Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

i want to say a big thank you to all of you for everything i've learned here, as well as jwfacts, jwsurvey, coc, isocf etc.. i'm a born in and i spent more than two decades of my adult life in full time 'service' for the (b)org.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Welcome!

I'm a born in and I spent more than two decades of my adult life in full time 'service' for the (b)org.

Then one day you say something the CO or the other eldubs don't like, and you find a dozen knives thrust into your back. The reality is that our combined years of slaving for the borg wouldn't even get us one extra paper towel in the Discrap Crapvention Mens Restroom.

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Lets hear what your local needs was about this week

by dbq407 in

ours started out with matt.

25:23. he brought out that "good and faithful slave" was talking about the anointed but wait for it.........yes the principle can be applied to our cong.

well tonight it was about getting all the territories worked once a year.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

He corrected it though and said that number is closer to 8 billion now.

Two billion extra children for the Bronze Age desert god to slaughter. God is love!

Well tonight it was about getting all the territories worked once a year. And our cong. hasn't done that.

There are territories in Muslim countries that have never been worked, ever. Time to pack up the litteratrash trolleys and head for the Middle East!

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Being Positive around family that are still in.

by freddo in

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if you are a fader or you have reduced activity markedly - say resigned as a pioneer or an elder or ms or gone inactive and still have some relationship with your immediate family or spouse - how do you stay positive around them when you feel like shaking them out of their stupor but believe deep down it would be counter productive?.

thoughts from all most welcome..

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

how do you stay positive around them when you feel like shaking them out of their stupor but believe deep down it would be counter productive?

I make it a point to have positive things in my life to talk about. I avoid subjects like politics or disasters that might trigger JW reactions. If they start venturing toward JW things, I redirect to talking about the JWs we know. There's always plenty of gossip about who's become seriously ill, divorced, or started partaking.

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Oh happy people

by zeb in

what is it with meetings?.

so often she comes home throws her bag down and stomps around the house.

there are times it thoroughly gets me down.. + supportive comment welcome.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

So often she comes home throws her bag down and stomps around the house. There are times it thoroughly gets me down.

There was probably counsel from the platform about how christian wives should have a "quiet and mild spirit" in order to "win their husbands over without a word."

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A Watchtower double standard: Rejection and the silent treatment.

by ScenicViewer in

a recent watchtower study article shows how bad it is to be rejected over religious beliefs when olga revealed that her husband was not speaking to her because she is a jehovah's witness.. 9 in south america, olga proved loyal to god by showing respect for her husband even under trying circumstances.

for years, he expressed annoyance at her for being one of jehovah’s witnesses.

he abused her emotionally, insulted her, refused to speak to her, and threatened to take the children and leave her.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

The paragraph says "She waited for her husband at the church door until the ceremony ended."

When it comes to being passive-aggressive, JWs top everyone. She could have just stayed home. Instead, she waited outside the church to make a public display of her contempt for his religion and police who he may talk to and where he may go before and afterward.

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If Prince had an addiction to prescriptions drugs, it's a personal matter but if I want to grow a beard or attend college, it's not.

by ToesUp in

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interesting article i found about prince and the jw religion.

i guess they are trying to get their 15 minutes of fame.

i find it disturbing that the elder stated if prince had an addiction to prescription drugs, that is a personal matter but the hundreds of intrusive jw rules like going to college (not scriptural) and growing a beard (also not scriptural) are not also considered a personal choice.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

We could expect to be marked by the congregation for listening to his music. We could expect to be dfd if we did the things he sang about.

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Your Thoughts: My wife said...her service friend. speculated Prince would leave his vast fortune to the Society!

by goingthruthemotions in

so, talking with my wife yesterday.

she was out cart witnessing (barf) and one of the people she was with claimed to have know prince, or meet him or something like that.

well anyways...they or her or someone (they are all braindoogled) speculated or fantasized that since prince did not have any relatives or something or the other.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

If he left rights to his music to WT, maybe they could revamp the songbook to include some of his hits!

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Sanderson Patronises Ex-Bethelites

by konceptual99 in

don't normally waste time watching these but this one caught my eye as it was obvious what the subject matter would be about..... http://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201604_2_video.

mark sanderson: accept change with faith and confidence (heb.

basically sanderson is giving a pep talk to all those that have new assignments changed.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Isn't Sanderson 50 or 51 years-old? Dude looks like he's pushing 70! ... And he looks like he's a pork chop away from a heart attack! Does the annual nibbling of crackers and sipping of wine cause baldness, obesity, and premature aging?

If anointing with holy spirit does that to a person, I'll pass. Being "worldly" must really agree with me. I'm only a very little bit younger than him and am told I look like Greg Kinnear. Okay, maybe his slightly less handsome younger brother.

Sandersons mourning warship comments are entitled, "Accept Change with Faith and Confidence." My change was leaving bethel, the cult, and blind obedience to the self-appointed spokesmen of a Bronze Age desert god. I learned to have faith that there are good "worldly" people and organizations. And I learned to have self-confidence.

Leaving bethel was a rough adjustment to the real world for me, but it was my first step away from the cult. Despite the turbulence, my life now is immeasurably better than ever. Life without the drudgery and FOG of Watchtower Corp is fantastic!

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Circuit Overseer say. . .

by Ringo in

last night i had to suffer through the bs spouted by the new co. some garbage about the bible transforming us as people.

he went on and on about how we can look good to people at the hall who see the outside, but the bible will tell us what we are inside.. then he proceeded to use a few select verses to say sex is bad and so is the desire for it.

a healthy bank account or savings is wrong, shouldn't have that either.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

By the end of the talk, could you see the guy through all the FOG (fear, obligation, guilt)?

"Where did everyone go? I was going to share this encouraging scripture from my smartphone about how you will all die horrible deaths if you don't preach enough!"