Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Joined

• started 71 topics
• posted 8,392 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

• 
  371

  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  " A DESIGN world view is easily provable, like forensics. "

  Lovely! If we see a watch, we know there must have been a designer. And that designer is an invisible spirit being that had no designer.

  Unless there is actual proof that invisible, super-intelligent, creative beings come from nothing and out of nowhere, abiogenesis and evolution are the most rational explanations. Unless you mean...

  " If it walks like a duck (design) and talks like a duck (design), it is a duck (design)! "

  All hail our great masters of design:

  
• 
  69

  Atheism and the delusion of meaning

  by Laika in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the movie annie hall, written by woody allen, as a young boy, alvy's mother, takes him to see a doctor as he appears to be dealing with some kind of depression.

  when the doctor asks alvy what's up, alvy explains that he just found out the universe is expanding, everything will spread out and go cold and die, therefore nothing he does matters, so he is not going to do anything anymore.

  most people might see this as a joke, but i think woody is trying to make a serious point.. the point here is about meaning.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I used to think that if I stopped believing and putting full faith in WT and the Bible, my life would lose meaning and I'd curl up in a wad of depression. After all, that's what my JW training had told me to expect, that without them there'd be no point to even continue living.

  However, I found it to be quite the contrary. The meaning of my life was no longer to slave for a religio-publishing corporation. Basically, I was postponing living my life until the arrival of a promised panda-petting paradise... the same thing that had been promised to my grandparents, now all deceased. I no longer need some ancient book of fables and some paid preacher (or JW janitor) to tell me "truthz" that I dare not question nor examine too closely. Just because I haven't bought into some particular story about what happens after I die, doesn't mean I should quit living now. Similarly, I don't know exactly everything that I'll be learning in class next semester, but that's the reason that I'll be going.

  If anyone feels that the only way that they can continue living is by believing that the Flying Spaghetti Monster will reward their good behavior with the rapture to a pasta paradise after death, so be it. But if you think that I should have no purpose, meaning, or enjoyment in life because I don't worship noodles, you don't know me at all.
• 
  94

  Who I really am, my story on YOUTUBE!

  by Gojira_101 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the death of a jw and the birth of me the apostate.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2lwgowdpj8.

  a huge thanks to my friend ray publisher (jwstruggle) for posting my video for me.

  now that i am no longer held prisoner from the fear of watchtower, i can now help others!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Nice job.

  I'd suggest sending letters to all your JW "friends" letting them know that you're disfellowshipping them for worshipping the Golden Calf and idolizing a false prophet, the WT GB, instead of worshipping God and recognizing their true mediator and savior Christ Jesus.
• 
  37

  Circuit visit (top secret) video presentation

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm just back from the meeting where it was a video presentation given by the circuit overseer.

  apparently it's not on general release, only being viewed during co visits at the moment.

  top secret.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Yet the Bible isn't available in the local English congregation. They are expecting some special release at the DC. They'll have to hide their disappointment behind their excitement about receiving a few cheap tracts.
• 
  87

  A Chicken Story, by Anthony Morris the Third

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.

  .

  cedars.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Everybody calm down. Evidently, Jehovah will resurrect those chickens in the New World. Well, unless they were apostate chickens and they died because of God's righteous indignation. We're not going to say what Jehovah will or will not do, but the chickens did not die in vain because the brothers went to their crapvention. We just need to make certain that WE are there in the New World to welcome all worthy chickens back from the dead.

  
• 
  9

  new name: Jehovahs QUITnesses.

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs
  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  And also you have to quit celebrating anything, having a personal identity, and having any ambition when you become a Quitness.
• 
  57

  Casual sexism in Watchtower literature

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i notice the sexist language of the watchtower a lot more these days.

  is it on the increase or am i simply more tuned into to noticing it now?

  for example this statement in the june kingdom ministry:.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  "If a man comes to the door, we might decide to feature a subject that many men are interested in, such as good government."

  And if a woman comes to the door, we might decide to feature a subject like how to better please their husbands.
• 
  119

  How many of you followed the WTS direction on education years ago and have been screwed by it?

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

  as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

  surely education should come first.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I think I've related my story enough. I really wish I'd pursued this degree back when I was fresh out of high school instead of now. But at least I'm glad that I have the opportunity to do it now.
• 
  19

  Mic issues

  by msconcerned in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so on friday all day, the mic guy did a bang up job.....until david splane got to the podium.

  it looked like he discussed how the mic should be set up for him, then finally when the mic guy was walking away david says " well im glad we got that settled".

  then today same thing, he got the mic guy to readjust the mic for him again.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  From personal experience, I'll explain what likely happens.

  Particularly in a large venue like the DC, the mic brother is instructed to get the microphone as close as possible to the mouth of the brother. However, this becomes uncomfortable for the speaker because the mic may now be in the way when looking down at his notes. I suspect that Splane was doing the amateur's mistake where he walks out to the podium and either stares out at the audience or stares at the mic adjuster as he's doing his job of adjusting the mic.

  Personally, as a speaker, I knew that when he was adjusting the mic, I should look down at my notes and keep my chin up at a comfortable angle. This would give the dude his best chance at knowing the best placement for me, neither too high nor too low. I did both circuit and district talks as well as dozens of congregations, and that rule of thumb served me perfectly. However, if I was assigned to adjust the mics for any large program or even for some visits by the CO, I would do anything to get reassigned to a different job because pricks like Splane would go totally batsh!t primadonna on the mic placement.

  Accounts like this remind me how inexperienced and egotistical GB2.0 really are. If any of them had any real experience adjusting mics and running an audio console, they would have their acts together and not make fools of themselves like this in front of a large crowd.
• 
  19

  Bethel Layoffs: Know anyone (especially long-timers) who were laid off?

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and what are they doing now?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  In my estimation, it wasn't just about reducing numbers. That was certainly part of it. But bethel has continued to bring in new members during and after the layoffs.

  GB 2.0 is a group of newbies at bethel. I saw most of them come in when they started in the Service Department at Patterson. To give their self-esteem an extra boost, they needed to reduce the ranks of waiters, housekeepers, etc. that had more seniority and bethel history than them, as well the many that knew and respected GB 1.0 compared to these new boys.