Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  Fading and not "outing" yourself, what are your thoughts on it?

  by Brock Talon in

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  fading and not "outing" yourself.. what are your thoughts on it?.

  i ask, because i just received a scathing personal message on facebook from a person who read my latest book and in it i describe myself as a fader.

  i was not dfd and i did not da myself.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  No matter what you do in life, somebody else will get their panties in a bunch and try to "set you straight". You don't need some Facebook nutjob's approval in order to have a fun and fulfilling life.

  For that matter you don't need my approval either, but you have my approval. And I think that if a "christian" is calling you "Dishonest, narcissistic, needing therapy, fooling myself, and other ugly words", you must be doing something right!

  I've found that fading and not outing myself has been ideal. I can still talk to the ones I want to, and I can ignore the ones that I don't want to talk to.
  
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  has anyone seen vidio on youtube about why they changed cover of songbook search youtube jw.org embarrassment

  by poopie in

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  any thoughts.

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  Wow! I actually have in my possession one of the schlong books! And looking at the artwork that is rather light and pastel with all the other gracefully thin and "correct looking" arms and hands, the fingers on the backside of the songbook look accurate and thin. But rather than a wrist and thumb toward the inside of the book, it looks like, well, you know what.
  

  Geez, now that it's pointed out to me, it sure looks deliberate.
  
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  Devouring the Forbidden Fruit - Higher Education

  by cappytan in

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  well, i told my wife over the weekend i was going to go back school to finish my degree.

  she is 100% supportive of it!

  apparently she doesn't think higher education is so evil either.. since my former major was computer programming and that was in the late 1990's, i was told i'd have to retake a bunch of classes since times have changed.

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  Be sure to talk to Financial Aid Department. Fill out your FAFSA. You may qualify for federal or state grants, and you'll need it for federal student loans and the scholarships I saw. And you can get various tax credits for school expenses.
  

  You realize this is very disappointing to the GB. Now you won't be left with much time for meetings, preaching, and studying mind-numbing WT litteratrash. Then you'll be doubting the Genesis accounts of creation and the flood and your critical thinking skills will have you doing face-palms repeatedly during meetings. And you'll be passionate about learning "worldly" truths rather than passionate about the latest music videos on JW TV.
  

  So, HURRAY for us "forbidden fruit" eaters!
  
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  Newest Caleb & Sophia video is a commercial

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  caleb states, "now i can speak to chinese people.

  " ummm, there are many chinese people that speak english, caleb.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2tgjvxdb4.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Okay, is it just me or is the ethnicity of the dad somewhat confusing?

  He seems partly Latino and partly Count Chocula.
  
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  How do you respond to JW family?

  by Laika in

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  2. friends

  for those who have left and are still in contact with jw family, how do you usually respond when they bring up jw stuff, i.e.

  start talking about the nearness of armageddon or things like that.. i usually say nothing and just let it pass but i'm considering changing tact to something more confrontational, less because i want to change their mind and more because i find it tiresome.

  thoughts?

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  With my parents, I'll typically just change the subject... sometimes by asking about one of the dozens of elderly and sick in the congregation.
  

  There's been a very few times that they've pushed my buttons enough for me to push buttons back, then I'll remind them that I'm old, unmarried, childless, and have nothing saved for my fast-approaching retirement age because I'd been told how close the end was back in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and now the 2010s. And I'll remind them that none of their parents ever expected to die (but they did).

  If my siblings are around, I'll use some sarcasm like, "Yep, that's why we call these the Last Days... because they last, and last, and last, and last!"
  
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  March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i will have the music video separated shortly.

  will post the link once it's done..

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Sesame Street has a much more compelling message and musical number:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqpaTT6EcXM

  Yikes, JW kids keep watching Sesame Street and they're primed to be exJWs who believe in themselves!
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  I'm Ready... Thank you

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys,.

  so, something amazing happened recently.

  i recently met with an old and very good friend of mine.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  You could tell them that you have disfellowshipped all of THEM for being liars and false prophets.
  
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  How did you find the truth? - the loaded question.

  by user100 in

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  2. beliefs

  had dinner this weekend with a jw family and met a bunch of new jws.

  one of them who was not very talkative at all and out of the blue asked me how i found "the truth".

  i answered how my family has always been starting with my great grandfather.. then he clarified his question.. he said something about how this is a great question and people always talk about their spiritual heritage.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  "people always talk about their spiritual heritage. but the question really is when/how/why did you make the truth your own?"

  Well, there was the 1975 thing, and I made that "truth" my own. But that passed and then there was the "Peace and Security" thing, the not going to college thing, and the not having a family thing, and the generation of 70 or 80 years thing, and so I made that "truth" my own. But that passed and then there was the generation of wicked people, and so I made that "truth" my own. But that changed and then there was the generation of anointed, and so I made that "truth" my own. But that passed and then there was the over-lapping generation, and so I've made that "truth" my own. I think I got the order right. But that doesn't really matter, because it will be soon replaced by something else and then I'll have to make that "truth" my own... or be disfellowshipped.
  
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  March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i will have the music video separated shortly.

  will post the link once it's done..

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Gosh, that video touched my heart... in a bad way. It reminded me of how deceived I was to walk away from furthering my education after I graduated and I pioneered instead. And the guy reminded me of how my "bethel career" was just a dead-end job. And lucky him, his apartment is way bigger than my crappy bethel rooms ever were.
  

  Happily for me, I now have a degree and a good-paying career that allows me plenty of free time for meetings and service... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It leaves me plenty of time to post here and spend money on non-WT activities, like Sunday morning brunch!
  
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  New Picture for Memorial Season

  by Doctor Who in

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  i think this would work well.... .

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Love it! But, but, but...

  JWs don't want brains! They take that part out and throw it away.