Posts by GrreatTeacher

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You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

by cha ching in

i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

GrreatTeacher

Fisherman, fisherman, fisherman.

No, lay offs do not mean there is an expectation to be called back to work.

Lay offs are when people are just let go. Usually for reductions in force.

Maybe you are thinking of furloughs?

But, it's okay because bethelites can just apply for unemployment insurance. No, oh wait, you can't.

Or how about a few weeks' severence pay so you can get back on your feet? Oh, no, wait, they don't do that either.

So what exactly is it that keeps the Watchtower from being the vultures that they are behaving like?

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Futility of being right

by JWdaughter in

so, on another thread, about pluto, grreat teacher said something that speaks to my feelings about religon.

"i've kinda been sad since pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet.. you talk about 9 planets and all the little kids at school will correct you real quick and tell you that now there are only 8 planets in the solar system!".

nothing in the universe has changed but the opinion of men.

GrreatTeacher

How did I miss this thread?

I found it really freeing when I finally realized I didn't have to have an opinion on every little thing. Some things just aren't even worth expending thought over.

What's my opinion on whether bridge tolls should be raised to cover a deficit elsewhere?

Guess what? I don't have to have an immediate opinion and I can choose to just let it go and not devote any more thought to it. After all, we all have a limited daily cognitive capacity and I don't have to waste further energy on it if I choose not to.

Maybe I can instead think up a creative menu for dinner or save mental energy for the demands of my teenager.

My point is that you decide what to think about. You're in charge of your thoughts. You decide where and upon what to spend your mental and emotional energy.

And sometimes saying, "I don't know," is not only a valid, but a purposeful response.

This is why when they ask," paper or plastic?" I always just say, "It doesn't matter."

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You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

by cha ching in

i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

GrreatTeacher

Fisherman, do you realize that you're making yourself sound like a dick?No?

Well let me clear that up then. You normally sound like a buzzing cult drone, but this time you've moved right on to making yourself look like a big ol' johnson.

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Just found out my older brother has passed away

by stuckinarut2 in

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friends

i have just found out that my brother (who was one of a bunch that shared this login) has died.. he and his wife were living in another country where they once pioneered.

i didn't see him that often.. such an empty feeling.....

GrreatTeacher

My condolences. I hope you find a way to memorialize him that is meaningful for you.

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Shall I go to the meeting? Would you?

by KateWild in

hi guys,.

i might go to the meeting.

i stopped going in my heart properly in nov 2013, but i went to a couple of meetings to support a love one that was df'd and tried to teach them a little ttatt.. now another df'd loved one is coming to see me today and will likely encourage me to try and get ri'd, and i want to support her.

GrreatTeacher

I completely agree with JWdaughter and undertheradar.

Going to even one meeting could have very negative consequences with your children.

It's wonderful to be a supportive friend (and I still think you could be such), but I think you've got to be a mum first and foremost this time.

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Grieving for the Living

by StinkyPantz2.0 in

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i originally wrote this blog a few years ago, but yesterday a friend that is struggling to decide whether or not she will tell her family that she no longer accepts the jehovahs witness religious doctrine reminded me of it so i am re-sharing (with updates).. its not always completely freeing to come out of the closet (as an atheist in my case) and i wanted her to understand that.. i had a very strange realization recently: i dont know what its like to be someones adult child.

my parents didnt get the privilege of seeing me come of age.

i didnt get walked down the aisle when i got married.

GrreatTeacher

Hey, if it helps, I'm proud of you!

When push came to shove, my parents decided not to shun. But, it still hurts that after spending years of tears, toil and money to finally get a college degree, a first generation college student, they just don't seem to understand how big of an accomplishment it is.

They say they're proud, but then they bash higher education out of the other side of their mouth. It's actually an insult and it hurts a lot.

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Just two weeks in our new home and the knock at the door happens!!

by truthseekeriam in

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just relaxing with my morning coffee enjoying looking at the pictures fipper shared of the camping trip when the dreaded knock came.

of course the dogs beat me to the door followed by my daughter trying to catch them, she looks through the giant peep hole and waves me away saying "its them.

" i almost just walked away from the door when i saw the sweet face of a 5/6 year old little boy with his mom and dad and couldn't resist talking to them.. i opened the door and smiled and said jehovah's witnesses?

GrreatTeacher

Well done. I hope he does ask his elders. And I hope he asks if there's any ACCUSED molesters because otherwise, the elders might feel free to lie to his face and say "no," if the guy was never prosecuted. (That is, if there is one there.)

Did you give the little guy ice cream money?

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New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

by suavojr in

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let the merging begin!!!.

to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

GrreatTeacher

Millie, it's that you've finally had the scales drop from your eyes. Amazing isn't it?

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What are the costs of literature cart witnessing?

by oppostate in

in the article on the guardian ( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/jehovahs-witnesses-evangelism-church-god-armageddon ) mentioned in another thread, there's this quote of mark omalley, who is assigned to the public information desk at the jehovahs witness uk centre in north london.

we now have more than 165,000 [literature] carts on the streets in over 50 countries.

it gives us visibility and availability.

GrreatTeacher

"Hit the beach and don't forget to preach!"

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Seeking First

by berrygerry in

in response to a post on reddit, i would like to make this long withheld post.on more than one occasion, i have experienced what seemed like miracles.due to whatever circumstances, in retrospect, largely caused by borg directive, our family became perpetually "in need.

"my efforts, as the "head," to do the right borg thing, service, meeting attendance, family worship, never seemed to provide the relief promised by wts.mentally, i have always wrestled with the contradiction of job and of matt.

6:33.satan challenged that if a jw were tested with material, etc.

GrreatTeacher

So, you don't think that phone call would have come if you'd stayed home rather than gone to the DC? Cell phones work everywhere.