i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
Rich and Wendy Canola (not sure of spelling of last name), I think they learned Italian to serve in one of the Italian congregations. Bill and Roberta Little; Bill died a few years ago after working as an electrician and I think Roberta left Bethel. Anyone know them?
John Devine and his younger brother who I think was named Richard. Maybe one of their nephews is there now, too.
i just learned that one of my grandsons (whom i've never met) will be baptized on saturday.
he will be twelve in november.
what's happening within the publishing company to inspire this sort of thing?
If there's a push toward increasing numbers by baptising younger and younger kids, I can see this backfiring. It's normal for teens to rebel or experiment with things outside their family. But in the wts, you have to disfellowship them if they're baptised. This could lead to a big drop in members as these kids grow up, are shunned by family, and then find their way outside the borg.
i just found out that from the dc i was assigned to that 17 got baptized this year.
this was great news to me.. that is a huge decline from previous years, with the average each year being about 50-55 at the dcs.
i've noticed at the cas and sads the baptism numbers have decreased steadily over the years.
Baptism's up? Sign the end is near! Baptism's down? Sign the end is near!
for me, every (other) saturday was magazine day.
the only marked date on the calendar was the memorial.. the nature scenes were ok when they had a nature theme.
i think the calendar is too small, boxes not big enough to write in..
The in-house, academic calendars where I work remind me of them; same background colors, same type. I still do a double take when I glance at them.
with the settlement of the 17 child abuse cases, now that there is approx another 7000 pending lawsuits (or so i have read), if the wt settles (or loses) these cases if they ever reach the court rooms, what do you think the outcome would be??.
i think that (i'm praying it happens) this will ruin them financially and be the end of jw's..
I think they have so much money that it'll hurt their pride more than their bank balance. If it's widely publicized, it could hurt them some, but regular jw's have their heads in the sand; any negetive publicy will be twisted as persecution. The gb has them in such a brainwashed lock, they can't possibly acknowledge the truth.
That was so much fun! I've already passed the link on and can hear the Hallelujah chorus being played around the office.
in mesquite, texas, sabrina ballantine says she was fired from razzoo's for refusing to sing happy birthday.
she is a jw, who does not believe in celebrating birthdays and singing this song.. "razzoo's settles lawsuit over religious firing.".
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/dn-localbriefs_20bus.art.state.edition1.376bc98.html.
On the application they should ask, "Is there any reason you could not do this job?" I saw that on a form recently and was surprised as I'd never seen it before. It would be good for this reason. If you can't do the job, don't apply.
when i go to get my hair cut, i have a series of very specific lengths that different parts of my hair are supposed to be cut.
today i went to new place and told the girl exactly what to do... this long here... that long there... watch out for the tricky cowlick over here... etc.... did she listen?
no.. instead she got this very intense look on her face and started going at it.
Else, you've got a great hair; it probably looks better than you feel. I hope you didn't pay her, though. A friend said to me once, trying to get through my tears from a really bad haircut, "it's only hair. Give it a couple of weeks..."
Can you go back to a former barber/stylist next time?
good afternoon everyone.. happy wednesday!!.
when you were a witness did any of you know that the society actually teaches that jesus is not your mediator unless you are one of the 144,000??
she said to him, "that is apostate talk, where did you get that??
Yes, I knew it and, yes, it bothered me. I felt as though I was left out, exposed, without access to "god" in prayer. I never did reconcile it. It was one of those things you're supposed to take in faith but that doesn't help.
I think many in the congregation didn't realize that was a jw teaching.
http://www.courierpostonline.com:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20070609/living/706090311/1004 jehovah's witnesses hope to debunk myths about their faith.
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rita clement (far right) and jennifer difilippo lead the way while handing out pamphlets in gloucester township.
No, but she has it right! Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves. (jw's, I mean.)
