this is the fun one......... .
health, dismemberment, death (natural and unnatural) murder and suicide..
the people at bethel were killing us spiritually.......and sometimes they killed us physically too..
Regarding OSHA I remember an old memo from someone in Brooklyn that was copied and passed around like it was the original Bible- it was a memo stating that someone had called OSHA and confirmed that their regs did not apply to Bethelites.
We were volunteers, not employees. OSHA only protects employees!
will the expected heavy snow isolate warwick ny, or brooklyn.
i hope the snow traps the gb showing clearly jehovah's favour and blessing.
this weeks meeting under the section - living as 'christians', starts off with 'repentance makes a difference', which is a talk given by an elder taken from w06 11/15 27-28 par 7-9. in a nut shell it discusses those who have been disfellowshipped and then show repentance.
it then goes on to discuss reinstatement and how a certain amount of time must pass by before this can take place.
it makes the following point in the paragraph.. 'a disfellowshipped person is not automatically accepted back into the congregation after a certain amount of time has passed.
the machines conquer all!.
after our meeting with knorr and the heavies, some of the boys and me got a job changes.
i was sent to bindery 5th floor, building 3, bindery line 5..
don't get me wrong...........there was no one more self righteous, than me at 19. i moved to kansas at 18 to pioneer and even printed up cards that said............ .
"have sword, will travel"---------contact casarona salina kansas------ aaa which of course meant available after armageddon..
oh, i was full of myself!
I knew Fred Hilmo years later. His wife had died in a tragic auto accident (that involved him falling asleep at the wheel while going to give a Bethel Speaker talk).
He was remarried and busted down to a menial position of installing picture hooks.
Very kind person. The kind of "former great" that you ran across often at Bethel. Nothing new this organization chewing people up and spitting them out.
been lurking around here for several weeks.
posted once or twice but not too much.
i'm a covert fade at the moment.
Welcome.
I agree with others, follow the facts. Let your mind open as you question things and seek answers. It's a mind blowing journey!
Re the scripture in Revelation- they don't actually believe it- that's how they sleep!
Help your family to seek out friends, social contacts and traditions away from the KH. It will smooth the transition.
Also, stay under the radar as long as you can. Once their defenses go up, it causes stress and turmoil.
Happy travels!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/stalled-brooklyn-park-exposes-rift-with-religious-group.html?_r=0.
jehovahs witnesses have been criticized by community leaders for not fixing up parks in dumbo, brooklyn, as promised.
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just a note that 10 years ago, (christmas day, 2005), was my last time inside a kh.
a lot has taken place for the better in those 10 years:.
1. met the love of my life and happily married for 9 years, two days ago.. 2. completed a master's degree.. 3. work at senior management level in the it field.. 4. have a savings and retirement, and no debt outside of a mortgage and 1 car loan.. 5. lots of travel to several places that i never would have done as a jw.. 6. contribute to what i believe are meaningful causes.. 7. read, think, and meditate for myself.. 8. have a great extended family i inherited from my wife.. 9. lots of other great stuff, too much to list.. none of this is intended to be boastful.
congregations get an annual letter that tells what can be ordered for literature (it's mainly a list of audio cds/dvds for the deaf), but this time it included publications that will be discontinued, and this included the isaiah's prophecy book and the reasoning book, and i think i saw the draw close to jehovah book.
i meant to take a picture of the letter but forgot.
the branch is only going to give what they have on stock, when that stock depletes that's it, you won't be able to order those publications anymore.. this is in canada so i don't know if this is worldwide..
i don't know whether to laugh or weep.
us town rejects solar panels amid fears they 'suck up all the energy from the sun'...... jane mann, a retired science teacher, said she was concerned the panels would prevent plants in the area from photosynthesizing, stopping them from growing.
ms mann said she had seen areas near solar panels where plants are brown and dead because they did not get enough sunlight.
Be careful not to judge one state by one moron living there.
