Posts by Octarine Prince

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New Crop of C.O.'s - Charismatic or Company Men?

by Confucious in

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just a fun discussion thread here.. when i first was involved in the wt - probably early 90's.... all the c.o.

's were really charismatic men.. i know part of it was that the wt gave the men a lot of leway on their talks.

pretty much they can use their speaking talents.. i mean, some of the c.o.

Octarine Prince

They had an increasing number of COs turn apostate, so they had to tighten the reins on them.

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My First Interview

by Abandoned in

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well, all that work on my resume has finally paid off.

i just received a telephone call to set up my first interview.

it's today at 1:00. if anyone has any access positive vibes or warm thoughts, i'd sure appreciate if you could send them my way.

1000 asked to leave Brooklyn Bethel!

by cyberguy in

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1000 were asked to leave brooklyn bethel (actually, this includes the farm and patterson) "voluntarily!

" only 6 replied to the request in the last 3 weeks.

it looks like the "waters" of bethel are drying up, or rather, their revenues are drying up!

Octarine Prince

What usually happens is they presume upon the kindness of relatives and friends who respect them for their years of faithful full-time service, etc.

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1000 asked to leave Brooklyn Bethel!

by cyberguy in

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friends

1000 were asked to leave brooklyn bethel (actually, this includes the farm and patterson) "voluntarily!

" only 6 replied to the request in the last 3 weeks.

it looks like the "waters" of bethel are drying up, or rather, their revenues are drying up!

Octarine Prince

They come up with an explanation always.

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VERY strange phone call.

by momzcrazy in

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as most of you know, on dec 22 i sent my letter of da to a local elder.

in my same town.

about a mile away.. well...i got a phone call today from a very sweet sister, who, if i had stayed, i could have become good friends with.

"It took the elders a full month to make an announcement after they got my letter. They'll probably do it the next time they have a "local needs" part in the meeting."

Sometimes, they try to lump things together, and so they stall for a bit.

In my case, when I took myself off of the pioneer list, they didn't read it the first meeting they could do so. The FSO who I had got in trouble before thought he would read it at the same time he read my friend's DF announcement, to imply there was something disciplinary going on with me (instead of the TRUTH that there wasn't!). But it backfired on his ass like pepper spray in a head wind, because I was DOING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS at that very meeting and was standing on stage when he read it!!! haha.

Point being, they do it to suit their best needs, not yours. Just let people know who need to know, as you are doing.

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by FlyingHighNow in

hit this link and type in your time and place of birth.

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i'm interested to see how yours fits your personality.

Octarine Prince

If only two are "off," I would wager that if you posted more information, we would see that they are not as off as you would think.

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Context and Consistency

by DT in

since i was born into the wts, i suffered from a lot a brainwashing before i could even read.

i had a lot of preconceived ideas before i started to read the bible.

i assumed that it was consistent, so when i came across apparent contradictions, i assumed there were reasonable explanations and even tried to make them up.

Octarine Prince

Circumcision was supposed to set the Jews apart, but they were not the first, nor the only people to regularly implement this practice.

The Egyptians did it, for example.

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