Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  By “evolution,” we mean “macroevolution”—apes turning into humans, for example.

  by FadingTruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  august 2015 awake .

  quote in title taken from article footnote.. anyone have information on who gene hwang and yan-der hsuuw in the article are?.

  why do they repeatedly state that apes turned to humans when that's not what evolutionists teach at all?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  why did god if he is so loving create viruses like Ebola and the Plague?

  And who brought them and all the other diseases aboard Noah's ark? Did Noah collect two of all the millions of animal species and two specimens of every disease?
  
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  WT started using the internet in 1997, brother said

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so brohter (not elder or anything but many years active) had to give talk this week.

  talk related to how jehovah gives abilities to people thru the spirit.

  started off with the mention of how god told moises to build the tent and gave people the abilities to work wood, stone, etc.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Started off with the mention of how God told Moises to build the tent and gave people the abilities to work wood, stone, etc.

  Meanwhile, the Egyptians were building temples and pyramids while Moses left no visible traces of any 40 years of camping and building a fancy tent. Oh, and his Bronze Age god was helpless to stop chariots with iron wheels.
  

  Similarly, the WT website today is less technically advanced and receives much less traffic than most non-Bronze Age god related websites.
  
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  What are Some of your best JW Questions they can't answer?

  by 1tMakesNoSence in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i made a thread on reddit regarding questions jw's can't answer.

  was wondering what you guys can add to it..

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Deut. 22:28,29, the Mosaic Law instructs that a raped virgin was to be sold for the price of a slave to her rapist and they could never divorce.

  • Is that a good law that you think would somehow benefit your non-engaged female relatives - teenage sister, daughter, niece, or granddaughter? (When speaking to a woman) Would this have been a good law to help you find a husband?
    
  • In these raper/rapist marriages, was Jehovah a third strand in that marriage cord that bound that poor child to the man that violently raped her and whose face she will have to see every day until one or the other of them dies?
    
  • (When speaking to a woman) Is that how your husband came to marry you? (When speaking to a man) Is that how you met and married your wife?
  • Since this marriage was an arrangement by the divine law, does this mean that rape is a divinely approved foundation for a sacred marriage?
    
  • Is that scriptural law still in effect in congregations today? If so, please explain. If not, please explain why not.
    
  • Is that policy related to the fact that Watchtower has had to pay millions of dollars in settlements to so many innocent victims of child molestation?
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  Young Girl Exposes Jehovah's Witnesses at school video goes VIRAL last 2 days 273,000 views

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original thread here.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/291080001/brave-high-school-student-exposes-abuse-corruption-within-jehovahs-witnesses.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Those public speaking skills she learned at the Kingdumb Haul have really come back to bite Botchtower Corp in the a$s.

  Any negative comments that come along the way really add more validity to everything she said in the video.

  She did a great job! Wouldn't it be great if it went viral enough for her to get a few bucks to start her college fund? How ironic would that be?!

  Carla, that's FANTASTIC idea! If she starts crowdfunding, count me in!
  
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  The "Ice Cream Video" - is it real?

  by freddo in

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  2. friends

  the "don't buy ice cream give us the money video" that is the subject of other threads.. i am not very good with computer stuff - would someone tell me where it is to be found on jworg please?

  i can't find it.. thanks..

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  As shown in the edited video in Oogie's post, the GB wants JW kids to pay for the child abuse settlements. Clearly, Watchtower Corp and the governing buffoons are prepared to make victims of EVERY child one way or another. They gotta start the fear, obligation, and guilt early.
  
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  Doing away with Calculating How Close we are to THE END

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower study edition, august 2015, "keep in expectation!

  " article:.

  paragraph 3: "after looking forward to the end of this system for what may seem to be a long time, however, some may wonder, do we still have sound reasons to keep in expectation?

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  In the "prophecy" of Matt. 24:45-51, isn't this exactly what Jesus foretold?

  The slave says in his heart, "My master is delaying." Then he turns to beating (and robbing) his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with the confirmed drunkards (TV/Internet evangelists and hedge fund investors).
  
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  rc if you are df your not considers a sheep but if you just become inactive and sin you are still a sheep

  by poopie in

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  wow i was at regional today

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Seriously, though; any time I hear religious people use the words "sheep" and "sheeplike", I'm inclined to ask them, "you do know what a sheep's ultimate fate is, don't you?"

  If you're a WT sheep, you can forget about the panda-petting paradise. This is your future, right here:
  

  
  
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  Getting married when you are spiritually out

  by 1tMakesNoSence in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i met this amazing girl about 6years ago at my local congregation.

  i was 100% in back then.

  about 3years ago i woke up spiritually and kept it undercover till a few months ago.. this girl is still very in (but she doesnt really do the things a reaaal jw should do.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  I would love to hear how life is for some in my situation who got married.

  I don't meet that qualification, but I thought I would share this instructional video:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlWgF8dqneg
  
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  The Duggar family hypocrisy

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  another christian child-abuse scandal in the news is the duggar family of "19 kids and counting" fame.. their show has been pulled after it emerged that the uber-christian family who are seen to promote right-wing christian values covered up abuse within their family and that of other victims by one of their family.

  some values.

  once again the only value that seems to really matter to the religious is appearance... good riddance to hypocritical zealots.. they have campaigned against lgbt as being threats to children and describing them as sexual predators all the while knowing that they have their own dirty secret.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Good riddance to hypocritical zealots.

  Amen!
  
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  Damned if they do, Damned if they don't

  by FusionTheism in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see an attitude among some people here which is not very helpful.

  i can understand it, but still, it's not constructive or helpful.. if you condemn the society for not changing, but then you also condemn them when they do change in a positive way, what incentive or motive does that provide for the people at the society to ever want to change for the better?.

  also, what does that attitude look like to current witnesses who are having doubts?.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  To the people with this attitude: What exactly is it that you WANT the Society to do?

  For starters, they should instruct the elders that if they become aware of an accusation of child molestation they should call the police ASAP.

  Is that so difficult? Is the protection of children such low priority?
  

  Even after all these years, numerous lawsuits, and millions of dollars in settlements, Watchtower Corporation still instructs elders to call the legal department at the branch for direction FIRST. Then the legal department will tell them what to do. With their current policies, Watchtower will continue to be a safe haven for child molesters.

  And that's just for starters.