Posts by compound complex

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WTBTS – assistance following an incident at bethel

by Tallon in

i haven’t posted for quite a while as i needed a break – although i have been lurking.. can anyone confirm if the wtbts give assistance to someone who has been involved in an incident whilst working at bethel and, as a result, must leave?.

the reason i’m asking is that, back in the 80’s, i knew a sister who was in bethel service.

she was assigned to the cleaning department.

compound complex

Hey there, Tallon:

Welcome back! As soon as I read this, the name "Brenda Upton" came to mind.

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A 46-year-old woman who devoted her life to the Jehovah's Witnesses said she was forced to move from their Brooklyn compound after she was seriously injured while serving the church.

But a judge's ruling this week that she is entitled to worker's compensation payments could end up costing the church millions of dollars.

Brenda Upton and her husband, Michael, took a vow of poverty and moved to the Witnesses' Brooklyn headquarters in 1998 to work as chiropractors for other church members.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/175375/bethelites-entitled-compensation

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Healing

by compound complex in

jw
friends

i feel an unfamiliar restlessness in my lower body.

too long have i been confined to my sickbed; my mind and heart coax me arise and gaze upon the world outside.

it is no longer a matter of fighting long-entrenched despair.

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It seemed but yesterday though, Heaven knows,

it has been millennia since I embarked upon that

peaceful, dusty sleep.

Then, so startling, comes the clarion call from

quickened legions that the hour has arrived to

rise and be awake.

The celebration of Earth and Moon now beckons

all to rejoice as Sky unfolds in regal splendor,

while Earth proceeds to kiss our lovely Moon.

3

Oh My Dear Papa

by compound complex in

if you need or want a good cry .

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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9pq7qpklum.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2jUYOvWxE

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Oh My Dear Papa

by compound complex in

if you need or want a good cry .

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.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9pq7qpklum.

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If you need or want a good cry . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9PQ7qPkluM

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Eddie Murphy, my driver . . .

by compound complex in

i really do have to get to work, but i needed to tell you that i had an early-morning appointment, which i was late for.

i woke up past my due time.

without really thinking through my dire straits, i hired eddie murphy to drive me there.

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You should publish, Nancy!

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It's Not The Dark That Kills You

by compound complex in

while i was watching a program on islands of the pacific ocean, the three largest islands in the world were mentioned.

little have i ever thought of greenland, the largest island in the world.

i decided to learn a little more about this arctic hunk of frozen land, which had no relevance to the program on tropical paradise other than it's an island.. the name of the article i read online includes the words of the topic title above.

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I think about myself and how the WT took away value and meaning to life. Not supposed to cherish things or ways of life that are "counterproductive" and will disappear when the New Order gets here. -- days of future passed

Thank you, dofp.

Yes, we have realized how "they" got it all so wrong. Result? We are cast out. Although I have grown emotionally and get what's going on, nevertheless, it hurts that all my efforts to reach out to loved ones are ignored.

Your post is appreciated.

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It's Not The Dark That Kills You

by compound complex in

while i was watching a program on islands of the pacific ocean, the three largest islands in the world were mentioned.

little have i ever thought of greenland, the largest island in the world.

i decided to learn a little more about this arctic hunk of frozen land, which had no relevance to the program on tropical paradise other than it's an island.. the name of the article i read online includes the words of the topic title above.

compound complex

Greetings:

While I was watching a program on islands of the Pacific Ocean, the three largest islands in the world were mentioned. Little have I ever thought of Greenland, the largest island in the world. I decided to learn a little more about this arctic hunk of frozen land, which had no relevance to the program on tropical paradise other than it's an island.

The name of the article I read online includes the words of the topic title above. The inuit people live off the land and sea but have been uprooted because the government can't subsidize all the tiny villages. The displaced citizens are moved to tenements in the cities. For more than 30 years, the suicide rate in Greenland has been among the highest in the world, mostly among young men, often in "cluster suicides." They are removed from the work and customs of their fathers and grandfathers. Joblessness and drinking are pervasive.

Because there are so few professional mental health workers available and travel is difficult and expensive, some concerned but untrained citizens have volunteered their time and energy to help with suicide hotlines. It is heartrending, the loss of young lives, whether by another's hand or by one's own.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/21/474847921/the-arctic-suicides-its-not-the-dark-that-kills-you

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Mea culpa..

by zeb in

jw
friends

just a few hours ago i took my wife (uber) to the hall with eats she had prepared as the cong are doing some work there.

i had not set foot onto the kh property in years and my stomach went into a knot as i did.

well what happened?

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(((((Zeb)))))

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There Is No Road in the Desert

by compound complex in

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friends

there is no road in the desert, yet you chance upon my friendless camp.. was it stars that led you to me or two yearning hearts become conjoined?.

i envision a most lovely you, but you're just a dream of what i once knew.. remote i remain in my desert abode while stars and your spirit sail on by..

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I wind my way down an endless tract of land; I have no intent but to take my mind off the numbness of endless inactivity. What landmarks could lead me home dissolve as vapor under a bIazing sun. Sights and sounds that once held me in their thrall fall upon jaded senses.

That old sense of adventure vacates a mind and a heart once filled with wonder over Nature's colors, textures, the highs and lows populating Earth and Sky.

Yet, nothing is lost. No, nothing important. Mother Nature has no concern for my paltry love and hate, my joy and despair. She moves forward and carries me gently along; and I gratefully accede to her reawakening of my languishing spirit.

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When did Cook, the new GB member, start claiming to be anointed, and what are the implications?

by jwfacts in

kenneth cook was a "helper" in the writing department, which is apparently a role for those of the great crowd.

watchtower 15/10/15 p.3 states that helpers are of the great crowd.

"since 1992, the governing body has appointed experienced, mature christian elders to help its committees carry out their work.

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. . . your class was rejected and left in limbo. Knorr and Franz continually hammered home: 'There are NO new remnant! The door was closed in 1935 and there are only a few replacements here and there!' -- sparky1

Thanks for what you wrote, sparky; while I never quite thought of any subset classification of anointed, what I hightlighted above (in bold) makes sense. What a difference four decades can make!

Since all of this is fantasy, does it really need to make any sense?!?!?!?

With gratitude.