Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  So Thankful

  by BeautifulMind in

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  i was just sitting here on this beautiful saturday afternoon thinking about how thankful i am that i left the jws.

  do i wish i had woke up and left sooner, sure.

  but i'm definitely happy that i'm out period, and for so many reasons but i just will share a few.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  
  

  "Jesus Effing Christ! We build a snazzy website with stunning videos and the smart ones are still leaving Watchtower in droves!"
  
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  Leaving the JWs

  by Hurting in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am 32 years and have recently left the organisation.

  i got baptised in last feb. please excuse any typing errors i have dyslexia.

  it has been so hard this year i have gone through so many ups and downs.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Welcome!

  Hurting is part of healing. It reminds you that you're still alive.
  

  We were raised under the manipulation of a cult.

  WT wants us to be as helpless as little children, emotionally weak, and dependent up others for any sense of self-worth. We were fed a steady diet of FOG - fear, obligation, and guilt.

  In my personal journey out, I was able to receive free professional counseling at the university, which helped me immensely. One of the things that it helped me to do was differentiating between how WT had conditioned me to feel about things vs. how I really felt about things vs. how reality was different than all these "feelings".

  That is a lesson I still come back and visit frequently. I still often "feel" or think that I "should feel" lonely, depressed, anxious, stressed. In reality, my circumstances are filled with opportunity and I have every reason to be happy and optimistic! Although I sometimes "feel lonely", I stop and ask "who do I want to be around right now?" First answer is, "not a JW who will police what I say or do." And typically I continue, "I've been around people all week, being alone is nice so I can eat, watch, do what I want, when I want."

  Good luck with everything... PARTICULARLY WITH COMPLETING YOUR EDUCATION!

  WT could take away my position in the congregation and separate me from most of the "friends" I have known. But they can never take away my engineering degree!

  
  

  "Holy Crap! These ex-JWs are getting degrees and going on to live happy, successful lives! Turn up the FOG!"
  
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  genuine english guy seeking jw lady

  by english_gentleman in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi, i believe that a lady is put on earth to satisfy the needs of her partner and respect his views in all matters.. i realize some here may consider that old fashioned and not based on sexual equality.. yet a lady and man are not created equal because the lady gives birth and the man must sire many children.

  if you are a lady under 30 and keen to meet me, willing to cook and breed, then please message me here.

  please do not contact me if you disagree with my views, we can agree to differ.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  if you are a lady under 30 and keen to meet me, willing to cook and breed, then please message me here.

  Is this Donald Trump trolling here to look for a new wife who can speak English and might appeal to religious conservatives?

  Donald, post a picture of your hands as an indication of what you have going on down there for the ladies.
  
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  Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

  by elderess in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

  then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

  thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Thanks for sharing your personal experience about learning the truth about the truth! Here's my favorite line:

  We’re going to go to Vegas and play poker and have fun.

  That's the perfect answer to this question...

  
  "Leave da troof? But where else would you go?..."

  
  

  
  "We’re going to go to Vegas and play poker and have fun."

  
  

  
  
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  Animals were created without needing Toilet Paper ... but not Man ... Why???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my dog and other pets do their "business" and run away and are happy.. man does not have that luxury.

  any thoughts on why animals were created with the "poop and go" capacity while man has to go through more steps?

  was this perhaps an additional issue that god added on when adam and eve sinned (such as eve having significant more birth pains)?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Perfect people don't poop. The perfect digestion system would utilize everything eaten by the perfect mouth. The Bible says that Jesus ate and drank, but it never says he pooped or peed... because he NEVER did. Even when Jesus was a kid and his parents couldn't find him, every other parent would look for their normal kid in the bathroom, but Mary and Joseph knew that was someplace Jesus wouldn't ever need to be.
  

  Animals have always pooped and always grown old and died. God made them that way. But he made perfect people to never poop and never grow old and die.

  Was this perhaps an additional issue that God added on when Adam and Eve sinned (such as Eve having significant more birth pains)?

  It's the "stain of sin." Just like god made the rainbow to remind us about the flood, he made underwear skid marks to remind us about the naked lady eating the apple she got from the talking snake.

  Of course there are probably some revilers here who will say, "If we were never supposed to poop, then why do we have buttholes, Billy?" Duh, perfect people have magical farts. Jesus' farts could make the blind see, the lame leap, the dead rise, and lure fish into the nets. Just imagine after armageddon when all the survivors can focus their farts into making a global paradise!
  
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  Gay ex-Bethelite

  by Chip Williamson in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just now finding this web site and have enjoyed reading the comments.

  i've never written down my story and it could be a jerry springer episode but here goes.

  i was raised as a jehovah's witness from as early as i can remember.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Welcome Chip!

  Up at WTF, did you hear any of George Couch's morning worship comments about "homos" and his warnings about going to clubs in Greenwich Village like CBGBs?

  He had a bizarre way of discussing the subject. It's like it was supposed to be something bad, yet it came across as more entertaining and actually made us more curious about the details. "It starts with a couple of brothers horsing around, wrestling in their underwear, and the next thing you know BAM, they're a couple of homos!" Really George? I think you're leaving out a few details... LOL
  
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  Actively Fading and The Memorial

  by All for show in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  those of you fading- with the memorial approaching are you going to appease family?

  not going and making up an excuse?

  acting like your going but not really?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  It's on a Tuesday this year, right? Midweek meetings don't work with my schedule unless I'll be getting paid at least $45 per hour to attend.
  
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  Vomit inducing JW Broadcasting Music Video

  by sieborg in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sorry in advance if you have.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.

  do not know how to put in a direct link.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  The video doesn't show what happens next out behind the trash dumpster.
  
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  Tight Pants

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  today is friday.

  so let's see something refreshing on the new june 2016 study wt.

  tight pants!.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Pants? Jesus never wore pants!

  Those brothers should be wearing modest skirts and flowing beards... like Jesus did!

  
  
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  GoFundMe - JW Pioneer & LDC Couple

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  jerry jones on youtube exposed a jw couple who were begging for money on gofundme.

  this is his youtube .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feohxtbml2c.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  WT has constantly told pioneers, etc., that if they "reach out", Jehovah will bless their efforts. And they also need to be specific in their prayers.
  

  There's been plenty of stories like "Andre the pioneer needed new tires but couldn't afford them and was praying for help, but afraid he'd have to quit pioneering. After the meeting he found an envelope with enough money taped to his steering wheel. Hooray, Jehovah provided."

  Of course, Jehovah didn't really provide it. Somebody found out how much he needed and gave it to him.

  So I'm not really surprised that JWs would seek funding like this. Instead of just asking for tires, they specifically ask for thousands of dollars. And you don't have to tape money inside their car, the Internet is their steering wheel just waiting for Jehovah-money to magically appear.