Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

RBC is not a failure! Anymore that the DO’s that are being reassigned are failures. Would we say the book study arrangement was a failure simply because we have combined the meetings?

If those DOs and CBSs weren't failures, they would still be used. Successful things don't get axed. "Pioneers Assist Others" was also a failure. 1975, 1914, 1925, and "this generation" were all failures. Growing all their food at Watchtower Farms was a failure. And now with the description of what the new JW.bORG Halls are supposed to be like, the old windowless design was also a failure. WT Corp is just full of failures.

Jeh says to Jesus – Ok I want this creature to be lighter than air

WTF? Since when are eagles lighter than air? Are JWs really supposed to believe that eagles would just float out of their nests if they weren't clinging to prey to weigh them down? That entire section of the mess is just loaded with idiocy. Why didn't they marvel about the marvelous design of mosquitoes and ticks that suck blood and spread disease. Can I get a "Thank You, Jeezus!"?

As a Business Model – this would be utterly ridiculous!!

Much of what they are talking about is completely copied from a business model--standardization, minimizing expense, they sound like they want it to be as windowy and inviting as McDonalds or Starbucks.

We all agree that the Warwick Project is monumental – and of utmost importance.

We all agree that the Warwick Project is a joke compared to the truly stupendous construction projects going on out in the real world. There are plenty of cruise ships that are far more monumental than that goofy cult headquarters of Watchtower.

It's embarrassing for me to read garbage like this from WT and admit that I ever belonged to this crazy cult... and that I have family that are still being deceived.

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The Witness of the Food Pyramid

by processor in

the witness of the food pyramidrevised reprint from the witchtower, 12/2010the ... pyramid ... proves to be a storehouse of important truth.

millennial dawn, volume iii, thy kingdom come, page 314. as is commonly known, pastor russell thought that the great pyramid of gizeh was gods stone witness, corroborating biblical time periods.

(jehovahs witnesses proclaimers of gods kingdom, page 201) he believed that it would have been erected by melchizedek according to a divine construction plan.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

As we enter 2015, we can appreciate the significance of this year in Biblio-food-pyramido-chronology.

Spiritual food and physical food at the proper time, indeed!

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thoughts on this week's meeting

by prologos in

first thing i noticed, a would-be elder with a suitcase-sized 'service' bag.

pretender.

but i thought:.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Oh the memories of the Bulky Bookbag Competitions!

I think the gilead students were the champs at it with their rolling luggage carts. I told my friends that if I was a gilead student, I'd get a motorized wheelchair (a really fast one like sister Glass drove) and get it fitted with shelving and hook a book wagon behind. I would be able to travel everywhere fast with every publication... that way everyone would know that I'm the most spiritual brother in the universe!

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France - Bethel extension project

by fifth.column in

hi everyone, fyi :.

at the mid week meeting we had a letter, and a video to explain the extension project for the french bethel for the next 3.5 years.

the video was 5min long, in 3d (nice job in fact...) to show the future buildings for flats and offices (translation, video dubbing...).

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

It's all about the money!

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What are your new year's resolutions?

by rebel8 in

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do you have any?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

1) Keep improving in my career. Now that I have my degree and a great job, I want to keep learning and making progress.

2) Rebuild muscle. My weight and fitness level are okay now, but I used to pump iron when I was in bethel. Such a waste back then to have a great body that was hidden by crappy suits and topped with a depressed brain.

3) Have more fun. Make real friends.

4) If there's any time and energy left, get married and have a mess of kids.

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Outline - elders meeting with pioneers

by naeuca in

if you happen to have the outline for this years annual pioneer meeting with elders can you please copy and paste to me in reply or send me the link i'm pdf please.

thank you very much know advance!

naeuca.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

If the pioneers had the Holy Spirit they wouldn't need all this BS

Indeed. If we had to be so explicitly told that pioneering, serving in bethel, serving as MS/elder, and being single were such valuable gifts, are they really "gifts"? Of course not. Those gifts had so many strings attached that when I unloaded them, I felt such relief. And the "gift" of everlasting life? Living in a world full of JWs would be the 'gift' of hell. A gift earned by a lifetime of slavery to Watchtower, Inc.

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They came, they saw, they left...

by NVR2L8 in

during the holiday period one if my wife's brothers had planned a vacation in our area.

they drove about 6 hours to a condo they leased for a week to celebrate their wedding anniversary with their married son and daughter.

they called my wife to let her know they were coming to visit us since they were 2 hours away.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

they were stopping by after just to say hello

Why did they even bother? They can say hello with a phone call.

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Micah - Advocate of Truth (from The Witchtower) ;)

by processor in

micah advocate of truth.

reprint from the witchtower, 8/2009.

therefore you will come to have no one ... in the congregation.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Spiritual food at the proper time!

The spanking picture needs the caption: "Should the Governing Body be spanked?"

And the last picture now looks to me like an exJW family enjoying a holiday dinner while the hungry-looking JW is lonely and miserable. The caption should be: '"Not even eating with" your disfellowshipped family, no matter how loving, truth-about-the-truthful, and generous they are.'

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Any luck kicking the bottle?

by Ignoranceisbliss in

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as i continue my sllllooooooowwwwwww fade one of the things that i want to do is better myself as a person.

one of my biggest pitfalls has always been drinking.

i don't think i am an alcoholic but at the same time i've never been a very good drinker.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I'm not a professional psychologist or counselor... But on the Internet, I like to pretend that I am.

Just connecting the dots of your comments about losing weight, the kids, drinking, and how you feel on the weekend, I'd suggest setting positive objectives to replace the drinking. I'm not much of a drinker, but I drink even less on Friday night when I have plans for Saturday. And Saturday night I'm less likely to drink much if I have brunch plans for Sunday morning.

Back in the old JW days, drinking was a way to numb the pain of weekends wasted slaving for the cult. And a way to numb the pain of slaving all week in bethel for the cult.