Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  Stephen Fry says everything I believe in two minutes

  by cofty in

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  "it is perfectly apparent that god is monstrous, utterly monstrous, and deserves no respect whatsoever.

  the moment you banish him, your life become purer, simpler, cleaner; more worth living in my opinion.".

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  Much better than JW TV!!
  
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  Translating and deciphering witness expressions.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

  "we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

  why did you miss a meeting!?".

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  "That Governing Body member sure is humble." = "He bragged about his humility so much, his talk should have been entitled, 'Be More Humble... Like ME!'"
  
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  Translating and deciphering witness expressions.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  i wanted to start a thread with correct explanations of what witnesses really mean when they say stuff... please add to it!.

  "we missed you at the last meeting" = "where were you?

  why did you miss a meeting!?".

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  "That talk was very spiritually deep." = "I didn't understand a word of it."

  "I really enjoyed the COs visit." = "...particularly the part where he drove away on Sunday."
  
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  HOW EXACTLY does god communicate with or direct the GB?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  we're all familiar with the organisations claims (and have seen the flow diagrams in books and mags) that the gb is "directed by god".

  in turn, the local elders are "directed by god".

  so, how exactly do they suppose this happens?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Brooklyn has a direct line to the man upstairs!
  

  
  
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  Ode to the trolleys in Feb's broadcast

  by konceptual99 in

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  check out the song about the trolley at the end of this month's dubcast.. http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=mp4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201502.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I watched the trolley "musical" and stopped for a look at some other spots. The music, graphics, and a few young faces amid the usual cult stuff delivered by old white dudes brings one thing to mind:

  

  They can try their best on the web and build new KHs with windows, but the cult is still a turd.
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  Some screenshots from new KH meeting!

  by pixel in

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  they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .

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  Gosh, all those windows! I wonder if it's true what they say that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
  

  Because I've known a lot of dubs that could really throw stones!
  
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  Some screenshots from new KH meeting!

  by pixel in

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  they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .

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  Gosh, all those windows! I hope they know some good window-washers. Oh, right, it's a Kingdumb Haul.
  
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  New Appointments Are Very Fast & All On The CO

  by baldeagle in

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  the week of september 15, 2014 was the congregations cos visit.

  the midweek meeting was on tuesday, a very general bland talk was given by the co. in the past we would have had the elders & servants meeting on thursday night, and the other congregation meeting on friday.

  as you know the friday meeting is no more.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  So the CO is doing the appointing very publicly, and not the GB. What could go wrong?

  Well, if something does go wrong, this seems appropriate:

  
  

  

  
  
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  A few more random thoughts on the new Kingdom Hall design meeting

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  left completely unsaid at the meeting: who is going to be the owner of the property & building when all of these new khs are built?

  in the current arrangement, in most cases, a local trust is set up to hold ownership.

  of course, the most likely answer is "the watchtower (or whatever shell corporations they set up) will own the land & building".

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  Is this the look they're going for?

  
  

  

  
  

  Or something more like this?

  
  

  

  
  
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  Ony J.W.'s could do this and not question what is going on

  by Sour Grapes in

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  at the meeting today several elders commented about the wonderful program that they attended yesterday on the new kingdom hall designs.

  they said that the new halls are going to be so beautiful with lots of windows and glass panels and that the lights will be kept on in the lobby 24/7 so that you can see into the hall at night and that thousands of these halls must be built.

  then five minutes later they are talking about how close the end is and that we will be meeting in basements in the near future.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Something that has plenty of windows on one side and could easily be converted into a coffee shop or clothing store or the like.

  It only needs to be a KH for one night and Sunday morning each week. The rest of the week it can be an Apple Store.