Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  New WT property for A/V production

  by respectful_observer in

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  so the wts just bought yet another corporate building in upstate ny.

  this time it's a building to house a/v production a few minutes from patterson.

  why they just don't build what they need on property they already own, i don't know.. http://www.loopnet.com/listing/17829130/39-mt-ebo-road-south-brewster-ny/.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  That's $6.1 million of money that would have built a lot of kingdumb hauls!

  But as long as the end isn't coming anytime soon, they may as well start wasting a bunch of money to try to catch up with the TV evangelists, eh?

  If WT Corp. can spend millions of dollars to buy buildings to renovate into studios to play "let's pretend", why are they opposed to dubs spending a few thousand dollars to get their kids educated so they don't have to play "let's pretend we're not broke, uneducated, and unfulfilled"?
  
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  Over Education leads to Ugliness, Premature ageing and Beard Growth

  by snugglebunny in

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  it could have come straight from brooklyn!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls37snyjg8w.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Watch for it to be featured on an upcoming JW TV.
  
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  The Daily Beast Article: The actor/rapper/writer, Donald Glover, opens up about his journey from being a JW to achieving stardom

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/20/donald-glover-on-spider-man-stripping-in-magic-mike-xxl-and-a-possible-community-return.html.

  the actor/rapper/writer multi-hyphenate, who stars in the lazarus effect, opens up about his journey from being a jehovahs witness to achieving film, tv, and music stardom.. .

  donald glover has, in his mere 31 years on this sorta-green earth, released five rap albums and two mixtapes under the stage name childish gambino, served as a writer on the award-winning 30 rock, and featured in 89 episodes as normcore nerd troy barnes on the cherished sitcom community.

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  Talented guy. It's sad to think how many talented and gifted lives are going to waste as JWs.
  
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  I received my acceptance letter into Nursing School.

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  2. friends

  i've been actively pursuing a career change for quite a few years.

  i've applied for nursing programs at several local public colleges.

  the competition is high for this limited access program.

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  Congrats!
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  Education, education, education....

  by snare&racket in

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  2. friends

  an update on my life post education..... as the governing body continue to denounce higher education, reality continues to prove their words ignorant, ill informed and blatant lies.

  i am proud and astonished to say i have just been accepted for a university teaching hospital post.

  i have a seriously sought after, senior house officer job in intensive care, endocrinology and clinical pharmacology.

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  As the Governing Body continue to denounce higher education, reality continues to prove their words ignorant, ill informed and blatant lies.

  It just makes me want to scream that this collection of dim-witted GB (and I got to know many of them personally) would discourage students from pursuing education and meaningful careers. I should have gotten my degree decades ago and my life would be so much better. At least I'm glad that I finally did wake up and get my life moving away from WT idiocy.
  

  Snare, your experience should be featured on the next JW TV. It should be, but sadly, it won't be. Because the GB wants all the sheeple to be stupid and unquestioningly obedient.
  
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  Effect of reading here.

  by New day in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  saomebody mentioned in a recent thread here i think that the more they read here the more they feel angry at the wt.

  personally, as an ex-elder (only resigned a few months ago) i feel that it is more like suddenly being on the outside looking in at a whole group of people playing parts.

  the zealous pioneers answering all the time.

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  I would be interested to know if others feel that we assume roles as we enter the KH.

  Indeed. The very top of this organization is men who have assumed their roles by nothing more than nibbling crackers and sipping wine once a year... and then kissing the right as$es.
  
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  Funny Story, I started reading Reddit today....

  by eyefell4it2 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ok so maybe i am a bit old school, late to the party, or whatever but i just discovered some subreddits (other than ex-jw) that have me completely addicted to the site.

  for the whole afternoon, i have been going through the tifu section (pm me if you can't find the meaning of the acronym but just google it and the meaning should come up).

  anyways, i thought i would share some funny ones here because, hey, we all need a good laugh and there's plenty of laugh provoking material on the net.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  That's hilarious. But don't get me addicted to reddit, this place takes enough of my time!
  
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  Fading and not "outing" yourself, what are your thoughts on it?

  by Brock Talon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  fading and not "outing" yourself.. what are your thoughts on it?.

  i ask, because i just received a scathing personal message on facebook from a person who read my latest book and in it i describe myself as a fader.

  i was not dfd and i did not da myself.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  No matter what you do in life, somebody else will get their panties in a bunch and try to "set you straight". You don't need some Facebook nutjob's approval in order to have a fun and fulfilling life.

  For that matter you don't need my approval either, but you have my approval. And I think that if a "christian" is calling you "Dishonest, narcissistic, needing therapy, fooling myself, and other ugly words", you must be doing something right!

  I've found that fading and not outing myself has been ideal. I can still talk to the ones I want to, and I can ignore the ones that I don't want to talk to.
  
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  has anyone seen vidio on youtube about why they changed cover of songbook search youtube jw.org embarrassment

  by poopie in

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  any thoughts.

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  Wow! I actually have in my possession one of the schlong books! And looking at the artwork that is rather light and pastel with all the other gracefully thin and "correct looking" arms and hands, the fingers on the backside of the songbook look accurate and thin. But rather than a wrist and thumb toward the inside of the book, it looks like, well, you know what.
  

  Geez, now that it's pointed out to me, it sure looks deliberate.
  
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  Devouring the Forbidden Fruit - Higher Education

  by cappytan in

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  2. friends

  well, i told my wife over the weekend i was going to go back school to finish my degree.

  she is 100% supportive of it!

  apparently she doesn't think higher education is so evil either.. since my former major was computer programming and that was in the late 1990's, i was told i'd have to retake a bunch of classes since times have changed.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Be sure to talk to Financial Aid Department. Fill out your FAFSA. You may qualify for federal or state grants, and you'll need it for federal student loans and the scholarships I saw. And you can get various tax credits for school expenses.
  

  You realize this is very disappointing to the GB. Now you won't be left with much time for meetings, preaching, and studying mind-numbing WT litteratrash. Then you'll be doubting the Genesis accounts of creation and the flood and your critical thinking skills will have you doing face-palms repeatedly during meetings. And you'll be passionate about learning "worldly" truths rather than passionate about the latest music videos on JW TV.
  

  So, HURRAY for us "forbidden fruit" eaters!