Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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JW EXPERT WITNESS FLOORED BY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY LAWYER

by steve2 in

much has already been written about dr monica applewhite, the expert witness hired by the jw organization.

her job was to provide "expert" testimony to the australian commission of inquiry into jehovsh's witnesses' policies and practices on child sexual abuse.

astonishingly, dr applewhite was unprepared for the inquiry lawyers' questions.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I'm assuming that she was only prepared for the US courts where she trots out, says how wonderful WT is, doesn't have her testimony or credentials examined, and collects her check from WT Corp as a paid expert in an individual case.

This is completely different from a US court trial. This isn't looking at an individual case, the entire collection of procedures and policies is being examined. And it's not just asking about what is legal, this RC seems most concerned about doing what is right and dragging everything wrong out into the light of day.

In this case, this "Dr. Paid Expert" is part of what it wrong. She deserves to be dragged out into the light and exposed as a bought-and-sold phoney that is perpetuating a system that abuses women and children.

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Day 4 Looks to Be Live at Any Moment - Link...and Upcoming Witness List!

by LostGeneration in

https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

anyone know who this monty baker is?

i'm sure this guy will be able to tell the rc how things work behind the scenes without all the evasiveness, being that he is an "apostate".

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I just tuned in a few minutes ago. This Dr doesn't seem very credible either as someone knowledgeable of the cult or of handling sexual abuse cases.

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Nine Seconds that says it all. Have these elders any shame?

by Wasanelder Once in

what can i add?

this says it all.. elder on stand is mute till prompted.. .

i guess i could encourage you to watch to the end and a guest commentary, lol..

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Wow! Just, Wow! The future of WT in Australia looks bleak.

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How strange that God's organisation needs tob eg for money

by Half banana in

i would say that if god or jehovah or any other named or nameless god needs money then he/she/it is not much of a god.

as a poor jw pioneer i scraped by as a way of life serving a god i could not know, see or sense in any way but i swallowed the biblical dogma and recalled that the birds of the air neither toiled nor sowed but were provided for.. so for goodness sake...why is the jw org so concerned with keeping, promoting or downright snatching as much money as they can from the sheep?.

is it a sign that jehovah has disinherited them?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

As a poor JW pioneer I scraped by as a way of life

As pioneers, we relied on Jehovah to provide. But Jehovah can't rely on Jehovah to provide... that would be crazy! So Jehovah has to rely on the dollars of his sheeple:

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Sorry..FASCINATING LETT (take 2)

by Diogenesister in

http://chrisfugue.tumblr.com/ weirdly fascinating lett take 2 (sorry for 1st error)

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

CrazyFace Lett! Chuckled at this one...

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Angelo Catanzaro

by Room 215 in

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i recently heard angelo catanzaro, a rather prominent figure in the organization .. a long-time district overseer and a favorite of knorr's, died recently.

there was some indication that he and his wife figured out ttatt in their latter years and turned "apostate"... .

does anyone out there know what happened to them?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Angelo had been a CO/DO forever... all the way back to when they were called "circuit servants" and served my parents' area before they married and before Angelo married. I last saw he and Mary maybe 10 years ago when they were serving up in the Wallkill/Patterson area. I think Mary had a sister living up there that they would stay with and look after on the weekends. He was certainly up in years but still had energy and enthusiasm. At the time, they were talking about going off the road... very soon now. If he had learned TTATT, I didn't see any particular evidence of that, but then, I wasn't looking. I don't know of any other COs with that name.

He had a nephew Jonathan (wife Kathy) Catanzaro, as mentioned in the obituary above, who also was or still is a circuit overseer.

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Billy dont forget the bottles after the weekends.

Indeed. In addition to the bottles, the hoppers were often overflowing will all kinds of crap by Monday morning.

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

And I think it's hilarious that the issue of "a private message staying private" is being hotly debated on a thread about life in bethel--the land of no privacy.

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Question and answers for fisherperson regardingy time at bethel

by _Morpheus in

so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.

rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.

q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I think CBGB was the only club named by Couch, but he had plenty of other comments about not going to the Village and not going to places where you're using the same door handles and forks as the homos.

Back-rubs and wrestling in your underwear seemed to be sparks that ignited frequent homo roommate orgies, according to Couch's morning worship comments.

It is somewhat obscure, but there was at least one morning worship where Couch went off on not putting trash in the garbage and garbage in the trash. The difference was that ordinary trash was separated from food garbage in the hoppers (hoppers were closets at the end of the hall where rubbish, recyclables, and donated crap were to be put). So if you had a pizza box that was greasy and had some cheese stuck to the lid, did it go in the trash or the garbage? In the garbage.

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How much damage has internet done against the The Watchtower Society ?

by opusdei1972 in

in the beginning of internet the society was worried about the information published exposing its falsehood.

so, i wonder how many people lost the society on account of forums and web sites like this.

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Billy the Ex-Bethelite

They lost a lot of elders and servants to Internet porn! But that was back when Internet connected computers had to be in a public area of the home and recorded internet history for the wife and everyone else to examine.

Now that all those brothers have WT-approved tablets and browsers that provide 'private' Internet browsing, they can be hardcore porn addicts and remain pillars in the congregation.

"Honey, I have to stay in my den and work on my talk tonight, so don't disturb me. Do we have any more hand lotion and kleenex for my dry hands and runny nose? And if you hear me shout, 'Oh god, yes!', it will be because I thought of a good illustration finally."