I do know from friends who have applied for bethel that they ask whether or not the applicant has ever watched R-rated movies, has ever had a homosexual relationship, has ever had homosexual tendencies, and more that I can't remember.
atypical
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Bethel letter about meetings, field service are mandatory for Bethelites
by VM44 indoes anyone have the bethel letter that states meeting attendence and field service are mandatory for bethel workers?
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there is also another boe letter that states meeting attence and field service are voluntary for the ordinary jehovah's witness, because they are volunteers.. i am trying to find both letters as, together, they show bethel workers are, unlike ordinary jws, truly representatives of the watcthower .
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Socialization of JW Kids
by Mysterious inthrough the course of my university studies in social sciences there seems to be a repeated emphasis on early socialization shaping personality and having a drastic effect on the long term life of kids.
studies of extreme neglect are often the only ones cited, such as children locked in a closet for the early years of their lives with no human contact.
it's lead me to wonder about the long term effects of jw socialization on youths that are raised in the organization.
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atypical
I was sheltered not only from "worldly" kids, but even from most witness children. My parents felt that even other witnesses might be a bad influence on me. I really feel that they had good intentions, but that it crippled my ability to deal with groups of people. In the end, ironically, it was that inability which caused me to stop going to meetings.
I now own and operate my own business, which allows me to be on my own with minimal human contact most of the time. I have often thought about selling my business and forcing myself to take a 9 to 5 just to force myself to learn the social skills I missed out on.
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Update: Jan 15 WT "Do Not Allow Place For The Devil" - warnings on apostasy
by truthseeker inhi all, last time i posted this topic, it was copied from e-watchman's site, i cannot take credit for that article.
however, i have the jan 15 wt now, and here are the rest of the paragraphs.
1st study article.
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atypical
This is really upsetting to me. It comes at a time when I am taking a lot of heat for not showing up at meetings or field service. Whenever I have had conversations with my mother about this religion, she asks me, "where have you been reading? is it on the internet?" I only get that question when I make a valid point. I can't stand this article because it does nothing to address the real issues that so called apostates are raising. All it does is create a demon in the minds of jws, so that whenever they hear independent thinking, they say "Apostate!!!!" and run. It's like kindergartners yelling "Stranger Danger!!"
It is so frustrating to have your mind freed and yet have to deal with this type of thinking in all aspects of your life.
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I may have sealed my fate - part three
by atypical ini just wanted to give a quick update to anyone who might have read my earlier posts on this subject.. tonight my wife, who is very active in the hall, has a talk in the back school.
i haven't been to a meeting in about three months, and i really don't want to be there, but i want to support my wife.
but of course, the people who supposedly have so much love are making it a difficult decision for me.
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The only thing I can think of that they could have on me is the statements I made, which I talked about in the first thread. Well, actually I do have a couple friends who are df'd, so they could probably get me on that, too. It's interesting though, to see the mentality. "He's not going to meetings, so he must have something to hide."
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What is Zen
by Enigma One inafter dumping the dub's i was against all religion of any kind.
slowly but surely i started to embrace a belief system that matched my own internal one.
part of my job takes me to asia.
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Enigma, I agree with you, and was just commenting on your take of James. I enjoy both of your insights into a way of thinking that is new and interesting to me.
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Virgin post
by wombat ini've never posted anything on the net before.
just want to see if it works.
i left the wts in '73 - just couldn't wait those extra two years.
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atypical
Yeah, my pioneer partner bought a thrift store suit jacket ( a little trend I started in our town) and became convinced it was demonized. (I think he just lost his nerve to wear that bright plaid to the kingdom hall). I tried to get him to just give it to me to wear, but he insisted on burning it. I was there while he did it. With me watching, he kept yelling that it wouldn't burn. Then he said that it was changing colors while it was burning. Actually, it burned exactly the way you would expect a large piece of pure polyester to burn.
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what would u ask????
by theinfamousone inif you were to come face to face with god tomorrow, what would you ask him/her/it????.
i know its probably been done before, but ive really been thinking about this lately.... i would ask him why he allows so many bad things to happen???
why are there kids starving to death in africa, whilest i can eat and eat and eat till im sick???
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Or-
"come on - just give me the new light first.......please?!"
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what would u ask????
by theinfamousone inif you were to come face to face with god tomorrow, what would you ask him/her/it????.
i know its probably been done before, but ive really been thinking about this lately.... i would ask him why he allows so many bad things to happen???
why are there kids starving to death in africa, whilest i can eat and eat and eat till im sick???
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atypical
I would say:
"God, howcome only whacko nutjobs think they represent you?"
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What are JW's leaders going to do when we hit the year 2014 and no Armaggdn
by booker-t inwe are fast approaching the year 2014 which will be 100 years since 1914. what are jw's and the wt going to do if armaggeddon has not occurred by then?
will they come up with a bunch of "new light" to do away with 1914 all together?
will they suddenly announce that jesus came into kingdom power in the year 2014?
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atypical
I personally think they have already accounted for that. The growth among the traditional north american english speaking population has almost stopped, while the foreign language (well, foreign only to english speaking people) groups are doing very well. All they will have to do is put more energy into the new groups who have not been around for all the 1914 crap, and then slowly phase that particular number out of the publications. As each new CD-Rom comes out, they will erase a few more places that mention 1914, until they have completely managed to remove that little embarassment from their printing. At which point, all of the people who were around for the 1914 doctrine will be dead, and they can pretend it never happened.
I mean, how many current witnesses do you know that have any idea what is in the old Russell publications?
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How do you connect?
by serendipity inas you read on these forums, what is it that causes you to 'connect' with a certain poster, sight unseen?
is it the comments s/he writes that mirrors your viewpoint?
is it a sense of humor?
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atypical
I enjoy being able to read someone's thoughts without being distracted by appearances. I think that makes it easier for all of us to open up. When I first started lurking on this site, I found it very therapeutic to read someone's story without any qualifiers - seeing them only as a human. No status, no appearance, just a real person. I definitely connect with other people's life experiences.