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  Pink slips at Bethel

  by beavis in

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  does anyone still have any friends at bethel?

  it seems that there is a massive layoff at bethel in all three american complexes.

  the layoff is supposed to affect everyone between the ages of 35-50 or maybe 60. i feel sorry for persons who chose to stay there, they gave up going to college, possible job offers or making a decent amount of money, having children, the list can go on and on.

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  potleg

  Just another brick in the Watchtower wall...knock em down, kick em out. Be loyal to the organization but don't expect the same in return.
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  Dan Sydlik dies, the last of the moderating forces.

  by SadElder in

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  our good friend dan sydlik died today about 2 pm eastern time.

  he was the last of the moderating forces on the gb.

  lately he has had little influence among the ted (aka the boss) jaracz (head of the bethel cia - the service department) henchmen and loyalists.

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  potleg

  The Pope dies, Sydlik dies, the lady across the hall dies...so what? He was part (and a big part) of a corrupt organization that's done so much damage to so many people for so long. His, in my opinion was a wasted life.
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  Allow me to introduce myself

  by TwoBlackBelts in

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  i am not a jw.

  i have never been a jw.

  i tripped over this forum whilst participating in a little harmless internet forum raiding.. i am a 48 year old man with a wealth of life experience who married a much younger woman who had been raised in a formerly devout but now mostly non-meeting attending jw family.. i have a couple of tertiary degrees in engineering and some undergraduate credits in psychology.

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  Welcome
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  For active JW LURKER SPIES

  by oldflame in

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  go jump in a lake !

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  potleg

  Point taken, I'm very happy to be outside their WT organization. Like being outside in the fresh air instead of being cooped up inside the opressive JW atmosphere. It feels good to take a deep breath and be me.
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  JW Joke that was circulating for about 2000000000 years

  by KW13 in

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  this man walks into a pet shop (worldly man) and sees a parrot he likes.

  so he takes it.. on monday he was sat there, reading the paper, having breakfast when the parrot talks.

  "have you done your book study" and it keeps repeating it.

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  potleg

  My favorite JW joke is...

  What do you get when you cross a JW with a devil worshipper...

  ...Someone who goes from door to door telling people to go to hell.
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  I DIDN'T GO!! I DIDN'T GO!!!!

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i can't believe it, but i missed my first memorial!!!.

  i wasn't sure what was going to happen, until it was past the time to get ready and leave.

  i left it up to my husband, and he made no effort to get ready and go.

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  Well done!!! It gets easier with time too, until you realize that the whole WT thing was a waste of time and so what if you don't go. Very good step in the right direction. CONGRATULATIONS.
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  I'm in love with a Jehovah Witness, Is it really a losing battle?

  by icon in

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  i have been reading all of the feed back for saddler and the others.

  i too have been in a relationship with a jw for a little over a year.

  i love her very much but all the abuse i have taken over the pass year from her elders, uncles, grandfather...etc has really taken it's toll on me.

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  I hate to say it, but this is the thin end of the wedge. If your girlfriend is committed to the JWs you will always come in a distant second and you'll never be fully accepted by her JW friends or family. You'll always be "worldly" Don't even think of getting baptized just to please her. That's like jouining any kind of secret society or the mafia...you won't get out unscathed. I know it sounds extreme but you could be setting yourself up for years of misery. Sorry.
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  For active JW LURKER SPIES

  by oldflame in

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  go jump in a lake !

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  I was never a JW "spy" but I was a "lurker" for a long time. This site and others helped me to make the decision to leave the JWs. Sure there are all kinds of opinions here, Take them for what they are... So to all the lurkers I'd say " keep lurking, I hope you make it out too. There's more happiness on the outside."
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  Pick your "King of the North" *fluff*

  by JH in

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  i say iran will be called the king of the north very soon by the watchtower..... so, who's your pick?

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  potleg

  I don't think the WT will come out and say the King of the North is Islam...they might hint, but they don't have the collective guts to stand up for much these days. They're too afraid of reprisals from fundamentalist groups.
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  The more things change the more they stay the same...

  by zeroday in

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  study in the scriptures "the time is at hand".

  charles taze russell.

  so, then, whereas usher dates a.d. 1 as the year 4005. from the creation of adam, it really was, as we have shown,.

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  potleg

  S.O.S. Same old s# # t.