Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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Hello Everyone

by MarieK in

i hope everyone is having a good saturday.

i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!

needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Welcome!

wasted years of my life, not pursing my dreams

The rest of your real life begins now! You can still pursue your dreams.

No, it won't be the same as never being a JW, but an exJW life can be a very wonderful life!

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@ RC: "For evolution to be true..."

by Scully in

according to a jw contact, one of the speakers at the regional conventiontm stated that "for evolution to be true, two of the same kind would have had to evolve at the same time; one would have to be male and the other would have to be female, and then they would have to find each other".

apparently the crowd had a good laugh over how evolutionists overlook such a simple "fact".. i mentioned that bacteria and viruses use asexual reproduction, and that many sea creatures / fish, etc.

are hermaphrodite and do not require a sexual partner to produce offspring.. oddly enough, the conversation stopped there.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

According to a JW contact, one of the speakers at the Regional Convention™ stated that "for evolution to be true, two of the same kind would have had to evolve at the same time; one would have to be male and the other would have to be female, and then they would have to find each other". Apparently the crowd had a good laugh over how evolutionists overlook such a simple "fact".

Of course, a JW argument like this against evolution is also an argument against the Noachian flood.

For example, upon leaving the ark, the two kangaroos would have to travel together in close contact all the way to Australia over mountain and water. If they would have strayed far from each other, they would have lost contact and become extinct. And technically it isn't just one kangaroo species, so the WT model of history would require several such pairs to make the journey without evolving in any way. And the same thing would have to happen with all those other unique animals down under, including the koala which only eats eucalyptus leaves. If they didn't evolve to this diet, it's the only thing they could have eaten the last 6000 years. So they would have had to travel along a string of these trees from Turkey to Australia... and those trees along the way would have died and left no trace that they ever existed in the area.

Now the forum can have a good laugh over how JWs overlook such a simple fact.

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Apathy trollies in my city.

by punkofnice in

is it me or are people giving them a wide berth?.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Around here the JWs are like 3D graffiti. They might get a few glances, that's about it. There are so many other "preachers" standing around with loud speakers, or signs, or driving around in vans with signs and loudspeakers. JWs are just another flavor of religious nuts.

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I Don't Get It!

by John Aquila in

there are literally about thirty young single very good looking sisters in this one kingdom hall under the age of 30. that is just one kingdom hall.

in the circuit there are literally hundreds of young beautiful jw girls under 30 who are single and anxious to get married.

about two years ago, this one single good looking brother who is about 30 years old and who is an elder married this plain looking sister who is 59 years old.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I found JWland, those crapventions, and its bethel headquarters to be a terrible place to even consider dating and meeting someone. Lots of clumsy conversations with false expectations that just talking will lead to marriage. And if other JWs see you talking, all the gossip starts. For many of my friends, siblings, relatives, they married others we grew up with... I was related to the girls I grew up with at the Kingdumb Haul.

I wasn't attracted to anyone older than I was, although I knew plenty of guys that chose older. Regarding that crowd of available, pretty, young, single sisters, I knew plenty like that. It seemed to me that there was a crowd of 30 sisters that would idolize one or two guys in the circuit, and they were just waiting around to see if they had a chance with them before "settling" for someone like me. They weren't all like that, but I had enough experience of talking to a girl that wanted to hear all about the hotter "brother" that I work with. Of course, it certainly went both ways with guys trashing the sisters... a lot.

Yeah, I guess I'm pretty effed up.

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My wife , Son and DIL living with us ,have still not acknowledged my birthday today @ 5:15 pm , I might have to drop them a subtle hint.

by smiddy in

i know being a witness for 33 years and not celebrating b/days you do lose the habit , but i thought one of them would have remembered ?

oh well .. maybe i will just rub it in with them tomorrow .make them feel guilty , eh ?.

then again i might just start singing "76 trombones" at the dinner table tonight .

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Hey, happy birthday!

You could drop a hint by walking around in your "birthday suit"!

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Well isn't this a bunch of BS

by Doctor Who in

well, our sister congregation just had their co visit this past week.

on saturday afternoon, i was talking to a couple of ministerial servants in that congregation and they stated that an unmarried brother is not fulfilling to the max what jehovah wants of us.

they stated that the co went on a tirade that if you are unmarried you are being selfish and not following what jehovah wanted for mankind since he created eve as a compliment for the man.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Is there a recording of that talk? It certainly sounds Internet-worthy! A prime example of a CO going rogue.

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Local Elders whip the Congregation into a frenzy about donating to the Organization

by James Jack in

because of the may broadcast about how funds are down, our elders have been in their talks "encouraging" or pressuring everyone to donate more to the world wide work.. it freaks me out how we already give them a set amount of $600 a month, plus what is contributed by the congregation(usually $400 to $500 a month).

heck, our local congregation bank account even got below $500 for the first time this past may since i have been doing the accounts(4 years now).

for june, we raised a whopping $2400 to send into the branch.. the most amazing part, is that only a select few contribute on a regular basis every month.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I did a few donation acknowledgement letters. But it was very few. And I've seen the acknowledgement letters my parents received from the Corp for their generous donations to the mother cult *sigh*.

While WT is able to cash in on the JWs, I think it is actually a rather small amount in comparison with what other churches and charities are able to raise. Even a rather small Jewish group around where I live (sorry if this sounds stereotypical) is able to raise massive amounts of money that would make the GB faint out of sensual desire.

As far as JWs go, either they don't have money, or if they have money they realize that they'll get more fun out of spending the money on themselves before this wicked system ends.

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Local Elders whip the Congregation into a frenzy about donating to the Organization

by James Jack in

because of the may broadcast about how funds are down, our elders have been in their talks "encouraging" or pressuring everyone to donate more to the world wide work.. it freaks me out how we already give them a set amount of $600 a month, plus what is contributed by the congregation(usually $400 to $500 a month).

heck, our local congregation bank account even got below $500 for the first time this past may since i have been doing the accounts(4 years now).

for june, we raised a whopping $2400 to send into the branch.. the most amazing part, is that only a select few contribute on a regular basis every month.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

It looks like the cover of that Awake! is a picture of all the JWs rushing to donate their window-washing money at a Watchtower Bank.

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Local Elders whip the Congregation into a frenzy about donating to the Organization

by James Jack in

because of the may broadcast about how funds are down, our elders have been in their talks "encouraging" or pressuring everyone to donate more to the world wide work.. it freaks me out how we already give them a set amount of $600 a month, plus what is contributed by the congregation(usually $400 to $500 a month).

heck, our local congregation bank account even got below $500 for the first time this past may since i have been doing the accounts(4 years now).

for june, we raised a whopping $2400 to send into the branch.. the most amazing part, is that only a select few contribute on a regular basis every month.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

You all are too critical of the GB and the brotherhoodedness! They are just following the example of Jesus Christ who must have said somewhere, "The expenses of the organization are projected to exceed the current income, so I need you all to dig deeper and give me more money to help spread the Good News of the Kingdom (and buy pinky rings, new suits, and fancy watches for me)."

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Guess I said more than I should have about "the truth"

by paradisebeauty in

a sister came by my house today.

not to see how i was or why i have not been to meetings for the past months - she needed to borrow some money for the upcoming convention.

we chatted a little, and i cound not keep my mouth shut about some questions i have and some discoveries i made about the doctrine.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

This sister is "relying on Jehovah". You know, just like the GB is relying on Jehovah by begging for more money from the R & F.

It's becoming a religion that begs for money, yet condemns education and gainful employment that really earns money.