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  “Well…it was a test”, says a laid-off Bethelite

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got this account second hand.

  a former bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation.

  he had been at bethel for years and is now in his fifties.

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  When I was growing up, Bethel service was the ultimate goal for young people. Ten years from now, the org will say: "We never said anything about Bethel service."
  
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  Are any of the governing body going to russia for the court case?!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think it would be great if the gb could testify on behalf of the russia brothers they say care so much about.

  if nothing else it would show the dear russian brothers that jehovahs organization has their back.

  and give them moral support.

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  "Are any of the governing body going to russia for the court case?!"

  Are you kiddin' me?
  
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  “Well…it was a test”, says a laid-off Bethelite

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got this account second hand.

  a former bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation.

  he had been at bethel for years and is now in his fifties.

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  LongHairGal:

  Those are good questions that I don't have the answers to.
  
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  “Well…it was a test”, says a laid-off Bethelite

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got this account second hand.

  a former bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation.

  he had been at bethel for years and is now in his fifties.

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  blondie:

  As always, thanks for the info.
  
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  “Well…it was a test”, says a laid-off Bethelite

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got this account second hand.

  a former bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation.

  he had been at bethel for years and is now in his fifties.

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  steve2:

  That's just it. He won't be getting a social security check because he was at Bethel during most of his adult life and did not pay in to it.
  
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  “Well…it was a test”, says a laid-off Bethelite

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got this account second hand.

  a former bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation.

  he had been at bethel for years and is now in his fifties.

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  @ Londo111:

  According to my source, yes. Perhaps another laid-off Bethelite on this forum can confirm the exact wording of these termination letters.
  
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  “Well…it was a test”, says a laid-off Bethelite

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i got this account second hand.

  a former bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation.

  he had been at bethel for years and is now in his fifties.

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  I got this account second hand.

  A former Bethelite was reassigned to a local congregation. He had been at Bethel for years and is now in his fifties. He was in a field service group and the conversation revolved around his time at Bethel. As the conversation progressed, he explained that one day he went to his room and on his bed was a note. The note simply said: “Congratulations. You have been reassigned to the field.” The car group asked how that made him feel. After a long awkward pause, he said: “Well…it was a test.”

  Now he works for another brother and is barely getting by. He has no secular education and is almost 60. No retirement. No social security built up. No nothing. Blame should be given to this brother for sure. But blame should ultimately be left at the doorstep of the org.

  This is just one of the many experiences of a prototypical laid-off Bethelite.
  
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  In the yearbooks, why 'lands' not 'countries'?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why does watchtower say that the 'world-wide preaching work' occurs in x amount of lands, not countries?

  well, i have a theory.

  hear me out.

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  There are more "lands" than "countries" It's a great way to inflate the numbers.
  
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  Watchtower today

  by Gorbatchov in

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  today a main point in the wt was a guess game.. the study elder asked: .

  what's wrong on the picture?.

  before i share the local conclusions here, i would like to hear the comments made in your congregation 😎.

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  No one is sporting a beard??
  
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  Those married to "still in" JWs

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  kind of got into it with my jw wife last night for the first time in a long time.. i try to not engage in conversations about doctrinal matters unless she asks me which she did.. anyway, i wont go into details but of course i am "not going to change her mind" and "why is it that you can't see when very smart people can?

  " yada yada yada.

  you probably can imagine.. it makes me so depressed.

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  NikL...

  I'm sorry to hear about your situation. My wife is still in and we got into it for the first time in a while just the other day. I don't often speak about doctrine to her. When I do, she calls me an apostate, records me and threatens to go to the elders with the recording. I will be the first to admit that I'm not perfect (or imperfect, as the elders say), but you and I deserve better.