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  Bill Bowen to divorce???

  by sacrebleu in

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  i just got the latest silentlambs.org newsletter.

  in it bill states that he is going through his second divorce and hints that he will be made the villain.

  he goes on and on about the latest batman movie plot and applies it to his life.

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  I knew Bill Bowen at Bethel. He was a good guy then, and he has done a hell of a lot now to help children abuse victims from the watchtower.

  If that newsletter he posted sounds a little weird (and it did) with references to the new Batman movie...so what? I went through a divorce a few years back after my

  wife of 23 years left me because I chose to leave the witnesses. When you go through a divorce it hurts. You get down and write some seriously

  scary, dumb s**t! I know I did! But then, in time you move on and get, and feel, better.....

  I haven't spoke with Bill in almost 30 years and he probably doesn't even remember me. but I wish him the best. Gymbob
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  Counselled for nodding at a df'd person

  by keyser soze in

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  i remember this happening to my dad, when i was just a kid.

  there was a disfellowshipped brother in the cong, whom my dad had been friends with.

  before the meeting, my dad just nodded hello to him, didn't even say the word.

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  We had a woman in our cong. 35-40 years ago that continued to speak with her two DF'd daughters and they never came back to the witnesses. My dad constantly reminded us kids about how "this is what happens when you don't follow the faithful slave"s admonition"....

  I remember a few years back a DF'd woman came into the hall and I said, "nice to see you", two elders saw it and came over to counsel me. So I just said, "well, aren't YOU glad to see her here?" They just looked at me so I walked away. Gymbob
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  Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!

  by Dogpatch in

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  gymbob

  I was in the Ink dept. working with John Camak when we first heard about the Harris press. Big John looked at me and said, "Maybe the first book that comes off that press will be "Armageddon- how did it affect you?"". I remember thinking to myself about John that somebody must have gotton some locoweed mixed up in their feed.....
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  Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!

  by Dogpatch in

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  Dog~

  The 2nd group picture you just posted, the guy in the front row, far right with his head turned sideways.....is that Bob Batco???
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  Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!

  by Dogpatch in

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  Rueben is still in California....in fact he lives in the same town I do. I know this because I saw him leading a group of witnesses out in field service a couple of years ago.

  I was out in my yard on a ladder hanging christmas lights....the look on his face was....priceless!
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  Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!

  by Dogpatch in

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  Wunce~

  Don't remember where Chambers was from, but he was a good guy. We played basketball down at the squib bldg alot, he was an outstanding athlete.
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  Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!

  by Dogpatch in

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  Sorry, didn't realize there was another black bro on drums in the photo..... I was refering to the one on the right with the drumstick in his hand.
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  Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!

  by Dogpatch in

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  Wunze~

  The guy in the front row of the group photo of pressroom boys with his hand in his pocket is Eddie Hernandez, you're probably thinking of another hispanic bro from CA named Rueben Teran, they hung around alot together.

  Warren~

  That black bro on the drums in your band....is that Richard Chambers????? I worked with him on a 2/7 cardcutter for a summer.....

  Anybody remember Kenny Weber? How about Kent Furguson? Other 2/7 guys..... Bob
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  Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!

  by Dogpatch in

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  Tall Hispanic bro on the right is Eddie Hernandez, right? And the guy in the middle back with the tan suit is Phil Trice! I knew him even before he went to bethel in Kentucky. Haven't thought about him in decades. Last I heard, he was not a dub anymore, and that was 20 years ago! Bob
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  what was the one sound bite or comment that helped you see the light?

  by siy in

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  this was a few years ago now, i was on the work one day with an elders elder.. you now the type!.

  & he said this to me me (now i would love to know if you heard this one if its from a wt mag).

  "how you are viewed by others (& so treated) is a reflection of how god views you".

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  For me, I remember my dad and I talking about a WT article from, (I think) Nov. 89' that said the "End" would surely be here before the end of this century. I remember thinking, "Wow, that's only 11 years away!"

  Then, in Feb. 1990 he shows me the new bound volume that just came in, and the comment is completely removed from it! He just sort of looked at me with a, "I'm not sure what to think about this" look.

  That's when I first started THINKING.....