Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

  by WildeLover in

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  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

  i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

  it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  To some degree, I think the decline started around 2000 in some of the things I was in bethel. 9/11 gave the corporation a temporary boost in enthusiasm and numbers. After that, the economic meltdown around 2008 didn't give any real boost to enthusiasm or numbers like I'd thought it might. WT still boasts about increases, but there is the increase in 'anointed' that they don't talk about, and decreases elsewhere that they try to whitewash.
  

  Regarding their "Master Plan", the GB is completely reactionary. These are guys whose master plan was to build their headquarters on a toxic waste site. I think they're going to try to sell the buildings that would make them money and convince the sheeple to drive over to the halls in the low-rent neighborhoods.
  
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  Use of first names at the KH

  by Sour Grapes in

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  have you ever noticed that know one uses first names at the kh?

  it is how are you brother jones?

  how are you sister smith?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  And then there was the issue of not calling someone Bro or Sis until:

  • they had been to enough meetings and studied long enough to earn this 'privilege'
    
  • they became publishers
  • they answered some silly bible/WT questions and got dunked in water

  In the meantime, they were addressed by their first name or Mr./Miss/Mrs. So-and-so.
  
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  Who oversees the money for the WT?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when the wt sells property for a billion dollars profit, who decides what that money is going to be used for?.

  when all the money comes in from all the kingdom halls bank accounts worldwide, did all that money go into one big account and who has authority to spend it and cut some checks to whoever?

  when all the monthly donations come in to the watchtower headquarters, who decides distribution, and to who?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  But in the broadcast last month, Lett assured everyone that the GB was more careful with WT assets than with their own money.

  Hmmm, if that were the case, wouldn't they be that much more eager to open the books and show everyone where the money is coming from and going? We can only conclude that they aren't really that careful.
  
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  "God by the Neck" short film

  by wolfman85 in

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  2. links

  now you can see the full short movie online.

  storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.

  its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Wow. Very accurate and a frightening reminder of what JW childhood was like.
  
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  You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

  he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I used to think that bethel was a wonderful place. I was deceived. Now that I'm out and getting on with my life, I see it as a hell hole that I wish I had never, ever set eye on.

  My story is different, but plenty in his account that I can relate to. I'll tell more, someday.
  

  I still sometimes have nightmares where I'm in bethel. I'm so very happy when I wake up and realize that the nightmare is over. I have a degree. I have the freedom that comes with earning a good income and no more bondage to the cult.
  
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  this weeks bible highlights: Jehovah slaughters his own people to teach David a lesson

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. bible

  from 2 samuel 24. i am so mad at myself for not making a comment how could anyone explain this away?

  then after he slaughters 70,000 he then feels regret?

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  How do believers explain this slaughter?

  I'd looked up what little WT had to say about this and other accounts of the slaughter of innocents a long time ago, about the only statement I recall is that these people had no special right to life--it was as if WT was justifying it by saying, "people die all the time, so this is no big deal that he would slaughter thousands of his own chosen nation."

  And although it was supposedly wrong in this account to conduct a census, there was no specifically stated law against it. There are plenty of times in the bible that the populations are mentioned. This all just sounds like an excuse for the angry desert sky-daddy to go on a random murderous rampage against his own worshipers. Nice.
  
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  Had my Hopes up for this Regional Convention

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  heard a lot buzz for our upcoming convention.

  those that already been were saying how great it was and all the videos that were presented.. well, thus far not impressed!

  in fact many times pure insanity!

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  There is now an official "make-up department" for regional conventions.

  ToMo3 is ready to give his closing talk:
  
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  Destroying the arguments presented in the book "Is There A Creator Who Cares About You?" (1998)

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  found this article taking each point made in the creator book and demolishing them with reason and logic.

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  good resource: http://evolutionwiki.org/wiki/is_there_a_creator_who_cares_about_you%3f.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I always read that title as two questions...

  Is There a Creator? --
  -- Who Cares About You?
  
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  My introduction and confession

  by elderINewton in

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  well another big bad elder here just wanting to say sorry.. i'm sorry that so many were treated like crap, and shown that god's love is not to be found around jehovah's witnesses.

  i'm sorry that inadvertently i've likely taught many to judge and as such see that racism permeates every corner of the jw world, else why else would someone be of the world, or even inactive.

  i'm sorry i sat in on a jc, and voted to df.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Welcome!
  
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  Huge story unfolding at Warwick

  by Crazyguy in

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  its been mentioned before that warwick is a toxic dump and now the jw's are suing a former owner for compensation.

  well this is huge on so many levels.

  one they new it was contaminated back a few years ago so why move your headquarters there?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Contaminated soil? They should pray about the matter, rely on Jehovah, and leave it in His capable hands to purify the land!

  Nah. Instead the GB is going to look for help from Satan's world, the demonic governments, corrupt legal agents of this evil system, and materialistic corporations to correct this matter.

  I think this is a valuable precedent for where the GB has placed their confidence--Rely on Jehovah and nothing will get done. Rely on Satan and His system, and get ready for re$ult$!