I was at Brooklyn Bethel from late 90 to early 94, in the waiter dept. (I got to wash the dishes, LOL)... I have to say that I thought it was a blast, at least compared to "normal" JW life. I got to ditch meetings and field service whenever I felt like it; I didn't always feel tired but gave that impression whenever I just didn't feel like going (which was quite a bit). I saw lots of "sinning" in the form of drunkenness, but that was one of the things that was funnest for me there, once I came of age. And, like Jeff said, being at Bethel laid the groundwork for my leaving the dubs. Perhaps for a diff reason; I haven't read your story yet, Jeff... While I was at Bethel, away from family & home cong influences, I started to find myself; started to realize how basically unhappy and repressed my childhood had been. I started to become truly happy and aware of myself as a person, and it only took about a year of living in my hometown again to convince me that none of the dub stuff was for me.
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How many of you were bethelites?
by writerpen ini've been posting here since february now, and i'm just beginning to get familiar with alot of the posters.
i've learned that i cannot rely on the profile picture, since they change often.
so, now i focus on the screen name.. anyway, in an effort to be more aware of some of you, how many served at bethel fulltime, and what was it like?
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Dallas Apostapics..Even More!
by Valis ini thought perhaps instead of having 20,000 dallas threads we could put our pics all in one like a big gallery...well...here are my contributions...and there will be more...soon...very soon.
sincerely, .
district overbeer .
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Valis, that was awesome! Thank you for posting the pics. Lyin kindly offered me a ride for the weekend if I met them in Shreveport, but unfortunately I still won't be able to make it; I just found out that a very beloved uncle will be in town this weekend, and I can't miss seeing him. Keep having the world's best bad association; wish I could be there!
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why dogma?
by SpiderMonkey ini think the title is self-explanatory for the most part, but to clarify: i'm not talking about jw dogma.
i mean, why do so many, even ex-jw, settle on dogma?
why use one "holy book" to define your spirituality?
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I think the title is self-explanatory for the most part, but to clarify: I'm not talking about JW dogma. I mean, why do so many, even ex-jw, settle on dogma? Why use one "holy book" to define your spirituality? Have you really considered alternative writings & thoughts? If not, why not? Bueller?
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What a jerk...
by joannadandy inok so it always bothered me what a jerk jacob was.
he was a deceptive little cheater, and yet he was favored over his brother?
he used a blatant trick to confuse his obviously blind old father...how is he a biblical hero?.
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Good point Berten! Apparently, Jehover declines to use his more miraculous powers when it interferes with his love for death and dismemberment
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Fade out......
by SpiceItUp in.
well i came..... i saw..... i posted....... i vented..... i shared..... i cried...... i laughed...... i made jedi...... i officially got on the crush thread..... and i officially got on the anti-crush thread..... i met some great people...... i met some not-so-great people.... now i have seemed to have lost my passion for posting..... i will not completely disappear ...... but hence starts my fade out...... i will still be available by email...... and those who im me please continue to do so...... i'll be around...... just not in great abundence...... (fade to end...............).
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I hear ya, Carol
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A day in field service
by dsgal in7:30-too early to get up on a saturday morning but the co is visiting and i must show up to make our cong.
9:00 - arrive at kh, smile and say "good morning" to everyone (even though i'm still half asleep).
he visited had 69 people when he was there.
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Gawrsh, I was thinking dsgal was super-diligent for being in the territory by 9:30! Our meetings for service never even started until 9:15; we were "lucky" to be "in service" by 10:00. Of course, being back at the KH at 11:45 to make plans for lunch/"return visits" meant that you'd racked up at least 2 hours already! And bonus minutes (hours if you were a pioneer) if you left mags at a laundromat on the way to the KH before 9:15!
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Old Light Vs New Light. The Light is not Bright
by RevJohn inold light vs. new light
the lighter is not bright .
the watchtower writes "if we were following a man undoubtedly it would be different with us; undoubtedly one human idea would contradict another and that which was light one or two years ago would be regarded as darkness now.
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The only "new light" I'm interested in seeing:
"NEW LIGHT! We can see now through the clarity of scriptural evidence that the 'new light' teaching is utter BS. This is considered 'old light,' effective immediately. The light remains the same eternally, as God does. It is only the opinion and legal culpability of grumpy old men in Brooklyn that occasionally changes, not the light itself."
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What you got on "under" there????....
by SpiceItUp ini am talking about underwear.... what do you put on if anything???.
i myself---either go with thongs----or nothing .
spice of the likes to feel free class
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BOXERS... MY "boys" don't like the constraint of briefs!
Favorite pairs of boxers: The black ones w/ white handprints on the butt that said "can't touch this"... The ones with a big alien face that said "out of this world"... And the ones with a big jalapeno pepper that said "hot stuff"... These are all, now, sadly demised My current favorite has 1's & 0's all over it & says "Megabyte"
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Chances of life Life on mars!!
by haujobbz in.
"life on mars" mmm i wonder what jws would say on the matter,maybe adam and eve visited mars( just joking).anyway what do you think, will they find life on mars.
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Thanks, JC, that was some very interesting stuff... I guess the jury is still out, but the case for early life on Mars has a lot more to it then I knew. Thanks again!
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Food Poll
by SpiceItUp inmade some quesadillas last night.
they were very yummie.
however a friend i had over did not want theirs with all the ingredients that i put on mine.
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I love to try new things, and I've hardly ever eaten anything that I wouldn't consider eating again... I think this attitude was ingrained in me at an early age, because my older brother was the world's pickiest eater. I would watch him snub perfectly good food night after night, get punished for it, and keep on doing it... I thought that was stupid, & resolved to always give things a try. Since then I've never met a calorie I didn't like
I'm not a good cook though... Unfortunately! When I do cook, it tastes good, but it always ends up looking different than it should. The most I ever cooked was in my last relationship... I think I tried just about every possible permutation of pancakes & omelettes back then Cooking "breakfast" is my fave; I'll even cook an omelette for dinner. But being a single guy, I just don't cook very often... I tend to belong to the "tuna fish sandwich" class these days! If I could afford to eat out more, I'd constantly be eating sushi, steak, all kinds of seafood (especially crayfish, MMMMMMMM), Ethiopian, Greek, Thai... anything spicy or eclectic... I'd love to learn to cook exotic foods, but I know I'd hardly ever cook for myself anyway. When I get hungry, I want to eat NOW; don't want to wait 1/2 hour or longer for food to be ready!