Having studied WT publications and listened to their talks (especially Herd and Loesch), it's obvious that women can't be trusted with construction tools because they have small brains and tend to be emotionally uncontrolled.
Billy the Ex-Bethelite
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WOWSERS !!!!
by brandnew inok so im a lil late on tellin it.......was busy this friday & sat......🎉🎊🎶.
ok so thursday night, eldurr up on stage asking for brothers only...who have skills in construction, electical, and finish work, who were of the ages from 25-35 ..to pleeeeeease apply to help in ....get this😂 " theocratic construction" going on in various parts of the world.. this announcement happened in puerto rico.. many , many, many facepalms😂😂😂😂😂.
mad puppy.
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Gay advice from the Governing Body
by Listener inaccording to them you are not gay if you are attracted to the same sex, it's just hormones and you might grow out of it.. i wonder what hormones in particular they are talking about and if they feel that a female who goes through menopause is in danger of turning gay or even if taking hormones will adjust your thinking?.
this is from the wt org website.
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/ask/pressure-to-be-gay/.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
For many JWs, having any sex is just a "phase". Typically, they're too busy with meetings, preaching, 'studying', and other cult busy-work, along with often working long hours at low wages, to have much time and energy left for sex.
There were plenty of JW couples I knew that I assumed they might still have somewhat active sex lives. But particularly after I became an elder, I learned about a lot of couples that were very unhappy about all kinds of sexual things... including accusations such as "He committed adultery in his heart. Maybe I can't divorce him, but I'm gonna act like we are." and "Maybe she has health problems and I do nothing to help her or be a romantic gentleman, but she should put out when I say so."
So should anybody be surprised that WT would tell homosexuals that this is a "phase" that they shouldn't act on? Heterosexuals are instructed by WT that their sexual desire is something they should "deaden" and deny, too.
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Met the new CO (correction officer) this week
by truth doubter injust want to share my take on the new circuit overseers visit.
first impression, he's a control freak.
he got up several times to correct the servants on lights, sound and speaker stand positioning.
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I know his type. This is me after the end of one such CO's (Correction Officer, love it!) visit...
That was me heading off to university, and haven't gone back since.
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guest of honour
by zeb inmy wife was invited by her past employer to a dinner as guest of honour.
guess..?
the dinner coincided with a meeting..
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Shame on her for not using this opportunity as a guest of honor to shove her religion down other peoples' throats by "informal witlessing". Since Jehover had undoubtedly aligned this situation for her to preach to people who had never heard the kingdumb message, he's probably angry at her and will slaughter her at the big A. -
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It's not "new light" anymore it's "new lies" .
by truth doubter inthis is my first post.
i never dreamed i'd be on a site like this.
i was baptized 43 years ago and pretty much have done and seen it all.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Welcome!
I never dreamed I'd be on a site like this.
I used to feel that way too. Now I can't imagine how I could have survived without a site like this!
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It's not enough that the religion reduces people in illustrations to livestock (sheep and goats), now they're demoted to being pieces of bread that can neither think nor move.
The real "take away" from Flodin's illustration is this:
- Getting bread dirty is bad.
- But, getting bred dirty is good.
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my worst fears were realized
by magotan inim on my phone, so im really limited.
i came out to my family about my doubts and my sexuality.
shit hit the fan.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Hey Magotan! Thanks for checking in. I hope school is going well. Is graduation coming soon?
I'm approaching my three year anniversary of leaving the witnesses!
Sounds like something worth celebrating!
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
Weird. They use the example that Jesus never complained about injustices at the temple, but he was cooperative and worked with the system... except for the whole "stone will not be left upon a stone" thing where the Jewish system was destroyed and lots of people were killed/enslaved when he used the Romans to do the "complaining" for him. So Jesus wasn't a "complainer" when me made a whip and drove the money-changers out of the temple twice? Really dumb.
The sappy video at the end just makes me mad again because I grew up when WT "encouraged" the "blessings of singleness" because "the end is so near"... 30 years ago. And the couple in the video actually kinda reminds me of a friend I knew in bethel who got married a little before I left. They were there a few more years before they got kicked out in one of the rounds of layoffs. They settled not far away, but not in a very good situation. He killed himself a couple of years ago. Ugh, now I need some brain bleach.
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Hey from Ohio
by sissyb inhello all - i most likely won't post too often but want to introduce myself.
i've read this board for a long time and feel like i know some of you!
i was a third gen born-in (ne ohio), and half-heartedly believed until i was in middle school.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
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Looks like Ken Flodin was given the job of dishing out lots of FOG (fear, obligation, and guilt). Don't grieve the holy spirit of the powerless Bronze Age god!
