magazine for 2019 has an article entitled: The Stories of Ricardo and Andres. In the article, Andres is quoted as saying : "Then one day the police came to my home. They arrested me, and I was sentenced to five years in prison for attempted murder."