Many moons ago my then husband and I went to NY and took the tour. We brought along a sister who was very interested in a brother who was king of the chicken coop on the farm. As we toured Bethel they showed us a room that was furnished and my husband said "Couldn't you just move in right now?!?" I said, "Noooooaaaa". Even then still under sick thinking I saw it as pure institutionization. We visited the farm and met the very good looking guy the sister wanted. He told her he was not interested. She cried for two days. I thought it would be cool to take my dad to see how well (Nazi like) the farm was run. How that worst job was working with the pigs. You always smelled like pig methane shit. My dad wasn't a JW but he would have like the big machines, combines etc. It was impressive. Like communist Russia.
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How can anyone who is truly spiritual-minded attend Bethel and not realize it's all a scam
by sosoconfused innot that i was any better(lol - but as i sat back and thought about the time i spent there, and the things i saw i feel disgusted.. i could literally write a thousand stories about the discrimination, favortism and all out dishonest that took place but i doubt anyone would actually care.
the one thing however that really sticks out in my mind is when i was in a nice room with my roommate that he kind of inherited after his previous roommate left.
it actually had a bathroom and we both had space for real beds(not those dang trundle beds like we had in standish).. .
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Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?
by Monsieur inhas anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.
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The power of denial combined with shock is a mighty power. I was hit by a van while legally crossing the street in a cross walk over a year ago. It happened so fast I just couldn't put it straight in my mind that it really happened. The medics arrived. My left elbow was bloodied and lots of scratches and contusions. I had instinctively put my arms over my head to protect against head injury. They looked me over and said I was okay, lungs, ribs, BP a little high. They sent me along my way. I went and had a pedicure bought some lunch for the hotel room. I was starting to feel sick...all over. (I'm a flight attendant so I had to call scheduling to replace me because I had been "hit by a van") I called a phone number we are given if we have a medical incident. They were sending a Dr to my hotel room. He never showed and they said he wasn't answering his pages. I went to the gift shop and bought some advil PM. I did go to sleep but when I woke up I was in really bad shape and having trouble breathing. I crawled to the phone and call the # and told them to send an ambulance. I crawled to the door to prop it open then back to the bed. My breathing was very weak and labored and I had this thought "I think I'm dying....well this isn't so bad". I was taken to the hospital and my left arm was broken, ribs all crunched up, collapsed lung and a ruptured spleen. I came very close to death but no demons or angels had anything to do with anything. I would bet in that video those gals were "on" something. That was crazy weird. I don't believe in demons..or angels...but I think that there are many more dimentions than we are aware of. Quantum physics say up to ten or more....like a loaf of cut bread...who knows. It's been over a yr and I am just getting back to work. I am financially screwed and had to get a lawyer to deal with the Cos hired Workmans Comp firm. Another lawyer to handle the accident. So if there is a settlement within my lifetime the Lawyers get 64%, Workmans Comp get paid back plus the medical(my insurance only lasted 3 months). Even after all this life altering injuries etc I'd rather be hit by another van than be a JW. Waking up every day as a JW is like that movie "Groundhog day".
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Is The New Governing Body Friendless At Bethel? Loneliness At The Top Of The Heap
by frankiespeakin inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6fla_f85vq.
all of the currant gb are newbies and i'm sure not well liked at bethel by those who were close to the passed away old guard.
mark sanderson was baptised 02/1975 and many bethelites were there at bethel longer than he has been baptised this has got to have caused some jealous feelings among older ones there and perhaps such a newbie claimette to the annointed class maybe causeing others to seriously consider themselves annointed.
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When a woman JW asked me what issues I had with the borg. I said #1 women are not even 3rd class. #2 you give all power to those guys in New York and you probably don't even know their name, their history, education etc. Yet you give them permission to tell you how to dress, how to keep your yard, how you speak, what to read, where your money goes etc. They handle billions of dollars and you don't know where it goes, what political affiliations exist, off shore accts. etc. She shunned me. Which is quite alright.
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Genetic Problems Among The Amish(They need to increase the size of their gene pool)
by frankiespeakin inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eajdq_sgdk.
they need some new dna introduced into their very closely related gene pool.
i don't think many from the outside world are converting leaving a very narrow gene pool.. perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea if some of these youths got pregnant durring rumspringa(amish wilding durring youth) thus killing to birds with one stone.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rumspringa.
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25 years ago I had a counselor who did a paper on this. It really is very serious. Poor kids.
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My thoughts and observations re: the Memorial
by 144001 inwhile sitting through my annual visit to a kingdom hall tonight, i had the following thoughts/observations:.
1. the speaker appealed to the kids: "how many here are 15 years of age or younger?
" he then went on to tell us how exciting it would be to "lie down" with lions that eat straw instead of flesh, and further discussed jw kids napping with leopards, bears, and cattle.
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All this wine talk makes me want a glass of wine.
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My thoughts and observations re: the Memorial
by 144001 inwhile sitting through my annual visit to a kingdom hall tonight, i had the following thoughts/observations:.
1. the speaker appealed to the kids: "how many here are 15 years of age or younger?
" he then went on to tell us how exciting it would be to "lie down" with lions that eat straw instead of flesh, and further discussed jw kids napping with leopards, bears, and cattle.
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Hey Undercover, you made a great point. Soon they will have New Light about the "Annointed Ones" that it only applies to their Corporate ooops I mean Governing Body.
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I found out a JW friend of mine has an addiction to torturing animals!
by Vienna Angelika inlast night i found out a close jw friend of mine takes delight in watching animal torture.
i am an animal lover, and i dont know what to think.
i dont want to end our friendship because this friend has been very accepting of me.
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This is on a par with child molesting. Turn him in. It is a the beginning of sociopathy.
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NOT on JW.ORG: Who currently owns the Judges' Beth Sarim 4440 Braeburn Rd San Diego ca 92116?
by Balaamsass inthe other thread on the judge rutherfords death lead me to google beth sarim at 4440 braeburn rd., in san diego ca.
nice digs on google earth.
the home next door is over $800,000 on zillow and trulia.
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In his picture I believe he was quoting Mr Barnam, "There's a sucker born every minute".
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Long Overdue Observation
by earthfire ini just thought this was funny when it popped into my head this morning.
funny because i should have thought of it long ago and i'm sure that i'm not the first to think this.
the big point comes after my little spiel.. so, god tells noah to build an ark because he has a lot of killing of the wicked to do and only noah and his family seem to be good enough.
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There are many more ancient stories of a "flood" (Gilgamesh etc). Archiologists theory is that there was a big flood in that area (the part of the "world/earth" they were familiar with) and it was orally passed down thru other non-Noah (if he ever existed) cultures. The moral of this story is "be good or God will kill you.......and your little dog too"!
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Why do Jw's have to pay for CO's expenses?
by nolongerconfused inthis is something that has always bothered me!.
why do rank and file have to pay for co's do's expenses, car, health insurance, meals, etc, etc...?.
didn't the apostle paul say that all christians have to be self sufficient and work?, not depending on anyone else and cause a burden?.
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The Corporation will always take it out of employees paychecks when they can.