Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  Guess who...

  by sooner7nc in

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  ...just passed his last nursing final and is now a graduate nurse?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Congrats!
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  "The Friends"

  by FeelingFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have only come across this term very recently on jwn and in an "apostate" video i watched yesterday.

  never have i heard anyone refer to jw's as "the friends" here in the uk.

  is it just used in america?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Very commonly used in my area.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Application for Trolley Preaching Rejected by Village of Glen Ellyn, Illinois

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  glen ellyn won't allow jehovah's witnesses brochure rack on sidewalk.

  http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/ct-jehovah-witness-brochures-tl-20141209-story.html.

  the glen ellyn village board (usa) on monday night voted 4-2 to reject a request by a kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses north of glen ellyn to place a portable brochure rack on a public sidewalk in downtown glen ellyn for evangelistic purposes.. glen ellyn currently bars commercial signage and the placement of any kind of structure whether temporary or permanent on its public sidewalks without village board approval.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  "requires submittal of the standard Certificate of Liability Insurance in advance of the placement of the brochure rack"

  LOL. They have to buy insurance for the little trolley of despair? Proof of a 19th century religion in a 21st century world. It's like the troll under the bridge that now has to have proof of insurance or the IRS will fine him.
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  Will the Societies tighten their grip even more with the power slipping?

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think its pretty clear that the gb are power hungry.

  you cannot listen to the branch visit and not see clear as day that there are some of them that are loving the power.

  it showed the clearest with anthony morris.. now all these sex abuse scandals and news media are taking their power away.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  When nuts like ToMo3 try to hide hot buns behind non-tight pants, that's where the battle begins!
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  Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any U.S. religion

  by new light in

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  2. friends

  well i'll be darned.

  serves 'em right.

  man does that put a smile on my face.'.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Low retention rate among JWs?

  

  "I point the blame squarely at tight pants!" -- ToMo3
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  Merry Pantsmas Everyone!

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. social
  2. humour

  okay, i posted this in a thread that got locked and buried.

  since then i've been really busy and have overdosed on christmas music in the past week.

  so, i'm resurrecting this "holy day" holiday that most people will unknowingly be celebrating tomorrow.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Heaven, I'm pretty sure that elves are pagan, so elf tights must be pagan. This comes full circle, as ballet is pagan and ballet tights would be unacceptable attire in the viewpoint of TOMO3.

  

  Everyone wears the tightest of tights in the Pantsmas classic ballet "The Nutcracking Pants"

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZhUB2x58v8
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  Will the Societies tighten their grip even more with the power slipping?

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think its pretty clear that the gb are power hungry.

  you cannot listen to the branch visit and not see clear as day that there are some of them that are loving the power.

  it showed the clearest with anthony morris.. now all these sex abuse scandals and news media are taking their power away.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHr9JayVvg0

  We're the star systems slipping through the GB's fingers!
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  I'm Shocked The Jehovah's Witnesses Even Allow Their Kids To Go To Mainstream Schools.

  by Jehovanomics in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  judging by the material that my kid brings home on a daily basis in copius amounts.

  everything about everything in elementary school goes against the doctrines of the jehovah's witnesses.

  how do jw's expect to make any money if all of their kids are defecting the jw's?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  In bethel, I worked with a sister that attended a "school" organized by JWs for JW kids. She said it was a disaster that lasted only a couple of years or so, because everyone in the congregation argued about what should be taught.

  This became yet another point of cognative dissonance for me. How could this be "the truth" and an organization prepared to run the world... when they couldn't even organize a classroom for children?
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  Encounter with JWs on Literature Cart , strange happening -maybe ?

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  yesterday i had a conversation with a man and lady who were with a literature cart in our local town centre .

  among other things discussed was the accuracy of the nwt , which i said wasn't very accurate.. the man , of course , led the discussion from the jw perspective and looked up on his phone some quotes from "experts " endorsing the translation .

  he asked the lady to make note of the names , at my request, so that i could check these quotes later .

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Isn't the cross a phalic symbol and the ankh a female/male genital representation?

  Maybe she's giving you a message!
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  Hebrews 10:25

  by millie210 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was asked recently by a still in friend (it was meant sincerely not sarcastically).

  "but what do you do with that scripture so far as not attending meetings?".

  i typed hebrews 10:25 in to the search bar but didnt get much.. .

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  In order to even qualify, KH meetings should be "encouraging one another". I found the JW meetings to be depressing and boring.