Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  AN ALTERNATIVE CONVERSATION WITH A NEIGHBOR - Watchtower, October 2014

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. social
  2. humour

  the contrived and unrealistic conversation that one of jehovahs witnesses imagined having with a neighbor in the october 2014 watchtower will not be reproduced here.

  instead let us imagine another conversation another witness named andre (ahem, sorry) cameron has at the home of another man who is also named jon.keep searching for a suckercameron: jon, ive really enjoyed the regular discussions weve been having about the bible.

  * the last time we spoke, you raised a question about gods kingdom.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Excellent article!

  It would all make a lot more sense if the JWs were still using pyramid inches to explain 1914.
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  New marketing ideas for JW.ORG merchandise!?!?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps this should be in the humor /jokes section....but oh well...here goes.. (some of our more tech savy forum members may know to upload images to help out?).

  so how about these ideas for jw.org merchandise?

  or as some tacky gifts as handed out at the international conventions?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  How about a jw.org t-shirt with the logo and the text:

  Jesus has been ruling invisibly for 100 years and all I've gotten is this lousy JW.org t-shirt.
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  New marketing ideas for JW.ORG merchandise!?!?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps this should be in the humor /jokes section....but oh well...here goes.. (some of our more tech savy forum members may know to upload images to help out?).

  so how about these ideas for jw.org merchandise?

  or as some tacky gifts as handed out at the international conventions?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  jw.org underwear with the logo on the inside of the wasteband. It serves as a reminder that armageddon is closer than the inside of your pants!
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  What is this latest letter from the GB about?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we have been told this week that all in the elder and ms body will be read a letter from the gb about "make this the greatest month of activity ever"..... has anyone else had such a letter read out in their cong / servant body?.

  i presume it will be all about "recommending strongly/insisting" that all these men should pioneer for the month?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  "we want to say that all of the ms and elders will be doing it"

  Fill out an ms/elder unapplication form instead.
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  Please help me destroy the logic of October 2014 Conversation With a Neighbor.

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20141001/gods-kingdom-prophecy-1/.

  this has got to be a joke.

  anyone with half a brain would destroy the logical fallicies in this article.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  "Cameron: In a nutshell, this prophecy has two fulfillments."

  You know what's "in a nutshell"? NUTS!

  This whole "conversation" is completely nucking futs!
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  If there was a pill that could open their eyes - would you give it to them?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if there was a pill you could give to your jw family members that would awaken their eyes to the truth about the cult, would you give it to them?.

  most would probably say yes.. but what about those who are completely institutionalized, the elderly, the super zealous, the geeky kids who have no friends, the misfits?.

  some people need "boundaries", they need someone to lead and give them directions, they need a sense of belonging, even in an organization that has no social programs.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Here's some medication that WT has been working on. Maybe we could modify it and use this to wake up the sheeple to TTATT...

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/humour/204491/1/Too-many-partakers-in-the-org-Help-is-on-the-way#.U8rPy7HDt8E
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  The Bible Teach book illustration about the child having to be put through a painful operation

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had you going there for a minute ;).

  now you're here... there are several problems with that illustration, as i see it.. ..... 1) god is the one who inflicted the life threatening ailment that requires an operation.

  (he supposedly decided what sin would be defined as, then once adam 'sinned', he cursed all of adams descendants to sin, grow old and die.).

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  DOT: "Did anyone like or think that any part of the OP was any good? The darn thing took about 2 hours to write... *sighs dejectedly*"

  Your analysis is excellent! I think it should be studied in every KH.

  Here's a link to a thread where we wrote about the terrible illustration of the teacher and "rebellious" student:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/224286/1/How-to-counter-a-stupid-illustration-in-the-Bible-Teach-Book#.U8qLfbHDt8E
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  At some point in the future, you WILL be gay.

  by rory-ks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgekcfofaau.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  BA2: "My questions is: How do NPGS NOT practice when they are bunked up with another NPG ?"

  Select the answer of your choice from the following options:

  1) Practice? XXXXing XXXX doesn't take any practice. They just go for it! That's what a non-practicing gay in bethel really means.

  2) It can get very hard, but with Jehovah's help they can keep up a long, hard struggle and come off the winner!

  
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  My frist email letter from my JW Dad. So sad...

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am in my early 30s and woke up to ttatt in late 2012. my dad just turned 65 in june!

  wow, i never saw that being possible.. .

  he just got himself a computer and was able to get internet in a remote location where he is serving as an elder with my mom (where the need is great) i was happy to see how he was able to send me a few notes saying hi and i was able to share some pictures of my wife and family, etc.. .

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  So did they present nulite at the crapvention about the destruction of babylon the great and cry of peace?

  I know they've kinda distanced themselves from what the cry of peace and security would be. They gave it such hype back in the 1980s... about a generation ago.

  But WT has always been very clear about the UN destroying all religion before any tribulation would begin. The fact of the matter is, religion is far more powerful and could sooner destroy the UN before most people, particularly Muslems, would ever give up their faith.

  Religion isn't going down any time soon. So WT can't say the end is any closer today than it was an overlapping generation ago.
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  Seattle Convention Videos

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the link to the website that was set up for the intl.

  convention here in seattle the weekend before last.

  we went to dinner in the city with family members afterward and saw a lot of old friends.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I'm not from the area, so I just strikes me as whitewashed promotional presentations. And now that the program is done and over, this is becoming "ancient history", just like 1914.