Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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Circuit visit elders meeting

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

first some context to this post.

historically the elders meeting with the circuit overseer has had the following format : outline for meeting including ministerial servants then, after they have been dismissed, discussion of local issues.

the last visit there was an additional outline for the elders only, the notorious "gender blurring" discussion.. you might wonder what is being discussed this time round, so here you are:.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Those meetings could be so tedious. So many "special" meetings, with absolutely nothing special about them.

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Ekala Convention Hall To be Sold - Sri Lanka

by Sanath in

sri lanka has only one convention hall which is situated at 44, agaraduguru mawatha,ekala,ja-ela wp.

this was built on some where around 1990's.

now the sri lanka branch committee has decided to sale the property.what is the reason behind this??????????????

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I have the feeling that countries are now on their own financially.

So much for "international brotherhood". They tell developed countries, "donate to help build in developing countries." They tell the developing countries, "you can't support these buildings so we're selling them."

Where has all the money gone from the branch, Brooklyn, and other property sales as they keep demanding more donations and making more cutbacks?

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Luke Evans was raised a JW

by Xanthippe in

just watching the jonathan ross show and actor luke evans said he was raised a jw.

he used to go from door to door in wales.

it says on his wikipedia page he left the religion at sixteen.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

He obviously didn't want to talk about it and Jonathan didn't push him.

Did it sound like he regretted leaving? Maybe he received a memorial invite and "Return to Joe Hoover" brochure and is thinking about going back to WT?
If so, he'd have to stop smoking... and leave his boyfriend.

Just doesn't look to me to be the type to waste much of his time or thoughts on WT.

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JW Broadcasting: How to make memorial bread

by Gorbatchov in

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i don't believe it, but it is on jw broadcasting: how to make memorial bread.. it is just like the 24/kitchen broadcasting.. http://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodministry/pub-jwbrd_201603_2_video.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

JW cooking shows really suck!

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Self-Driving vehicles and delivery robots - why?

by FadeToBlack in

i saw a 'news' article today about pizza hut (i think) delivering pizzas via a robotic vehicle in nz.

also another article headline saying it is not a question of if, but when.

my immediate thought was, why?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I'm involved with automation projects. And I've corrected my managers on a rather fundamental point of my objectives. When they have stated things like, "then we will need three fewer laborers," I've correct them and said, "no, those three laborers will be able to make far more parts per hour (because demand for our products continue to grow), and they will have a safer work environment and will have more time for quality inspections and cleaning projects."

While it is true that new automation can destroy some jobs and more money can go to equipment owners instead of human labor, my experience has been that I'm making a lot of money with my technical work with the equipment.

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Governing Body went from anonymous secret group to T.V Stars??? How?

by Witness 007 in

when i grew up in the 1980's -90's it was rare to see a faithful slaves picture in 10 years of watchtowers.

everything was anonymous.

no one really knew there names except for the "holy oricle" fred franz.. now they are full on t.v stars with there own show.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

GB 1.0 had followed the eras of Russell, Rutherford, and Knorr. To be such a visible leader was to also have a giant target on you. Those GB weren't at all shy and retiring, but I think they realized that they didn't want the level of attention and scrutiny that would come with being "JW rock stars" like those previous presidents.

I don't think the current GB 2.0 realize this. The closest they've come has been with Jackson hauled before the ARC. This is their new reality. Now that they have plastered their names, faces, and voices on the Internet, advertised their current and future addresses, and done the same with their GB hamburger helpers, they have sealed their fate according to their own prophecies. If they really expect government to attack religion, the GB can expect to be the first ones trucked off to the concentration camps when their new headquarters will be turned into President Trump's rural retreat! LOL.

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Talking to a wall

by ivanatahan in

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why must these people be figurative walls when talking about the lies of the jw cult?.

the other day, i had a conversation with my mother.

we started talking about the election and how the candidates differ (me being a supporter of bernie).

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

"I just wonder what will lead to the ban on all religion."

How prepared is Watchtower for this ban?

Is the top JW leadership prepared? Now that the GB and their hamburger helpers have plastered their names, faces, and voices on the Internet, along with their current and future addresses, it will be very easy for the government to round them up and truck them off to concentration camps before the government could start rounding up all the Catholic clergy. The GB have made themselves the "low hanging fruit" for any attack.

If this ban on religion is really expected, how prepared are middle managers of COs, elders, and MSs? The only type of training I might have ever received was to get together with my book study group for protection and direction. LOL that was trashed a long time ago because gasoline was too expensive for publishers to drive to book study! So in case of ban, JWs will have to report to the local congregation, the assembly hall, or the branch... get loaded into trucks by the police, and sent to concentration camps.

WT certainly isn't prepared financially for a ban. Now that publishers and congregations have been instructed to give all their ice cream money to the GB, it's very easy for all those assets to be seized. JWs would be far better prepared to endure such an attack if they had plenty of personal savings, professional trades, and survivalist training. Instead, some JWs have the emergency "go bags", but where will they go? To the closed branch? The burnt down Kingdumb Haul? A "worldly" Red Cross shelter?

A JW may think the Catholic Church would quickly crumble, but in reality it has additional institutions like schools and hospitals where it would continue to thrive. What do JWs have? Their cheesy website that would be blocked in a minute.

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