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  How big is Bethel in New York?

  by Nicolas in

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  just asking out of curiosity... i always heard about it through the wbts publications so i assume what they were saying wasn't exactly like the real thing.

  i remember how it was supposed to be a perfect place to work and everything was supposed to be in harmony with each others.

  i even dreamed of going to that place, when i was young.

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  Bethel means "The house of God" or as we used to say when I worked there, "God's Big house" as in a prison's 'Big house'.

  We were not actually workers because that would imply we were respected, but were more like slaves or prisoners to our Lord and Master, the Governing Body.

  Now if you ask the GB, Bethel would be the closest the JW's would have to what life would be like in the Paradise, this side of Armaggedon. I guess its all in the eye of the beholden.

  Ah those GB Members! Selling ice or Watchtowers to the Eskimos would not only be easy, but desirable, if they could turn a dime.

  New Yorkers loved us. We were their entertainment before video games were invented. They had the uncanny ability of spotting Bethelites in the City as they tried to run us over with their cars. I thinked they called it 'Bowling for Bethelites' I never could figure out how they knew it was us? Could it have been our cheap suits, shoddy book bags, and the concentration camp-like-look on our faces?

  Little known fact: I onced touched Ted Jaracz in a crowd. He stopped and said he felt the spirit leave his body. I was instantly cured of the habit of Masturbation. It was a miracle!
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  The Boring Life Of A Jehovah's Witness

  by minimus in

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  when you think back at how boring being a witness was, it's amazing that we lasted as long as we did.. i hear jws get sooo excited when they leave a tract with a person!

  a stupid little tract!

  or if a witness was asked to come into the same car that the circuit overseer was in, it would be considered such a "privilege".

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  Do you want to know what was really boring?

  Sitting at the old outdoor conventions at Dodger Stadium, on a hot afternoon, listening to a poor quality speaker mandating applause after every sentence, on a echoing sound system, and then trying to stay awake.

  I'm falling asleep just thinking about it. "Brothers, brothers, do you, you, you.. want to live...live...live....in Para....para....para...dise?"

  My old pioneer partner used to say, "after enduring this, the "Great Tribulation" will be a piece of cake."
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  Last of the JW literature on the burn pile :)

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  i have posted a couple of threads in the last year getting rid of my old wt literatrash.

  the first purge emptied an entire bookcase and part of another.

  i put the remaining books into a big rubbermaid container and stored it.

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  God destroyed them for me. It was nice of him to do so.

  Like many of you, I had quite an exstensive library going way back. Many books came as a gift from an old annointed witness.

  While stored in the garage, a flood came through my property soaking them all pretty good. I figured God was trying to tell me something. (a flash flood is an act of God, no?)

  They all made there way to the trash dumpster, the whole lot of them. No sentementallity from this ex-JW. No regrets, no tears, and one happy wife knowing we had more space in the garage.
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  2010 Special Assemby Day program: "The Time Left Is Reduced"

  by truthseeker in

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  the time left always seems to be reduced but it never runs out.. here is the program for the 2010 special assembly day.

  the time left is reduced.

  (1 corinthians 7:29).

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  Quotes you will probably hear at the ASSembly:

  "As the sands of an hour glass, so are the last days of our system"

  "Brothers! We are sooooooo close, you can almost smell the decaying bodies of Harmeggeddon" (the audience is heard sniffing the air in anticipation)

  "I've been around a long time and I'm telling you all, its really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, close." (all burst out in loud approving applause)

  "Have you noticed that there are more birds hanging around? Its an obvious sign that they are getting ready for "Jehovah's great feast" "

  "And the baptismal count is.........zero! Another sign from JG that the end is very, very, near."

  "And the Baptismal count is..........50!! Another sign from JG that the end is very, very, near."
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  Growing up as a JW?

  by Nicolas in

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  hi, just wanted to share a bit of my experience, especially in my childhood.

  i've been a lurker for a while here.

  dunno if my experience is unique (probably not), i've been in the jw for almost all of my childhood, then i became inactive around the age of 12 because i followed my parents when they decided to become inactive.

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  Even if its only one class you take at a comunity college, you will make friends that are serious about life and your interests. Some of those friendships you will gain for a lifetime.
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  FlyingHighNow Needs Our Love & Support

  by snowbird in

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  her son, jesse, is in serious condition.. my son is in surgery and may lose his hand and arm.. jesse got an infection in a cut on his finger.

  his finger and hand swelled to the size of an arm .. .

  they have to do surgery on his hand and arm.

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  FlyingHighNow

  We will do our part to keep your spirits up. Let's continue to hope and pray the Doctors will do their very best to get Jessie back to good health.
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  So who's been out the longest??

  by angel eyes in

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  well some of you arent in the truth anymore,either left,df or da....so who's been out the longest???

  and how many had the priviledge of going pio school?.

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  Angel Eyes

  I used that concentration camp experience in the pioneer school as an extreme example of how you can be seperated from God's organization and still stay loyal to Jehovah. The point is, and don't miss it, its your relationship with God that is THE most important, and not with an org. that claims to represent him.

  Don't underestimate God's power for you to stay close to him in your case. The Org. can be an unessesary crutch that you don't have to use.

  After World War 2, most of those that survived the camps left the org. immediately and why? (see 1974 yearbook)

  Because they were told from that Org. that the persecution, the War and tribulations they were suffering, was "the end of the system". It wasn't the end. The WTS was wrong and they were mislead. They paid a terrible price by faithfully following men that claimed to represent God.

  You are just starting on your search for answers. From your writings its clear to us, the WTS hasn't answered all your questions.

  You've come to a good place where you can air out feelings without being critically judged like in the JW congregations. Something you already know to be true.
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  So who's been out the longest??

  by angel eyes in

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  well some of you arent in the truth anymore,either left,df or da....so who's been out the longest???

  and how many had the priviledge of going pio school?.

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  Farkel

  Its just like the Eagles, "Hotel California" song.

  "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."....so true.... so true - says Homer Simpson as he scratches his head

  So Angel Eyes, do you think its possible to have a relationship with Jehovah God and NOT be a part of any organization?

  Before you answer. There was one example in the Yearbook of a German JW, disfellowshipped wrongly in the concentration camp. Was not permitted to attend meetings, nor talk to the JW's in the camp for many years. Yet, he still stayed close to Jehovah and endured the entire ordeal without the love and support of his brothers. His Faith in God never wavered once. His loyalty was to God and not to the so-called visible organization at that time.
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  So who's been out the longest??

  by angel eyes in

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  well some of you arent in the truth anymore,either left,df or da....so who's been out the longest???

  and how many had the priviledge of going pio school?.

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  Quit associating around 1995-6 after seeing the light, never disfellowshipped. Took me 26 years to realize this wasn't the "Truth", "The Way" or "The Life".

  Attended many Pioneer Schools and was an instructor.
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  What is special about 09/09/09?

  by bluecanary in

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  it's my birthday!

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  Happy Birthday to you!

  Happy Birthday to you!

  Happy Birthday dear Bluecanary!

  Happy Birthday to you!