I have a family member at a non-US bethel in an undeveloped country. He has occasional security duty, but they do not have weapons of course. The buildings have limited access, it would be most unwise not to have security at all times.
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Security Guards at Bethel and Body Guards for GB?
by RetiredLE in"happy" vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je6_855ucac @ about 2:25 is a bethelite with a "security" jacket.
and then here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts23nn0emnw a "brother" at the gate claims to be sia security.
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S.A.D. Observations from the assembly.
by Darkknight757 inso we had brother losch visiting our special assembly day which was weird in itself.
he's not a very good speaker and seemed like he was in dire need of a nap or something.. anyways just a few observations from the assembly program.
theme: imitate their faith.
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15 baptized out of 2500 attendance (0.6%) is actually higher than most we have heard about recently. It's been running about 0.4% to 0.5%. -
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Fishing and JW's???
by lurkernomore inso i was just reading a thread and came across a completely new jw 'rule', that of not being allowed to go fishing!..
at least it's new to me as i always enjoyed fishing as did others in my old congregation.
anyone else heard of this or had this imposed on them in they're jw lives?.
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Fishing and hunting is part of the culture around here (midWest US) and I've never heard it spoken against. I'm sure if someone went overboard with it that would be another matter. -
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Bethel layoffs of oldies
by I am a Bible Student inis this true?
has anyone heard of it?
saw it on my facebook.. "jan. 6 bethel update 108 elderly bethelites getting the boot.. brooklyn, ny.
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Masterful Paper on JW Blood Doctrine's History
by Room 215 incheck it out:.
http://meletivivlon.com/2016/01/06/jehovahs-witnesses-and-blood-part-1/.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Definitely interesting. Well worth the time to read
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1783 Laki eruption....theory did this cause the 1800's religious revival J.W Mormon Aventists??
by Witness 007 inlaki iceland 1783 for 7 months millions of tons of toxic gas and lava spewed from volcanic fissures.
this blanketed all of europe killing thousands and turning the moon blood red for a year.
many said hell had come to earth.
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dropoffyourkeylee
There has been a lot written about the 'Great Awakening' in US history as it is called. A revival of religiosity in the 1810-20 time period. I don't recall a discussion of the Iceland eruption event in this context. I doubt that many in the Americas were aware of it. -
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Laugh-out-Loud BS from Insight Book
by berrygerry inhow would it be possible in 1,000 years to resurrect and educate the billions now in the grave?.
nevertheless, an illustration reveals what a simple, practical thing jehovah has in mind for mankind.
not to prophesy, but merely for the purpose of illustration, let us assume that those who compose the great crowd of righteous persons who come out of the great tribulation on this system of things alive (re 7:9, 14) number about 6,000,000 (about 1/1000 of earths present population).
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You can't make sense out of nonsense. I wonder if the old AID book said the same thing. It probably did, and the Insight volume just copied it. -
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Where to draw the line: how Platonism haunts our discourse and the search for exorcism
by slimboyfat inin the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.
i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).
but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.
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I suggest that SBFs autocorrect function put in the word exorcism. Maybe he meant something else, as it doesn't fit. -
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What is the story behind this picture of Rutherford at a drinking party??
by EndofMysteries ini have seen this photo several times but never any back story on it.
was this at bethel?
was this before or after the prohibition?
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dropoffyourkeylee
I greatly dislike Rutherford, but I'm not convinced this is an alcohol drinking party. Without the context it's hard to say.
Kind of reminds me of a photo of MLK back in the fifties that had the caption 'Martin Luther King at a Communist training camp!' When it was really King as he was listening to Pete Seeger play the banjo. Quite funny to hear Seeger tell it.