Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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What is the point of the picture in this weeks study article ?

by stuckinarut2 in

i don't understand the relevance of the first picture in this weeks study article?!?!.

wt week of december 15-21 "cherish your privilege of working with jehovah".

can someone post the pic?.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

"...taking part in a physical building program, as did Noah and Moses."

So these Warwick buildings can float or be disassembled and relocated?

Not only does this multi-year project show that the GB doesn't really believe the end is "soon," it also means that they don't think the great tribulation and attack by gog of magog are real. The GB conveniently located in a remote compound? They'd be easy targets for attack. One missile and "BOOM", no more FDS. If they really believed what they were teaching, the GB were much safer in NYC. They could easily disappear through their tunnel network and disappear into a city of millions of people.

If fancy new headquarters are so important to "the true Christian congregation," why didn't Jesus build a headquarters, assembly halls, and kingdumb hauls. Jesus was a carpenter! Yet, he never needed a building or get into buying and selling property. Hmmm, that probably would have been a suggestion of Judas... get that cash flowing!

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priorities

by drawcad_1 in

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is it just me or is the focus on building projects.

i read through the study for this weekend and all of the focus was on new building construction.

i was waiting for them to talk about the ministry, and it was in there, but not as the main priority.. i am amazed after visiting an old congregation of mine back in new england just how few (none) of the publishers had helped out on the new headquarters.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Perhaps it's more a priority to get the focus away from things like WT selling about $850,000,000 worth of Brooklyn real estate along with closing and selling dozens of branches around the world.

So now they need volunteers and donations to build Warwick?

The more I think about it, the more this looks like a money-making scam for the janitors at the top!

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If you are having problems or lacking joy, then the flow of Holy Spirit in your life is lacking!

by stuckinarut2 in

yes, this comment was just made by the speaker today!:.

"if you find that you are lacking in joy or experiencing problems in life, this is evidence that jehovah's spirit is lacking or being blocked in your life".

i sat there thinking "are you kidding me brother?...

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I'm having more joy and fewer problems now than I ever did as a JW. This is evidence that Jehovah's spirit is upon me.

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Tell me what they are thinking or planning to do.

by LogCon in

this is the situation.. ten years ago two fleshly brothers and their wives, [ all are jw's and one is an elder] defrauded an elderly couple [ she was a jw/ he was friendly]out of the possession of their home and property.

one year after that, they took the life savings of the elderly couple and parked it in an account, without their knowledge.

when the old couple found out what happened, the four co-conspirators refused to return anything.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

"What would you do to prepare for such an event?"

I'd talk to a lot of attorneys that specialize in such matters.

Go. Fight. Win.

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Kingdom chorus

by looter in

so im at the meeting after its over and this elder says to me that god needs my voice because he, the elder, feels that my singing is not loud enough.

i did not tell him this, but singing just is not my thing.

he then went on saying how gods people are better singers than "the worlds singers".

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

If the big J doesn't like the way others sing, why the hell doesn't HE do something about it? "God needs my voice", why doesn't he grow some pipes and have his own voice?

What does one person singing a little louder in a windowless building accomplish? Absolutely nothing.

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Governing Body courageously 'Admit their mistakes'

by LogCon in

march 2015 study article learn from the illustration of the talents.

brothers and sisters worldwide will be overjoyed to know that the governing body finally has the.

courage to admit their mistakes .

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Then they might as well admit that all their current teachings are future opportunities to admit mistakes. How can anyone have much confidence in WT's "current truth" when the next issue will tell them contradictory "new light"?

Living according to WT teachings and false prophecies is like building a house on shifting sands. Jesus warned of the disaster that would follow.

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that tie

by bigmac in

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no--please--tell me it was photoshopped-----.

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Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Jesus never wore a tie.

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Governing Body new Branch letter begging for donations !

by ToesUp in

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i just want the governing body to know how "happified" i am today.

keep sending those branch letters to the congregation(s) about sending your donations in.

not only did you humiliate the rank and file with your tony morris tight pants talk but now you are begging the same people you humiliated for money.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

"I would love to see their books."

WT has strict rules about the handling and audit of KH and AH funds and reports are to be done "just so". The dollars in the halls is carefully and publicly watched. The millions of dollars at the branch is all secret. They've sold Brooklyn properties for around $850,000,000. Many of those deals were done secretly without disclosure of amounts. Why? They've also sold lots of other branches. They've slashed the number of bethelites being supported. They've slashed the amount of printing. Then WT does a cash-grab of the congregation funds. How much money have they made/saved? Where is all that money going?

There's the story of a rich, elderly widow who was known for her generosity to many organizations and causes. When she was sick and in the hospital, the administrators saw it as their opportunity to thank her for her support and mention how they could use help with the mounting costs. When they finished their pitch, she replied, "bring the books by my accountants, and we'll have a look at what we can do to help." Of course, they didn't really want to disclose how much money they were pocketing, so they went away empty-handed.

And the story of Judas stealing from the money box is in the Bible for a reason. All that secrecy about funds at the top is prime for fraud.

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Watchtower 'Experts' on Being Gay?

by jw07 in

have you seen this article?.

the watchtower is trying to be experts on all things having to do with human sexuality.. repressing sexual desires, gay or straight only creates more problems.. http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/.

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Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Vidiot: "Like sexual deviancy (manifested in child abuse), for one?"

That might be an extreme. But the more common problems I saw included people getting married too young or too soon after not knowing the other person well. Two horny JWs rushing to a KH wedding isn't a recipe for a successful marriage. Or one horny JW marrying someone they think is sexy, but doesn't really like sex after they get married is a problem. Or telling a gay JW to repress that desire and marry a dub of the opposite sex for a "proper" sexual outlet leads to a lot of unhappiness and problems when the "same-sex attraction" isn't just a "passing phase".

Or either a gay or straight JW living a sexless life because that would "make Jehovah happy," just leads to a lot of frustration. Nothing like walking around a Discrap Crapvention trying to hide a boner. Yeah, just try to pay attention to a boring talk about "brothers needing to reach out" when that thing in your pants is trying to reach out to that sister in the tight little dress a couple rows away. Yeah, I'd call that a problem.

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From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?

by Hidden-Window in

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as we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.

i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.

what about you?.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

10+

Facts from many sources were quicker and easier to find on the Interwebs than I ever could have looked up at the library. TONS of personal stories and experiences here on JWD/JWN and elsewhere. And support on the forums really helped me to make plans and get out. Of course the web has also immensely helped me complete my degree, which has been the exJW goldmine after getting decades of the JW shaft.

I'm thrilled that WT is now encouraging the sheeple to use the Net. Although there is the mind-numbing JW.borg that is their official channel, they are all just a click away from finding TTATT.