Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  Nephew going to bethel - seeking seed planting ideas

  by azor in

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  i have posted a handful of times so far.

  i am seeking some ideas to plant some seeds with my nephew before he goes to patterson.. a little about me and the going away party where i will have an opportunity to plant these seeds.

  i have a little freedom since i am the only relative that he is in communication with that spent some time at bethel.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Reflecting on my personal experience, I'm not sure there's much you can say right now, it's all so new and exciting. Probably the best would be to keep in touch with him. Reflecting on my experience, I wish I would have had a voice of reason during that first year that would have helped me realize that leaving after one year would have been enough of that madness.
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  Merry Pantsmas Everyone!

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  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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  Dang, I need these!

  
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  Why JW marriage is a huge problem for the organization.

  by kneehighmiah in

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  the difficulty of finding a marriage mate is well known for sisters.

  but i would say it's hard for brothers also.

  i was talking to a jw last night.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  The longer I was in the cult, the more unhappy marriages I knew the details of. Since I was already unhappy as a single guy, I didn't see marriage as something that would improve my life.
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  Today's wt "study" obfuscations

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  paragraph 9 : " jesus blood validates the new covenant -- makes posiible the forgiveness sins for all time#.-- [and]--.

  god could apply the value of jesus' shed blood to adams descendants--*.

  --he could** also adopt certain --humans "as sons"--".

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  "Baffle them with bullsh!t." That seems to be that Watchtower way.

  After all, this is the cult that brought you the "overlapping-generations" generation.
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  The Watchtower explains the sheep and the goats

  by runForever in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the march 2015 study watchtower finally solves the mystery of the sheep and the goats:.

  " first, note that jesus is teaching bymeans of an illustration.

  obviously, he isnot talking about separating literal sheepfrom literal goats.".

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  So if he wasn't really talking about literal sheep and goats, what was he talking about?

  

  "Obviously, he was talking about separating people: separating the tight-pants wearing people who will be destroyed, from the good people who worship me, ToMo3!"
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  One thing that's good about being a witnessi

  by dothemath in

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  i went to the mall recently .....omg!

  glad i don't have to go through all the craziness over christmas shopping..

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I'm not much of a shopper, but now that I'm making money, shopping isn't so bad. Some places and stores are worse than others. I like the lights, the food, the booze, the festivities, and some of the music. And speaking of music, here's a holiday classic...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_F0zP9usU
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  Caleb talks to his mother about the new system.

  by LogCon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mom: yes?.

  you dont want to make jehovah sad, do you mom?.

  mom: okay.. .

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Love it!
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  Arguably the best debunker on YouTube

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this fellow's channel is called watchtower examination.. he is clear, reasonable, thoughtful--but best of all--his teaching method with visuals is perfection!.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukcep7v1i1o.

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  Much better than anything to be found on JW.org
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  Here we go again. The next hate letter from our 2nd Son.

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes it happen again with our youngest son.

  this last monday we got a letter from him telling us how unloving we are because we are no longer jw.

  cult and not had kids.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Don't you just feel the holiday cheer from Watchtowerland?

  Such a bounty of misery and disappointment in the lives of the sheeple, but they can't face the fact that it's WT and the GB that are making their lives horrible. So instead, they have to find someone to blame, like family members who have woken up and left.
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  Advice Needed...Again

  by wallievase in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  current update- the wife and i are separated.

  i dont go to the meetings or in service but im not df, or da.

  she is not budging.. problem- my wife has made it clear that she doesnt want me back unless i do all the witness stuff, i have even offered to attend meetings but not participate in commenting or go in service and this is not good enough.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Bottom line is, despite the fact that WT claims to not break up families and they tell women to be obedient (remember Selma who was expected to take a beating from her unbelieving husband), the cult mentality is to abandon and persecute someone that questions or leaves.