"That Governing Body member sure is humble." = "He bragged about his humility so much, his talk should have been entitled, 'Be More Humble... Like ME!'"
Billy the Ex-Bethelite
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Translating and deciphering witness expressions.
by stuckinarut2 ini wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.
"we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?
why did you miss a meeting!?".
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Translating and deciphering witness expressions.
by stuckinarut2 ini wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.
"we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?
why did you miss a meeting!?".
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
"That talk was very spiritually deep." = "I didn't understand a word of it."
"I really enjoyed the COs visit." = "...particularly the part where he drove away on Sunday."
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HOW EXACTLY does god communicate with or direct the GB?
by stuckinarut2 inwe're all familiar with the organisations claims (and have seen the flow diagrams in books and mags) that the gb is "directed by god".
in turn, the local elders are "directed by god".
so, how exactly do they suppose this happens?
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
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Ode to the trolleys in Feb's broadcast
by konceptual99 incheck out the song about the trolley at the end of this month's dubcast.. http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=mp4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201502.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
I watched the trolley "musical" and stopped for a look at some other spots. The music, graphics, and a few young faces amid the usual cult stuff delivered by old white dudes brings one thing to mind:
They can try their best on the web and build new KHs with windows, but the cult is still a turd.
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Some screenshots from new KH meeting!
by pixel in.
they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Gosh, all those windows! I wonder if it's true what they say that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Because I've known a lot of dubs that could really throw stones!
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Some screenshots from new KH meeting!
by pixel in.
they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Gosh, all those windows! I hope they know some good window-washers. Oh, right, it's a Kingdumb Haul. -
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New Appointments Are Very Fast & All On The CO
by baldeagle inthe week of september 15, 2014 was the congregations cos visit.
the midweek meeting was on tuesday, a very general bland talk was given by the co. in the past we would have had the elders & servants meeting on thursday night, and the other congregation meeting on friday.
as you know the friday meeting is no more.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
So the CO is doing the appointing very publicly, and not the GB. What could go wrong?
Well, if something does go wrong, this seems appropriate:
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A few more random thoughts on the new Kingdom Hall design meeting
by sir82 inleft completely unsaid at the meeting: who is going to be the owner of the property & building when all of these new khs are built?
in the current arrangement, in most cases, a local trust is set up to hold ownership.
of course, the most likely answer is "the watchtower (or whatever shell corporations they set up) will own the land & building".
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Is this the look they're going for?
Or something more like this?
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Ony J.W.'s could do this and not question what is going on
by Sour Grapes inat the meeting today several elders commented about the wonderful program that they attended yesterday on the new kingdom hall designs.
they said that the new halls are going to be so beautiful with lots of windows and glass panels and that the lights will be kept on in the lobby 24/7 so that you can see into the hall at night and that thousands of these halls must be built.
then five minutes later they are talking about how close the end is and that we will be meeting in basements in the near future.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Something that has plenty of windows on one side and could easily be converted into a coffee shop or clothing store or the like.
It only needs to be a KH for one night and Sunday morning each week. The rest of the week it can be an Apple Store.
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21 Years as an Elder, 5 as an MS, I will never be that guy again.
by James Jack ini was deleted as the cobe after i let my adult child move back home and he admitted that he fornicated under my roof while my wife and i where away on a rbc project.
of course the elder mode in me kicked him out of the house.. the elders moved quickly to remove me because i was too involved in "theocractic activities", i had neglected my adult son.. i accepted this primarily because i didn't want to serve with a boe that did not want me.
i was devastated however because it was the only life i knew.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Welcome back!
I took on more secular work because it dawned on me that I had no retirement plan and I was 52 at the time, this "System of Things", wasn't supposed to last this long. For the first time in my life, I was afraid of the future.
A year ago, my parents used the line on me: "If armageddon comes this year, do you think you will be ready?"
I gave an okay answer. But after some thought, I wish I would have responded, "If it's coming this year, bring it on. I'm ready to state my case to god. What I'm not ready for is this system lasting another 20 or 30 years. I've frittered away most of my life because ever since I was a child, I thought it was coming in the next year or two. But now I'm pushing 50. 50! In 20 years I'll be past retirement age, and I'll have nothing to live on."
"The BOE would like to see 100%"! I was so embarrassed, because the wife and I were part of the 12 that didn't sign up. Further more, after the meeting, each Elder an application in their hand and approached those who had not signed up.
After I'd left bethel, was still an elder, but not a pioneer, there was one of those months when all the elders except me aux. piod. It happened to come up at one point that one of those elders made it a point to say that all except one of the elders was able to aux. pioneer. I responded with, "I was a pioneer and served at bethel for a total of over 15 years. That's a long time in the full-time and special full-time service. Good for you guys that you aux pioneered. I did that back when I was a teenager. Try reg pioneering and bethel service, then come back and talk." At that point, I wasn't embarrassed, because I didn't care anymore. I was here learning TTATT and was trying to figure out how to get out.
The next meeting I was called to the back room with 2 Elders and counseled never to question an Elder in front of others.
Toward the end, it was easy for me to avoid the elders because they were avoiding me. Here's why:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/255058/exjw-psychology-103-lets-reconsider-confidentiality
They couldn't give me the usual verbal beatings since I'd tell everyone everything that happened.
