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  How many exBethelites?

  by Christ Alone in

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  i'd just like to see who here has served at bethel, including myself.

  this may be useful for those that have specific questions about bethel, but don't know who of us actually served there.

  could we hear from those that served at bethel and where you served?

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  XBEHERE

  Brooklyn 89-92
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  What is up with the influx of electronic readers at the Kingdom Hall

  by wannabefree in

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  crazy!.

  the local publishers seem to be jumping on the e-reader bandwagon.. sisters even in their 70's are showing up at the hall with ipads loaded with publications for the meetings for crying out loud!.

  a couple of these elderly sisters are having me get theirs ready ... should i add coc and captives of a concept ... perhaps studies vol vii ... to the library for them.

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  XBEHERE

  I do it for convenience and to go online at the meetings using my 4G LTE enabled 3rd Gen iPad. Seriously though its the only thing I enjoy about going to the meetings these days and it is very convenient. I see no problem with it, in fact its a trend worldwide. Many magazines are switching to e-format only.
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  Have You Changed Since Getting On To This Site?

  by minimus in

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  are you the same poster/person now?

  i have seen many posters mature here.

  some still act like jws but others have shown recovery and progress from the witness mentality..

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  XBEHERE

  Well I came here in 2002, didn't post much, began all my researching then in 2008 took a few years break. Came back and it was now .net not .com and all my posts were here and account was still active so began reading and sometimes posting again.

  I think the passed couple years being back has made me more cynical and bitter. Perhaps a little jealous that I do not have the guts that many of you did to just say fcuk it and quit cold turkey. I have changed, but not necessarily for the better.
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  Are irregular publishers included in the congregation average?

  by hoser in

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  any congregation secretary or former.

  if a person does not report for the month and is zero hours is this zero included when the average is calculated?.

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  XBEHERE

  "Someone is irregular if they miss reporting for a month"

  Again true, however the CO will often send the group overseers of these individuals out to "make sure" that they didn't have any time to report. In fact he will say... "I am sure they may have talked to someone. Just ask to be sure" I am comparing procedure to what actually happens. I am sure your husband dutifully notes down who is irr and who is inact. like I used to when I was secretary eon's ago but the corporate inspectors send the elders out to make sure again anyway. So dumb!
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  Let me get this straight about the FDS latest thinking

  by wha happened? in

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  so the fds does not include the apostles.

  what part of the gospels aren't food at the proper time?

  or am i just mixed up on who the fds are..

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  XBEHERE

  Hmm I never even thought about that one. So if there was no F&DS in the first century to dispense food at the proper time what about the writing of the New Testament? I would think that they would consider that "proper food" right... So if there was no FDS, no GB, until 1919 then Jehovah worked through individual annointed ones to write the bible? Begs the question then does he still do so today? How would they (F&DS) answer this one?
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  Are irregular publishers included in the congregation average?

  by hoser in

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  any congregation secretary or former.

  if a person does not report for the month and is zero hours is this zero included when the average is calculated?.

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  XBEHERE

  What Blondie said is true, however my comments on turning in time just when CO visits is often the reality of the situation. The elders almost never label someone as irregular until the CO sends them out on a time hunt while he is there. What usually happens is those publishers will all of a sudden come up with some time to report.. lol its laughable really. Such a stupid system they have for reporting our time (spirituality). Like I said, pathetic.
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  Are irregular publishers included in the congregation average?

  by hoser in

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  any congregation secretary or former.

  if a person does not report for the month and is zero hours is this zero included when the average is calculated?.

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  XBEHERE

  Lying on a field service report is stupid. Do you think you're fooling Jehovah?

  This is true. However the men in authority do look at the figures and your treatment by them is largely based on the amount of time you put in to work for your salvation. The whole concept of tracking individual time on "publishers record cards" is unscriptural.

  I understand the whole "...need to be organized, encouraging to hear the progress from distant fields, etc.." but they can still do all that with the publishers handing in reports anonymously. The secretary hands in totals anyway not individual reports. Lets be honest, isn't the purpose of handing in reports really for the elders and CO's to look at and base your spirituality on.

  How many times in elders meetings I have heard discussions about brothers and inevitably one of the elders says "what has his activity been like lately" How unchristian to base someone's value soley on participation in a man made organizations interpretation of how Jesus' ministry should be carried out.

  ...how pathetic really.
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  Are irregular publishers included in the congregation average?

  by hoser in

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  any congregation secretary or former.

  if a person does not report for the month and is zero hours is this zero included when the average is calculated?.

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  XBEHERE

  You are not irregular until the CO comes and goes and you did not hand in a report. Those figures go on his report. i.e. how many are irregular, inactive, how many became inactive or irregular since last visit. So in otherwords you do not need to hand in your report until the week of his visit to be counted as regular.
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  more abuse in today's watchtower study

  by solomon in

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  today's study picks on the most vulnerable among us.

  the mentally ill. .

  the watchtower apparently hasn't learned that depression and mental illness are that a medical condition.

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  XBEHERE

  The infuriating thing, for me, anyway, is that they do know the difference and yet choose to write the way they do anyway

  So true Sir82......stupid mofo's.
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  more abuse in today's watchtower study

  by solomon in

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  today's study picks on the most vulnerable among us.

  the mentally ill. .

  the watchtower apparently hasn't learned that depression and mental illness are that a medical condition.

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  XBEHERE

  I think that this issue depends on how we are all interpreting the word "depression" Just saying oh I lost my job, I am depressed doesnt mean that you are clinically depressed. It almost would have been better if the medical profession used a different term than just "depression" to mean clinical, chemical based depression. How many of us say that we are depressed sometimes, but we all dont pop pills for it.

  Anyway getting back to the thread comments I believe the WT is actually referring to the non-clinical depression in this article. Even the CO's admit now in our elders meetings that some may need medication to control the various "depressions" that plaugue many today. America seems to be rife with clincally depressed people, not just JWs either.