Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  First Post - Emotionally Torn

  by scaredtospeak in

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  11 years ago

  i haven't been on here long but i found this site a couple days ago and quickly realised it had a lot of posts by people going through similar experiences as me.

  i read some of the answers and it helped relieve some inner anguish i've been carrying since everything i came clean to my parents about everything i've been reading about.. .

  i just have been going through a rough patch right now; that might be an under or overstatement depending on your own personal experiences with this kind of stuff.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  Welcome!

  "If anyone replies to this, I just want to know that someone out there has been through something like this and that maybe all this anguish and depression and feeling hopeless will go away. The only reason I feel so sad is because I have this dread that I'm choosing between my life and my family's happiness."

  Many of us spent years going through such manipulation by the cult and by family. Being a JW was terribly depressing both when I was the model bethelite and when I was fading. Now, things are much better after years away, despite the fact that my parents are still enslaved to the WT lies.

  Have you had a chance to read any of Steven Hassan's books? Although most of us may not be able to rescue all our families from the cult, at least it provides information to help us understand how cults work and how we can free our own thinking.

  Not sure if you've ready any of these, or if they'll help:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/253592/1/exJW-Psychology-101-Keeping-Your-Cool-While-Fading

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/254990/1/exJW-Psychology-102-How-to-Ask-a-Question-When-Questions-Arent-Allowed

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/255058/1/exJW-Psychology-103-Lets-Reconsider-Confidentiality

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/256052/1/exJW-Psychology-104-One-Way-to-Play-the-Depression-Card

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/270595/1/exJW-Psychology-105-Are-You-Ready-for-The-Big-A

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  This new donation direction and true selfishness!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  11 years ago

  so we all know about this new donation arrangement.?.

  every cong is supposed to send in all their savings to the society for them to allocate or use however they see fit worldwide.. but here is where true "selfishness" has become apparent!

  (remember just this last weekend the wt study was all about not being "selfish" or self willed??!!).

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  Jesus gave an illustration of the accountant with practical thinking. He cooked the books in his favor and was commended for "worldly wisdom".

  I hope every congregation empties their accounts and donates $0 to "mother".

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  The Last BOE!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  11 years ago

  this is the last boe we will be able to provide.

  our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.

  we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  

  "The Governing Body has lovingly provided for the installation of Jehovacams in the restrooms of all Kingdumb Hauls and Assembleh Hauls to make sure none of the friends are jacking off or posting to JWN during the programs. The Jehovacams are connected directly to monitors in front of resposible brothers at the branch who have been prayerfully appointed by the Gobbering Bodly. I'm sure you will all agree that it is happifying to see the donated funds used so wisely."

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  That does it ! I'm leaving ! ! !

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  11 years ago

  leaving the university with my degree!.

  exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.

  i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  

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  How to tell the wife?

  by jimbojones in

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  11 years ago

  born in here and have been awake to ttatt for 3 months now and keeping it to myself is killing me.

  i do not want to da as i have many close friends and family in.. .

  i'm note sure how the wife will take it.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  Not sure if you've read any of these or if they're what you need, but here's some threads I started with additional insight from other posters here:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/253592/1/exJW-Psychology-101-Keeping-Your-Cool-While-Fading

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/254990/1/exJW-Psychology-102-How-to-Ask-a-Question-When-Questions-Arent-Allowed

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/255058/1/exJW-Psychology-103-Lets-Reconsider-Confidentiality

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/256052/1/exJW-Psychology-104-One-Way-to-Play-the-Depression-Card

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/270595/1/exJW-Psychology-105-Are-You-Ready-for-The-Big-A

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  Today's watchtower admits they appoint people who are sinners

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  11 years ago

  from paragraph 12. one brother began viewing pornography at the age of 12, and he continued to do so in secret for over a decade.

  he relates: it was very hard to admit to my wife and to the el- ders what id been doing.

  but now that i have admitted it, i feel that a huge weight has been taken off my shoulders.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  With the new arrangement of COs appointing MSs and elders without getting the prayerful deliberation of the GB, nobody can blame the GB or holy ghost for such appointments of secret porn-viewers and apostates.

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  Heads Up: Special Day Assembly with Anthony Morris III Tomorrow in San Diego county, CA

  by Piercingtheveil81 in

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  11 years ago

  just a heads up to anyone interested in hearing this jerky.

  anthony morris iii will be the guest speaker for tomorrow's spanish assembly at the escondido assembly hall.

  just google the address to get directions.. i was thinking of bringing a copy of my sparlok video for a autograph ;).

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  Can you record it?

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  CO is chasing me . Meeting him tomorrow.

  by Ancientofdays in

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  11 years ago

  this week is the "special week", co is back.. he phone called me this morning asking to meet together.. i replied "i don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space.".

  he agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.. .

  this week he already met with my wife in the kh, and he told her "i believe your housband is apostate !!

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  Recording the conversation?

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  Strike 3 for the elderette and me! (???) I never heard a JW talk SO much about Jesus!

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
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  11 years ago

  miss k and her friend miss w arrived promptly today.

  our scheduled topic of discussion: jesus' claim to be "the way, the truth and the life..." john 14:6 since she was basing this topic choice on the fact that i had quoted that verse, i'm not sure why... she spent what seemed like a very long time, hopping through scriptures that all said that jesus was the truth, the way, or the life.

  ok, so we agreed... i kept waiting for her to get to a point, or sway from this principle.. of course, she summed up with scriptures that show how jesus submits to the father, and what does that mean we should do?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  "So she kept pointing out how Jesus submits to the Father. Ok. Got it. So therefore... we submit to Jesus, and do what... ??"

  She's not getting her JW facts right. She doesn't submit to Jesus, she submits to the GB, the travelling overseers, and the local elders. The scripture says that the head of the man is Christ. JWs don't believe that. They don't have a direct relationship with Jesus, they have a WT directed intermediary.

  That's exactly how Christian-based cults work.

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  Another Gem from the Golden Pen of the Faithful Slave

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. beliefs

  11 years ago

  look at this pile of steaming horse sh*t. this is meant to soften the horror of this god of war destroying 7,000,000,000 men, women and children in a holy jihad.

  draw close book p 65 .

  19 consider an illustration: suppose that a mans family was being attacked by a vicious animal and that the man jumped into the fray and killed the violent beast.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite 11 years ago

  Adding to gingerbread and objectivetruth...

  "The father also kills some of his family because they didn't tell everyone else what a wonderful and perfect father he was."

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