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Are JWs the worst restaurant customers?
by Alfred in
1. jw
2. friends
(a little background info before i ask my question...).

my sister-in-law (non-jw), who manages a popular chain restaurant near a kingdom hall, just found out that my wife and i have recently faded, so she decided to get something off her chest the other day... you guessed it: she wanted us to know that jws are the worst customers ever!

she then told us some really embarrassing stories about how jws would request a table for 15 to 20 people (after a sunday meeting) and then (when the bill came) some of the jws would start deliberating amongst themselves on whether or not the waiter was diligent or not (to justify the low tip he was getting anyway).
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Bethel Rules
by brotherdan in
1. jw
2. experiences
this was brought up just in passing on another thread.

but i wanted to see if there are any bethelites or ex bethelites that remember some of the crazy rules we had to follow when we were there..
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Adherence to FALSE TEACHINGS required of Jehovah's people: Scottish Court Case transcripts confirm
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in 1954 a controversial court case, douglas walsh vs. the right honorable james latham clyde, m.p.c.

was held in scotland to determine.

if jehovah's witnesses should be exempt from military service and granted status as "ordained ministers".. what is of outstanding interest is that testimony in this trial is extraordinarily revealing.
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Have You Ever Rejected Being Appointed an Elder/MS Before the Announcement?
by GermanXJW in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was a jw several brothers (ms) told me in private that the elders had asked them several times if they did not want to become an elder.

they said they rejected because it was too much responsibility for them.

were you ever approached that the boe wanted to make you an elder but you refused?
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Is that a pumpkin in your window, brother?
by Fatfreek in
1. jw
2. friends
the circuit overseer, henry judson, came up to me during the circuit assembly.

"brother miller, it's been reported that your family may have a pumpkin in your window.

" he waited for an answer although he never asked a question.
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Name "UNWRITTEN" Rules That JWs Are Supposed To Follow
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.

here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.

jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".
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Songs to make an '80's Guy (or girl) cry.....
by avishai in
1. jw
2. friends
another thread inspired this one, and i'm making myself a lil' compilation.... i'll start.

"just like heaven" the cure.

"please, please let me get what i want" the smiths....
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Barb Anderson relates amazing info about Knorr, also Senior Bethel Writers
by Dogpatch in
1. jw
2. experiences
"is it possible that many of the organizational sexual policies began when (in the late 70s early 80s?

) some of the people at bethel and even some of the gb were found out to be visiting gay bars?

i did hear about some bethelites visiting gay bars or engaging in homosexual acts in the late 70s and early 80s and were asked to leave bethel.
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**MUST READ** AlanF's email to Knocking.org
by sf in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is a must-read that, hopefully, will stay an "active topic" for all seekers and lurkers, by bumping it to the top as often as possible.

alan wrote it in randys {dogpatch} thread regarding knocking.org documentary and in reply to the email mr. engardio sent to barbara anderson.

however, it is so vital a read that it indeed needs its own thread:.
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bethelite kills self because of guilt 10/31/73
by new boy in
1. jw
2. friends
i was working on my car in the factory {bld.

1} on friday oct. 31 1973, when all hell broke loose, the fire alarm in bld.

4 went off at about 9:30. the night watchman could find nothing.