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  Family Reuinion and Being Disfellowshipped (sorry...but it's long)

  by babygirl30 in

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  it has been a long looong time since i posted on here, but never ceased reading all the posts and keeping up on the changes that have been going on!

  but it just seems that now i have a need to get something off my chest, and this is the one place that will most definitely understand the topic at hand.

  i have been disfellowshipped for about 8yrs now, and have dealt with the 'consequences' of that decision: all my so-called friends in the org left and i was also abandoned by my own family.

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  freddo

  Well done you!
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  Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

  by _Morpheus in

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  2. experiences

  so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

  rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

  q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

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  freddo

  Morpheus you shouldn't have posted that pm without clearing it with the sender. It's not the crime of the century in as much as it doesn't in anyway reveal who fisherperson is and I understand you doing it because the content looks like fp is grilling you and doubts your honesty. Sit on the naughty step for ... let's see ... 5 minutes.

  Fisherperson you are right that the post should not have been made identifying you - perhaps posting what you asked anonymously would have been the better way for Morpheus to go. After all it was a pretty intruding set of questions to pm someone.

  But it does reveal your lack of comprehension. Your perceived lack of comprehension that the organisation you defend has severe fault lines in it and that so many basically honest people have been badly hurt by the policies and unwritten rules many of it's members uphold and enforce.
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  You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

  he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

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  LITS - don't get wound up by fisherman. It seems to me you were at worst naive and gullible in your depth of belief that Bethel was the centre of true worship and that you simply believed you must be wrong. I know several in the London Bethel or who have been there and the negative stories that come out are enough to make me not recommend Bethel life to anyone who feels he or she must not go against their conscience to please men.

  It is grimly satisfying that you are free and that the overseer who caused you so much grief is trapped. Unless he is dead or awake.

  Fisherman is wilful in his behaviour - he defends the WT on a forum that they would describe as "apostate." He is going against what they say every time he puts his defence of them in a post on here.

  He thinks enough of himself that the WT rules and guidelines don't apply to him. That should tell you the kind of person he/she is.
  
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  Brighton Convention Roll Call

  by konceptual99 in

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  anyone here attending the brighton rc this weekend?

  hope it's my last....

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  Each to his or her own Konceptual. If the rest of the UK was run like Brighton no one would travel anywhere if they wanted something more powerful than a bicycle. Don't go in for the lentil eating sandal wearing car hating lifestyle myself.

  If you want a city by the sea try Portsmouth. Proper maritime history there!
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  Brighton Convention Roll Call

  by konceptual99 in

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  anyone here attending the brighton rc this weekend?

  hope it's my last....

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  Brighton! I'm surprised anyone can get to the auditorium. It's the "Green" capital of the UK - all bicycle lanes and no cars allowed! Absolute mess.
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  Demoted from elder to MS, anybody ever heard of this?

  by Naoscillator in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so a friend in a nearby hall told me their co came through, and in a hellish week of long meetings and inquisition overhauled the boe.

  only one remains as elder, three were re-appointed as ms, and one, the cobe was deleted entirely.. two new elders were brought in as new secretary and cobe / watchtower conductor, respectively, and introduced to the congregation from the platform on sunday immediately following his second talk.

  he reminded everybody of the authority he has and then named the new appointees.

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  I have heard (rumour and only in one solitary case in Cornwall, England about ten years ago) that an elder who couldn't cope with judicials and stuff asked if he could be a MS instead and it was agreed by the London Branch.

  But as The Listener said perhaps the rules have changed now the travelling monkeys have their own power.
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  You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

  he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

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  He sounds genuine to me. Deluded and Naive. But genuine.

  It would be good if he could show the invoice for food and any other documentation. If he left in good standing and it's written on his letters and there is a bill. That would answer Fisherman's points.
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  New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

  by suavojr in

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  2. friends

  let the merging begin!!!.

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

  re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

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  freddo

  Congregation "Woe is us" with low elders (5) merges with Congregation smug "We've got more elders because we're spiritual" (10) = 15 elders.

  Who wants to watch the "I wannabe the CoBE" wars?
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  New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

  by suavojr in

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  2. friends

  let the merging begin!!!.

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

  re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

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  I'm sure this is real. It lays the groundwork for the crafty acts of building one hall for every three they close and take the lolly for!

  Be great if it happens here. More chance to hide.
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  HELP - A Guide to Fade

  by cognitivedizzy in

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  hey everybody, been here lurking for years now... i tired of all the gb 2.0 shit and need to fade successfullydo we have a guide, i am very tempted to go out with a bang, but i want my wife with me, she aint a strong witness and would happily trust me ... i love her a lot.

  status as of now,,, read coc isocf, been through jw facts and am convinced this religion is bs, also a ms now :( damn.

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  freddo

  Take it steady, you've made a significant change by dropping out of being an "appointed man". Now start doing fun things on weekends right on ministry and meeting times.

  Don't blurt it all out at once or she may dive down the rabbit hole. Just common sense stuff. Ask questions such as why all this building work if the end is so close? How does it all chime with Luke 21: 8? Why all the cry for money? Bigger storehouses and all that?

  Don't answer the questions just leave them open.