In a town as small as mine, most JW's knew when I DA'd a few years ago. When the dubs call at his house, he just tells them, "Hey do you know my good friend Gymbob who lives right over there? He used to be a Witness!"
He says they just turn around and walk away!
i just heard george benson on the radio.
got me to thinking - is george benson still an active witness?
I met Benson at Bethel too. Also, when he came through town a few years ago many witnesses went to the concert.
John Denver had some of the JW literature but never studied. He had a good friend (musician, ex-bethelite, now ex-dub) named Wayne Stuart who witnessed to him. He did not hate witnesses. I knew Wayne before he left the borg back in the 70's. he performed the marraige for my sister and bro-in-law in the kingdom hall. Wayne also cut a album back around 1980 that Denver played on. Gymbob
i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
Whatever happened to Olie Riley?
He was a very popular guy in Brooklyn back in the 70's, I think he went though Gilead and was sent to some place like Fiji. Gymbob
had any of you seen any demonstrators at bethel when you worked there?
i am curious as to what any of you thought of them when you seen them holding signs and passing out pamphlets to jws as they were all walking by.
if any had seen them, did they have any impact on your life in any way?
Any of you ex-bethelites remember Mr. Coffee????
had any of you seen any demonstrators at bethel when you worked there?
i am curious as to what any of you thought of them when you seen them holding signs and passing out pamphlets to jws as they were all walking by.
if any had seen them, did they have any impact on your life in any way?
Back around 77'-78' there was a group who demonstrated in front of the 124 bldg. for several days in a row. They had a leader who said he was the prophet Jeremiah resurrected.
So one day at breakfast Schroeder reports to the bethel family what was going on because they were creating a pretty big scene each day.
He said the GB decided to meet with the leader, and after a few minutes they find out the guy is DF'd and wants Jehovah's witnesses to join them.
Wackos....
i attended the guided by gods spirit district convention this summer.
out of an abundance of caution (some may say paranoia), i will not elaborate further on when and where i feasted at jehovahs table.
my observations on the program are below.
Frankly, how do you sit through a convention without screaming out??
If someone made me go to one day of a witness DC, i would consider to like Chinese water torture...... Gymbob
if you stare at someone long enough, eventually you'll get what you want.
don't go out without id.
be direct with people; let them know exactly how you feel by piddling on .
"Dogs think they are human. Cats think they are God"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7540427.stm.
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discuss - please stay on topic and no jibber jabber.
I know a religion in Brooklyn they can all join.......
i've had this theory for some time and alluded to it occassionally but have never explored it in detail.. it is of course a huge generalisation so no, not everyone will fit into the boxes and i'd like people's opinion.
i don't know everyone's circumstances so it's based on a small sample of some of those i do know something about.
it could be completely wrong, it's just an idea.. basically, i have seen a difference between some of those ex-jws who walked out vs those who were kicked out.. the most bitter and obsessive seem to be the kicked out and, i must add, those who were legitimately kicked out.
I don't think anybody really understands what being a witness means except someone who has been there/done that.
I have ex-dub friends who neverthink about JW's, even though being born and raised in it. And then some the other way.....
Also, I love the can of worms photo! One of the reasons this site is so needed! Gymbob
well, we made it past the 3 million post mark ... what a huge milestone - it makes it one of the largest discussion forums on the internet!.
a big thank you to everyone who posted on this site, shared a little bit of themselves with us or just said 'hi' along the way.. thank you for making this place rock and kick ass!.
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Simon~
Want to go for 4 mill?????
I believe this place freaks the living hell out of Brooklyn, and would love to see it grow even bigger.
Thank you, and do what you gotta' do....... Gymbob
