Posts by silentbuddha

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Highlights from Leaked Bethel Videos - part 6, Brooklyn tunnels

by neat blue dog in

here's some pictures of the tunnels that used to connect the various bethel buildings after they stopped being used, as well as a diagram.. .

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silentbuddha

It makes me think of fish duties... and then the install of those atms

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hey guys, i'm working on a paper about exploitation amongst jehovah's witnesses ( i'm also preparing a book about jehovah's witnesses and interaction ritual theory, and another paper about jehovah's witnesses and discrimination against women).

i'm trying to calculate as exact figures as i can concerning how much bethelites are paid.

does anyone know the monthly stipend as of now?

silentbuddha

In 1996 - 1999 I was getting 95 a month...

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Nephew’s JW Fiancée Begins Conversion to Judaism Due to Passover Date

by Rabbi Midge in

it’s been a while since i posted, but for those who remember, i came on here to get some information about jehovah’s witnesses because i have a nephew who was getting engaged to a girl who was a jehovah’s witness and, along with some other sites, i was recommended this one.. since then we’ve been busy with passover and jehovah’s witnesses have had something they call the memorial of christ’s death (i believe i have that right).

this clashing of the two observances apparently did more for this girl than anything else i ever saw in our months of conversations with her.. respectfully, jews do not proselytize.

these are people who, of their own desire, “join the tribe” after some years of study and practice--something this girl has just begun to do.

silentbuddha

From frying pan into the fire

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Good Guys VS Bad Guys: Facts Nobody Wants to KNow

by TerryWalstrom in

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facts we don't want to know.

the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .

which humans?.

silentbuddha

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/330020005/views-on-race-my-own

This dude pours out his heart about how his beloved "paw paw" was a nice kkk member... Simon where is your biggest rofl emoji?

So we are suppose to understand your pawpaw was an upstanding gent who was a part of one of the most hateful and murderous groups in history and wasn't a bad guy...

But America is somehow a bad guy.... roooooooofl

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Good Guys VS Bad Guys: Facts Nobody Wants to KNow

by TerryWalstrom in

jw
friends

facts we don't want to know.

the purpose of war is to kill humans.. .

which humans?.

silentbuddha

Isn't this the same guy who tried to convince us that his grandfather was in the Ku Klux Klan but he was still a great and morally sound guy???

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What is the strangest book or craziest book the JWs have ever printed?

by blownaway in

what do you think the crazies or strangest book they ever printed is?.

silentbuddha

Commentary on the letter of James... because it was the one balanced publication they ever released.

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R & B Soul on JW.org

by silentbuddha in

i remember getting my ass beat .

in 1987 / 1988 for listening to atlantic star.

they had a song called always.. my mother sat me down anmd told me listening to music like that would just rile up my emotions and make me look for a girl to fornicate with.. like at the age of 10 i was going to take it to that level.. my mother later banned r and b from our home.... i find it all hilarious now, but a friend of mine actually sent me a link to the jw broadcast and said i had to watch this.. i told him there was no way, but he said just start at the 50:40 mark.. i do not believe that this is what the org is doing now???.

silentbuddha

I remember getting my ass beat

in 1987 / 1988 for listening to Atlantic Star. They had a song called Always.

My mother sat me down anmd told me listening to music like that would just rile up my emotions and make me look for a girl to fornicate with.

Like at the age of 10 I was going to take it to that level.

My mother later banned R and B from our home...

I find it all hilarious now, but a friend of mine actually sent me a link to the jw broadcast and said I had to watch this.

I told him there was no way, but he said just start at the 50:40 mark.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT THE ORG IS DOING NOW???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Ou6MDoskI

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YMCA membership what is the current belief?

by Whynot in

i know that having a y membership was a huge no, no for jws.

there hasn't been any information on this subject in decades.

i met an elder's wife a few years ago that goes to the y and also has a membership.

silentbuddha

About 6 years ago an 77 year old ministerial servant was told he needed to engage in physical activity not long after he had some form of aortic surgery.

He and his wife were on SS and could not pay for a gym membership so he started going to the local Y.

When a pioneer found out she reported it to the elders and we sought direction from the c.o...... lol.... direction.

He said we were to instruct him to find alternate means to get exercise or he would be removed from his MS post.

He conceded and stopped going and did not have an alternative. 7 months later he died....

Coincidence? Maybe or maybe not

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Massive hints against alcohol

by purrpurr in

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in the most recent assembly there were several heavy hints about not drinking alcohol at all.

saying that it doesn't give a good witness or would stumble others.. is this a new "unwritten directive?.

silentbuddha

I wonder how this particular watch tower is going over it Bethel I remember back in the day at the period I was there there was a building on Henry street called the icebox because every time there's garbage picked up they would be literally thousands of beer cans and liquor bottles in the trash

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My Dissociation letter

by TJ Curioso in

hi to everyone!i was summoned to the judicial committee and went.

it was a respectful conversation from one side to the other.

in the end i handed the dissociation letter in hand and a binding to each of the elders, with an article i wrote on the subject, "are jehovah's witnesses a destructive sect?

silentbuddha

"I think "to sin" must be by excess and not by restraint. " --- GREAT QUOTE!

Times are changing in JW land and many people are doubting due to what is going on in the news and the time they spend on the internet outside of porn sites... lol

When I left I forwarded my letter to facebook friends and a number of people responded in a positive fashion. A few have mentioned the positive way it impacted them. Your letter was far more in-depth than mine so I am sure it can do the same and much better. IF there is a 1 percent chance that your words will plant a seed it is WORTH it.

I read 4 DA letters as an elder and each time they were discussed by other members of our body. You never know when your words can impact someone else!!!