Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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If someone asked you, 'Are you a righteous person'? What would be your answer?

by Esse quam videri in

what would be your answer?

are you are a righteous person?

on a scale of 1-10, how righteous do you feel you are?.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

On a scale of 1-10, how righteous do you feel you are?

I'd have to give myself a 9. My righteousness is only exceeded by my humility, my wisdom, my sense of humor, and my handsomeness.

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The Gayby Project

by fulltimestudent in

this is about a situation likely affecting thousands.. posted without comment (for a change - but mainly because i'm not quite sure what to say).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spo0mkq3vhc.

A traditional Bible-based family is founded on one man and one woman, and her sister, and a few slaves, and HIS sister, a girl who was kidnapped and raped, and a few more women, and a kitchen condiment, and about three hundred concubines. Now THAT's a family by biblical standards!

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

"... but a marriage between one man and another man, that would be immoral."

My grandfather spend too much of his childhood in orphanages. What wasa said is worth a repeat:

The fact is that birth is not a miracle, being raised by unselfish parents who will love you as you deserve, void of selfishness, that's the miracle. If they get that from two of the same sex, more power to them.

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DC2015 New Release: Brochure "Return to Jehovah" for those who faded/left

by Designer Stubble in

it appears that a new 16-page brochure, with the title "return to jehovah" is to be released at the regional convention (dc) this year.

it would be written specifically for those faded or da/df.chapters are:a letter from the governing body1.

the lost one i will search for2.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

If they start the thing with "A Letter From the Governing Body", the title should mirror that--"Return to the Governing Body".

I still don't consider 16 pages to be a "brochure". The pages will probably mostly be filled with the usual staged WT pictures. There will probably be "personal experiences" from numerous Andre-type WT muppets. And what little text is there will be written in the usual condescending style of WT as if addressing naughty children.

Of course, all the topics point the blame away from the lies and false prophecies of WT Corporation with their imperfect leadership and moral bankruptcy.

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California Attorney Tries to Pass a Ballot Advocating Genocide for Gays

by Village Idiot in

this ballot initiative put forth by matt mclaughlin, an attorney in southern california, would allow for the execution of gays by bullets to the head.

mclaughlin has to gather 365,000 signatures to put it up for a vote.

i'm in favor of gay rights but in my opinion this despicable ballot should make it to a vote knowing that it absolutely will not pass in order to publicize the demented mentality of fundamentalist christians in the united states.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Okay, I'm also confused by this:

c) No person shall distribute, perform, or transmit sodomistic propaganda directly or indirectly by any means to any person under the age of majority. Sodomistic propaganda is defined as anything aimed at creating an interest in or an acceptance of human sexual relations other than between a man and a woman. Every offender shall be fined $1 million per occurrence, and/or imprisoned up to 10 years, and/or expelled from the boundaries of the state of California for up to life.

Isn't this ballot initiative generating interest in "buggery"? Something like this is going to create a lot of conversation, curiosity, debate, and interest in this subject. Wouldn't Matt McLaughlin be the first fined and/or imprisoned for creating something like this? What's the deal with these fundies that they're soooo fascinated by the bedroom activities of other people? How is it that they seem to be consumed 24/7/365 by the thought of and discussions about "any person who willingly touches another person of the same gender for purposes of sexual gratification"?

If someone looks around at the world (or even just California) today and decides that this is the biggest problem that needs to be addressed, that person is seriously nutso way beyond a lady that wants to kiss another lady (which isn't nuts, I couldn't blame either one for it), or a dude that wants to kiss another dude.

So sue me!

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California Attorney Tries to Pass a Ballot Advocating Genocide for Gays

by Village Idiot in

this ballot initiative put forth by matt mclaughlin, an attorney in southern california, would allow for the execution of gays by bullets to the head.

mclaughlin has to gather 365,000 signatures to put it up for a vote.

i'm in favor of gay rights but in my opinion this despicable ballot should make it to a vote knowing that it absolutely will not pass in order to publicize the demented mentality of fundamentalist christians in the united states.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

This is confusing. I'd heard that sodomy was how California Attorneys were conceived.

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My father is a fg ae

by Butyoucanneverleave in

this is my first post.

i just had to get that statement off of my chest!

my father is one cold hearted judge mental, hypocritical, piece of s**t. i hate this religion and what it has done to my family!

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Welcome ButYouCanNeverLeave! I haven't forgotten that "Hotel California" feeling. It was several years after I "checked out" that I was finally able to leave (fade).

You're welcome to vent here... with as many asterisks and exclamation marks as you need.

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NFL player quits career to become an idiot

by Captain Schmideo2 in

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http://www.jwleather.com/news/jason-worilds-quits-nfl-to-knock-on-doors-as-a-jehovahs-witness.

jason worilds quits nfl to knock on doors as a jehovahs witness.. 3/19/2015.

120 comments.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

He's old news now! Replace that dude's headline with, "Richard White Quits Knocking on Doors as Jehovah's Witness After Going on Machete Rampage in New Orleans Airport".

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/184130001/jw-new-orleans-news

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Yet Another Putdown of Women! – KM March 2015

by SAHS in

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this weeks service meeting part (week starting march 23, 2015) in the our kingdom ministry under the heading meetings for field service that accomplish.

their purpose includes a little sub-article entitled when a sister must conduct.

the direct link is: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/kingdom-ministry/ click the little document download button under the one labeled km15 03-e us and then choose a format (pdf looks best)..

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Apostate hat suggestions:

1) Minimize it!
What's the 'pioneer spirit'? The teeniest of tiny hats, and the rounding up of unproductive hours.

2) When the elders point out that your tiny hat is unscripturally small, the new pioneer fashion is the largest of large hats! After all, since only the elders see your Publishers Record Card to judge your spirituality, let all the sheeples (including the bitchy elders' wives) see how very spiritual you are by your ginormous hat!

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Leaked New Songs 139-142

by toweragent in

http://jwtalk.net/forums/files/download/498-songs-140-142/.

i don't know if anybody has seen this (or if anybody cares).

but it seems that some of the "new" new songs have been leaked by somebody at bethel.. just a bit of a warning, do not click on that vocal rendition of song 142... it is awful.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

If the "Life of a Pioneer" song is sung at a "pioneer pace", it would take 3 hours to get through the 2 verses.

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why report more partakers?

by rebel8 in

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of all the threads here about the number of partakers increasing, i don't recall theories as to why they report this.

they could stop reporting numbers altogether or lie.

instead they say, in essence, "our teachings about end times and heavenly hope are still wrong"..

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Why did they start reporting it? To prove Thee End is approaching. We used to get so excited to see the numbers go down every year!
Why keep reporting, when the numbers show we are moving further away from Thee End instead of coming closer?

It used to be that the number of FDS still alive was important, signalling the nearness of the end. Personally, I'm not sure that I have much confidence in the numbers they reported during some of those years where they reported the decreases and I wonder if the current number of partakers is higher than they report.

If anything, I think they report it because they don't know what else to do. To stop reporting it would need some more nulite explanation. Trying to justify the increase would require some nulite. So they seem to report the number, but ignore it. They publish articles trying to discourage partakers, but the number has continued to increase.

In conversation with my parents, it becomes difficult because they try to reason, "Lots of these are not genuinely anointed." But how do you gauge that? "The anointed would only be old and experienced." But the current GB is all younger than my parents, with Sanderson little older than I am (although he looks much, much older than I do.) How do you draw a line between who is or isn't really anointed? The whole thing about being anointed (and qualifying for the GB) is the ability to nibble and sip once per year with a sincere-looking expression on their faces.