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  Gleaning at Bethel

  by Black Man in

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  want to see bethelites act like greedy scavengers?

  just check out the tail end of bethel family breakfast, lunch or dinners.

  for those not familar with this phenomenon, gleaning was when bethelites could basically bring their tupperware dishes down and store up on the leftover meals once the family was dismissed (usually by prayer, except for the bethel dinner).

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  Amen! You preach it, Bro!
  I'm sitting here dyin' laughin' reading recollections
  from ex-Bethelites tellin' it like it is. You nailed
  the 'ten years and single at Bethel' syndrome. What a sad
  collection of nuts and fruitcakes. They end up with no
  job skills, no family, no kids, no pension, no nothing.

  People who are shocked by coverups on child abuse and
  stuff never realize just how weird and loony the mindset
  at Bethel can get. It's a closed little world and the
  inmates typically don't realize how far they've drifted
  from reality.

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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

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  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  metatron

  did that barber's name end in a vowel? did he like plush shag
  carpeting?

  Ok, you got me going.....

  WE LOVE OUR SISTERS

  Once upon a time, there was a Bethel overseer with a lot of
  sisters in his dept. - and frequent absenteeism (Subscriptions,
  I think). He got the bright idea of trying to find out when
  their periods were, so he could put them on a calendar and
  plan for their absence from work. "Sister so & so must be
  on the rag today ......" Strangely, the idea never caught on.

  THE BROTHER WHO COULD KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE

  I envied the brothers who worked on press assembly, putting
  up enormously heavy structures in the factory. You see,
  when a tour of publishers came by (including young sisters),
  they might ask "And where do you work, Brother?"
  ----which allowed various brothers to reply:

  "On the Erection Crew". (and they never cracked a smile)

  BETHEL AS A SURREALIST PAINTING

  Once a tired Bethelite missed breakfast and morning worship.
  He thought to himself "I wonder what we must look like to
  worldly people?" - while staring out his window, overlooking
  the Columbia Heights street.
  Just then breakfast ended,
  A bell rang,
  Doors burst open onto the street,
  about 1000 well dressed people suddenly marched out

  and each one was holding a banana.

  I WISH I COULD SAY THAT

  Not only were there crazy people IN Bethel, there were also
  crazy people who 'hung around' outside Bethel. One old lady,
  with a loud voice, used to sit on a park bench, watching
  the Bethelites go by.
  And she had Tourettes' syndrome
  and she had it real bad.
  So, you had all these smug, self- righteous high mucky-mucks
  in the Society walking by

  And she would address them individually (and loudly)
  using strings of obscene epithets that would make a sailor wince.

  man, you just had to be there

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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

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  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  Good God! you think a year that way was rough ? Try FOUR years
  back in the old days! Knorr, being the self righteous sadist
  that he was, would ream out unfaithful Bethelites every chance
  he got. "You vowed, you promised before Jehovah, blah blah."
  Bethel was slavery in a ruthless sweatshop - they had the draft
  during the war in Vietnam so if you left , you could end up
  losing your deferment and in prison (remember, no alternative
  service allowed back then)

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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  While I don't remember the CQ stuff, there was the incident
  where Knorr reacted to 3 new boys throwing water out of the
  windows on to passers-by. He denounced them before the Bethel
  family and had them step up to the mike to personally
  apologize to everybody. At that time, NYC officials were
  temp housing welfare cases in local hotels and Knorr got mad that
  the org might get associated with these folks throwin' garbage.
  Anyhow, the GB told him not to do this again because it was forced
  repentance and too much like Stalinist stuff.

  funtimes

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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

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  2. friends

  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  metatron

  Nope, didn't know about that.

  Dunlap did turn up one day on the 9th floor bindery feedin'
  a line with books. He said the doctor recommended it as exercise.
  Yeah, right.

  You folks outside of Bethel don't understand how an old-timer in
  Bethel can be lower than the lowest dog. You spend twenty years
  working on stuff that gives you no job experience. Your health
  breaks down and you got no pension. You're scared to death of
  the outside world and being forced to get a job in it if they
  kicked your wrinkled butt out.

  So, you do whatever they say
  and kiss whatever they tell you to
  You tell everyone how wonderful your life has been in Jah's service

  or else....

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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  After years at Bethel, you've got all these stories to tell
  that no one will believe - and they're all true!

  As to GB members, the guy that bothered me was Knorr.

  In my entire life, I have never met such a twisted, negative,
  sex-obsessed sick human being as this man. How could anyone be
  so self -possessed as to RANT , day after day, month after month,
  about the sexual sins of others. He was a good administrator and
  able businessman - and a cruel man who had more in common with
  Stalin than Jesus Christ.

  Another story: I believe there was an ex-CO named Fred who got
  a little mouthy about conditions in the factory. He got quickly
  assigned to the 'gatherer' loading 'signatures' - a job for young,
  physically strong men. Soon after, he had a heart attack and could
  have died.
  Isn't it wonderful that we have the account about Uriah the Hittite
  in the Bible to guide us in dealing with troublemakers?

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  To: AlanF ragarding CO

  by Amazing in

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  hi alan: you asked on my post about the name of the co who gave the idiotic talk about masturbation.

  you wondered if it was don amy.

  no, i don't recall meeting don.

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  Ooops! I couldn't spell that other Russian word 'apparachniks'
  apparatchniks - phooey!
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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  Here's two more Bethel characters.

  Remember Mike Chittick? he worked near the beginning of
  the factory tour route cutting the lead plates for the
  presses. He had an imitation Wolverine couch in his room
  and an immense rep' for seducing attractive sisters all
  over New York state - a real expert on the subject. I
  think he stayed for several years - an elderly member
  of the annointed in Service referred to him as "worldly".

  Then there was Adam Bauerline - a really ancient dude who
  might have been there since Pastor Russell. He told
  dirty jokes, stumbled 'new boys' and was generally
  alcoholic (but funny). When he died, Swingle gave the
  funeral talk - and hinted he wasn't going to be resurrected!
  ("Adam always said he was sorry......")

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  To: AlanF ragarding CO

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
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  hi alan: you asked on my post about the name of the co who gave the idiotic talk about masturbation.

  you wondered if it was don amy.

  no, i don't recall meeting don.

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  metatron

  I'd like to see postings with more depth on a subject
  your post alludes to, specifically:

  Contempt for the rank and file!

  It MUST exist because of the growing socio-economic chasm
  between ordinary, ignorant Witnesses, who have been carefully
  taught not to think or question

  And the Society's 'nomenklatura' - the elite at Bethel,
  the guys with solid college credentials, the lawyers,
  and the Service Dept. bureaucrats whose rules can
  nearly determine life or death.

  They MUST have contempt for the ignorant servility
  they encounter. Further, it must get worse because this
  gap is going to get worse, as the 'priviledged' class
  in the organization secretly understand that in the near
  future the Society will go mainstream - while the tired
  rank and file waste their lives selling magazines supporting
  the power and position of the Paterson gentry.

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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  Art Worsley was a sad case. I think Farkel had the full
  story of how he got screwed over. Folks, when you read
  those pious lifestories about how wonderful life in
  the 'truth' is, don't believe much of them. Sometimes
  the individual is broke, alone, sick and has no where
  to go. They'll testify to anything the Society wants.

  Poor Art

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