Posts by Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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Do you think you should have the right to decline business on Personal or Religious grounds?

by PokerPlayerPhil in

should individual businesses have the right to pick and chose who they serve?

if a muslim decides he won't bake the cake of a radical zionist that says "reclaim the temple in jerusalem" should the government be allowed to punish the muslim baker?

maybe you can help me understand the issues more clearly because were becoming hyper-sensitive and soon your going to need a handbook what's the proper thing to say.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I heard the argument of some KKK member going to a bakery run by a Black man, the Black is shocked once he hear's the Klan member want's him to write some evil celebration phrase and declines serving this Klan member.

There are laws against hate speech. This example is bad since a business would never be "required" to do something illegal.

Personally, I had a business and made it a practice to make everyone feel equally welcome... EXCEPT on a singular rare occasion when a jerk of a customer was behaving inappropriately toward my female customers. Otherwise, my customers included clergymen, people of all religions, policemen, people with criminal records and restraining orders against them, and politicians. It was because of a situation where I provided service to a person of one of those categories that I was removed as an elder. So as far as I'm concerned, I found it liberating to serve anyone and everyone who walked through the door. It peeled away much of the prejudice that WT had tried to indoctrinate.

Oh, and I had customers who happened to be gay. I wasn't catering weddings or anything like that. And it's not like I made it a point to ever ask or even be curious. Usually I figured it out when they said they didn't feel welcome over at my competitors.

Personally, I couldn't imagine running my business in such a way that I would turn someone away, even when I was a JW. After all, how would I feel if suddenly I was refused service somewhere because I was a JW. As far as a scriptural example, god makes it rain on everyone, righteous and unrighteous.

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"In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth . ."

by nicolaou in

so where did god exist before he created the heavens?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

He floated in the dark, empty void planning the physical creation to come. But no sooner was it created and a naked lady and talking snake derailed the whole thing.

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LOL -

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

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tee hee hee.

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Billy the Ex-Bethelite

This needs a caption:

"I'm a snow princess and this is my magic book of spells!"

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Today's WT

by OneFingerSalute in

so today's wt seems to put out the idea that during early christian times it was god's hand that made the romans build roads, have strong laws, etc.

to make the preaching easier.. anyone else notice that?

some here really banged on about how great it was that god did that, just for them.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

A few years ago, JWs accused Satan of creating the Internet because of the porn and apostates on the web.

Now they can credit jehovah for creating the Internet for the sake of the JW website.

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"Your bad attitude is evident, because you don't bring a meeting bag to the meetings anymore!"

by stuckinarut2 in

yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.

"your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".

i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Ok i have read through this. What is wrong with blue hi-lighters? I had to ask.

rebel8, you missed the most important one:

Blue highlighter gets its color from Smurf juice. Using the blue highlighter invites the evil powers of the Smurfs into the KH.

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"They 'thought' themselves out of the truth, and clearly they are living an unhappy life now!"

by stuckinarut2 in

yep, these gems and comments were used in the talk today:.

speaking of ones who "failed to show appreciation for all the rich spiritual food we get from the f&ds", the speaker said this:.

"many have even failed to keep up with everything we are lovingly provided by christ's brothers, and rather than keeping their faith strong, they have become complacent and even critical ofjehovah's provisions!

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Oub, I love this response!

Whenever I meet up with a JW that still attends and they ask me how I am I always say, "My life is fantastic! The ONLY part of it that isn't good is the lack of relationship with my children." [The ones that are still Kool-Aid Drinking JWs].
It's always very telling to see the look on their faces as my statement doesn't compute because of their beliefs.
Sometimes I ask if they'd like to help with a reconciliation. They always say, "No." Always.

I'll change it to reference a couple of cousins who are still 'in' and unhappy for a variety of reasons.

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Governing Body Public Address - today!

by diamondblue1974 in

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any ideas what this is about?

- apparently a three hour public address through each kingdumb hell from the gb.

anyone heard anything about this?.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Oh, and Jehovah can measure the universe in the span of his hand.

Yet his plans can easily be derailed by a naked lady and a talking snake!

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Talked to a couple from the Hall that I haven't seen in a while

by Captain Schmideo2 in

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we were waiting for my mother in law to come out of surgery.not much was talked about on "spiritual" matters (since i haven't been to a meeting in years).however, i got to hear about :government conspiracies to shut down alternative energy.. gmos are bad.

gmos are bad.

gmo's are bad!!!

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

How are the elderly JWs coping with all this, I have been wondering.

My parents are trying, but are basically left behind. Dad has been struggling just to use email for years. A couple of sisters helped Mom figure out how to use their website on a tablet. They live out where there isn't broadband, so they have a cellular contract. Mom was very unhappy when the monthly bill was so high above the contract rate because she had been watching the videos and been going way over the data limit. For the older ones like them, the congregation plays the monthly indoctrination message at the KH on a Saturday afternoon. My parents usually fall asleep during the showing.

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Why would a Swingers Club Want to Become a Religion?

by cha ching in

" a nashville swingers club has undergone a conversion it now says that it is a church in order to win city approval, so that it can open next to a christian school.

" (associated press).

the article explains, "a church is something that cannot be defined under the u.s. constitution"..... wt lawyers explain to the court all of the time; 'you can't interfere with our internal church policies, or you will be infringing on our first amendment rights.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

I was thinking of starting Church of Brunch, where Sunday morning "service" would be an elegant and tax-free brunch. Besides that, the most vital services Church of Brunch would provide would be for weddings and funerals. Lets face it, the only thing that a lot of people ever go to churches for is weddings and funerals. And rather than trying to come up with big Christmas/Easter holidays for CoBrunch, instead the church would have celebrations for birthdays and anniversaries (and maybe divorces sometimes).

But after hearing about this Church of Swing, maybe that's the way to go. Because I love to swing, especially rope swings over water!

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Mother In Law had surgery

by Captain Schmideo2 in

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after she was prepped in the receiving area, a sister from the hall showed up to be their for support.

we said good bye to her, and started to leave, and the sister stops me and says, "did someone pray with her yet?".

so, (keeping in mind that i have not gone to a regular meeting in years!

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Here's where your prayer went:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZDcS-rMf4