Instead of "Midweek Meeting" and "Weekend Meeting", the signs in front of Kingdumb Hauls should be:
Billy the Ex-Bethelite
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October 14, 2015 BOE
by wifibandit inoctober 14, 2015 .
re: signs announcing meeting times .
https://infotomb.com//38v6n.
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2015 October 5 and 6, BOEs!
by Atlantis in2015 october 5, boe.. .. click the green download button.. .. re: recommending convention speakers and interpreters .
http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/ppyuxbk.
.. .. 2015 october 6, boe.. .. re: convention speaker ratings for bethel brothers .
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
It's crazy in the first letter that they already acknowledge the problem that elders keep rating each other as grade A speakers, when they probably really suck. Yet this entire process seems to strengthen the elders' Good Ole Boys Club.
It becomes very easy for elders to reward their family and friends that may be terrible speakers yet want to be onstage. For any 'outsider' elders that may actually be good speakers, it becomes very easy for Da Club members to find a reason to cut them out.
I've given plenty of convention talks and heard plenty more of them. Sure, some speakers are better than others, but even for a good speaker there's only so much you can do to put life and reason into the sometimes jumbled and rehashed outlines.
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Westboro baptists protesting Kim Davis
by JeffT inwords fail me .... http://religiondispatches.org/god-hates-nags-why-in-gods-name-is-westboro-protesting-kim-davis/god hates nags: why in gods name is westboro protesting kim davismembers of the infamously anti-gay westboro baptist church (wbc) arrived in morehead, kentucky today to picket the rowan county courthouse, workplace of kim davis, the county clerk and religious liberty martyr who rose to fame by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples citing gods authority.daviss religious right credentials are solid.
her stand for religious liberty has resulted in the support of four presidential hopefulsted cruz, mike huckabee, bobby jindal, and rand paula visit with the pope, and comparisons to rosa parks.
plenty of others opposed davis, of course, both because of her anti-gay stance and because of her refusal to do the job she took an oath to do.
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YHWH - bible story explained to tune of YMCA
by Simon inthis is funny.
the bible story to the tune of ymca ... how can it fail to offend :).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdrbywmh7kw.
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Tough Day & wanting to escape
by Olivia Wilde inso today after my workout at the gym, i was driving away from the parking lot, notice 2 witnesses on the sidewalk with their witness cart, one older man with a young female, related?
not sure but as i drove away it finally hit me, all this buildup & staying strong since my awakening finally hit me .... just crying & saw my life flashing before my eyes just couldn't keep myself strong anymore, especially thinking of my child & other things happening in my life currently, which are hitting reality...... i came home & had a conversation with my son about our weekly mtgs, we have missed the ms mtgs for a few times/days in a row now, does anyone check on us?
... anyway i finally told him that for the time being mommy needs to figure out some things with god & jesus first & for the time being won't be making the ms mtgs & will be doing our bible study at home... thankfully he understands & just told him that god understands how i feel & is ok with it.... it's difficult to feel alone in this, i feel broken with the other things happening in my life, not wt or jw related, & just want to escape & run away, i don't have many friends & my non jw family is not a close family, we were never close, & i feel like i don't have anyone to talk to.... people that know me & interact with me have no clue the turmoil i'm going thru inside, i pretend like nothing is wrong with my life .
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
i feel like I don't have anyone to talk to.... people that know me & interact with me have no clue the turmoil I'm going thru inside, I pretend like nothing is wrong with my life
Writing down your feelings here can be helpful. And I hope you can find someone in real life that you can feel comfortable with to stop pretending and help you heal... and give you a hug when you need one.
I had the huge advantage of free psychologist and psychiatrist visits when I was attending university, It was extremely helpful.
Since then, I've opened up to varying degrees to a few of the nonJWs in my life. Where I work, I hit it off with the HR manager right away. In my resume and interview, I included several things about my work in Bethel. I actually had a photoalbum of my various work experiences and found it much easier to describe all my skills with the pictures. So I would gloss over the religious part and talk about the skills I developed there.
Some time after I was hired, I started filling in the HR manager about my WT experience. She had taken the magazines from JWs before, to be polite. Every so often I'll fill her in on some of the crazy JW things like disfellowshipping, holidays, etc. I find it therapeutic, and she finds it surprising and interesting. It's a huge difference telling the psychologist who would be empathetic, calmly listen, and never acted surprise, than telling some of the same things to this HR manager and she's in shock, swearing about how crazy WT rules are. Quite an emotional reaction compared to the quiet and measured psychologist. But both very helpful.
I have the luxury of close relationships with my faded siblings. For as different as we are from one another, we have really stuck together to become happy exJWs.
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We missed you at the meetings
by punkofnice ina vomit inducing comment.. i asked why do they have to specify 'meetings'?
they never miss us in tesco or the showcase cinema bar.. in their defence, a friend of mine said: 'that's because the meeting is where they normally would see you.'.
well, if they want to see you they can arrange a meal out or something.
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Nice moment today
by Theburstbubble inso it's been a few months since i last went to a meeting but i've still had lots of guilty feelings about leaving, such as am i doing the right thing, thinking about friends and family, where do i go from here etc etc.
but i think once you stop believing you can't go back.. anyway, today i had a very nice experience.
my daughter had been to nursery today and when she got home i asked her what she had done and she excitedly told me they had been doing pumpkins.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
My daughter had been to nursery today and when she got home I asked her what she had done and she excitedly told me they had been doing pumpkins.
Here's how Jehovah and the GB feel about kids being around pumpkins!
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Today's watchtower: obey us, no matter what
by Tornintwo intoday's watchtower:.
obey us, obey us even when it seems strange, obeying our man made hierarchy equates to obeying god, sacrifice your own interests, work for us, don't be independent, put your own interests aside, obey some more, preach for us, build for us, enjoy it, obey some more, forgive when we are jerks to you and mistreat you, accept your changed assignment even if it seems cruel and doesn't make sense, don't complain if we move you (eg.
) because you might have to move in the new world, remember you are being trained to obey, remember to put your own interests aside, that's the way we are designed to live - it will only make you happy!
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Serving Jehovah is the most satisfying way of life there is.
That's a lie. I'm much more satisfied with my exJW way of life.
Slaving for Hojovah and WT Corporation nearly drove me to suicide. And that way of life drove plenty of others I knew to commit suicide. Writing Department must believe we all felt too satisfied to continue living perhaps?
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Too many partakers in the org? Help is on the way!
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inis someone in your congregation confused?
coming soon to the local congregations:.
anointification neutralizer100 suppositories.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Bump!
Since it appears that an upcoming Botchtower farticle is trying to discourage partakers, the corporation needs to cut this chit-chat trying to reduce the nibble-and-sip crowd, and go with something more obvious. Install one of these in the back of every hall, but with the lettering, "In case of suspected unworthy Memorial partaking break glass"
