Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) JANUARY 2016

by wifibandit in

pdf .

this issue contains the study articles for february 29 to april 3, 2016.. what about the number of those partaking at the memorial?12, 13. why should we not worry about the number of those who eat the bread and drink the wine at the memorial?12 in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christs death.

that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

There's only one way for WT to reduce the number of anointed partakers:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/204491/too-many-partakers-org-help-on-way

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i need some advice

by SpunkedTeen in

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yesterday i finally confronted my mom with my research about the wtbts being registered with the un as a ngo for ten years.she didn't get angry at all but she says she doesn't want to doubt the organization, i asked her if she realizes that if this is true what it means and she replied by saying she believes she has found the truth and that satan wants me to turn away from the organization.she also said that apostates make these very clever looking articles to lure us away.i told her that i avoided all apostate websites(which i did) and went straight to the un which confirmed it.i asked her to do her own research on the matter but she refuses to saying she is not going to live her life having doubts about the borg.

i don't think i can wake her up ,especially if she doesn't even want to think that the organization is not "god's earthly organization".. i was thinking that now that she knows about my doubts i can disassociate myself but as i only turned 18 this week and have nowhere to go if she kicks me out the house(my entire family are j-dubs) i don't know what to do to move forward from this point .do any of you have any advice for me ?

thanks in advance..

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Take your time and make your plans.

i can disassociate myself but as i only turned 18 this week and have nowhere to go if she kicks me out the house(my entire family are j-dubs) i don't know what to do to move forward from this point.

Mom has told you how she feels, and she's not looking to run for the WT exit. Instead of spending more energy in that direction, you need to make your own plans besides disassociation and getting kicked out of the house.

What do you want for yourself in 5, 10, 25 years? Education? Career? Family? There is no armageddon coming and your WT indoctrinated family isn't going to make wise plans for your future when you turn 50.

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My Mother Died Two Weeks Ago

by Perry in

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friends

none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.

just found out this morning.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Wow Perry, Sorry to hear about the loss of your mother and the way your JW relatives treated you and your family.

JWs somehow manage to find a low... and then keep digging deeper to reach lower levels of cult-induced craziness.

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THIS IS JUST CLASSIC

by Sabin in

2016 years text.. hebrews 13:1, let your brotherly love continue.. wtf!

your thought please.

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Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Evidently, if this text hadn't been selected, the brotherly love in the borganization would not have continued next year.

Unfortunately, this text doesn't mention a need to let sisterly love continue. Therefore it is logical to conclude that 2016 is going to be a bad year for the JW sisterhood.

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CO just confirmed worldwide construction halt and possible JW.ORG news of it

by LevelThePlayingField in

just had the co visit tonight.

i asked him if he had heard about the worldwide halt of construction besides warwick and to my surprise he said he heard the same thing.

then he went on and add that also some branches are closing and some bethelites going into pioneering but, "all because of the preaching work now.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

She said, "well, yes, the main focus should be the preaching work."

Good, then there's no reason to ever donate another cent to Watchtower Corp!

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Hey you! Murderers you!

by umbertoecho in

hello, people, fellow freaks, thinkers, out-raged ones.

this is about my lovely wonderful brain dead jw sister and her equally piss weak jw husband and how they treat their own son.

my nephew!!.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I hope you or others can find him the help he needs. Being an exJW has been the best part of my often depressing life. I hope he lives to enjoy that part of his life for a long, long time, too.

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New member checking in

by Old Major in

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friends

been reading for about 2 and a half years, thought i would take the plunge and sign up.. my circumstances... i live in uk, serving as ms. i am fully awake.

i can not leave due to family, so just treating the meetings as a bit of a social club.

i would like to give out more details, but i think you all know the drill.. complete disillusionment and i suppose natural curiosity woke me up.. don't know what else to say right now, just hello, and i hope to get to know some of you guys better.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Welcome!

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Printing Company to Video Production Company - Insider Information

by thedepressedsoul in

many people think that wt is a publishing company and at one time that was true.

however, they are slowly fading that out into more digital publications.

we all have come to the conclusion that printed material from the wt is going way of the dinosaur.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Running your own video production company is much MUCH cheaper than running your own printing presses.

I think the videos they're now making are pretty cheap. The second Young People Axe video was extremely expensive from what I heard. The Andre drama budget was really out of control. There were travel expenses to interview teens at other branches which was many hours of material, but very little used. The whole production dragged on so long that during the process several of the "youths" in the interview and drama were no longer "in good standing" and had to be edited out along the way. Consequently, the Young People Axe video series is only 2 videos. 50 minute productions like that were followed by 3 minute "What Your Peers Say..."

The solution has been to simplify with short cartoons of animated characters instead of real kids. Most of their production work seems to be shorter, fairly simple stuff. Probably cheap imitations of what the Mormons do.

Of course, most of their video production is for lots of different sign languages, which I haven't given any attention other than when they've involved graphic reenactments of masturbation. LOL

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This weeks service meeting! More craziness.....

by stuckinarut2 in

so this weeks service meeting is so full of "crazy".

a whole 15 min part devoted to trying to indoctrinate everyone on how to "explain our beliefs on 1914".

then another 15 min part called "a tool to help us explain our beliefs about 1914".

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

They should have included a disclaimer in that video: The role of "householder" is being performed by a 30+ year bethelite. Actual householders will not waste time with WT cartoon publications and nonsense chronology.

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Theocratic Ministry School . . . is still there AND longer?

by warehouse in

so i made a timeline based on the leaked letter, it is as follows:.

edit: updated chart with color, because the html version was crap.

so i know i might be crazy, but is the theocratic school still there, just called apply yourself to field ministry?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

How many of these parts will now be handled by sisters? How many "talks by brothers" will be replaced by "demonstration/parts by sisters"?